Cecile Michel – In 2 Minds
An exciting art exhibition at the East Gippsland Art Gallery showcasing emotional portraits and quirky still live, created using graphite pencil and charcoal. The artist’s work is centred around graphite pencil drawings of portraits and people in their most symbolic environment. Through black and white imagery, the art brings a nostalgic tone, reminiscent of old […]
Deanne Howlett – One Drop
Deanne Howlett’s exhibition One Drop responds to the growing issue of microplastic pollution and its impact on the natural environment. Inspired by the discovery of microplastics not only in oceans and waterways, but also in rain droplets and the atmosphere, Howlett’s work explores the relationship between human impact and the fragile ecosystems that surround the […]
The Artists’ Space – Foundry Artists and Workshops
Following the success of the award-winning Artist’s Garden at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Foundry will again partner with CLeed to deliver The Artist’s Space – an exhibition and workshop program run by East Gippsland artists. ​ This exhibition will feature the Gallery transformed into working artist studios, offering visitors a behind-the-scenes experience […]
SkillUp Youth Arts Exhibition
The SkillUp Youth Arts Exhibition marks the first public exhibition of works created through East Gippsland Art Gallery’s SkillUp program. Featuring painting, drawing, digital art, sculpture and mixed media, this exhibition celebrates the creativity, dedication and artistic growth of young people, offering a glimpse into the next generation of creative talent. ​ Conceived and managed […]
Gillian Ellett Banks, Natural forms in Landscape
Landscape is more than the visual. It evokes all the senses, and as such, the artist’s response is to record the emotional impact, then hint at the visual clues. The aim is to synthesis the elements of the essential form into the purest statement of colour as form while retaining the original emotional impact. Using […]
Tammi McKenzie – Book of Fishes
Tammi McKenzie is a printmaker from the coastal village of Lake Tyers Beach, the landscape and fauna of which informs much of her work. Her current subject is local fish, inspired by both the zoological studies of the 18th century and the beauty and simplicity of Japanese fish prints. She has developed a process that […]
Michael Donnelly – Stories and Dreams
Michael’s artwork includes a strong line of narrative works over three decades, drawing on personal experience, the Bible, film, dreams, life. Beginning with paintings from the 1990s this exhibition weaves together a diverse mix of stories and dreams across a landscape of expansive compositions. Michael Donnelly is a Melbourne/East Gippsland-based artist whose practice spans figurative […]
Elizabeth Blakeman – With a Beady Eye, Bushfire and Beyond
With a Beady Eye, Bushfire and Beyond depicts Elizabeth Blakeman’s experience of the night their farm burned in December 2019, and of her family’s survival. It depicts the rain, their fatigue, the assessment of loss, and of their gratitude. It also records her recovery, particularly measured by the pleasure in the plant life recovery, and […]
Dane Simpson: Always Was, Always Will Be Funny – Bairnsdale
Get ready for a night of guaranteed laughs with one of Australia’s funniest, most loveable comedians. Dane Simpson comes from a long line of funny buggers. A wisecracking dad, a cleverly cutting mum, hilarious grandparents, and generations of jokers, pranksters and yarnspinners. For 60,000 years of belly-laughs in the one show, book now.
In 2 Minds
An exciting art exhibition at the East Gippsland Art Gallery showcasing emotional portraits and quirky still live, created using graphite pencil and charcoal. The artist’s work is centred around graphite pencil drawings of portraits and people in their most symbolic environment. Through black and white imagery, the art brings a nostalgic tone, reminiscent of old […]
