Arts Radar: Autumn 2022
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
