Calendar: October 2009

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all month:

• NGV International [link] ‘Persuasion: Fashion in the Age of Jane Austen‘ (primarily textiles); until 8th November; my review story
  
• NGV International [link] ‘Building a Collection: Recent acquisitions of prints and drawings‘; until 31 January 2010; my review story

1st October: Hand Held Gallery, Claire O’Halloran ‘Keepsakes‘ (contemporary jewellery); until 31st October [link]; artist profile to be published tomorrow!

1st October (updated 3rd October): Metalab (Sydney), Lauren Simeoni / Melinda Young ‘M1: unnatural, naturally’ and Michelle Taylor ‘Layer upon layer‘ [link; blog] (thanks to Kit and Caboodle too); until 29th October

2nd October: Studio Ingot, exhibition opening of ‘The Ring‘; “over 100 rings by forty artists” [link]

2nd October: iMap ‘Our City / Our Stories‘, interactive mapping experience, part of Fringe 2009; City Library; until 29th October [link]

2nd October: last day for applications to the Liverpool City Art Prize [link]

3rd October: Pieces of Eight, artist talk at 4pm, ‘Nomad‘ by Djurdjica Kesic [link]

4th October: last day for NGV International [link] ‘Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire‘; my review story

4th October: last day for Chloe Vallance ‘a moment in time‘, area contemporary art space [link; previous post]; my review story

5th October: e.g.etal, artist meet-and-greet, Helena Bogucki, 5:30-7:30, RSVP requested [link]

6th October: Gallery Funaki, Carlier Makigawa ‘October 2009‘ [link]; until 31st October

6th October: RMIT Ceramics Auction (thanks to Craft Vic blog for this one!) Building 4, Level 1 Basement, Bowen Street off Latrobe Street, Melbourne; viewing commences at 5pm, and the auction starts at 6.30pm

6th October: silent art auction, fundrAislinn!, at Helen Gory Gallery; 6 – 8:30pm; the website has a great gallery of the donated works; the highest bid at midnight on Monday 5th October will be the reserve price on the 6th, for more details see [link]

9th October: NGV International [link] ‘Chinoiserie: Asia in Europe 1620-1840‘; until 14th March 2010

9th October: Melbourne Festival, ‘Walk this way‘, in particular I’m interested in the map Julia deVille has made; maps available at Melbourne Visitor Centre until 25th Oct [link]

10th October: Craft Vic ‘Hatch’ market [link], City Library, Flinders Lane, 11am – 4pm

10th October: last day for Pieces of Eight, ‘Nomad‘ by Djurdjica Kesic [link]

10th October: last day for ‘SILVER‘, Melbourne Fringe Furniture Festival; “encouraged designers to explore the visual, physical and symbolic properties of this bright metallic“; I just thought the name was intriguing; at Arts House, Meat Market, North Melbourne [link]

11th October: last day for ‘A changing land: Devilbend 2009‘, group exhibition including Vito Bila and Marian Hosking, at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery [link]

13th October: Pieces of Eight, Justine Austen ‘Monster Zoo‘; until 14th November

16th October: last day for applications for Semester I 2010 exhibition space at RMIT First Site [link]

18th October: last day for The Art Gallery of Western Australia’s exhibition of Mari Funaki’s ‘Works 1992-2009‘ [link]

25th October: last day for Melbourne Museum [link] ‘A Day in Pompeii‘; my review story

26th October: last day for applications for ArtStart, ‘provides financial assistance to artists who have recently graduated in creative arts to help them establish a professional arts practice or gain employment as an artist’ [link]

30th October: Craft Victoria, Karin Findeis, ‘Sampler‘ (jewellery); until 29th November [link]

30th October: last day for application to the ‘Graduate Metal 12‘ exhibition as part of the JMGA Perth conference [link]

30th October: last day for application for inclusion in November and December ‘Hatch’ markets, Craft Vic [link] – however, Clog states the deadline is 15th of October … so best check if you’re interested

… link to exhibitions and events on the September 2009 and October 2009 sneak peek calendar …

… also, I am really keen to find out more about upcoming year-end university art exhibitions, places and dates; so please let me know if you know …