Newsletter Vol 6, No 2April 2010
Hanna Kay exhibition
Weightlessness -
Paintings 2004 to 2010

Opening 6.00pm Saturday 24 April 2010
Special guest speaker Sandra McMahon, Director of Tamworth Regional Gallery
 
This survey of Hanna Kay's work from the past six years reveals not only one of Australia's most brilliant technicians but also a sensitive, thoughtful and original approach to the landscape.
It has been six years since Hanna Kay last exhibited at the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre and in that time her work has gone from strength to strength. Hanna has furthered her career with wins in both the Muswellbrook Open Art Prize and the Norville Prize for Landscape Painting, along with major exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne and the publication of her book 'Notes From The Shed - A Journal' by Macmillan Art Publishing.

Locally Hanna is well known for her environmental and educational work in the Upper Hunter, in particular with the
'Turning the Pages' Project at Murrurundi and it is her concern
for the environment that shows in her work and which connects her paintings with so many people at an emotional level that few other painters achieve.
 
 
 
 
Exhibition dates 25th April - 6th June 2010
In this issue
Worlds Apart - International photographers Gutt, McIntosh and Perrin
22nd Muswellbrook Open Photography Award
Art Classes with Max Watters
Worlds Apart - International photographers Gutt, McIntosh and Perrin.
Opening 6.00pm Saturday 24 April 2010
"Looking at the world from a different point of view to find something new inside the old. Whichever material enables me to shoot a reflection of what we call reality is a tool I use to create an alienated portrayal. Knowing it's still the same world and being a part of it, is the best substantiation of freeing my own dreams. Showing this is like a key I found to open up a locked maze inside my head. It's more than another point of view it's a way of talking - it's uncommon communication."
- Carolin Gutt, Dresden, Germany
 
"For the life of me I cannot look through a lens and see leading lines and primary forms. Having nothing visually to say I am trying to take myself out of the compositional process to let the landscape speak for itself."
- Ian McIntosh, Dunedin, New Zealand
 
"My work over the last fifteen years has taken the form of long term projects, manifesting themselves in film, composed of multiple still images, some works comprising many
hundreds of images shot over a number of years. The first of these projects to see the light of day is 'halflight', a series of landscape images taken in the Donegal region of Ireland."
- Geoffrey Perrin, Dublin, Ireland


 
Exhibition dates 25th April - 6th June 2010 in the Wollemi Gallery
22nd Muswellbrook Open Photography Award opening night
Congratulations to Newcastle photographer Roger Hanley winning first prize in the 22nd Acquisitive Muswellbrook Open Photographic Award.
 
> View photos of the awards opening night
 
 
Art Classes with Max Watters
Max WattersMonday
12.30 - 2.00pm Challenge, Muswellbrook
2.30 - 5.00pm Hunter Park Family Centre, Muswellbrook
6.00 - 8.00pm Wybong Community Hall, Post Office Rd, Wybong
Tuesday
4.00 - 6.00pm Muswellbrook PCYC, phone 02 4541 1434
Thursday 
2.00 - 5.00pm McCully's Gap Art Group, The Pot House, Muswellbrook      
6.00 - 8.15pm Muswellbrook Art Group, The Pot House, Muswellbrook
Friday
2.30 - 6.00pm Scone Youth Art Group, Susan Street, Scone
Saturday
1.30 - 4.00pm Aberdeen Art Group, Community Centre, Aberdeen

Any enquires please contact Max Watters 02 6543 2875.

Scone ADFAS Lecture Series for 2010

Tuesday 11th May
Mr Steven Desmond MA FIHort NADFAS, Use and Beauty: The Garden of Worlitz
Tuesday 8th June
Mr Paul Brunton, Senior Curator, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (Australian), Charles Darwin
in Australia.
 
These lectures will be held at the Scone Arts & Craft Hall, Kingdom St, Scone
All lectures begin promptly at 6.30pm. Visitors $20.00, refreshments are served after the
lecture. 
Artiste Espresso Bar
 
Artiste Espresso Bar
muswellbrook regional arts centre
Corner of Bridge & William Streets
PO Box 122 Muswellbrook NSW 2333
Tel: 02-6549 3880 Fax: 02-6549 3886
e-mail: Arts.Centre@muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au

Web: www.muswellbrookartscentre.com.au 
Opening hours: 10am - 5pm Tuesday to Friday, 10am - 1pm Saturday, 2pm - 5pm Sunday (closed Mondays and public holidays)
muswellbrook regional arts centre is a non-profit facility and resource servicing the Upper Hunter Region, owned and operated by Muswellbrook Shire Council.
All images used courtesy of the artists.