Arts Radar: Autumn 2022

Image source: IN Noosa Magazine

A new season brings exciting new exhibitions and Noosa’s galleries, studios and arts centres have something for everyone!

NOOSA REGIONAL GALLERY

UNTIL 24 APRIL

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft, Prue Venables

Multi-award-winning ceramicist Prue Venables is the ninth artist in the Australian Design Centre series Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft. In this exhibition, she demonstrates a profound understanding of porcelain as her handmade functional artworks possess clarity, luminosity and a quiet beauty.

UNTIL 24 APRIL

Consequences: Penny McIntyre  

Jeweller and sculptor Penny McIntyre offers a reaction to the control and repression of women through fashion, religion, language and societal norms. Her sculptural exhibition challenges the way in which society muffles, stifles and often silences women’s voices, and urges women to keep talking. 

Riverside, 9 Pelican Street, Tewantin
Ph: 5329 6145
www.noosaregionalgallery.com.au 


BUTTER FACTORY ARTS CENTRE, COOROY

UNTIL 24 APRIL

Low: Helen Avery & Joanne Taylor,
Foyer Space

In this exhibition, poet Helen Avery conveys the emotion and connection between the flow of water, people and place. Artist Joanne Taylor interprets Helen’s poetry through painting, mixed medium, cut art and sculpture.

UNTIL 24 APRIL

Imagination: Michele Rudder & Monika Jeungling, Creamery Room

This exhibition features acrylic paintings by Michele Rudder and ceramic works by Monika Jeungling to invite the viewer to embrace their imagination with extravagance.  

UNTIL 24 APRIL

Swimmers with Fishes: Wendy Epp
Butterbox 

In her exhibition, artist Wendy Epp creates an alternative fantasy world where swimmers move freely, as unfettered as the fish, caught in the interwoven patterns and colours of these canvases. 

11A Maple Street, Cooroy
Ph: 5442 6665
www.butterfactoryartscentre.com.au


ARCADIA STREET GALLERY

18 MARCH – 4 APRIL

Solo Show: Mitchell English 

Mitchell English has become a local artist of high renown since moving to Noosa three years ago. Often painting idyllic beach and surf-centric scenes, his work conveys a retro sense of nostalgia and hedonism. 

16 APRIL – 30 APRIL

Solo Show: Jacob Pedrana 

Born and bred in Noosa, Jacob is a self-taught artist. He has painted murals in Sydney hotels, collaborated with fashion brands like Jag and The Critical Slide Society and held sell-out shows in galleries in Sydney and Melbourne 

5 MAY

Solo Show: Kate Pittas  

This landscape artist is inspired by the romanticism and nostalgia of travelling our beautiful country. Ruled by colour and inspired by the forms of the Australian landscape, Kate’s works are expressive and evoke a feeling of connectedness to the natural environment. Kate’s last show at Arcadia Street Gallery sold out a week prior to opening.

5/14 Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Heads
Ph: 0422 268 089
www.arcadiastreetgallery.com.au 


MAX GALLERIA

UNTIL 26 MARCH

Water and Wild Things 

Eleven artists from the Noosa Shire feature in this celebration of visual art tied to the natural world. Exploring landscapes, underwater environments, marine and terrestrial creatures, surfing and more, these artists exhibit original works including painting, sculpture, ceramics, mosaic, jewellery and photography. 

Shop 11a, 113 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin
Ph: 0414 725 424
www.facebook.com/max.galleria 


NOOSA ARTS & CRAFTS ASSOCIATION

26 MARCH UNTIL 27 MARCH

Open House

Explore all that Noosa Arts & Crafts has to offer with information about creative activity groups, demonstrations and the chance to meet the members. 

Wallace House, 1 Wallace Drive, Noosaville
Ph:  5474 1211
www.noosaartsandcrafts.org.au 


POMONA RAILWAY STATION GALLERY

UNTIL 24 MARCH

You and Me, Under the Sea: TRISH SHEPPARD, Banana Shed 

Dive below the waves with Trish Sheppard. In this solo exhibition, this local artist depicts the vivid and mesmerising colours, shapes and movement of the reef. 

UNTIL 31 MARCH 

Group Exhibition, Carriage Room  

Members of Noosa Arts and Crafts who meet every Thursday afternoon to create art in all media will surprise you with their colourful palette and subjects.

26 MARCH – 28 APRIL

Janet Luttrell, Banana Shed

Janet’s first solo exhibition showcases her contemporary and impressionistic style depicting landscapes, still life, flora and fauna. Using colour, she expresses movement and form, giving her works lots of energy.

2 APRIL – 5 MAY

Scratching the Surface: DI SHEPHERD, Carriage Room 

Di Shepherd’s paintings are mixed media, modern and abstract. In this exhibition, each work evolved and emerged organically with multiple layers and sgraffito, the process of scratching away layers to reveal details underneath. 

16 APRIL

Art Market in the Paddock

30 stalls pop up in the Art Gallery’s paddock on Easter Saturday. This favourite event shows a diverse range of arts and wares including ceramics, prints, cards and original paintings, with a coffee van and music.

30 APRIL – 26 MAY

Kasia Bekalarek, Banana Shed 

Kasia paints views of Noosa including the beaches, wildlife and in particular, birds, using acrylic and oil. 

7 MAY – 2 JUNE

DIVERSITY IN NATURE: NATALIE BARLOW, ERICA EVANS, JEFF FRASER & ERICA HRVEY, CARRIAGE ROOM

Discover a collection of nature-inspired works from four local artists. Natalie Barlow and Erica Evans share a love of painting birds and landscapes in their own realistic style; Jeff Fraser is a woodturner and woodcarver, transforming pieces of wood into bowls, hand carved spoons and hearts; and Erica Harvey integrates discarded natural elements into botanical artworks.  

10 Station Street, Pomona
Ph: 5485 2950
www.pomonartgallery.com

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