Special General Meeting Minutes

Dear Members,

The minutes of the Special General Meeting are now available. If you would like a copy, please contact me at sharyn_walker@live.com.

eO has effectively finished and will be officially finalised once the final of Shell Collection moneys have been distributed and Council and Office of Fair Trading have been notified.

For those of you who participated in Shell Collection a dvd of opening night (please fast forward through my bits) and your drawings will be sent or delivered to you over the next 2 months or so.

Final financial reports will be available once all the money is distributed. I will send a final email to current member then.

Thankyou to all members past and present for your enthusiasm and friendship. Thankyou most of all to my fellow committee members who have put up with me!

Cheers,

Sharyn Walker
eO Treasurer

Special General Meeting Agenda

Agenda for the Special General Meeting was posted by email to members 1/7/08. If you have not received the agenda, please email Sharyn at sharyn_walker@live.com and I will send you one (either by post or email, whichever suits you).

Please note you must be a current member to be able to vote at the Special General Meeting. If you are not sure if you are a current member, or you wish to vote by proxy, please email Sharyn at sharyn_walker@live.com .

See you at the meeting (details below).

extraOrdinary eO meeting:

Notice of meeting:

eO wishes to advise that it will be

holding an extraordinary meeting

27 July 2008

1 pm

Town Centre (upstairs on the chairs)

Agenda will follow.

Standing by the sea, watching the Sun Set

Shell Collection Animation

Copyright eO inc. and David Walsh

Gift.

gathering memory upon the

Sand I collect and revere the

gift bestowed then put

aside.

gathering memory I reach to

the Sand and collect and

collect and cherish the gift

bestowed, then put aside.

I search for the Cuttle – so

rare – the gift bestowed,

belonging only to memory,

then put aside.

gathering memory I search

and search for the memory

bestowed, more precious

than a cherished shell, never

put aside.

SW 2008

Congratulations to all Central Coast Artists involved with Shell Collection, eO's final exhibition.

Opening Night Invite

You are invited to attend Shell Collection Exhibition Opening Night

May 30

6.30pm

Who Art Thou Gallery

Ground Floor

Gosford Town Centre

hope to see you there

Open Invitation

You are invited to contribute a simple

drawing to this collective art work!

Shell Collection

Thankyou to all those people who have already sent eO their
shell drawings.


We would like to involve as many artists, Central Coast residents, friends
of the Central Coast and friends of artists as possible!

We aim to have at least 100 drawings which will also form
a part of a collective projected image.

We are a third of the
way there!

If you have not already done so
please send a half a4 size drawing of a shell you would
find at your nearest coastline - the
drawing can be as crude or as intricate as you please-
and send or "drop in" to:

Sharyn or Betty

(addresses will be provided at request, email

eo_inc@hotmail.com or billi_hogarth@hotmail.com )

The closing date is 10 May 2008 and exhibition opening is 30th May (more details later).

Please contact eO Secretary, Sandra Walsh at eo_inc@hotmail.com

for more details.

Sophy's Shell

Sophy Webb of Woy Woy has sent me her "drawing" of a shell she found at Umina Beach several years ago. Sophy included a note to say that she most enjoys drawing in photoshop.

If you would like to contribute to "Shell Collection" an exhibtion sponsored by eO and Gosford City Council, all you have to do is draw a shell you would find on your coastline, on half a4 size paper and post it to eO. For the address and more details

please contact eo_inc@hotmail.com

Your Shell Collection.....

The exhibition will be held at
Who Art Thou
Ground Floor
Town Centre
Gosford
from Saturday 31st May
commencing with
an opening
at 6.30 pm and followed
by refreshments and gathering

WHOARTTHOU GOSFORD

The exhibition will show a collection of shell drawings
from Central Coast residents and visitors plus
a projected virtual shell collection constructed from
the drawings.

Shell Collection Brief

As a Central Coast resident, or occasional/
frequent visitor, you are invited to
participate in the Shell Collection Project,
sponsored by eO incorporated and
Gosford City Council.

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As coastal dwellers and visitors, the beach
is our haven, our recreation, our leisure, our solace, our nature.
We are drawn to our beautiful coast time and again.
We have all, overtime, been compelled to gather
and collect shells from our beaches.
We use them in our crafts and arts as reminders of
our happy times. Whether removal of these shells
contribute to erosion of our fragile coast is not certain.
But the pleasure gained from the action of the gathering
as well as the use of the shells is universal.

Shell Collection Locally

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Throughout history, Australian coastal dwellers have
used this available resource for nourishment, production and pleasure.
Locally, early white settlers recovered shells from Aboriginal Middens
to crush and mix with lime for construction and reinforcement
Of Sydney’s street walls.

How to be involved

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You are invited to be a part of Shell Collection Collective and Exhibition.
All you need to do is:

Draw an East-West line on a map from your place of residence, mentally or literally, to the coast. Note the beach closest to your residence. You may wish to use the map from http://www.whereis.com/whereis/home.do

Visit the beach and note the shell types which gather there. If you like, take photographs and research the types of creatures which previously resided in the shells.

Draw a shell on a half A4 piece of paper using basic drawing tools such as pencil, texta etc. if you choose to use charcoal or pastel, please "fix" the drawing.

Digitally photograph or scan the drawing and send the jpeg to eo_inc@hotmail.com or artnarara@bigpond.com
Jpeg format should be 72 dpi and 400 x 600 pixels (for assistance, contact Sandra or David at eo_inc@hotmail.com ).

Send your original shell drawing to eO inc. c/- (address to be provided upon request). Please print your first name and suburb at the front of your drawing, and if you like, your age.

On a separate piece of paper, please provide your full name, address and email address if you have one. This information will be kept for administrative purposes only.
Please send jpeg and original by 10 May 2008.


Shell Collection is a contemporary, community project.
It highlights and draws upon our involvement with environment, history, community, creativity and most of all, our sense of place.
Enjoy!

Breathing Colours

Come and share
Opening Night with
Sandra Walsh

Wed 9th April
6-8 pm

44 Darling St,
Balmain

Ph. 0295558543

All Welcome

Open Wed to Sat 10-6
Sun 11-4

9th April to 4th May

If you are an eO member and would like your exhibition advertised here, or you have a story to tell, please contact Sharyn at eo_inc@hotmail.com

The Journal

Latest Entries from the Journal...

Sandra McArthur


Norma Dunston


Sandra Walsh


David Walsh


Josephine Laina


Diane Ecklund-Abolins


Veronica Abolins



The Journal is still moving around the Coast.. if you are interested in participating, please contact eO.

Sculpture by the Tent

http://flickr.com/photos/61094688@N00/2050858279/

eO's current project Shell Collection combines a Contemporary Sculpture concept
with a Community Arts approach.

Next Saturday 8th March 2008, eO will be promoting our
Shell Collection project at

Art InTent: Ceci n’est pas Baba

Kibble Park
Gosford

from 11am

If you would like to know more about Shell Collection or
"Art InTent"

please contact eo_inc@hotmail.com





The Shell Collection project is sponsored by:

GAFF Tent Event

image by Katrine K http://kandi-blog.blogspot.com/

Tent Event

Dear eO member,

You are invited to participate in the upcoming
Gosford Art Flux Forum
Tent
8th March
Kibble Park
Gosford

How would you like to be involved?

If you are interested in public art and how it may contribute to a city's "reading", then you will be especially Interested In Dr Stephan Lehmann's discussions regarding his experiences with the "Back to the City" Newcastle Project.

Perhaps you are more interested in Contemporary Arts issues and would like to contribute to an open discussion?

Are you fascinated by psychogeography? (What Is It? I hear you ask - In a pinenut shell – psychogeography is a mapping or observation of how one happens over the geography of a town or city without conscious effort – where, in the location, one may be drawn to or repelled from etc.). For more informatIon see http://backpagefree.blogspot.com/search/label/psycho-geography

Do you enjoy contemporary performance and site specific art?
Do you have a contemporary performance or site specific piece which has not been appreciated to your satisfaction?

Would you like to simply help set up or tend to an exhibition?

If any of the above - or more! Excites you, please contact Neil at nlbb@hunterlink.net.au or Sharyn at eo_inc@hotmail.com

This is a Gosford Art Flux Forum Event with eO participation. For more information see http://backpagefree.blogspot.com/

*-* *-* KNIT . . ME *-* *-*

Chick

Elizabeth Wright

KNIT ME

'a playful interpretation of bodily difference'

Exhibition

Watt Space, Auckland St,

Civic, Newcastle

Opening 21st Feb 6.30pm

All Welcome

exhibition dates 20 Feb to 9 Mar

Exhibition Invitation

Rebirth

STEVEN FISHER - A MODERN IMPRESSIONIST

EXHIBITION

THE STUDIO GALLERY

GOSFORD REGIONAL GALLERY
AND ARTS CENTRE
36 Webb Street, East Gosford NSW.

An exhibition of oils on canvas
including works from his ‘Tibooburra’
and ‘Ruins’ series

23 February to 2 March 2008
10.30am - 4.00pm
Opening: 22 February, 6.30pm

Shell Collection Project Meeting

Image Sandra G Walsh

17 February 2008

12 Noon

Bring a plate of food to share

for address and further details please contact Sandra at eo_inc@hotmail.com

This project combines Contemporary Art Practice

and

Community Arts Practice

You will enjoy the company of like-minded artists

while "making your shell"

What does that mean?

Come along and find out

This is a General Meeting for eO members. If your membership

has lapsed or you wish to become a member, please bring $5 on

the day to join.

We will also be endorsing our new Public Officer.

Just a Minute...

The minutes of the 2008 eO AGM are now available to members.

If you have not yet received your copy, please send a

message to eo_inc@hotmail.com

Your new committee members are:

Chairperson: Betty Saez (returning)

Vice Chairperson: Kiera O'Toole (welcome!)

Secretary: Sandra Walsh (welcome!)

Treasurer: Sharyn Walker (returning)

The position of Public Officer will be elected at the next meeting,

details to come.

------ Gosford Scoop ------

After months of preparation, three eO artists chose today,
Australia Day, to unveil the new Burns Place Fountain (Gosford)
"Scoop".

photo Robyn Wainman

Sharyn Walker, Betty Saez and Robyn Wainman today revealed the "shadow" of the former
copper sculptural piece which was removed from the fountain
several years ago after it was vandalised. The notion of the
"scoop shadow", crafted from crocheted pieces, was developed
by the artists in honour of the original copperwork.The artists hope the colourful shadow will draw attention to the
fountain which was designed and built in the early 1960s,
commissioned by the Rotary Club, as a memorial to all those
who fought for peace.

photo Sharyn Walker

The fountain was designed by Australian Artists
Gerald Lewers (1908-1962) and Margo Lewers (1908-1978).
Before work on the fountain commenced, Gerald died
following a fall from his horse. Margo and their daughter,
jeweller and silversmith, Darani, carried on the project
to its completion.

Photo Betty Saez

As well as raising awareness of the fountain itself, Sharyn
hopes that (over)due recognition is given to the artists and
that an additional plaque is placed in acknowledgment.

http://gosfordtimes.blogspot.com/2007/04/burns-place-fountain-scoop.html

"Scoop Shadow" is part of the Click Here series of events,
sponsored by Gaff and Browns Cows.

More information regarding the Lewers family can be found at http://www.penrithregionalgallery.org/

Kiera O'Toole - Romantic Ireland is Dead and Gone

Romantic Ireland is Dead and Gone
Kiera O'Toole



"Romantic Ireland is Dead and Gone" - a series of framed drawings in ink and charcoal - deals with migration and cultural identity, particularly in relation to Ireland. The exhibition discusses these issues in a couple of different ways - through the personal and emotional experiences of migration, and what it means to leave one's country behind for another; and through a cultural and historical critique of the country itself, what it was and what it now is, and how much of it's identity has been left behind thanks to economic change. While initially it might seem as though these are two separate subjects, they actually come together to mean much of the same thing, with a general feeling of loss, of displacement, or of distance, be it through the actual physical removal of a person from their country, or the removal of a group of people from a culture that once was. Ireland is gone, Ireland is being left behind.

The images themselves depict thin, dark figures against stark white backgrounds, sometimes in groups, sometimes alone, but always with a look of solitude about them. My initial impression was of an abstracted figure, designed not to depict any thing in particular, but rather an emotion. More interesting was my mother's impression of them being human figures, whittled down by famine, a reference to Ireland's dark history. They are, actually, bluebottle jellyfish - a creature Kiera describes as alien in the Irish imagination, but representative of the migrant experience, as they are never certain what space they occupy. While they find themselves washed onto Australian shores, they essentially remain an animal with no real sense of belonging to any one place.

"Romantic Ireland is Dead and Gone" is on at the Gosford Regional Gallery now, and runs until the 5th of December 2007.

review by Fiona Doyle

Astra Howard

Sydney artist Astra Howard was in Gosford CBD today, engaging the people with her "conversation booth". She'll be back again tomorrow, and is well worth visiting. For more information about her work, visit Back Page. Meanwhile, here are some pictures I took today...

The Journal's Journey

I just received and posted off the journal, and took some snaps of how it's progressing so far... it still has a while to go before it's filled, so I have a feeling we'll still be passing it around come 2008...

Liz Wright





Betty Saez






Sharyn Walker




Fiona Doyle

Exhibition - Kiera O'Toole

"Romantic Ireland's Dead and Gone"
Kiera O'Toole

An emotional investigation into cultural identity; migration and a sense of place and displacement of language and community

10 November - 5 December
Opening, Saturday 10 November, 2pm

Foyer Gallery
Gosford Regional Gallery
36 Webb St, East Gosford

The Journal

Just to let everyone know I posted our journal to fellow artist Liz Wright on Wednesday last week.. so it's journey has begun. She will post it on to the next artist, then the next, and eventually I will end up with it again, before posting it on and so forth. We'll basically keep posting it around the Central Coast until it is full, and then photograph and publish the artworks inside.

Journal Project

Dear eO members,

eO will be organising a project in conjunction with the Big Draw for 2007. There has been much interest in the idea of posting or personally delivering a hard copy journal from artist to artist. Each page of the journal will contain a contribution of a drawing or several drawings from each artist. This project is to begin in September and continue through to October. I will send an email with the full details to all those who have expressed interest, so if you would still like to be involved and haven't let us know yet, please reply to this post or send us an email.

More soon...

I Recall

Now that he had started her remembering, recollections – like flotsam on a river in sudden spate – came dancing, gliding, bobbing and bumping across her reluctant mind.

Fanny by Gaslight, Michael Sadleir 1940


Sharyn has been questioning memory and recollection for several years, since a statement from a family member led to emotional and physical estrangement.

“Remembering seems to be a process of selection and using that selection to move forward, positively or negatively. What I remember, subconsciously or not, reflects my personality and shapes my life. Or maybe my personality dictates what I choose to
remember.”

In this exhibition I Recall, she explores her childhood memories and recent recollections and has created Art Objects recalling A Dream, A Face and A Fragmented Memory Collection.

The Space Between Words

In February of this year, several eO members partook in an event run by Browns Cows Art Projects in Gosford CBD, entitled the space between words. A local video documentary team produced a DVD of the event, which incorporated LED light text and performance pieces from a few different artists. Below are some screencaptures taken from the DVD of artists during their performances...



Betty Saez


Neil Berecry Brown


Fiona Doyle and Lisa Doyle


Sharyn Walker and Jieon Lee


More details (and images) of the event can be found at Backpage