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New exhibition, guest artists, upcoming AGM, new workshops & more!
Above: Cinnamon Stephens will be speaking at the AGM on 5/8/2026
The Annual General Meeting for Glyph Gallery and Creative Space will be held on Wednesday 5th August, starting at 5.00pm. Come along for a glass of bubbles and nibbles and find out how the gallery has supported artists and engaged the community over the past 12 months. After an extremely brief AGM we will welcome Cinnamon Stephens, a respected art consultant, mentor, curator and practising artist. Cinnamon's visit to Port Fairy has been generously sponsored by the Moyne Shire Council, as professional development opportunities for artists.
Cinnamon will offer her practical insights into the business side of being an artist with lots of helpful tips to maximise your opportunity for sales and business growth, while maintaining your unique creative voice. A limited number of individual consultation sessions will also be available on Thursday 6th August.
If you are interested in nominating for the board of Glyph Gallery and Creative Space, please contact info@swmakers.com.au to find out more and get a nomination form.
Above is one of Alison Aplin's paintings from her latest exhibition.
"Colour Binds the Genres" is a new body of work by Glyph Gallery member, Alison Aplin. As a self-taught artist, Alison learnt her craft through many years of practice and passion. She is a multi-award-winning landscape designer for sustainable gardens, with the awards in both SA and Victoria being Landscape Industry based in both states. She is now retired and devotes any spare time to her art. As many would know, she is a prolific painter, often reworking canvases.
Her previous exhibition at Glyph Gallery consisted primarily of abstract expressionist works, but she says, "I find it hard to commit to a particular genre, so practice many". In this exhibition abstracted landscapes and still life paintings make an appearance, together with more muted abstract canvases and some more colourful works under glass. Alison uses a range of mediums, usually mixed with synthetic polymer but also including oils in this exhibition. Her painting is done with brush, catalyst, credit card, fingers and paper towelling, all for different effects. She firmly believes in the mantra that “nothing in life is perfect”, so all of my work tends to have imperfections to be found throughout.
Alison's exhibition continues until noon on Sunday 2nd August, after which we have "The art of Douglas Miller 1909 - 1994", a retrospective of this 'Melbourne 20' watercolour artist.
Watercolour painting by Douglas Miller
Douglas Miller's life was dedicated to art. His first job at the age of 15 was at the commercial firm of Lyell-Owen in Melbourne. During the 2nd World War he was engaged by the Royal Australian Navy as a Camouflage Artist “hiding” many of Victoria’s lighthouses. He joined RMIT In 1948 as a lecturer in commercial art where he remained until retirement in 1969.
Doug joined the "Twenty Melbourne Painters Society" in 1960 where he painted with many artists of his time including Herbert, Streeton and Buckmaster. He had his first exhibition at the Athenaeum Gallery in Melbourne in 1937. Doug’s principal medium was watercolour, in the traditional old English style, but he also worked in oils, etchings and pen-and-ink.
Doug adhered to the purist techniques of Old English watercolourists, with Cotman as his inspiration. His principal themes were Australian rural landscapes, small townscapes and seascapes.
He has paintings in private collections throughout Australia and many other countries and is represented in the National Gallery in Canberra as well as many regional galleries. His paintings reflect his love of colour and his ability to create beauty with watercolour and brush.
Here at Glyph Gallery and Creative Space, we are very fortunate to be able to offer for sale paintings and drawings from Douglas Miller's estate, on behalf of his son, John Miller. The exhibition opening will be Thursday 6th August at 6pm, with a respected, current member of the "Twenty Melbourne Painters Society", Maxwell Wilkes.
Workshops & Skills
Relax with a wine and air-dried clay.
Express your creativity in textiles with visible mending, an upcycled cloth jacket, embroidered flowers or hat making.
Try your hand at Life Drawing at the cosy Blarney Books.
The latest Winter and Spring workshop program includes new and returning tutors with many opportunities for learning new skills.
Ceramics with Meg Finnegan
Collagraph and Linocut Printing with Britt Gow
Clay and Chardi with Clare Fennessy
Basket making with Mahdi Chandler
Eco-printing and monoprinting with Kate Gorringe-Smith
Light and Paper with Merrian Dennis
Creative Toy-making for young people
Life Drawing with Gareth Colliton
Introduction to Drawing with Sally Forrest
Embroidered flowers with Melanie Hill
Upcycled Cloth Jacket with Melanie Hill
Contemporary Watercolour with Stefan Gevers
Plein Air painting with Lana Daubermann
Visible mending with Nikki Mallalieu
Hat Making with Nikki Mallalieu
You have missed your chance to make a tax-deductible donation this financial year, but we are still raising funds to replace the tired and shabby carpet at the gallery - get your name on the poster by making a donation here:
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