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