CONGRATULATIONS TO
Kerry McInnis: Selected for the Salon des Refuses this year with her portrait of Euan Macleod.
Alex Koloszy: Winner of the $71,000 commission for the Nurse’s Walk.
ARTISTS‘ NEWS
Louise Beck: Solo Exhibition: GLASS
Where: the Xavier Art Space, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Victoria St, Darlinghurst, Sydney.
Opening Night: April 1st 6-8pm;
When: March 30 – April 30.
Christine Lott: Solo Exhibition – Moving Colours.
Where: 2 Fletcher St Byron Bay.
When: 10-14 April
Opening: 6pm Thursday 9th April.
Kerry McInnis: Recent Solo Exhibiton – Landscapes. Large and small paintings based on recent excursions into the arid landscape of the Macdonnell and Flinders Ranges.
Where: Solander Gallery, Canberra.
When: Feb 14 – March 22
Kathrin Longhurst: Solo exhibition – Latest works
Where: Dome restaurant, first floor, Arthouse Hotel, 275 Pitt St, Sydney.
When: through April 2009
Elizabeth Barden: has donated a portrait of Australian Country Music legend Troy Cassar-Daley to a huge fundraising Art Auction, to be conducted this Friday 27 the March night in the Melbourne Town Hall, with 100% of proceeds going to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. The portrait, painted by Cairns Artist, was painting from sittings at Troy’s Brisbane home.
Janis Lander, Kathrin Longhurst, Paul Delprat & 12 other artists: Group Exhibition: Stations of the Cross.
Where: William St studios, 3 William St Fairlight, 2094
When: Easter Long Weekend.
Opening Night: Thursday 9th April 7-9pm
Eva Herz-Murray: Solo exhibition in Paris: ‘Mad Birds’ – ink and watercolour on paper. Images of birds, and Italian architecture.
Where: F Gallery, Montmartre, Paris, thru April.
REPORT – PARLIAMENT OBJECTS!
Portrait Artists Australia scrutinises the honourable members of Federal and State Parliament, April 2009.
Parliament House, Sydney, is an elegant venue with a lot of traffic – crowds of people were viewing the work from the moment it was hung. The exhibition court is well lit and has marble floors. The media showed a lot of interest in this exhibition, and we had coverage in: The Sun Herald, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Manly Daily, Channel 7 News, Channel 10 News, The Mosman Daily, The Glebe News, all of whom responded to
Honourable Members included:
The Hon. Geoff Corrigan, The Hon. Steve Whan, The Hon. Mike Baird, The Hon.Gladys Berejiklian, The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, The Hon. Angela d’Amore, The Hon. Jillian Skinner, The Hon. Barry O’Farrell, The Hon. Verity Firth, The Hon Virginia Judge, The Hon. Kevin Rozzoli, The Hon. Joe Hockey, The Hon. David Borger, The Hon. Peter Debnam, the Hon Chris Hartcher.
Thanks to the hanging team who did an excellent job: Jules Sevelson, Kathrin Longhurst and Anthony; Peter and Jo Smeeth; Judith O’Conal Prinz; Robyn Ross, Steve Ballis, Janis Lander.
The Opening Night was great fun and well attended – at least 100 people stayed to hear the speeches and take refreshments in the Strangers’ Lounge. Comedian Rodney Marks opened the exhibition in character: The Hon. Bruce Attire, MLA, NSW Minister for Cultural Literacy, of the eve of his retirment. He addressed the topic: “Australian Values You Can See: The Arts Down Under” with a dry wit that had many in the audience wondering who this insensitive politician might be. The Hon. Peter Debnam sponsored the PAA event in Parliament House.
There were only 20 works in this exhibition, which is fewer than any other PAA exhibition we have previously held, but the standard was high and the show has attracted a lot of interest. We will book this venue again in the future, as all the works are shown to great advantage in the space. The show is on until the end of April, so please take some friends to see it when you are checking out the Archibald at the AGNSW, or the Doug Moran at the State Library, as it is just next door to the Library in Macquarie St.
THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD was won by Peter Smeeth and Constance Farquharson. Congratulations to both artists.
The Committee INVITES
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
In the 2009 PAA Exhibitions
PLEASE MAIL, OR EMAIL OR PHONE IN YOUR INTENTIONS FOR THE Remaining 2 EXHIBITIONS FOR 2009.
UNSUNG HEROES – Canberra Parliament House – 1st – 28th `September (A person whose professional profile you consider admirable, but one not reported in the media or in the public eye. This is a very large number of people.)
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE –– October, Arthouse Hotel Sydney – (this is a broad category celebrating people involved with professional research in any of the sciences, – medicine, agriculture, zoology, geology, astronomy; or investigative journalism, film documentaries or any other intellectual discipline).
If we do not have the numbers to support these 2 exhibitions, we will focus our energies on one exhibition.
The outcome will depend on the number of artists interested in participating in these 2 exhibitions. The committee would rather focus time and attention on the Canberra Parliament House show, and forego the annual ArtHouse Show for this year if enough artists will not be participating.