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Theme:

The exhibition will focus on the connections that individuals build through engaging in art. The subject matter for artworks will be open- which simply means  you can choose any subject you like as long as it's original. Original means  you aren't directly copying a tutors painting, another artist's work or a photo which you do not have permission to use. A painting can be done in a class or a workshop as long as the tutor has not worked on your painting at any point.

 

Dates:

The exhibition will be open from  Thursday 5th to Tuesday 10th October

 

Prizes:

As part of engaging and building connections with the viewers all prizes will be awarded by People's Choice

Overall Winner $500

Section winners $200 each

Watercolour

Oil and Acrylics

Pastels

Dry media/other- drawing, printmaking, coloured pencil, scratchboard, mixed media

 

Who can enter:

Entry is open to members and tutors only and will be limited to 2 entries per person. Tutors will not be eligible for prizes.

 

Entry Fee: $15 first entry $10 second entry. 15% commission on sales

 

Live Demonstrations: 

We will be organising demonstrations in various media by some of our tutors during the exhibition.

 

Raffle: 

We'll be organising a raffle and if anyone has any art related items they would like to donate for the raffle please contact one of us. Suggestions- unused , unwanted art materials, new art books, matted or framed artwork.

 

Viewer Engagement activities: 

We want to give the public lots of different opportunities to make connections with you as the artists and some of the extras at the exhibition will be:

• a video  playing on a screen showing snippets from different classes

• a scannable QR code next to some paintings which is linked to a short video clip related to that painting- it could be you talking about what inspired you to paint the subject, it might be a timelapse of the painting being painted , it could be some photos of the reference material and preliminary sketches for the painting, maybe a short written statement about what the artists enjoys about using that medium or a flip through your sketchbook.

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More information, including Conditions of Entry and Entry Forms, available closer to the date. 

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