Busy day in the studio…..and it’s raining outside

Mel and I are having a fun day in the gallery today. it’s the last day for submission entries for our winter brooch exhibition and we also have all the work arriving for the upcoming ‘Paper Text’ exhibition.

Zoe Jay Veness - Pendant

We’re excited by the wonderful cross section of work and looking forward to introducing some new artists to the Sydney contemporary jewellery crowd!

Artists exhibiting are:

Alice Potter (AUS)
Annaig Bidan (AUS)
Barbara Ryman (AUS)
Belinda Newick (AUS)
Danielle Butters (AUS)
Eliana Arenas (MEXICO)
Erin Keys (AUS)
Fabrizio Tridenti (ITALY)
Ingeborg Vandamme (NETHERLANDS)
Jessica Dare (AUS)
Lucia-Natalia Nieves Cortes (GERMANY)
Leah Tarlo (AUS)
Lotte De Mey (BELGIUM)
Nicole Polentas (AUS)
Sabrina Meyns (IRELAND)
Tatjana Panyoczki (NZ)
Zoe Jay Vaness (AUS)

Danks St Art Complex now opening Sundays

Finally, the galleries at 2 Danks St have given in to the overwhelming demand to open Sundays! A nice way to spend a Sunday…. brunch at the Depot Cafe, then a leisurely browse amongst some great art…and of course, some great contemporary jewellery! The complex is open from 11am to 4pm on Sundays and 11am to 6pm Tuesday to Saturday.

Winter Brooch Exhibition

We’ve had heaps of emails asking for further details on submitting for our annual Winter Brooch exhibition.

See below for all the information -

 

We are looking for original contemporary jewellery that demonstrates standards of excellence in design and production.

Your expression of interest should include:

- Resume
- Artist Statement (the theme behind the work, inspirations, materials etc)
- List of work you intend to submit
- Up to 10 JPEG images (either of the work you intend to submit, or previous work, with a detailed description of the work you intend to submit). Please note: if you’re submitting an application via email, images should be no larger than 200KB each.

 Key Dates

- 30^th April 2009 Expressions of interest due (late applications are unable to be accepted).
- 4^th May 2009 Selected artists informed and exhibition agreements sent.
- 30^th May 2009 Selected artist’s work required with completed paperwork.

Submission

 All Expressions of Interest are accepted via post, email or in person to:

Bridget Kennedy and Melanie Ihnen
Studio 20/17
6b/2 Danks St
Waterloo
NSW 2017
E: studio2017@optusnet.com.au T: (02) 9698 7999

Paper Text Exhibition

We had so many applications for the paper and text exhibition – Thank you to everyone who applied.

We have selected around 15 European, Australian and New Zealand makers.

See below for some images

Nicole Polentas