AUTUMN  Melbourne Annual Easter Teapot Exhibition  31st March – 22nd April  2012  Entry fee $20 (Two $500 acquisition awards, functional & non functional.  Plus awards from Clayworks, GE & GE Kilns and Walkers Ceramics)  Delivery of work 24th March         Pick up work 23rd April

WINTER    “Winter Warmers ІІІ” All things that will keep you happy this winter  9th June – 1st July  2012   (Opens Queen’s Birthday Weekend)   Entry fee $15  Delivery of work 3rd June Pick up work 2nd July

SPRING    “Nature’s Perfection”  Inspiring creativity with its amazing diversity – what the eye can see & the heart can feel   15th Sept. – 7th October  2012    Entry fee $15  Delivery of work 9th Sept.   Pick up work 8th Oct.

Jade and her band of dissenting knitters have recently yarnbombed the entrances to Frankston Council Offices, to check out what’s happening press on the following link.

http://knitaholics1.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/yarn-bombing-our-council-office/

Jade Saxelby has been running workshops teaching people crochet and knitting and to enlist knitters in her street activities.  She will be coming down to Hastings in the coming months and I believe she has already ‘bombed’ Hastings Library, if you want to know more contact arts@mornpen.vic.gov.au

SHOW DATES: May 18, 19, 20,*(24), 25, 26,27. *Possible extra performance

AUDITIONS: February 7, 9, 12

REHEARSALS: Tuesday & Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Commencing Tuesday 21 st February, 730pm @ St Peters Hall

Audition Bookings: 5975 6671

Dialogue will be emailed to you once you have booked your audition time – please familiarize yourself with this prior to auditioning. 

Ceramics by Garry Bish, Photo by Jason Tavener

Our opening exhibitions for 2012 will feature significant new work by Garry Bish, Jacob Ogden Smith and Kirsten Perry.

 When:  Launch:     Thursday 19 January 2012, 6-8pm             Showing:  20 January – 3 March 2012                             Artists Talks:         Saturday 3 March 2012, 2pm

GALLERY ONE
The Vessel: A Space Oddity. Garry Bish creates a number of clay vessels featuring architectural drawings. When devices employed by painters for the creation of pictorial depth are applied to the wall of a three dimensional ceramic object an ambiguous dimension arises. The Vessel: A Space Oddity explores this strange space through a series of architectural images with enhanced perspectives.
Opening Speaker: Dr. Sophia Errey, Lecturer, School of Art, RMIT University.

GALLERY TWO                                                                                                                                                                                                       Pottery Practice Project. Jacob Ogden Smith’s archetypal pottery forms sit alongside a series of videos and found images that depict actions associated with pottery production. Smith is a Perth-based artist whose practice explores the representation of pottery within contemporary mediums such as film, television and the Internet. This body of work interrogates the ways that television co-opts and produces understandings of quality and popular entertainment.
Opening Speaker: Nella Themelios, Coordinating Curator, Craft Victoria.

 GALLERY THREE                                                                                                                                                                                               Home Time. Working across a variety of media including wood and ceramics, Kirsten Perry’s new body of work will explore the emotional qualities of architectural space. Kirsten Perry is a Melbourne-based artist whose practice engages with the concept of anthropomorphism. Perry’s exhibition will feature a series of building forms imbued with human characteristics, subtly interrogating the void between emotional states and the material forms used to represent them.  Opening Speaker: Milly Flemming, Retail Manager – Projects, Craft Victoria.

Where:  Craft Victoria Gallery & Shop                                                                                                                                                               Open Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm                                                                                                                                                                     31 Flinders Lane  Melbourne, Phone 03 9650 7775  http://craftvic.org.au

We now have yarn bombing appearing across the Peninsula.  The photo I took this week is one of a number of funky additions to the street trees in Wells Street Frankston done by Jade Saxelby and others from the groups Knit-A-Holics & Yarn Corner

Mornington Peninsula Shire Councillor Reade Smith is interested in starting a movement of knitters yarn bombing Hastings to improve the look of the streets and for people to knit and have fun together.  He’s planning to purchase the wool and the needles to help Jade work with local and visiting knitters to Hastings. 

I’ve also heard a whisper that Hastings Community House are doing some interesting knitting projects. 

Subversive knitters – love it!

Check out the work of the Knit-A-Holics on facebook.com/knit.a.holics get in contact by email to http://knitaholics@yahoo.com.au or visit thir blogsite knitaholics1.wordpress.com

If you are keen to become involved or know more email me at arts@mornpen.vic.gov.au  and we can keep you informed of when and where the yarn bombing will begin.

Where: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Civic Reserve, Dunns Road Mornington

When: December 7 – February 19 February

For enquiries phone 03 5975 4395  or visit http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

This reformatted Salvadore Dali artwork in a Christmas Artcard is courtesy of Red Hill Artist Michael Leeworthy

Check out  www.michaelleeworthy.com

It’s the start of the revolution – PEARL MAGAZINE -  

a dedicated Arts, Music and Culture magazine for Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula.

Born from a desire to promote music, entertainment and the cultural fringe, in an eco friendly, vibrant and arty monthly publication.

1st issue out now from Seaford to Portsea and across to Hastings.  Find it in every venue, surf or music shop, plus most cafes, general stores, hairdressers & funky fashion stores.

Phone 5906 5771 or read it online at www.pearlmag.com.au

Simon Mills, Lisa Walton and the team from Big Bang Media (Mornington, Sorrento & Mt.Eliza Life Magazine) have heeded the call for a dedicated magazine promoting what’s on across the Peninsula and initiated a new and very exciting publication.  Jammed packed with upcoming events and activities over the summer.  (Edition #2 out February 9)

Mornington Peninsula and MP Library Services Mornington are showcasing the FREE Mag in front of the arts information wall. 

Mornington Peninsula Library Cafe Poet for 2011 Andrea Louise Thomas will be the Arts Editor of  a regular column ‘POLISHED’  and is teaming up with Mornington Peninsula Shire’s Cultural Planner Andrea Ebsworth who will continue to better promote and highlight arts and cultural events and activities on the Peninsula through the column ‘CULTURED’.   

For print promotion send your ‘arts listings’ to artseditor@pearlmag.com and for electronic media promotions send your ‘arts listings’ to arts@mornpen.vic.gov.au. and it will be posted to the artsblog www.artsonthepeninsula.wordpress.com.au, become a subscriber and be notified every time a new arts listing is posted online.

 Oak Hill Gallery’s Annual Postcards Exhibition is open to all artists with a prize pool of $2500 for 2012.

This exhibition will have a huge array of works showing in every different style and medium imaginable.   Although there is no set theme there will be many entries based on or inspired by Mornington Peninsula.   Maximum size is only 30 X 30 cms so this is a wonderful opportunity to pick up an original artwork.

Entry forms can be found online through www.oakhillgallery.com

Where: Oak Hill Gallery, Civic Reserve adjacent to The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and the Mornington Rose Garden

When:  Jan 3 – Feb 1 2012  opening and award presentations  Sunday  Jan 8,  2- 4 pm

Other Oak Hill Gallery News:  The Doug Moran Foundation is sponsoring a FREE Children’s Photography Workshop to be run by professional photographer, Nicole Jackson  on January 17 .  For details and entry drop into the gallery.  Students will be drawn from entries received.  On Saturday 21^st there will be an exhibition of their best photographs and automatically entered into the Moran National Portrait Prize.

Children’s school holiday program:  classes are listed below and information can be found on the Oak Hill website http://oakhillgallery.com.au

 Acrylic Painting with Fiona Wood 9/1, 16/1

Drawing a Face with Cherie Leeden 13/1

Drawing with Fiona Wood 11/1, 20/1

Drawing & Painting with Elain 12/1, 17/1

Mandalas & Writing with Jenni Ivins 10/1

Mask making with Elain 13/1, 18/1

Mosaics with Elain 11/1, 16/1

Mosaic Grouting with Elain 13/1, 18/1

Labyrinths & Writing with Jenni Ivins 10/1

Printmaking with Yvonne Watson 9/1, 19/1

Perspective with Yvonne Watson 12/1

Gallery Opening Hours:  Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 4pm 

For further information: Phone 5973 4299  Email : art@oakhillgallery.com.au

 Craft Victoria has selected twelve sensational new works by the best graduating craft and design practitioners across the state, to exhibit in this year’s Fresh!

Fresh! is Craft Victoria’s annual exhibition of graduate work. In collaboration with a committee of industry professionals, Craft Victoria has visited over 35 graduate exhibitions across Victoria and selected the twelve best works for Fresh! Professional development opportunities and cash prizes are offered as awards in partnership with industry supporters. Awards will be announced at the launch, 6pm next Thursday 1 December 2011 at Craft Victoria.

When: Opening on Thursday 1 December 2011, 6-8pm
Exhibition dates:       2 – 23 December 2011                                                                                                                                          Where: Craft Victoria Flinders Lane, Melbourne

 Craft Victoria is pleased to announce the twelve graduates who will exhibit in Fresh! 2011, opening next Thursday night. They are:

 Matthew Benjamin VCA, Photography

Dan Bowran Monash University, Glass

Jia Jia Ji Chen RMIT, Ceramics

Hannah Chamley RMIT, Fashion

Allona Goren RMIT, Gold & Silversmithing

John Gosper RMIT, Fashion

Elly Hall Monash University, Photomedia

Lisa Imai VCA, Sculpture & Spatial Practice

Wendy Korol RMIT, Jewellery

Sophie Moorhouse Morris RMIT, Ceramics

Rosina Prestia Monash University, Sculpture

Nellie Rogerson Monash University, Painting

Read more about Fresh! online: www.craftvic.org.au/fresh