Tuesday, 9 March, 2010 at 6:00pm

Bookings Required

Artist Michael Keighery will discuss contemporary ceramics, as illustrasted by the works of art in CLASH: contemporary sculptural ceramics, as part of the WEA Art Appreciation series.

Cost: $20, $15 (conc.)

Enquiries to the Gallery on 02 4974 5100

The Vacy Village Country Fair is on Sunday 28th March and includes a market.

If you wish to book a market stall for the 2010 carnival please contact Diane on 49388227 - limited space.

Applications close 15th March, so hurry.

“My Zookinii’s -PlantAnimals PlantPeople and SoulFlowers are hybrid. From a place where they now reside called Metempsychosia, they visit me and I have reconstructed some of them for you to see, like the contents of Pandora’s box, they can be beneficial or otherwise; some are magnificently confused, some bizarre, some sublime”…

Jenny Orchard

Friday 12 March - Monday 26 April

On Exhibition from:

Official Opening Saturday 13 March 11am - 1pm
R.S.V.P by Wednesday 10 March

Cudgegong Gallery

Gallery Hours: 10am - 5pm
Location: 102 Herbert Street, Gulgong NSW 2852 AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 2 6374 1630
Email: mail@cudgegonggallery.com.au
Website: www.cudgegonggallery.com.au

Art Appreciation lecture series

Curatorial consultant Lisa Slade will speak on Fiona Hall: Force Field

Cost $20, $15 concession. Enquiries to the Gallery on 4974 5100

10.30am, Wednesday 5 August

Coffee with art

Michelle Corbett , curator of the exhibition Stone Country – Salt Water

Cost $10 members and $15 non-members. rsvp 4974 5123

6.00pm, Thursday 6 August

Newcastle Gallery Society Annual Lecture

Presented by Professor Howard Morphy, Director Research School of Humanities, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University.

Members $20, non-members $25. rsvp 4974 5123

11.00am, Sat and Sun, 8/9 August

Free guided tour of current exhibitions.

Meet the guide at front counter.

10.30am – 12.30pm, Sat and Sun, 8/9 August

artCART activities

Free hands-on art activities for young people every weekend.

No bookings necessary.

sponsored by Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation

Locals will have one last chance to make their mark on Sunday March 7 during a special project stopping at Cudgegong Gallery called ‘Touch this Earth Lightly’.

The project involves capturing the feet of locals by encapsulating them in white clay.

The first sessions earlier in February were very popular, booked out quickly by locals, people who had made the journey from Dubbo and even a jillaroo visiting from the UK.

To give more people the chance to be part of history, another 8 sessions are now available.

Sculptor Bridget Nicholson is responsible for travelling around and creating the ‘ceramic shoes’ and then using them to create art pieces that make a statement about the environment.

Examples of this work will be on show at the Artist in Residence Between Seasons showing at Cudgegong Gallery from January 29 to March 8.

The project has come about through work Bridget has been doing as part of the Williams River Valley Artists’ Project. Initiated by Juliet Fowler-Smith, this project has brought together artists with environmental concerns in response to the proposed damming of the Williams River (Tillegra Dam).

“It’s great to see that so many people are excited about taking part in this project,” said Bridget.

“What’s special about this project is that people can make a very individual contribution to something that, in the end, will be much larger than themselves and make a huge statement about protecting the environment.

“I recently did another session in Gloucester and so far I have about 60 shoes to make use of in my art.”

The workshop runs on Sunday March 7 from 10.30am to 4.45pm. There are only 8 places available and the process takes approximately 30 minutes.

Bookings are essential. For more information contact Cudgegong Gallery on 02 6374 1630 or visit www.cudgegonggallery.com.au. Gallery opening hours are 10am-5pm every day at 102 Herbert St, Gulgong NSW.

This event is sponsored by Arts Upper Hunter.