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Exhibitions and Events:
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Image: 20th century porcelain green glazed lotus leaf pond.
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until 7 September
Noel McKenna, Wollongong House, 2000, ink and pencil on paper.
An innovative program which encourages children’s creative writing skills by the exploration of real and imagined worlds experienced through close engagement with art.
Exhibition opening & awards presentation
Sunday 17 August, 2pm
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Writing About Art
Saturday 12 July, 12.30 – 1.30pm
An introduction to some of the pleasures and pitfalls of writing about art with Director Craig Judd. Presented in association with the South Coast Writers’ Centre.
Principal sponsor
Wollongong City Gallery gratefully acknowledges Ian Dickson’s generous support of Just Imagine.
until 3 August
Rita Burgess, Cliff Face Northern Beaches,
winner 2008 James Kiwi Watercolour Prize.
Selected entries from the eighth biennial prize for watercolour painting in the Illawarra.
TAFE Guest Lecture Program
Wednesday 30 July, 3.30 – 5pm
Masters, Myths and Medias. Dr Anthony Hull, lecturer and past winner, will present an informal and personal view concerning watercolour painting. Free.
Introduction to Watercolour
Sunday 6 July, 12 noon – 4pm
Workshop with Sue Smalkowski.
For information and bookings please phone 4228 7500.
26 July - 7 September
Image: (detail) The Demonstrables, 2008, paper, textiles, mixed media.
Mysterious and intriguing sculptural works made from paper and textiles which effectively turn the museum inside out, animating the utilitarian and exposing theprocesses of production, display and decay.
Exhibition Opening
Friday 25 July, 6-8pm
Floor Talk with Gallery Director Craig Judd,
Friday 8 August, 11am
Artist Talk Thursday 14 August, 12 noon
A Marginal Mythology: Saturday 9 August, 2.30pm.
A fusion of poetry, song, music and dance inspired by the images of surrealism. Performed by Lara Pigott and Brooke Louttit with music by Max and Kate Conyngham and Lara Pigott. Written and co-directed by Geoffrey Sykes. Free event.
26 July - 24 August
Image: 12_05 series 5, acrylic on canvas, 107 x 122cm
Is there a universal order and harmony? This is an exhibition of paintings of tranquility where a rational mathematical sequence is used to orchestrate the play of light, dark and colour.
Exhibition Opening
Friday 25 July, 6-8pm
Artist Talk
Wednesday 6 August, 12 noon
Melanie Becktel | Emma-Lee Crane | Janna Ferraro | Carmelina Nunnari | Brenna Quinlan | Simon Wheeldon
26 July – 21 September
Image: Brenna Quinlan, untitled, 2008, oil on canvas.
A diverse group exhibition to celebrate the work of the Wollongong City Gallery Mentor Program for young artists.
This program provides an opportunity for a small group of dedicated young artists to work collaboratively with WCG Resident Artist, Jade Pegler, to develop their own art practices, and to gain experience in the art world.
Exhibition opening
Friday 25 July, 6-8pm
Floor Talk
Program participants, 2007 Resident Artist Jade Pegler
and Education Officer Michael Beare.
Saturday 2 August, 1pm
9 August – 19 October
Image: Annette Willis, winner 2006 Friends of Wollongong City Gallery
Photographic Portrait Prize.
Exhibition opening and announcement of winners,
Friday 8 August, 6-8pm
Selected entries in the third biennial prize for portrait photography.
A Friends of Wollongong City Gallery fundraising event.
Floor Talk
Craig Judd in conversation with the winner,
Saturday 9 August, 1pm
30 August – 28 September
Image: Bryony Anderson, Sick people in Hamburg, 2004, ink and pencil
Ink drawings, collage and automata exploring that most common of maladies, “head-sickness”, conducted furtively and rendered late at night.
Exhibition Opening
Saturday 30 August, 2pm.
TAFE Guest Lecture Program
The Dark Side
Wednesday 3 September, 12 noon
Director Craig Judd explores contemporary artists fascination with the mind as a subversive force
Wednesday 10 September, 3.30 – 5pm
Free
Mercury Gallery
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