Upcoming exhibtions at Craft ACT

Exhibitions and events: Upcoming

13 August to 25 August 2009

Opening 6pm Thursday 13 August and continuing until Tuesday 25 August
Closing party from 6pm Tuesday 25 August

Gallery 1 and 2: Epidemic

Taking over the galleries at Craft ACT are the latest graduates who have broken out and started to craft and design a career in the arts. Epidemic showcases the designs of graduates of the University of Canberra Ben Hubbard and Renee Osterloh; Australian National University School of Art Richard Blackwell and Dan Edwards and Canberra Institute of Technology Eden Waugh and Jacob Potter.

Crucible Showcase: LOST YOU - Deborah Fiori

Responding to the words LOST YOU as painted across Canberra Road, Ginninderra drive, Fiori creatively explores the multifaceted nature of loss, and the challenges communities face in allocating space for such sentiment. Her series of personal adornments capture the essence of loss through the sensitive treatment of ephemeral materials that reference the relationship between object and idea.

Image credits (top to bottom)
Epidemic, 2009. Digital image Craft ACT;
Deborah Fiori, in the shadows still (detail), 2009, oxidised sterling silver. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

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10 September to 17 October 2009

Opening 6pm Thursday 10 September and continuing until Saturday 17 October 2009

Gallery 1: Unravel

Curated by Patsy Hely, the annual Craft ACT Accredited Professional Members’ exhibition explores meanings associated with the word unravel. Throughout 2009 members and the curator engaged in dialogue, using the word and its many associations as a catalyst. The collective exhibition becomes the place not only where personal interpretation surfaces, but where a trace of conversations might be found.

Gallery 2: Blue Australian - Andrew Nicholls

A solo exhibition of ceramic works and drawings by Andrew Nicholls. Inspired by the links between blue and white china dinnerware and British imperialism, Blue Australian references the way the blue and white medium has been used historically to articulate colonial narrative. Nicholls' works draw upon this legacy to explore anxiety and melancholia implicit in post-colonial Australian culture.

Crucible Showcase: SWAY - Harriet Schwarzrock

In SWAY, Schwarzrock composes elements of glass that draw on the aesthetics of biological colonies and organic growth. Regularity and rhythm is expressed throughout the assemblage suggesting an unfurling motion.

Image credits (top to bottom)
Unravel, 2009.
Andrew Nicholls, Australian Sporting (detail from series of eight dinner plates and eight entrée plates), 2004. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Harriet Schwarzrock, SWAY (detail), 2009, blown glass. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

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7 November to 19 December 2009

Opening 6pm Thursday 7 November and continuing until Saturday 19 December

Gallery 1 and 2: Art Quilt Australia 09

Selected works make up this major exhibition drawing on the finest contemporary Australian art quilters. Coinciding with the 2009 Ozquilt Network national conference to be held Canberra.

Crucible Showcase: Chris Harman

Harman engineers works in ceramic through connecting multiple elements to an internal skeleton. The work is inspired by his fascination with plant formations and focuses on microscopic detail contained within the overall form of his specimens.

Image credits (top to bottom)
Judy Hooworth, Impressions of Dora Creek # 18, 2008, hand painted and mono printed cottons, machine pieced and quilted. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Chris Harman, AVM (Animal Vegetable Mineral), 2008, stoneware ceramics, dry glazes. Photo: Rob Little.

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