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all month
- Craft, ‘Fresh! 2016‘ [link] ; “Craft’s annual showcase of Victoria’s leading emerging makers returns this March with Fresh! 2016. Ten artists have been selected from Monash, VCA, RMIT and Holmesglen TAFE graduate exhibitions, culminating in the introduction of new practitioners rigorously working within the craft sphere and giving insight into the direction of the genre.“; until 14th May
- Applications for the Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery 2016 are now open; closing Sunday 15 May, 11.59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time ; Prizes will be awarded in Established and Emerging categories, with the selected work shown in a major exhibition at Gallery Funaki in August/September 2016 [link]
- ACCA, ‘NEW16‘ [link]; “NEW16 brings together eight newly commissioned projects by emerging artists around Australia. Curated by Annika Kristensen, the artists display a common interest in navigating and negotiating various tensions and thresholds: including relations between themselves and others, the artwork and the audience, private and public space, and productive futility.“; until 8th May
- Applications for National Contemporary Jewellery Award 2016 are now open [link], closing 24th June
1st April: Workshop 3000, ‘Undertone‘, Sam Mertens & Liv Boyle; until 10th April
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2nd April: last day for First Site Gallery, ‘Back to Back‘ graduating exhibition for RMIT Object-based Practice [link]
3rd April: last day for Hellenic Museum, ‘Unclasped‘ group exhibition
6th April: Craft in Conversation, Life after Fresh! [link]; “This April, as part of our Craft in Conversation series, we take a look at the role that Fresh! played for two craft practitioners at different stages of their careers. Fresh!alumni Vito Bila and Elise Sheehan will reflect on their experiences and how their practice has changed since participating in Craft’s annual showcase of leading emerging makers. In conversation with Craft Victoria’s curator Debbie Pryor, the artists will offer practical advice and insight into building a craft career, in a seminar suitable for anyone interested in building a successful craft practice and taking part in exhibitions.“; bookings essential, 6pm
9th April: last day for Gallery Funaki, Carlier Makigawa ‘Morphology‘ [link]
9th April: last day for Rubicon ARI, ‘IMBUE’ group exhibition with Naoko Inuzuka, Emma Michaelis, Yuria Okamura, Genevieve Piko [link]; “imbue brings together four emerging artists, across the mediums of Drawing, Gold and Silversmithing and Video installation. The selected works question the ways in which the inner self fragments and dissociates itself from the sacred concept of the ‘individual’. The artworks presented are imbued with a sense of fragmentation relating to our human experience, that of the material, the immaterial and of memory.”
12th April: last day for &Gallery, ‘PUT IT ON‘ collaboration between Sue Buchanan + Eli Giannini
16th April: Museum of Democracy at Eureka (Ballarat), ‘19th Century Bling: Goldfields Jewellery‘ [link]; “M.A.D.E has gathered over 200 rare, fascinating and exquisite pieces of Australian goldfields jewellery for this unique exhibition. Showcased are significant jewels and objects, including key international examples, from 1851 to 1901.“; until 4th July
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16th April: last day for Bilk Gallery (Canberra), Melisssa Cameron ‘Body Politic‘ [link]; “At first glance these pieces appear extensions of her earlier works, they are light and finely balanced – exquisite in their creation. On closer consideration many works utilise everyday objects that we recognise within the pieces, rather than exclusively antique and vintage objects that formed the basis of her previous works. Here we find, in modified forms, a hand trowel, a non-stick pan and a rice dish sitting alongside vintage Japanese lacquer ware and ornately decorated silver-plate. The other difference with this collection is that the references are more confronting; in this series the patterns she has created depict darker motifs.”
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19th April: Gallery Funaki, 5×7: early career Australian makers [link]; “Gallery Funaki presents work by five up and coming artists from Melbourne and Canberra: Zoe Brand, Annie Gobel, Marcos Guzman, Inari Kiuru and Lindy McSwan.“; until 14th May
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22nd April: National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), Fiona Hall ‘Wrong Way Time‘ [link]; “the installation from this year’s Venice Biennale … Hall’s seemingly random conjunction of things in a wunderkammer-like installation appeals to our human impulse to make connections, or perhaps a propensity for paranoia born of the deep uncertainty and fear of our times.“; until 10th July
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27th April: Melbourne Polytechnic Jewellery Auction, start 5:30pm
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please tell me of other exhibitions or events
also check out Melissa Cameron’s excellent informative blog (especially for competitions)
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… last calendar post: Calendar: March 2016 …
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