September 19-20 2009
The Lennox Street Annual Art Fair is on. Opening Friday 18th September by artist Tim Johnson. Exhibition runs 19th and 20th September 10am until 5pm and we look forward to seeing you at 111 Lennox Street, Newtown.
Download PDF of opening invite here.
‘Old School – New Edge’ is an exhibition of challenging and culturally diverse artworks from 30 established and emerging artists, to be held at the Lennox Street Studios, Newtown, previously St Josephs Catholic School. The exhibition is to be held on the weekend of 19th and 20th September 2009 from 10am to 5pm daily at 111 Lennox Street, Newtown. The exhibition includes drawings, paintings, prints sculptures and textiles by artists from Australia, Europe, Asia, the Pacific Islands and America. Renowned, resident artist Tim Johnson will be opening the exhibition to the public on Friday 18th September and will be opening his studio to the public during the weekend. Artists exhibiting include Julie Ashcroft, Bronwyn Austen, Kerwayne Berry, Peter Brember, Deborah Chisholm, Ro Cook, Michael Fairweather, Andre Hobday, Clyth Hoult, Tim Johnson, Fiona Kain, Rita Karagelinian, Min Ko, Pauline Mulhearn, Megan O’Brien, Yiwon Park, Steve Perrin, Malcolm Poole, Madeleine Preston, Jennie Pry, Loris Quantock, Jeanette Scott, Robert Silverton, Donna Smullen, Anna Tow, Rebecca White Taggart, April White, Sandy Wilkenfeld and Peter Williamson.
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Jennie Pry will be the Artist-in-Residence at Sydney's Maritime Museum for two months from September 25th. Supporting their current exhibition Exposed! The Story of Swimwear, she will be carrying out workshops and creating works of art on site.
More from the Museum via this link here...
August 11 - 25
Michael Fairweather is showing from August 11-25th at Gallery@28, 28 Queen Street, Woollahara.
See a PDF of works from that show here. Gallery 28 details & opening hours here
Further congratulations - Michael's work, ABERCROMBIE STREET AT 5pm has been enlivening the streets of Sydney. It was a finalist in the City of Sydney Artprize.
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August 11 - September 5 2009
"SECOND NATURE" is Kerwayne Berry's joint exhibition with Samir Youssef. It opens at NTK Gallery on Sat 15th August. The show continues through to September 5th.
More images from the show here.
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Michael Fairweather, Donna Smullen and April White
works on show Woollahara 22 JULY - 11 AUGUST
Gallery@28 - 28 Queen Street Woollahara, NSW, 2025. Exhibition July 21 - August 1th.
Phone (02) 9363 9892 or email khp@gallery28.com.au for details.
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Loris Quantock news
Loris was part of the Lennox Street Studios group show at the Bondi Pavilion in May.
She created an artwork especially for this exhibition. “Beside the Seaside”, is a delicate, decorative construction of paper cocktail umbrellas on a background of clouds.
In mid June, Loris exhibited at the Kerrie Lowe Gallery.
The exhibition is open on June 19 until 7 July 2009.
At the invitation of Gallery Directors Tony Twigg and Gina Fairley,
Loris will create a site specific work for the SLOT Gallery in Alexandria, Sydney.
The specially created work will be on exhibition from 30 November 2009 until January 2010. SLOT is located at 38 Botany Rd, Alexandria. Click on the link below for more information.
http://www.slot.net.au/retrospective-2009.htm
Loris will also be exhibiting her work at the Balmain Art and Craft Show later this year and at the annual Lennox Street Open Studio Exhibition to be held in September.
Loris’s work is also available through Studio Dome 128 Addison Road Marrickville NSW.
Tel 02 8013 1786 or email http://www.studiodome.net/Pages/LorisQ.html
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May 22 - 24, Drawn to the Watch House
Rebecca White Taggart, Pauline Mulhearn and Andre Hobday, all artists with studios in Lennox Street, are showing works on paper in Balmain. On view this coming weekend only.
Click here for a PDF of the invitation to the show.
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May 7 - 17, Newtown went to the Beach
Lennox Street Studios' Group Show At Bondi
Pavilion has now closed. We are now planning our next open day at Lennox Street so watch this page for details or subscribe to our newsletter.
‘Newtown at the Beach’ was a collaborative exhibition of works from 17 artists from the Lennox Street Studios in Newtown. They were using the beach as inspiration and as a new context for exhibiting their art about water and the human form. Each artist interpreted the theme of water and the human form in their own unique and individual way using a variety of media ranging from ink, watercolour and oils, to mosaic, sculpture, hand printed images on fabric and installations.
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13 March - 17 May 2009
Tim Johnson: Painting Ideas
Lennox Street Studios' resident artist Tim Johnson's whose retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales has now closed but you can see more of Tim Johnson's latest work here
For some stunning images from the AGN's retrospective, see:http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/current/tim_johnson
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February 19 - March 1 2009
Jennie Pry's solo exhibition 'Bathing Belles' at the Bondi Pavilion was a huge success, with many visitors coming to tell Jennie their stories and bringing their bathing suits of old in to the Bondi Pavilion to show her. There was media interest too. The Sydney Morning Herald wrote:
Sometimes a private collection has a cultural worth far beyond its monetary value. When Sydney artist Jennie Pry resumed her career after her children started school, her drawing teacher asked if there were any objects she found inspiring. She immediately thought of the swimsuits she had been collecting over the years.
It took off from there and soon fellow artists donated costumes and the stories that went with them. She has found women really want to talk about what they were doing when they wore the bathing suits. Like wedding dresses, they tend to be kept as a reminder of a special period in their lives.
Lookout for Jennie's bathing belles at the Maritime Museum later this year and meanwhile see more of what SMH had to say about her work here.
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February onwards
Loris Quantock and Steven Vella both have work in a new shop called StudioDOME, 128 Addison Rd. Marrickville.
Its site is here. StudioDOME is part design store part gallery and showcases the work of artists and artisans with high painting, sculpture, assemblage, jewellery, ceramics, glass, fabric etc.
The owners are Sandro Nocentini, artist and James Treble, interior designer. Sandro does painting and sculpture and used to have a studio at Lennox St. The store is vibrant and eclectic and the owners are bursting with energy and great ideas.
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Lennox Street Studios in the news
Clyth Hoult and Jennie Pry hit the local media...
http://glebe.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/found-perfect-space-to-paint/
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November
Ro Cook is in the news as part of the feedback from our Open Days pdf feature here
They say...A textile artist from Lilyfield, Ms Cook said she aimed to make artworks which were functional.
“I like the idea of textiles as living artforum,” she said. “I appreciate the fact that people can use my
artworks.”
Inspired by natural forms, Ms Cooke said she has been working a series of prints inspired by mounds
found in the desert, such as Ulruhu and the Bungle Bungles.
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Lennox Street Studios artists have been invited to display their works at
St Vincent's Hospital,
390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010.
Running from January 9 through to February 11, this exhibition features new works, many previously unseen by the public. Downloadable PDF here