Zaadstra art gallery at Gravelly Beach

Hi there

We had a great day on Sunday. 
Thankfully Saturday’s deluge eventually ceased! 
A beautiful day with drinks in the sunshine and lots of great conversation. 
Thanks to all those who were able to come along and sorry we did not get to speak with everyone.

Please find attached video article from The Examiner newspaper (just click the link below). 
They popped in during the morning just beforehand.

Thanks again for your interest in the gallery and we hope to catch up with everyone soon.

Kind regards,
Tanya & Pieter


Article: Zaadstra art gallery at Gravelly Beach
Link: http://www.examiner.com.au/multimedia/32099/402063/zaadstra-art-gallery-at-gravelly-beach.aspx?src=email
Click on the above link, or copy and paste it into your browsers address bar to view the entire article.

Curiouser & Curiouser

James Newton's Curiouser & Curiouser

Exhibition Invitation

Mapping the Island

This is the media Release for Mapping the Island

West Tamar Arts Group in partnership with

Tasmania Regional Arts and Moores Hill Estate Winery present:

Tasmania 1:100,000 Mapping the Island

Dates: 9^th October to 30^th October

Hrs: 10.00 am – 5.00pm Daily

At: Moores Hill Estate Winery

3343 West Tamar Highway

Sidmouth.

Following rave reviews and enthusiastic public attendance during 10 Days on the Island in 2009, it is now touring Tasmanian communities through Tasmania Regional Arts Touring and Access program.

Curators Penny Carey-Wells and Diane Perndt selected national and international artists, including poets, chefs, wine makers, dancers, musicians, papermakers, printmakers and mixed media visual artists, who received a section taken from a topographical map of Tasmania. They were asked to create a two-dimensional paper based response measuring 29 x 29 cm square. Over 140 extraordinary works were received - each piece telling its own story from the deeply personal, to the wonderfully witty and the aesthetically masterful.

From the original exhibition the curators have selected nearly of half the works for further touring. Most of these are now housed in individual perspex display boxes suitable for a multitude of venues. The tour begins in Burnie Regional Art Gallery opening on 28 January 2011 after which it will travel to other Tasmania regional centres. 

Look closely - enjoy the humour, find the bizarre, search for the wayward and discover the wonderful in this fascinating exploration and interpretation of our island.



ArtEntwine

Susie McMahon

Original Dolls, Classes, Patterns
www.picturetrail.com/susiedolls
www.susiemcmahondolls.blogspot.com

B!C!T!

B!C!T!

"The night was an exciting mix of rhythm, movement and interactivity. The performers graced the stage with their presence and engaged the audiences with their contemporary dance moves and beat making techniques. They used unorthadox methods to create their beat such as flippers and thongs, and taught a few young members of the audiences to beatbox. Overall it was an inspirational experience reminding me of the magic of dance."



Updated Application Forms and Moores Hill information

The following forms have been updated for your use;

Membership Form

Nomination Form

Workshop Application Form

Moores Hill Exhibition Space Form

Dear Member,

We wish to let you know about an exciting opportunity that has come up for all WTAG members. Members are invited to exhibit their work either as a solo or as a group at the Moores Hill Cellar Door Art Space. The period of time available would be 28 days including setting up and taking down. These periods will run monthly, starting  November 4^th, to Dec 1^st, 2011. The cost would be 10% on every sale which would go to Moores Hill and an administrative charge to wtag of $20. There would be certain conditions regarding your responsibilities. This will be outlined to you in a contract which you will sign before commencement of your exhibition.  You will also receive an accompanying letter, regarding housekeeping procedure at Moores Hill.

If you are interested in holding one of the spaces would you please fill out the following form and send it to wtag by  September 30^th 2011              .

Your returned form will be placed in a draw for allocation of the date of your exhibition. If you do not succeed this year your name will automatically be allocated in the 2012 spaces.

You will be notified of the dates you have drawn, at the AGM on the 30^th October 2011 and also thereafter by email or post.

 regards

New Newsletter!

New RAW Newsletter is out!

B!C!T! Survey

 Click here to take survey!

West Tamar Arts Group hope you enjoyed Raw Dance's Bang! Crash! Tap! To allow us to provide more and better arts experiences for our community, would you mind completing this survey. All responses are completely anonnymous and the survey should take only two minutes of your time. Thank you for your feedback.

Needle Felting Workshop

Check out the workshop link on the right for more information on the upcoming Needle Felting Workshop!

BANG CRASH TAP POSTER!

Check Google Maps for Directions to WINDSOR PARK in Invermay. This is the location.

Click the poster for a much larger version!

Basket Weavers

What a wonderful weekend!
Two lovely days spent making natural fibre melon baskets at the Deviot Community Hall on 21st and 22nd may.
Our very patient Tutor Jilli Spencer from Basket Makers of Tasmania http://www.tasbasketmakers.org/, shared a wealth of knowledge and experience in making these beautiful natural fibre baskets.

We hope to have an exhibition of finished works at Moore’s Hill Winery at the end of this month.

BANG! CRASH! TAP!

B!C!T! Video (for your enjoyment)!

Tickets are $5.00 for under 18, and TRA/WTAG members
                 $10.00 for Adults

On sale from Friday 24th June at:

Beaconsfield Newsagency
Exeter Bakery
Riverside Newsagency
Mojo Music

There are Free (return trip) Buses provided for the performance at 7.30 pm this is the route & times

-          Ophir Hotel, Beaconsfield 6.30pm
-          Community Centre, Beaconsfield 6.33pm
-          Glendale Road Cnr, Sidmouth 6.40pm
-          Opposite Shakers Takeaway, Exeter 6.50pm
-          Scott’s Motorcycles, Legana 7.00pm
-          Arrive 7.15pm
You must have a PRE_PURCHASED TICKET to the show to ride the bus!!

There are also Free Workshops with the performers of Bang! Crash! Tap! in the afternoon, Limited Numbers!, see your school music/drama department for details.

This is an all ages, no alcohol event proudly supported by our sponsors:

Material Girl 2011

EXTREME VICTORY, by Linda Riseley, is part of TRA Material Girl Exhibition 2011, and has also been selected for Brunswick St. Gallery Melbourne, the work can be seen in ' The Australia Art Collector ' and is illustrated on page 252 of the magazine

Comment from Linda;  "Thank you for your email (from WTAG) about the show as I would not have known about the event without it." 

Wendy Thiele (ex WTAG not Rubicon Regional Arts member) and Anne Young entered a collaborative work in Material Girl 2011,  titled KEEPING ABREAST, unfortunately their work was not chosen for this year’s exhibition, Anne commented 'The fun was in the collaborative journey.'

Congratulations to each of the four artists,  WTAG members have taken up the challenge and left their mark on Tasmania's art community in 2011.

Raw Dance Company’s BANG! CRASH! TAP!

Raw Dance Company’s

BANG! CRASH! TAP!

Are coming to Windsor Park!Sunday 17th July at 7.30pm.

Witness the collaboration with one of Australia’s most talented percussionists, the London
Beatboxing Champion, two of the fastest tap dancers you have ever seen, a little comedy
and a whole lot of energy.
Witness BANG! CRASH! TAP! -
Raw Dance Company’s mind blowing, multi-limb dance and percussion stage spectacular.
West Tamar Arts Group will present this high energy phenomena from Queensland
based Raw Dance Company on 17th July at 7.30pm at Windsor Park Community Precinct.
Supported by West Tamar Council, this event is part of the Tamania Regional Arts 2011 Access & Touring Menu.

For information & tickets visit:
West Tamar Youth website http://youth.wtc.tas.gov.au/
West Tamar Arts Group blog http://west-tamar-arts-group.blogspot.com/
Raw Dance Company @ www.rawdancecompany.com/bangcrashtap

Hebel Carving Workshop

A two day Hebel carving for beginners workshop, was conducted by Robert Boldkald, in association with the West Tamar Arts Group, in the bush setting at the Girl Guide property Nindethana, Deviot, 26-27 March 2011.  At the end of the workshop, the participants were well on their way to having completed their carving, and spoke excitedly about participating in future workshops.
 

 Robert said, ‘Hebel is a fantastic product to learn basic carving skills.  Because Hebel is aerated concrete, it is lightweight, making it easy for everyone to cut, shape and smooth.  Results happen quickly compared to working in stone or wood and a variety of finishes can be applied to the finished work.

 Congratulations to all the ‘Hebel novices’ who took part in the workshop.  It was great to see everyone eager to learn and make art in a material they had never worked with before.  This happy bunch of carvers created a wonderfully diverse assortment of work.’

Photography by Robyn.

Material Girl Exhibition 2011

Plese click the following link for the media release detailing the exhibition and the prize winners.

Media Release

In Teers

Contemporary art work by Mairi Ward, part of 10 Days on the Island 'In Teers'  exhibition is open until 3rd. April at Ivy Lawn Greens Beach. It is  a perfect place to take friends for a picnic.

Photographs by Robyn Barnet.

(click to view larger picture)

Box Kite News

This is the work of Linda Riseley titled Extreme Victory displayed in a light box photographed by the artist  Robyn.

EXTREME VICTORY, by Linda Riseley, is part of TRA Material Girl Exhibition 2011, and has also been selected for Brunswick St. Gallery Melbourne, the work can be seen in ' The Australia Art Collector ' and is illustrated on page 252 of the magazine.

Box Kite News

Tasmanian Regional Arts has announced the artworks to be exhibited in  MATERIAL GIRL 2011.  

WTAG are happy to announce that Clare Genders work "SPRING BALL” has been accepted, her sculpture from recycled old wood, an old truck spring and old art books is part of 2011 Material Girl Exhibition.

Photograph supplied by Clare Genders 

Wendy Thiele (ex WTAG not Rubicon Regional Arts member) and Anne Young entered a collaborative work in Material Girl 2011,  titled KEEPING ABREAST, unfortunately their work was not chosen for this year’s exhibition, Anne commented 'The fun was in the collaborative journey.'

Congratulations to each of the four artists,  WTAG members have taken up the challenge and left their mark on Tasmania's art community in 2011.

Great work.

Tasmanian Regional Arts Newsletter

This is a link to the Tasmanian Regional Arts newsletter sign up page.

The newsletter is for email - so you will need to signup to recieve this very useful newsletter covering many of the upcoming events in Tasmanian Regional Arts .

Art From Trash

 

Art From Trash is coming around a little earlier this year, with a booking in May. This has allowed us to have the gallery for longer, so this year we will have all your amazing work on display for two full weeks, including three full weekends.

To maximize our time in the gallery we will have the usual tight deadlines for drop-off/set-up/pick-up!

There are a few changes this year. To help cover our costs the entry fee this year has been raised to $20.

A size limit has been introduced of 2 metres in any direction. This is to help keep the exhibition open to everyone who enters, maximizing the number of individual artists in the exhibition.

For the same reason we may have to limit the number of entries per person this year. Last year we had 136 entries, and I am thinking once we get to about 150 we will be pushing the limits of the gallery space. This may not happen, it all depends on how many enter this year.

So, if you would like to enter multiple works you still can, but just remember we may have to limit the number. There is plenty of time from the entry deadline until the drop-off day to sort this out.

Entry forms will also be in Resource Collectables and Tip Shop early next week, and posters will be going up soon, too. If you know anyone that is interested please ask them to email me so I can add them to our contact list.

Happy art making!

Cheers,

--

Andy Vagg

Education Officer

Resource Work Cooperative

a not-for-profit social enterprise

www.artfromtrash.org

www.resourcetipshop.com

t 03 6234 3772  m 0409 595 795

p GPO Box 1092 Hobart TAS 7001

in TEERS

Mairi Ward

From the icy snow of Poatina to the beauty of the coast at Greens Beach, six artists have been commissioned to research, develop and assemble work that speaks of our interaction with the land, be it as paradise, wilderness, a place of sustenance or as an object of use and abuse.

Covering one quarter of the island’s land mass and home to 137,000 people, the Tamar Estuary and Esk River System (TEERS) is a highly valuable and bio-diverse water source extending from the catchments of the Great Western Tiers and Ben Lomond to the coast at the mouth of the Tamar Estuary via the North Esk, South Esk, Macquarie and Meander rivers.

Installation art creates an experience and is best lived with for a bit rather than simply looked at aesthetically. Strange and out-of-place elements can hold the key to connection and understanding. Each artist has considered a particular place and their responses to the environment and the water that flows through it.

If all of the world's water filled a bucket, the total amount of fresh water would be equivalent to one teaspoonful. 

Local art installation info:

Sherbet Forest by Mairi Ward

Every plant is native to somewhere. They say a weed is just a plant growing in the wrong place.  History, culture, aesthetics, politics affect what is acceptable and what is not and this changes over time. Going back to the beginning or adopting and adapting to change... there are many possibilities.

  

GREENS BEACH

Ivy Lawn

Beach Crescent

(end of cul-de-sac)

19 March–3 April

OPENING HOURS: 10am―5pm Daily

FREE EVENT

contributing artist Mairi Ward

Thanks-you to Brooke Small, Programme Co-ordinator for Ten Days on the Island  for contributing this article

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Mairi Ward joins in TEERS

mairi ward, contributing artists to in TEERS at Green Lawn

Local art installation info:

Sherbet Forest by Mairi Ward

as part of in TEERS

Every plant is native to somewhere. They say a weed is just a plant growing in the wrong place.  History, culture, aesthetics, politics affect what is acceptable and what is not and this changes over time. Going back to the beginning or adopting and adapting to change... there are many possibilities.

  

GREENS BEACH

Ivy Lawn

Beach Crescent

(end of cul-de-sac)

19 March–3 April

OPENING HOURS: 10am―5pm Daily

FREE EVENT

Show and Tell Exhibition

West Tamar Arts Group

Cordially invites you and your friends to its

Show and Tell Exhibition
Friday 21 January 2011
Moores Hill Winery
West Tamar Highway, Sidmouth

Artist: Robert Baldkalk , Photo: Julia Clifford, Curator: Dallas Richardson

Complimentary glass of Moores Hill Wines on arrival
RSVP Wednesday 19 January 2011
Dallas Richardson
Email dallasjrichardson@gmail.com
West Tamar Arts Group
"Creating a partnership between the artists and the
community to provide artistic experiences for all"
proudly supported by
Moores Hill

Street address: 3343 West Tamar Highway, Sidmouth, Tasmania 7270
Postal address: PO Box 69, Exeter, Tasmania 7275
Tel. 03 6394 7649 Fax 03 6394 7647
enquiries@mooreshill.com.au
www.mooreshill.com.au