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OPPORTUNITIES / CALL-OUTS / NEW EXHIBITIONS / ARTISTS' TALKS
Craft Cubed 2011, our annual festival, wraps up this weekend but don't expect Craft Victoria to slow down. Next week we launch three new exhibitions, our call-out for December Craft Hatch market participants and artists for our 2012 exhibition program continues, AND we are on the hunt for a new Web Development Officer.
All the details, including videos, photos and many other craft news items, are below.
IMAGE Video still from Craft Victoria's short feature on Nicholas Jones, produced by Bandit Films. |
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HEADLINE NEWS |
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Web Development Officer
Craft Victoria is looking for a new Web Development Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team here at Craft Victoria. The role is a part time position based in our marketing division. Closing date for applications is this coming Monday 5 September 2011.
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Opening next Thursday
Craft Victoria is pleased to announce its three September exhibitions: Katherine Bowman's Locutions (the loved object), Debbie Symons and Jasmine Targett's Making Sense, and Pam Stadus' Il Cimento. |
Notts Timber Design
Craft Victoria this month features Notts Timber Design in our shop. Notts Timber Design has evolved through a love and appreciation of natural timbers and handcrafted furniture. Their designs are simple and elegant and all pieces are hand made in Bendigo, central Victoria.
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CALL OUTS Exhibitions and Craft Hatch
Applications are now open for Craft Victoria's exhibition program for the second half of 2012, and close 30 September 2011. Craft Victoria is particularly interested in hearing from independent curators with research interests across the craft and design disciplines.
We are also calling for applications for stands at Craft Hatch, Craft Victoria's quarterly market for emerging makers. Applications close 28 October 2011. |
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GALLERY ONE Katherine Bowman Locutions (The Loved Object) 9 Sep – 15 Oct 2011
Katherine Bowman's new work examines the way we imbue objects and artefacts with meaning. Through a series of small box like vessels, themes of containment, secrecy, talismanic power and personal mythology come together to create a collection of mysterious and quiet pieces that draw the viewer in like a small poem.
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GALLERY TWO Jasmine Targett & Debbie Symons' Making Sense 9 Sep – 15 Oct 2011
Making Sense combines the work of Debbie Symons and Jasmine Targett, practitioners who are both concerned with political investments in the ecological conundrum.
Targett's work addresses awareness of the earth's atmosphere through contemporary and historical mapping, and Symons' work charts the effects of environmental change on 60 migratory species that rely on the Antarctic.
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GALLERY THREE Pam Stadus 9 Sep – 15 Oct 2011
Il Cimento by Pam Stadus is a new video-based work exploring the effects of steam, fog, condensation and thermal shock on glass. A group of glass vessels sit behind a transparent pane; they slowly recede from view as gaseous vapours of condensation fill the foreground. Eventually the glass pane begins to crack, evoking the aerial views of shattered Antarctic ice shelves affected by global warming.
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Climate Change, Sustainability and the Arts 17 & 20 September 2011
We are excited to present two public programs on the issue of climate change and how it relates to artists, makers and the arts generally.
Climate Change, Sustainability and the Arts, a public lecture presented by Guy Abrahams. 17 September 2011
Art and the Communication of Climate Science, a public forum. 22 September 2011.
FREE, at Craft Victoria.
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SHOP |
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IN STORE
These salt dishes have Matsui exploring clay in a new way; tearing, pinching and imprinting lace into the porcelain as decoration on these delicate forms a departure from the larger, illustrated works we have in store.
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NEW ONLINE
This little owl is a wise fellow to have in your company. A softie DIY kit you might not want to gift, but keep for yourself
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FATHER'S DAY IDEA
Chris’ glazes remains unique due to his extensive research and development in the color, texture and depth of each, giving this tea pot a wonderful richness and sophistication. |
WINDOW SPACE
Daniel has designed a chair and ottomans for Craft Victoria after receiving his award last year, using Australian hard woods and natural fibres we are very excited to be presenting these new works
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MEMBERS |
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Gillian Hillman
Melbourne based, Gillian Hillman’s maxim as a jeweller is simple: “Jewellery must enhance the wearer.” Originally beginning her education at Monash University, studying Economics, she quickly realised she needed to pursue her interest in art and design. A professional artist since 1980, she is inspired by the beautiful coloured gemstones from around the world and pearls from the South Seas and beyond, which she mixes with finely textured gold and silver.
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CRAFT WORK
Craft Work, an Australian first for an independent arts organisation, features the latest industry news, advice, contacts and valuable resources to help makers advance their practice and careers.
This month you can access a long list of links to green-related organisations for makers and artists.
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MEMBERS' NEWS
Alexi Freeman, participating maker in our recent Craft Cubed festival, has just been selected to design costumes for The Australian Ballet for one of three new works they're commissioning for their 50th anniversary Infinity season. Opening early next year, Freeman will design for a modern interpretation of Swan Lake choreographed by Gideon Obarzanek, founder and artistic director of Chunky Move.
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Last days for discount rate
You have one week left to submit your application for our Accredited Membership at a HEAVILY DISCOUNTED RATE.
The discounted rate is only $149 and includes insurance and access to Craft Work, as well as the full list of Member benefits. From 10 September 2011, Accredited Memberships will be $199.
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CRAFT VICTORIA NEWS |
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The highlights
Craft Cubed finishes up this weekend for another year. It's been great and we hope you caught one of the launches, open studios, workshops or seminars.
In case you missed things, check out these highlights:
The Regal Savage residency / Alexi Freeman and Tessa Blazey's Interstellar Gown / Our Craft Hatch market / The catwalk at the Craft Cubed launch
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8 September 2011
Next Thursday The Social Studio launch their Spring/Summer Collection at BMW Edge Federation Square.
The launch comes at the end of a month-long residence at Fed Square, part of Craft Cubed 2011.
At BMW Edge, Federation Square. Bookings via The Social Studio's website. $55/$45 Craft Victoria Members.
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This Saturday, 2pm
Artists Emma Greenwood and Maryann Talia Pau will discuss, and show, their work developed through their Regal Savage residency at Craft Victoria.
Their open studio residency has been part of I'll Show You My Craft If You Show Me Yours, a collaborative project designed to bring together people from different crafts to share processes, materials, and ideas.
At Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Lane, 2pm this Saturday 3 September 2011. FREE.
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Video online
Craft Victoria's new online TV channel, suitably titled craft tv, is now live and being updated almost weekly.
Online now are videos of our Open Studios at Design: Made: Trade, a short film about book sculptor Nicholas Jones, and a film showing the process work of glass artist Philip Stokes.
Films featured on craft tv were produced by the very talented people at Bandit Films.
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OTHER NEWS |
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MIS-DESIGN Leading international and emerging local artists feature in Mis-design; an ambitious and provocative exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne and various sites around the city on now until 6 November 2011. Curated by The Social Studio's Grace McQuilten, Mis-design engages audiences in unexpected ways. Read more.
BOE-LIN BASTIAN Boe-lin Bastian, winner of the Artichoke Magazine Award at Craft Victoria's 2010 Fresh! annual graduate exhibition, has a new exhibition of installation works opening at Kings ARI tomorrow night. Titled These Things Happen, Boe-lin reflects upon her experience of coincidence and inevitability and wonders just which accidents are ‘waiting to happen’ and which are purely serendipitous. Opening tonight 6pm at Kings ARI. Read more.
YARRA VALLEY OPEN STUDIOS The annual Yarra Valley Open Studios event is on in three weeks, and features many Craft Victoria Members. This is a once-a-year chance to see artists all over the Yarra Valley make work right before your eyes! 10 and 11, and 17 and 18 September 2011. Read more.
ENERGY EXHIBITION Curated by Anna Maas from Skepsi, ENERGY is an exhibition showcasing the ceramic artworks of eleven talented early career artists, including Craft Victoria Members. The artists will test the limits of their materials to create expressive and highly individual works in clay. Inspiration comes from diverse areas such as nature, domestic rituals and the urban environment, resulting in an exhibition that will include delicately carved porcelain, sensuous biomorphic sculptures and origami-inspired forms of high precision. 9 - 25 September 2011, at the Malvern Artists’ Society. Read more. |
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