Victorian Galleries main menu about art almanac subscriptions advertising artist profiles links suggestions Visitors Book Contact Us last updated: 20-06-2004 June 2004 IssueVictoria • Gippsland & Phillip Island COWWARR ART SPACE Main Road, Cowwarr 3857. (03) 5148-9321 fax 5148-9498. Director: Carolyn A. Crossley. Email: cowwarr@optusnet.com.au Fri-Mon 11.00 to 5.00 or by appt. From June 6 (opening at 2pm) Go Girl Go! recent prints by SUE FRASER. GALLERY ARC (Melway ref 528 8-C) Main Street, Yinnar 3869. (03) 5163-1310 fax 5163 1524. Email: arcyinnar@net-tech.com.au Mon-Fri 12.00 to 4.00, Sat 11.00 to 3.00, or by appt. June 6 to 30 Winter Warmers group thematic show. June 19 Mid Winter Solstice Evening. GIPPSLAND ART GALLERY • SALE 68 Foster Street, Sale 3850. (03) 5142-3372 fax 5142-3373. Director: Michael Young. Email: michaely@wellington.vic.gov.au Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 1.00 to 5.00, closed Mondays and public holidays. Entry fees apply. To July 4 Stuffed and Mounted an exhibition of ornithological significance featuring contributions from Birds Australia and Museum Victoria. To July 4 Fleeting: Evidence of Absence recent work by ALEXIS BECKETT, introducing us to the fragile world of birds and their precarious existence. To June 13 Native Title Business promoting reconciliation and understanding of the Native Title issues through contemporary visual art, a RAQ touring exhibition. June 19 to July 17 Ash recent paintings by JILL ORR. June 18 to July 25 Antipodean in Spain LIONEL LINDSAY, on tour from the National Gallery of Victoria. LATROBE REGIONAL GALLERY 138 Commercial Road, Morwell 3840. (03) 5128-5700 fax 5128-5706. Director: Louise Tegart. Email: lrg@latrobe.vic.gov.au Tue-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 11.00 to 4.00. June 13 Chiaroscuro Charcoal drawings by ROBERT DICKERSON and poems by Jennifer Dickerson. A New England Regional Art Museum Travelling Exhibition. To June 13 Women Printmakers 1900-1940 an exhibition drawn from the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum collection. June 19 to July 25 SUSAN PURDY The Secret of Emptiness and New Branches on an Old Tree. June 19 to July 25 Imaging the Apple. A University of Ballarat Travelling Exhibition. Throughout June, highlights from the LRG permanent collection and selections from the Vizard Foundation Collection of the 1990s, on loan from the Ian Potter Museum, University of Melbourne. THE ROBB STREET GALLERY 6 Robb Street, Bairnsdale 3875. (03) 5152-6990. Email: director@thersg.com.au By appt only. DIANNE FOGWELL, ROSLYN KEAN, URSULA LAVERTY, ANNE PROWSE, JÖRG SCHMEISSER and ROBIN THOMAS. SWITCHBACK GALLERY Gippsland Centre for Art and Design, Monash University, Churchill 3842. (03) 9902-6261 fax 9902-6678. Email: gippsland@artdes.monash.edu.au Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00. June 1 to July 7 Forest of no Distance prints by MEGAN McPHERSON. ISLAND INFLUENCE Churchill Island Art Space, Newhaven 3925 (turn off from Philip Island Road). (03) 5956-8594. Daily 10.00 to 4.30pm. June 12 to 27 Moons and Moonahs by JOSEPHINE ALLEN. Preview on www.islandinfluence.com.au See www.penguins.org.au for information on Churchill Island. • Mornington Peninsula ANTIPODES GALLERY / BOOKSHOP 138 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento 3943. (03) 5984-4217. Email: antipode@nex.net.au Daily 10.00 to 5.00. June 5 to July 3 recent works by CHRISTOPHER PYETT. FRANKSTON ARTS CENTRE - CUBE 37 37 Davey Street, Frankston 3199. (03) 9784-1060. Visual and new media galleries Mon-Sat 9.00 to 5.00. Art After Dark each night dusk till dawn. To June 19 Ches Mills paintings by CHES MILLS. June 15 to July 3 Like Minded Souls painting and sculptural works by BRENDA PETTITT, JULIE NIEKAMP and ANDREA JENKINS. JEFFERY MALESA GALLERY Suite 2/3, Level 1, 119-125 Ocean Beach Road, Sorrento 3943. Tel/fax (03) 5984-1144. Email: jefferymalesagallery@bigpond.com Daily 10.00 to 5.00. McCLELLAND GALLERY + SCULPTURE PARK Studio Park, 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin 3910. (03) 9789-1671 fax 9789-1610. Director: Simon Ambrose. Email: info@mcclellandgallery.com Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Cafe now open Wed-Sun 10.30 to 4.30. Refer to Melbourne listing. MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERY (MPRG) (Melway ref 145 G4) Civic Reserve, Dunns Road, Mornington 3931. (03) 5975-4395. Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Adults $4, con $2. June 1 to July 4 The Artists' Studio etchings by RON MCBURNIE and collaborating artists. A Cairns Regional Gallery Exhibition toured by the Regional Galleries Association of Queensland. June 1 to July 4 MAS, MARY ALICE EVATT 1898-1973. A Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Travelling Exhibition. OAK HILL GALLERY 100 Tyabb Road, Mornington 3931. (03) 5973-4299. Email: oakhillgallery@yahoo.com.au Tues-Sun & public hols 11.00 to 4.00. To June 30 Five + Perspectives, photographic exhibition by PAUL ALBISTON, JOYCE EVANS and ELLIE YOUNG, MAXINE SALVATORE, JOSHUA THOMASON and JOANNE VERSCHUUR. Oak Hill is now accepting exhibition proposals for 2005. • Yarra Valley TARRAWARRA MUSEUM OF ART 311 Healesville-Yarra Glen Road, Healesville 3777. (03) 5957-3100 fax 5957-3120. Director: Maudie Palmer. Email: museum@twma.com.au Tues-Sun 11.00 to 5.00 Admission $5.00 (students/unemployed/pensioners free). Distance to city centre 60kms, Melway ref 277 B2. Through June Echo selected paintings from the TWMA collection together with decorative art, design and found objects from public and private collections demonstrating how creative parallels can occur even where objects have been made many years, or cultures, apart. And Urban/exurban contemporary Australian photography exploring the shifting landscapes of the suburban/urban and metropolitan/provincial divide, and the pleasures and anxieties which exist in the spaces between city and bush. Including work by SUSAN FEREDAY, CHARMAINE HARDY, BILL HENSON, PATRICIA PICCININI, DARREN SYLVESTER, BLAIR TRETHOWAN and A Constructed World. THE LOFT ART SPACE at Rochford's Eyton (Melway ref 277 D-9) Cnr Maroondah Hwy and Hill Road, Coldstream 3770 (55km east of Melbourne's CBD approx. 50 mins). (03) 5962-4727. Email: info@candlebarkfarm.com.au Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To June 18 modern oils by JANE FITZHERBERT. To July 30 AMANDA RUSK multi media works. To Sept 10 JOKE FRIJLINK expressive works. YERING STATION (Melway 275, C6) 38 Melba Hwy, Yarra Glen 3770. (03) 9730-0100. Contact: Mary Gebbie. Email: mgebbie@yering.com Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 10.00 to 6.00. To June 6 SIMON BAYLISS. June 11 (opening at 6pm) to Aug 22 WOW dynamic paintings by JEANETTE LOTZ and b/w photographs by RICHARD JAGGER. • Macedon Ranges JUDITH PUGH GALLERY 789 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon 3441. Refer to Melbourne listing. MAD GALLERY 19 High Street, Lancefield 3435. (03) 5429-1432. Café and gallery open daily 10.00 to 5.00. Contemporary 2D & 3D fine art. To July 2 Pieces of Eight paintings, prints and sculpture by eight artists: DREW COLE, ALEX DAY, CHRIS DUFFY, LYN FERGUSON, DEE GILL, ANTON HASELL, EILEEN VENABLES and MARGOT WIBURD. • North Central Region BENALLA ART GALLERY (Melway ref 619 D6) Bridge Street, Benalla 3672. (03) 5762-3027. Director: Simon Klose. Email: benalla.art.gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Gallery Café open daily 10.00 to 4.00. Free entry. June 9 to July 18 Seeing the Sublime RICHARD CLEMENTS (1951-1999) - a retrospective, showcasing the artist's unique interaction with the land. To June 26 Autistic Eye, painting from the MACCRO artists' group. This selection of work by local artists diagnosed with autism is vibrant, with brilliant colour and unique treatment of familiar themes. LEFT BANK ARTISTS CO-OPERATIVE LTD Artist-run contemporary art space Sub-Treasury Building, 98 Ford Street, Beechworth. P.O. Box 496, Beechworth 3747. ph/fax (03) 5728-1988. Thurs-Mon 10.00 to 5.00. Queen's Birthday weekend and throughout June Members Exhibition. OLD POST OFFICE SEYMOUR 50 Emily Street, Seymour 3660. (03) 5792-3170. Wed-Sun 11.00 to 4.00, Tues-Sat 6.00 to 9.00. Email: artseymour@dodo.com.au Australian artists. Cafe/restaurant. SHEPPARTON ART GALLERY Eastbank Centre, 70 Welsford Street, Shepparton 3630. (03) 5832-9861 fax 5831-8480. Director: Leanne Willis. Daily 10.00 to 4.00, public holidays 1.00 to 4.00. Free entry. To June 20 Meditation on a Korean odyssey ceramic works by PETRUS SPRUNK after his residency in Korea in 1999. Also An Artist's Palette - palettes of colour collection decorated by a variety of well known artists. On loan from a private collection. June 3 to July 11 Hickory Dickory Dock: The Changing Face of Play School. Toured by the National Museum of Australia. June 23 to July 18 JOHN TEAGUE - experimental, creative and traditional photography. WANGARATTA EXHIBITIONS GALLERY Ovens Street, Wangaratta 3677. (03) 5722-0865 fax 5722-2969. Sat-Sun 1.00 to 4.00, Mon-Tues 12.00 to 5.00, Wed-Fri 10.00 to 5.00. Closed public hols. Adm free. To June 6 deLIGHTful palette Wangaratta Artists Society exhibits recent works in different media. June 18 to July 18 Dreams of a Golden Thread by SARAH THORN. Contemporary textiles using traditional techniques. • Geelong & Bellaraine Peninsula ESSEX FINE ART 54 Grubb Road, Ocean Grove 3226. (03) 5256-1445 fax 5256-1628. Email: essexfineart@bigpond.com Mon-Fri 11.00 to 5.00 or by appt. GEELONG GALLERY Little Malop Street, Geelong 3220. (03) 5229-3645 fax 5221-6441. Director: Geoffrey Edwards. Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun & public holidays 1.00 to 5.00. Free entry, guided tour 2pm Saturdays. To June 6 Dream of a Golden Thread by SARA THORN. To June 12 Geoglyphs by ANDREW ROGERS. To June 20 More Than a Memory the art of ELIZABETH PARSONS (1831-1897). To June 27 The hand and the chisel wood carvings by LEWIS JOHN GODFREY. June 19 to Aug 1 Fathoming: Contemporary Australian Sculpture. LITTLE MALOP GALLERY 101 Little Malop Street, Geelong 3220. (03) 5221 6505. Director: Robert Avitabile. Weekdays 10.30 to 5.30, Sat 10.30 to 4.00, Sun 1.00 to 4.00. Through June: a changing, mixed exhibition by gallery artists. • Great Ocean Road CUSTOMS HOUSE GALLERY Gilles Street, Warrnambool 3280. (03) 5564-8963. Thurs-Sun 11.00 to 5.00. Directors: Helen and Des Bunyon. Throughout June Antarctica photographs by MARK NORMAN and PHIL TARGETT. MELALEUCA GALLERY 121 Great Ocean Road, Anglesea 3230. (03) 5263-1230. Sat-Sun 11.00 to 5.30, or by appointment. Changing works by gallery artists. PORTLAND BAY PRESS 21 Julia Street, Portland 3305. (03) 5523-1057. Workshops, studio access and gallery. QDOS ARTS 35 Allenvale Road, Lorne 3232. (03) 5289-1989 fax 5289-1983. Daily 10.00 to 5.00 (closed Wed). SHANNON'S GALLERY & STUDIOS 12 Montrose Avenue, Apollo Bay 3233. (03) 5237-6578. Daily 10.00 to 6.00 except Tuesday. Recent studies and paintings by PAT SHANNON and MARK SHANNON. WARRNAMBOOL ART GALLERY 165 Timor Street, Warrnambool 3280. (03) 5564-7832 fax 5561-5136. Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 to 5.00. To June 6 In Enemy Hands: Australian prisoners of war an Australian War Memorial travelling exhibition. To June 6 Stranger, photographs by DEIRDRE BRENNAN. To June 6 From the Collection works on paper. Warrnambool Art Gallery Award: entry forms available by contacting the Gallery on (03) 5564-7832. WISHART GALLERY 19 Sackville Street, Port Fairy 3284. (03) 5568-2423. Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Contemporary works by BOAG, FOX, CININAS, JOHNSTONE, KLEIN, PEEBLES, GOODWOLF, HATTAM and others. • Central Goldfields (Bendigo) ALLAN'S WALK ARTIST RUN SPACE Shop 5, Allan's Walk, Bendigo 3550. Mob 0428 286-165. Email: tjoyy@optusnet.com.au Thurs-Sat 10.00 to 2.00. To June 26 (opening June 4, 6-8pm) Arthouse Alien Invasion WESLEY HARRISON's Trinity. Exhibition submissions welcome for the first 1/2 2005, due June 30. BENDIGO ART GALLERY 42 View Street, Bendigo 3550. (03) 5443-4991 fax 5443-6586. Director: Karen Quinlan. Email: l.fitzgibbon@bendigo.vic.gov.au Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Gallery cafe open from 10am. Entry by donation, free guided tours at 2pm. To June 27 We Are Family by PATRICIA PICCININI. Venice Biennale 2003 Exhibition. Exclusive to Bendigo Art Gallery in Australia. Entry fees apply. June 12 to July 18 New View: Indigenous Photographic Perspectives. A Monash Gallery of Art Travelling Exhibition. June 19 to July 25 Backyards, Bush and Beaches. A travelling exhibition from the Dromkeen Children's Literature Collection. BENDIGO POTTERY PAYNTER GALLERY Bendigo Pottery Tourist Complex, 146 Midland Hwy, Epsom 3551. (03) 5448-4404 fax 5448-4873. Email: bpottery@bendigo.net.au Daily 9.00 to 5.00. DUDLEY HOUSE Dudley House, View Street (next to Bendigo Art Gallery), Bendigo 3550. (03) 5435-2595-. Email: reveries@iprimus.com.au Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. June 13 to 27 4 Artists 2 Photographers 5 Vignerons and a Cheesemaker art and wine and cheese all influenced by the same geography. PHYLLIS PALMER GALLERY La Trobe University, Visual Arts Building, Gate 8, Sharon Street, Bendigo 3350. (03) 5444-7969. Mon-Fri 9.00 to 5.00. June 3 to 24 Through the Lens photography by BRUCE POSTLE. • Central Goldfields ARARAT GALLERY Town Hall, Vincent Street, Ararat 3377. (03) 5352-2836. Mon, Wed-Fri 11.00 to 4.00, Sat, Sun & public hols 12.00 to 4.00. To July 14 The Etchings of Victor Cobb, 1876-1945, etchings, rare prints and the sketchbooks of VICTOR COBB. To June 27 oil paintings by ALAN LEISHMAN. BALLARAT FINE ART GALLERY 40 Lydiard Street, North Ballarat 3350. (03) 5320-5858. Daily 10.30 to 5.00. Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day. June 4 to July 18 The Value of Collecting Victorian State Craft Collection - Jewellery. June 25 to Aug 8 Gardenesque CAROL WILSON and LOUISE SAXTON. CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS ART GALLERY Old Fire Station, Neill Street, Maryborough 3465. (03) 5460-4588 fax 5460-4579. Email: cgscart@origin.net.au Thurs-Sun 9.00 to 4.30. CONVENT GALLERY Daly Street, Daylesford 3460. (03) 5348-3211 fax 5348-3339. Daily 10.00 to 5.00. To June 24 Fly me to the Moon multimedia art by PRAKASH VERAPEN. Boundaries oil paintings by MARION EAST. Gardens oil paintings by HELEN LEACH. And Ten Year Anniversary Show new metal work by leading Castlemaine sculptors SHADES OF GRAY. FALKNER GALLERY 35 Templeton Street, Castlemaine 3450. (03) 5470-5858. Email: falknerg@netcon.net.au Director: Dale Falkner. Thurs-Sun 11.00 to 5.00. To June 20 Blackpool and Beyond Blackpool in the 'swinging '60s' by Mt. Everest climber and photographer ALFRED GREGORY, and recent works by professional photographer SUZANNE GREGORY. GORDON EDGERTON GALLERIES 64 Main Street, Gordon 3345. (03) 5368-9240. Off Western Hwy 20 mins S.E. of Ballarat. Fri-Sun & pub hols 11.00 to 5.00, other times by appt. Currently showing Figures and Flora. Featuring work by LEONIE AUHL, GRAEME CARDINAL, TRISH GREEN, EDWARD HEFFERNAN, VIDA PEARSON, RON WALKER and WENDY WHITFORD. PENNY SCHOOL GALLERY 11 Church Street, Maldon 3463. (03) 5475-1911 fax 5475-1061. Email: psgallery@netcon.net.au Open seven days 10.00 to 5.00. June 5 to July 13 recent oils, gouaches, watercolours and prints by BILL DELECCA. • North Western District GALLERY 25 25 Deakin Avenue, Mildura 3500. (03) 5022-0374 mob 0417 346-106 fax 5021-0842. Email: vikkilake@bigpond.com.au To June 3 Travelling Light GARY DAVIS, DANIELLE HOBBS and CAROLYN SANDERS. From June 4 Contemporary Indigenous Art from Murray Darling Region: BADGER BATES, BRIAN MARTIN, YVONNE KOOLMATRIE, LORRAINE CONNELLY-NORTHEY, LANCE ATKINSON, SONJA HODGE and PETER PETERSON. MILDURA ARTS CENTRE 199 Cureton Avenue, Mildura 3500. (03) 5018-8330. Daily 10.00 to 5.00. Throughout 2004 Mildura Arts Centre Permanent Collection. To June 20 (keeping) Human Shape new works on paper by Merbein artist and teacher, DENISE JAMES. To June 27 Contact photographic shadowgrams by environmental artist HARRY NANKIN. June 24 to Aug 29 ...a wing and a prayer... artists investigate flight. Curated by David Broker and Pam Zeplin. To coincide with the Nudie 16th Hot Air Balloon Championships in Mildura June 26 to July 3. SWAN HILL REGIONAL ART GALLERY Horseshoe Bend, Swan Hill 3585. (03) 5036-2430 fax 5036-2465. Email: artgal@swanhill.vic.gov.au Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 11.00 to 5.00. June 4 Official Announcement of the 2004 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, exhibition continues to July 11. To July 11 prints by DEAN BOWEN. • Western District ELIZABETH ARTHUR FINE ART GALLERY & SCULPTURE GARDEN 35 Carmichael Street, Hamilton 3300. (03) 5572-2851. Director: Elizabeth Arthur. Tues, Thurs-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, weekends by appt. Grand opening of new gallery and sculpture garden. Contemporary sculpture by leading Australian artists. HAMILTON ART GALLERY 107 Brown Street, Hamilton 3300. (03) 5573-0460 fax 5571-1017. Director: Daniel McOwan. Mon-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 12.00 & 2.00 to 5.00, Sun 2.00 to 5.00. To July 11 In the Heat of the Day prints by BARBARA BRASH. From the permanent collection. To July 3 Dark Wood to White Rose paintings by CHRISTINE JOHNSON. Toured by Eastgate & Holst Gallery, Melbourne. To June 27 The School of Stanley J. Ellis copper and enamelware. Toured by Castlemaine Art Gallery HORSHAM REGIONAL ART GALLERY 80 Wilson Street, Horsham 3400. (03) 5382-5575 fax 5382-5407. Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat-Sun 1.00 to 4.30. To Aug 1 Age of Innocence photographs from Horsham's collection. To July 4 Bark Pics and Rock Art photography by MARIANNE MIDELBURG. To July 11 Ironman: a collection of recent work sculptures by JEFF THOMSON.