Arts Radar
This season’s exciting new exhibitions in Noosa’s galleries, studios and arts centres.
POMONA RAILWAY STATION GALLERY
CARRIAGE ROOM
UNTIL 3 OCTOBER
STAR SPIRAL SPIKE, FRANKIE BARLOC
An exhibition of digital art posters from photos taken by Frankie and rejoined to make kaleidoscopic images or repeated patterns. Frankie’s work is a form of meditation, an escape from everyday anxieties, and are things she observes and would like to remember.
BANANA SHED, UNTIL 25 SEPTEMBER
CHROMASCAPE: LANDSCAPES IN COLOUR, SUELLEN TOMKINS
Inspired by a trip to the Queensland outback and a magical morning in a hot-air balloon over the Noosa hinterland, Suellen explores landscapes through colour, shapes and style with vibrant colours, dramatic shapes and energetic marks.
10 Station Street, Pomona
10am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday
10am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday
11 SEPTEMBER UNTIL 27 OCTOBER
BLOOMS & BIRDS, Various artists
Nature’s colours and forms come alive through the eyes of talented local artists. From delicate petals of flowers to birds’ majestic plumage.
POCKET PIECES, Various artists
This annual exhibition presents over 100 small and affordable artworks and is an ideal opportunity for new collectors looking to start or for seasoned collectors with limited wall space.
2 Stevens Street, Yandina Ph: 0494 022 174
www.stevensstreetgallery.com.au
14 SEPTEMBER UNTIL 3 NOVEMBER
PRIMAVERA: YOUNG AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS
The Museum of Contemporary Art’s annual exhibition for artists aged 35 years and under, presents work by six early-career artists that challenge society’s prescribed structures to deliver compelling alternatives to the status quo. Investigating themes of protest, reimagining and perseverance.
9 Pelican Street, Tewantin Ph: 5329 6145
www.noosaregionalgallery.com.au
16 SEPTEMBER UNTIL 7 OCTOBER
WHERE LIGHT FALL, TONY COLES
Tony’s work focuses on his reaction to things he has seen, felt, and reimagined through a distilling process he is probably not meant to understand.
Tony loves expressing the basic elements found in nature, its spatial weights, movement, light and shade, the balancing of simple forms.
8 OCTOBER UNTIL 29 OCTOBER
STEPPING OFF THE PATH
PAM WALPOLE & ADRIENNE WILLIAMS
A joint exhibition featuring two local artists from the Sunshine Coast.
18 NOVEMBER UNTIL 10 DECEMBER
IN THE STUDIO, CHRISTINE HALL
An exhibition of photographic portraits of artists in their studios, coupled with an original works by Christine.
5/43 Access Crescent, Coolum Beach
Ph: 5471 7366
www.coolartgallery.com.au
UNTIL 21 SEPTEMBER
MERRYN APMA
An exhibition highlighting the acrylic artworks of indigenous Australian artist, Merryn Apma paints her journey and captures the memory of the beautiful country that runs through her veins.
11/100 Rene Street, Noosaville
Ph: 1300 018 100
www.noosaartgallery.com.au
COOROY BUTTER FACTORY ARTS CENTRE
UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER
CREAMERY
A SENSE OF PLACE: A YEAR AT THE ACRES, HELEN EVANS
Following a year-long, self-directed artist-in-residence at The Acres, a flower farm northwest of Brisbane, Helen recorded the farm cycle twice a week. The resulting collection of works explores, extends and shares the sensibility of this exceptional place through its changing light and weather cycles, shifting moods and motifs of the landscape as the year progressed.
BUTTERBOX
FACE, DAVID PARKET
David’s current body of work approaches painting within the context of the digital age, using Photoshop he expresses the immediate connection between the electrical machine and its transference via his fingertip to his inner nerve network. David presents electronically printed images, using mark making with paint and canvas linking the flow of water with the flow of electricity.
MEZZANINE
C’EST LA VIE, MICHELE RUDDER
Adjusting to the highs and lows of life experiences can often change the style of a painting. Michele explores and shares the evolution and revolution of her life as an artist using colour to represent the renewal of energy that expresses her feelings and observations of life.
11 Maple Street, Cooroy Ph: 5442 6665
10am to 3pm Tuesday to Sunday
UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER
THIS IS ME, JUANITA VAN DEN BERGH
Inspired by her surroundings and the cool, eclectic coastal vibe, Juanita’s exhibition reflects a passion for the synergy and interaction of colour. Her original works evoke emotion and inject mood to the most diverse of spaces.
1 OCTOBER UNTIL 30 OCTOBER
PRETTY IN PINK EXHIBITION
VARIOUS LOCAL ARTISTS
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and to support this heartfelt cause, Studio One Noosa are painting the town pink with a colourful art fundraiser featuring a host of local artists. Fully donated pieces will be auctioned off in-house and online at an event on Saturday, 26 October from 5pm.
12 NOVEMBER UNTIL 23 NOVEMBER
TERRI TRIVET ART
Residing in the Noosa Hinterland, Terri’s art reflects her appreciation of horses, the ocean, and the natural environment and her connection with these passions. Terri is best known for her classically styled equine portraiture in oil on linen canvas, and mixed media works on unique papers.
10/64 Gateway Drive, Noosaville
Ph: 0481 155 287
www.studioonenoosa.com.au
BENDIGO COMMUNITY BANK TEWANTIN-NOOSA
UNTIL 25 SEPTEMBER
ANDREW HILLHOUSE
25 SEPTEMBER UNTIL 29 OCTOBER
PAM TAYLOR
29 OCTOBER UNTIL 29 NOVEMBER
LUCY LIANO
114 Poinciana Avenue, Tewantin
Ph: 5440 5289
www.bendigobank.com.au/branch/qld/community-bank-tewantin-noosa
9 SEPTEMBER UNTIL 23 OCTOBER
PATCHES OF COOROY,
MARGARET KIPPEN
23 OCTOBER UNTIL 9 DECEMBER
TOM HELLMRICH
36A Maple Street, Cooroy
Ph: 5447 7131
www.bendigobank.com.au/branch/qld/community-bank-cooroy
