The years are going by, and it is my turn as ‘Artist of the Month’ again at the Maleny Arts and Crafts Group’s ‘Fine Art Group’. I’ve no idea how or why, but somehow I ended up with the job of organizing a small exhibition each month to feature an artist from our Fine Art…
Collectables 2022
The Maleny Printmakers ‘Collectables 2022’ has been and gone – it is always a delightful little exhibition of small prints 13.5 x 11.5 cms in size and has a good following. This year it was at Munnimbah-dja an indigenous run gallery in the ‘little red house’ in the Forest Heart nursery grounds at Maleny. I…
Flying flags
There is a US Facebook page called World Cyanotype Day and each year they put together an exhibition of cyanotype flags. As a spin-off from this Doug Spowart and Victoria Cooper have started an Australian version of World Cyanotype Day on their Facebook page The Cyanotype in Australia. This year I decided to join in…
Reptiles and Amphibians
The Maleny Printmakers are back in the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve gallery with their exhibition Reptiles and Amphibians. Both numbers of artists and works were less than usual due to the uncertainties of Covid-19 from the point of view of ‘will the exhibition be cancelled due to lockdown’ and vagaries of health and sometime lack…
The print swap
I can’t say I’ve never done a print swap before, but this was a first for me – a print swap where 15 artists did one print in an edition of 15 so we all got 15 different prints. I’d been a bit wary of print swaps, but as this involved the Maleny Printmakers, a…
Meet the Cool Locals
Arts Connect Inc. are back at Mary Cairncross, and although I haven’t seen all their exhibitions, this has to take the cake for being quirky, creative and slightly vulnerable due to Covid. The exhibition is called Meet the Cool Locals – and not just cool in a trendy sort of sense, but ‘cool’ as our…
Way out west..
I’ve just spent a fortnight ‘way out west’ in Queensland with around 30 others from Mapleton. I think there were 7 women, and the rest, including John, were the men from the Mapleton Mens Shed. We packed the Avan and headed around 1000 kms west to Cunnumulla, then another 16 kms north-west to the Bowra…
Open studio reflections
For a person that usually stays in the background, I can sometimes get a bit more brave and open my studio to the public. In all cases it has been through Arts Connect Inc. In previous years I have opened my studio for a weekend at the end of each month. With Covid restrictions nothing…
Botanica
An Arts Connect Inc exhibition at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Mountain View Road, Maleny from 6-23 November, 2020. The exhibition is open from 9.30 to 3.30 daily. Artists: Michael Augustine, Megan Bice, Jo Bingham, Sine Black, Jan Braithwaite, Roger Callen, Deanne Cumner, Catherine Day, Libby Derham, Jennifer Eurell, Trevor Irvine, Peta Jervois, Jacky Lowry, Annie…
Bugs in the System
The Maleny Printmakers current exhibition at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Maleny, is called ‘Bugs in the System’. If you are looking for us we are in the theatrette next to the observation platform which is above the cafe. It’s a good coffee stop – and with glorious views to the Glasshouse Mountains. I’m on duty…
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