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
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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

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.

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.