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Come along and enjoy free floor talks and practical workshops at Logan Art Gallery.
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All events will be held in conjunction with the July 2009 exhibition program: Modified by Paul Caporn, Atomic by Matthew Dabrowski, Gardini Groteschi by Angela Rossitto, Diamonds by Linda Pasfield and Bucket Heads by Windaroo State Primary School.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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1. Diamonds: Floor Talk by Pastor Ron Strode
Join international motivational speaker, Pastor Ron Strode, for this exciting discussion.
Date: Friday 3 July
Time: 5.30 pm, prior to opening event
WORKSHOP CONTENT: Join Pastor Ron Strode who will discuss the powerful documentary of portrait photography by Linda Pasfield. Pastor Ron regularly travels to Papua New Guinea and The Philippines ministering to parents and children to offer hope and love. His messages are inspirational and often humorous. Linda's photo documentary sensitively reflects the essence of her subjects captured in Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji - the people she terms her 'diamonds’ - the precious people who have no possessions yet are wealthy in spirit. |
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2. Modified: Artist's Talk and Morning Tea by Exhibiting Artist Paul Caporn
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Paul Caporn, Barbie Mate, mixed media.
| Date: Saturday 4 July
Time: 10.30 am
WORKSHOP CONTENT: Join exhibiting artist Paul Caporn for an informative floor talk on his insightful and humorous exhibition Modified. Paul's skilfully crafted sculptural and two dimensional works satirically engage with masculinity and cultural identity. Paul will discuss how Modified plays with ideas drawn from our Australian suburban culture of customisation or "hotting up" and the backyard blitz. This exhibition is toured by Art on the Move, Western Australia. |
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM
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3. Garden of Colours: Pom Poms, Weaving, Wrapping
Join exhibiting artist Angela Rossitto for this exciting workshop in constructed textiles.
Date: Thursday 9 July
Time: 10 am to noon
Age group: 5 to 14 years
Available places: 15, carers to assist with children under 7 years
WORKSHOP CONTENT: Contemporary artist Angela Rossitto has created an engaging sculptural installation incorporating found objects, vibrant colours, fabrics and 'the tactile', challenging the interconnections between love, the human condition and commodities. Young visitors will be encouraged to create their own textile artworks/objects utilising the traditional craft techniques of French knitting/weaving or wrapping in a contemporary manner. Young people will be invited to create and add to a collaborative/group work or create an individual art piece. |
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4. Gardini Groteschi: Knitting, Weaving, Wrapping
Join exhibiting artist Angela Rossitto for this exciting workshop in constructed textiles.
Date: Thursday 9 July
Time: 1 pm to 3 pm
Age group: 7 to 18 years
Available places: 15
WORKSHOP CONTENT: Contemporary artist Angela Rossitto has created an engaging sculptural installation incorporating found objects, vibrant colours, fabric and 'the tactile', challenging the interconnections between love, the human condition and commodities. Young visitors will be encouraged to create their own textile artworks/objects utilising the traditional craft techniques of French knitting/weaving or wrapping in a contemporary manner. Young people will be invited to create and add to a collaborative/group work or create an individual art piece.
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5. Modified: In Collage
Date: Friday 10 July
Time: 10 am to noon
Age group: 6 to 16 years
Available places: 20
WORKSHOP CONTENT: With insight and humour, Paul Caporn's skilfully crafted sculptural and two dimensional works satirically engage with masculinity and cultural identity. The exhibition Modified plays with ideas drawn from our Australian suburban culture of customisation or "hotting up" and the backyard blitz. Young visitors will be encouraged to create collage works through cutting, pasting and rearranging images of engine parts and bits of machinery. Elements such as repetition, balance, unity and contrast are to be considered.
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6. Modified: In Drawing
Date: Friday 10 July
Time: 2 pm to 4 pm
Age group: 6 to 16 years
Available places: 20
WORKSHOP CONTENT: With insight and humour, Paul Capron's skilfully crafted sculptural and two dimensional works satirically engage with masculinity and cultural identity. The exhibition Modified plays with ideas drawn from our Australian suburban culture of customisation or "hotting up" and the backyard blitz. Young visitors will be encouraged to create observational drawings from engines and other mechanical parts using a linear manner. Sections of the drawing can be enlarged to create large abstract panels.
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REGULAR WORKSHOPS
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7. Mini Bucket Heads: Plant Pots and Papier-Mach
Date: Tuesday 21 July
Time: 3.30 pm to 4.45 pm
Age group: 6 to 16 years
WORKSHOP CONTENT: In 2008, children in grade 2 at Windaroo State School embarked on an exciting project entitled Bucket Heads. Each child was encouraged to create a three dimensional image using a bucket as their starting point. As a result, images were as diverse as animals to aliens, monsters to pirates. The fun and creative bucket heads were made using papier-machê and acrylic paints. Young visitors will be invited to create comical and crazy characters in pot plants and papier-machê.
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8. Gardini Groteschi: Constructed Textiles
Date: Tuesday 28 July
Time: 10 am to 1 pm
Age group: Adults and Teens
Available places: 15
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Matthew Dabrowski, Attack Ships On Fire, archival pigment ink on cotton rag paper.
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WORKSHOP CONTENT: Contemporary artist Angela Rossitto has created an engaging sculptural installation incorporating found objects, vibrant colours and fabrics, challenging the interconnections between love, the human condition and commodities. Angela is interested in the methodical process and transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Employing craft techniques to manipulate fabrics and found objects she capitalises on the seductive nature of the tactile. She is interested in dualities such as attraction and repulsion and the tension they create. Visitors will be encouraged to engage in a number of traditional constructed textile techniques such as weaving, knitting and wrapping, in order to create a contemporary art form.
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9. Atomic: Mark Making for Preschoolers
Date: Thursday 30 July
Time: 10 am to 11.30 am
Age group: Preschool and Toddlers
Available places: 12 plus carers
WORKSHOP CONTENT: The exhibition Atomic is a study of how nature's patterns flow through the built environment. Through the use of photography, Matthew Dabrowski's artworks are an exploration of incidentally made art. Children will be encouraged to experiment with mark making using a variety of printmaking tools, such as rollers, stamps and stipple brushes.
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