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Friday, 12 November 2010
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Sunday, 31 October 2010
Acquired! 2010 St George Art Awards
Life Adjustment Disorder, Sunny Day - Oil/Board, 120x120cm
At Friday’s opening of the 2010 St George Art Awards at Hurstville City Museum Gallery I was honoured to have found out that I was to be first to join the public collection by winning the 2010 St George Art Award. This is also my first public acquisition, so I’m chuffed to say the least.....
And I'll be putting the prize money to very good use!
Show runs until 16 December 2010.
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 am – 4.00 pm, First and fourth Saturday of the month 10.00 am – 3.00 pm, Other times by appointment.
See the work and details here http://www.simoncollins.com.au/2010sg.html
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Help NetWork, the TLF Exhibition!
I am one of the artists included in 'Net Work: the TLF exhibition’ curated by Amanda van Gils to be hosted at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Net Work is an exhibition of 38 artists who are members of an online forum for professional artists, The Littlest Forum (TLF), which was formed in 2008 to facilitate opportunities for artists to connect and learn from each other irrespective of their physical location.
Net Work is significant in terms of opportunity to those involved and also in it's size and scope. It will be the feature exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat during December 2010/January 2011, opening on Saturday 11th of December and will include over 100 works of art including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, video, drawing, installation and other mediums.
Exhibitions like this are not only important for our development as artists but also as a way of sharing a broad range of contemporary art with the community. The work selected for Net Work is diverse and will appeal to a broad range of tastes.
Each participating artist is making a personal contribution toward the costs of the exhibition and the Art Gallery of Ballarat are covering some of the presentation expenses involved, however the time and cost of staging an exhibition of this size is considerable.
We Are hoping to raise funds to assist with the cost of transporting the art works from Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and across Victoria to Ballarat for the exhibition and with producing a catalogue to document the exhibition.
The Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) has accepted our application for inclusion in their Australia Cultural Fund to enable supporters to make tax deductible donations.
I would like to invite you to come on board as a supporter of Net Work: the TLF exhibition by making a tax deductible donation to the Australia Cultural Fund, operated by the Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF). I have outlined some key points regarding the scheme below.
How does it work?
The Australia Cultural Fund was established to encourage people to donate to the arts and to enable artists, to benefit from this generosity. All donations are made to the Australia Business Arts Foundation which then considers donor preferences when allocating grants. In the past six years more than $6 million has been donated to AbaF and granted in full to more than 300 artists and cultural organisations – it is a great program for projects like ours.
So, by making a donation, you not only get to support our exhibition, but you also get a tax deductible receipt for your gift. You can donate as little or as much as you would like.
You can also go to the AbaF website for more information www.abaf.org.au/donate or download a donation form here.
For more info on the exhibition see the dedicated website here (http://www.networkexhibition.com), where sponsors and donors will be acknowledged.
And Art Gallery of Ballarat website
Alternatively you can support the exhibition through FundBreak. Not Tax deductable but there are great rewards based on level of support.
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
SCAP
I've been selected as a finalist in the 2010 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, for my entry GP#6.
Prize is announced tomorrow night at opening and show continues t0 October 3 at Caloundra Regional Gallery 22 Omrah Avenue Caloundra Qld.
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Exquisite Palette show 2010
216 Artists, lots of great work, show continues till Sept 1, 32 Smith St Collingwood.
Left: Amanda van Gils
Right: ME!
Monday, 9 August 2010
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale art Award - Qld
I submitted this 2007 work, one of my favourites, to the first Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale art Award and am happy it was selected. Having been exhibited several times, including the Highly Commended award in the 2007 Waverley Art Prize, Punchbowl Chrysler (30x30 oil on board) might finally find a home!
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Life Drawing
A little 6x4 painting on board done at last weeks life drawing group, last pose of the evening @ 15 min.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Solo and ARI
Hi and Happy New Year!
A reminder that my latest exhibition Going Places which is a joint solo being held with good friend Amanda van Gils, in Queensland opens this Saturday and previewing now.Also the Stan and Maureen Duke Art Prize concludes Feb 14, so again if you're in the area...
And if not, you might be near Ballarat Victoria? Be sure to check out Launch@22, the first show for exciting new ARI, Space 22, find it at 22 Main Road Ballarat. I have a couple of 30x30's in that one too.
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