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582 – 608 Hunter St Newcastle West
Gallery Hours Tuesday-Friday 11:00am-5:00pm Saturdays 12:00 - 4:00pm Ph 4929 0348 |
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The Front Room Gallery is the main exhibition space for the art school, profiling the work of students and staff and hosting a variety of special projects and collaborative community events and exhibitions.
The Front Room Gallery is a public art gallery for our students and a flexible delivery centre for Professional Arts Practice and Exhibition Practice. It is a purpose built conversion of the previous Newcastle West Post Office and houses the gallery, flexible delivery centre, offices for the Newcastle Art School and the Faculty of Art and Media.
As a functioning public art gallery it is also the venue for students to learn about presenting artwork, planning, curating and hanging art exhibitions and projects.
Regular updates on our activities can be found on our BLOG
http://newcastleartschool.blogspot.com/
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Exhibition Program 2011 |
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New Gold Mountain – Local artists experience China
15 June – 1 July
Opening 15 June 5.30 – 7.30pm
Curated by Jen Denzin New Gold Mountain is representative of what is happening in the local visual arts scene concerning China.
The exhibtition examines Sino-Australian ‘people-to-people links’. Artists include Jane Calthorpe, Stevi Cannon, Jen Denzin, Penny Dunstan, Piyanuch Hathaipontaluk, Julie Lee, Lannelle Lee Chin, Jesse Neale, Eleanor Jane Robinson, Alison Smith and Hongfeng Xia.
There is a slideshow of the exhibition on our BLOG. http://newcastleartschool.blogspot.com/ |
Jane Robinson in New Gold Mountain, 2011
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Vessels – Brooke Stevens
19 July – 5 August
Opening 20 July 5.30 pm
Brooke Stevens was awarded the 2010 Ford Grant generously sponsored by Helen and Christopher Ford.
The prize assists in the development of a body of work for exhibition at The Front Room Gallery and Damien Minton Gallery in Sydney. Brooke Stevens’ solo exhibition shows the figure as an emotive vessel carrying more than the sum of our physical selves.
Brooke's work is also being showcased at the Damien Minton Gallery in Sydney from 2 August.
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Re-interpret - Brooke Stevens |
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It’s all in the mix - Indigenous Design and Fine Arts (Great Lakes TAFE Art and Design School)
9 – 19 August
Opening 10 August 5.30 – 7.30pm
This exhibition showcases the work of students from the Great Lakes Campus of the North Coast Institute. Also featured are artworks by indigenous design group Yili incorporating beautiful contemporary ceramics, print making and non traditional object design.
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Work shop week - art works from the student workshops and lectures
23 August - 2 September
The Front Room Gallery will be showing work from Workshop Week, incorporating a range of mediums and processes. Students enjoy site visits, specialist workshops and visiting lecturers as a stimulous for their creative output.
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Reg Russom Memorial Drawing Prize
6 – 9 September
Prize announcement & opening: 11am – 11:30am Tuesday 6 September
The Reg Russom Memorial Prize invites artists under the age of 31 to submit drawings of the human figure. This prestigious prize which was first awarded in 1955, honours the memory of artist and passionate teacher Reg Russom. The prize includes the Acquisitive Prize valued at $1000 and an Encouragement Award valued $400.
Diploma I - First Year Student exhibition practice
13 – 23 September
Student in the Diploma Fine Arts mount an exhibition of their work to learn about the professional side of art practice.
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Collectors Care
1 – 9 October
Opening 5 October 6.30 – 8.30pm
The Front Room Gallery is proud to host the 2011 Collectors Care exhibition in aid of Samaritans. Curated by Gael Davies, Collectors Care presents a selection of highly collectable artworks by well known Australian artists. Through the generosity of the artists involved, all artworks are available for sale with a percentage of proceeds being donated to the Samaritans.
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Diploma Fine Art Painting
11 - 21 October
Opening 12 October 5.30 – 7.30pm
Selected works from the Diploma of Fine Arts Painting studios.
Diploma Fine Arts Sculpture
25 October – 4 November
Opening 26 October 5.30 – 7.30pm
Selected works from the Diploma of Fine Arts Sculpture studios.
Diploma Fine Arts Photography and Printmaking
8 – 18 November
Opening 9 November 5.30 – 7.30pm
Selected works from the Diploma of Fine Arts Photography and Printmaking studios.
Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts
22 November - 2 December
Opening 23 November 5.30 – 7.30pm
Graduate exhibition of the Advanced Diploma. Students have completed the third year (fulltime).
They exhibit a small selection from a body of work produced in a single studio area.
Design 2011
6 - 16 December
Opening 7 December 5.30 – 7.30pm
This exhibition will showcase the skills of the 2011 Diploma of Graphic Design and Communication Students. Each student will create a work in response to a chosen theme. There will be a variety of styles and disciplines represented, including graphic design, illustration, typography, animation and photography. Individual student¹s portfolios will also be on display.
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Kiritin and her work at the student exhibition Abstraction 2011 |
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The Gallery offers educational guides for schools and community groups.
Please contact the Gallery Administrator to make a booking. matthew.tome@tafensw.edu.au
Management
The management structure includes a Board which oversees the exhibition planning, policy development and general executive functions, while a committee is involved with the day to day running. Each exhibition is managed as a discreet project using project management principles.
Students are represented on the board and committee and are involved in the running of all the exhibitions. Their participation is assessed and is considered part of the suite of Professional Practice and Exhibition Practice modules that are an essential part of the Fine Arts courses.
The executive management and day to day running of the Front Room Gallery is modelled on current industry practice and students would notice no difference moving from the gallery environment in the Newcastle Art School to a professional art space. A Gallery Administrator manages the Front Room Gallery.
If you would like to be on our mail list for exhibitions either by post or email contact us.
Are you interested in applying for an exhibition? Please contact us for a package matthew.tome@tafensw.edu.au |
Click to open a slideshow of Juxtapose This
Juxtapose This! Amanda Kenneth, gerant, Dan Smith. 25 February - 13 March 2009 |