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To the Edges: 60 years of Sydney Printmakers
Considering printmaking media in innovative and unconventional ways, Sydney Printmakers have worked ‘to the edges’ physically and metaphorically pushing ideas, materials and themselves to the limits.
Image detail: Gary Shinfield, Dam 3: a surface of water, 2020, mixed media, 188 x 192cm
Peter Sharp: Accidental Tourist
Forty ‘plein air’ paintings from Sydney artist Peter Sharp’s practice, spanning thirty years. Works reflect Sharpe’s travels to regional and remote Australia and have become part of his ‘toolkit’ for larger abstract works.
Image detail: Peter Sharp, Fowlers Gap, 2015, oil on wood, 30 x 40cm
Online film
Peter Sharp: Accidental Tourist film
This film reflects upon the artist’s travels and practice. Produced as part of MAG&M’s touring exhibition by Michael Power.
Image detail: Peter Sharp being filmed for Accidental Tourist
Art news
Finalists announced for inaugural Environmental Art and Design Prize
Congratulations to all 175 finalists in the Open section, selected across seven categories, and 53 finalists in the Young Artist/Designer section chosen across the 7-12 year and 13-18 years categories.
The exhibition of work will celebrate the vibrancy of the Australian arts and design community. Meanwhile, it will highlight the importance of the prize in engaging artists and inspiring conversations about renewal, regeneration and issues impacting the human and natural world.
Creative opportunities
Call out for Poets – Poetry Alive 2021: Spirit of Renewal
Submissions closing Sun 5 Sep
Submit poetry for the 7th annual Manly Art Gallery & Museum poetry readings event. We’re looking for poems that resonate with the theme of the major drawing exhibition by Australian artist Salvatore Zofrea: The underlying narrative of Zofrea’s personal journey from Italy to the Australian landscape and the power of mark-making.
Image detail: Salvatore Zofrea, Days of Summer – Native hibiscus with flowering gum, hand coloured woodblock print. MAG&M Collection – gift of the artist
Northern Beaches Council Arts & Creativity Grants 2021
Get funding for innovative, creative projects, new ideas and professional development with an Arts & Creativity grant. Open to creative practitioners and arts organisations across all art forms.
Applicants from outside the Northern Beaches must demonstrate how projects directly benefit individuals or communities within the Northern Beaches area.
Grant categories include:
• Individual Creative Projects – Up to $5,000
• Creative Community Projects – Up to $10,000
• Creative Sector Innovation Projects – Up to $10,000
MAG&M Design Shop Suppliers Call Out
Apply online by Fri 21 Aug, 5pm
Designers and artists, stock your work at the MAG&M Design Shop. We’re looking for new creative suppliers for the Shop, so if you are an artist or designer creating original work and want to get into retail, start your journey with us.
Image detail: Courtesy Kayapa Creative Studio
