exhibitions
Title: Lauren Matthews, Time at Home (Behind a White Picket Fence), 2023, Digitally printed silk, embroidery floss, 2 x 1.4 metre square silks. Collection of the Artist.
TEXTILE PALETTE
Saturday 1st April - Saturday 29th April 2023, The Esmond Gallery, The Warehouse, Clunes.
The theme for this year’s exhibition is Time for Stitch. Navigating the changes to our lifestyle due to restrictions placed on us by the COVID pandemic, enduring long periods of isolation and separation, artists were invited to explore how the quiet times affected them. For many stitching became a lifeline to maintaining a sense of ‘normality’, generating a meaningful focus whilst in lockdown and keeping our motivation to create alive. With this theme in mind, artists could choose to work on ideas connected to their experience during COVID restrictions, socio, political or economic themes that arose during this time or a project that was worked on highlighting the progressive art form of textile art and/or the sheer enjoyment of stitching.
Submissions considered for this year’s exhibition were varied and included work that explored the relationship to other art disciplines such as printing, upholstery and costumery. Framed and unframed work/s, sculptural pieces, wall hangings, artistic soft furnishings and unique upholstered furniture were considered for inclusion. Text taken from https://www.textilepaletteexhibition.org/2023-exhibition.
ONE PERSON’S TRASH
One person's trash is another person's treasure, or so they say.
Domestic objects are often discarded because they are too broken, too unloved or too replaceable. Explore Lauren Matthews' embroidered reinterpretation of the wild world of the online Marketplace.
Embroidery can be subversive, these works subvert the original intent of the intent of the object or seller in many instances, they might make you laugh or may repulse you. Why do people sell such strange things? In a world of waste, when does it go from waste not want not, to just NOT?
Exhibition dates: 11 February - 5 March 2023.
ART SPACE BALLARAT. 14 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat.
Exhibition works can be viewed online here.
Thank you to the team at Creative Ballarat, City of Ballarat for the opportunity. Photography by David Bailey Photography.
WOMEN*NOW
I am so thrilled to be part of this incredible exhibition, where my work “I Worry About All The Girls” will be on display. This work is also available for sale and you can purchase it online at https://shop.qvwc.org.au/products/i-worry-about-all-the-girls?_pos=1&_sid=f86bda565&_ss=r
WOMEN* NOW is our end of year salon exhibition. WOMEN* NOW reflects the current moment. It's a call to a feminist future and for women* to hold space, be seen, heard and valued equally.
Our Birnbeal exhibition space will be bursting with feminist artworks from over 50 artists, makers and designers. Most artwork will be for sale at affordable prices!
The exhibition opens Tuesday 15 November 2022 until Friday 13 January 2023, Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM.
Exhibition curator: Jenny Huang
Illustration: Camila Paz. *by women we mean cis, trans & non-binary inclusive.
Illustration credit: Cyd Angelico
SOFT RAGE
“The only sane reaction to the systemic, disproportionate and endemic levels of men’s violence against women and girls is rage.*
But we will make them think it’s soft.”
A survivor-led, voluntarily curated, art exhibition challenging men’s violence and examining its impact on women and girls.
An online call out asked women of all backgrounds to respond to the provocation- 'Soft Rage-challenging men’s violence". The result of this process is a moving group exhibition of up to 16 women's art from various backgrounds and ages, that showcases the impact of men’s violence, and the resulting empowerment that comes from taking one's story back and making art about it.
Curated by: Gemma (Gigi) Gale @gigi_gale_art
Produced by: Gemma Gale in partner with The Motley Bauhaus
Full exhibition run: 01/09/22-10/09/22
We encourage anyone to reach out to the below services if they need to discuss any of the themes mentioned in this invite.
Sexual Assault Crisis Line 1800 806 292
1800 RESPECT- 24-hour national sexual assault, family and domestic violence counselling line