Lost Frescoes – new exhibition from Gerringong artist

Front image: Concerto in the Ruins (detail)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears and eyes.
What would the Romans think of this exhibition?
‘Lost Frescoes’, currently on show at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in Nowra, www.shoalhavenartscentre.com.au explores a response to place, antiquity, lost surfaces and ancient imagery. It evolved from 6 weeks in Italy exploring ancient art, [...]

Matthew Hill – south coast photographer

Matthew Hill’s interest in photography first began as a teenager in the 1970s with the purchase of his first SLR camera. Working in black and white film, he started out taking street scenes throughout Sydney. He then undertook a photographic course at the Ultimo Tech as it was called then. Apart from this formal training Matthew is self [...]

Upcoming South Coast Writers Centre workshops

SCWC WORKSHOPS
Poetry workshop with Susan Hampton – 14 August 2010
Please bring with you 15 copies of 3 pages of your poems/writing. In this workshop we’ll explore working with imagery, and the concept of point of view in poetry. We’ll look at techniques for making your poems stronger and more memorable. We will workshop a few [...]

Personal Journeys – 40 years of Australian Women’s Abstract Art

Margaret Dredge, Untitled, 1980
A collection of artworks by Australian artists from the Dingle and Hughes collection will be on display at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre from Friday 6 February to 1 April this year.
All works in this exhibition are centred on the theme “Personal Journeys – 40 years of Australian Women’s Abstract Art”. Each [...]

Bundanon’s Paperwork at Shoalhaven Arts Centre

Shoalhaven City Arts Centre will be host to one of the Shoalhaven’s great Bundanon Trust Collection exhibitions, Paperwork.
Paperwork is an exhibition of works by various artists who have been in residence at Bundanon.
The exhibition includes two and three dimensional works in paper by artists Ruark Lewis, Judy Barrass, Liz Coates, Susan Buret, Geraldine Berkemeier and [...]

Allan Baptist exhibition at Old Cheese Factory in Robertson

Bawley Point artist, Allan Baptist is about to launch a solo exhibition at The Old Cheese Factory in Robertson, on the Southern Highlands of NSW. The show will run over December and January.
Allan Baptist has been painting and drawing for over 50 years beginning when he was just three years of age. From [...]

Magical Journeys – exhibition by South Coast artists

Aurora and Lazuli
(Lazuli is an azure kingfisher who
flies with Aurora)
Exhibition by Chere & Ric Le Page, Shoalhaven Arts Centre, Nowra,
14 November – 10 December. Launch 5 to 7pm, 14 November.
This exhibition is based on two of Chere’s whimsical poems “Aurora and Lazuli” and “The Pirate and the Fish Spitting Whale”.
The centrepiece of the [...]

Mark Galton Hot Glass Studio - Burrill Lake

“There are significant moments in everyone’s life that deserve to be captured, and I am passionate about capturing those moments through the ancient art form of hot glass. I create with passion, influenced by the love of my surroundings and connection to the environment through the mountains and oceans.”

Mark Galton of Mark Galton Hot Glass [...]

Food of Love Choir’s 10th anniversary concert

Can you believe the the South Coast’s Food of Love a cappella choir is 10 yrs old?
To celebrate the 10th anniversary, Food of Love is presenting a concert on Saturday November 22 at 7.30pm in the Nowra School of Arts. Past members of the choir are invited to sing in the concert and to prepare [...]

Machteld Hali – Printmaker

“What I love about printmaking is the concept of multiple originals. There’s something magic about it, like making a stamp, 1–2–3. You have them all sitting in a row, and I enjoy that sense of childlike delight in the multiples.”
Machteld Hali’s passion for printmaking can trace its origins back to potato printing as a child [...]