| Wollombi
Wines is a long standing supporter of the art community in the
Hunter Region. In 2013, to celebrate the Hunter Valley Wine and
Food Month, Wollombi Wines reunited with Arthur Chan, curator
of Sculpture in the Vineyards 2012, to present 2 'food for
thoughts' exhibitions, both exhibitions will hold special events
in June 2013.
Wollombi
Wines
25
Charlton Street, Wollombi, NSW 2325
Open
10am-5pm daily [Entry via Wollombi Road]
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Art2Public
Travelling Exhibition
1 - 31 July 2013 Lucy Barker, Joel Cunningham, Alexandra Hirst, Kylie Rose McLean, ToolRoom
Featuring
guest artists Col Henry and James Roger
EXHIBITION
Art2Public Travelling Exhibition provide new opportunities for
artists to further their practices. By involving emerging artists
in the same professional environment as mid-career and established
artists, they can gain important professional knowledges by being
part of the exhibition, which Art2Public believe to be vital in
their practices.
This exhibition features over 20 outdoor abstract sculptures by NSW talents and 10 paintings by local Aboriginal artist Madeline Anderson.
ABOUT
GUEST ARTISTS (Wollombi Only)
Col
Henry is one of the renowned Australian sculptors whose work are
collected in public and private collections locally and overseas.
In early 2013 he collaborated with the National Sculpture Magazine
of China, and the Professional Sculpture Committee of China Arts
and Crafts Society to exhibit and host a special lecture about
abstract sculptures. Col is a modest artist who often provide
mentorship to young/emerging artists. Artists from the Art2Public
Travelling exhibitions, Alexandra Hirst and Joel Cunninghum have
been mentored by Col.
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Sacred
Fragments by Dr. Melissa Laird
29 June – 31 July 2013 Melissa Laird
EXHIBITION
In 2012, Allyson Hoft, owner of Wollombi Wines and curator Arthur Chan selected artist Melissa Laird, for the Wollombi Wines Residency Award of SINV2012. Melissa will engage in a special residency exhibition of her visual essay, Sacred Fragments in July 2013. Melissa has developed a body of work in which the lives of the pioneering women of the Wollombi district is examined. This series took foundation in elements of everyday lives which often neglected in histories or formal accounts of events. The series expressed new relationships between objects to tell stories of women at work and at rest, displaced, bearing new lives or dealing with mortality: desire, fear, trepidation, quietude, recollection and remembrance. Melissa re-establish a historical account of womens’ lives in a developing community during the mid-1850s for contemporary viewers.
Melissa
will be exhibiting at Wollombi Wines from 29th June 2013. You can
meet with Melissa and discuss her unique perspective during our
artist’s talks at Wollombi Wines on 21 July 2013.
“very
interesting in terms of taking viewers on a personal journey
through the history of women in Wollombi. Melissa's artwork
evidenced a diligent level of research and sophistication,
successfully produced a high level hybrid of art and artefact,
uncovering the untold and hidden stories”
- Sarah Johnson, senior curator at Newcastle Art Gallery, 2012, Sculpture in the Vineyards exhibition Catalogue) |
Art2Public @ Hunter Valley Wine and Food Month Events:
1 June 2013
16 June 2013 - Behind the Vines, Exhibition Talk & Lunch
29 JUNE 2013 - Pop Up Art Workshop
21 JULY 2013 - Artist Talk, Behind the Vines & Afternoon Tea for a Good Cause
