"Synergy" exhibition - collection of artworks - and our next exhibition.

Paintings by Sally Forrest and Limestone/Glass sculpture by Jan Hetherington in foreground.

Thank you to all our members and other artists who submitted artworks for our annual community exhibition. We have had great feedback from the many locals and visitors who came through the gallery and several sales. Buyers and artists are asked to please collect their artworks between 10.00am Sunday 2nd February and 4.00pm Tuesday 4th February. If you are unable to collect your artworks between these times, please contact the exhibition committee (exhibitions@swmakers.com.au) to make alternative arrangements.

Our next exhibition is "Etched in Memory", paintings by Leanne Onley, from the Grampians region. The opening of that exhibition will be Thursday 6th February at 6.00pm. We encourage all members and the wider community to come along and support Leanne, especially since the tragic and worrying bushfires and evacuations over the summer season.

"Predictably Unpredictable" by Leanne Onley

Moyneyana Festival

As part of the Moyneyana Festival, we had a very successful family workshop day at Glyph's Creative Space creating fish sculptures from cane and tissue paper! This was initiated and led by Freya Marriott & Robert Gatt, and a team of enthusiastic volunteers, and entertained some 50+ children over the course of two separate workshops! Brilliant effort, and wonderful results! Happy faces everywhere!

Glyph Gallery & Creative Space volunteer Freya Marriott (in pink) helping guests assemble a fish sculpture at the workshop on 27 December 24!

November ...

YOU ARE INVITED!

Washed Up, an exhibition by Kaz Clarke and Merrian Dennis opens

Thursday, 7 November at 6pm.

This will be officially opened by Tracey Gray, science teacher.

Please RSVP here.

WORKSHOPS

Plein air seascapes in watercolour with Herman Pekel

9am - 4pm, 16 & 17 November.

$370 (members $245).

Register here.

Herman is a stunning and many-awarded artist, and we are honoured to have him offer this workshop. His works are featured in the following books: ‘Australian Impressionist and Realist Artists’, compiled by Tom Roberts and which features Australian artists; ‘120 Years of Watercolours’ by the Australian Realist Artists; ‘Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand’ by Max Germaine; and ‘Profile on Contemporary Watercolours’. He exhibits across Australia and internationally. Herman is represented in Artbank, Castlemaine Regional Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, Bathurst Regional Gallery, plus public and private collections in Australia and overseas.

Experimental Seascapes with Merrian Dennis

1 - 4 pm, Tuesday, 19 November.

$90 (members $65).

Register here.

Merrian Dennis is a visual artist living in country Victoria. Merrian has formal qualifications in Ceramics and the Visual Arts from the Ballarat University. Her work is described as expressionistic with a strong use of line and form; clearly influenced by her background working in clay. Merrian’s artwork reflects the rural volcanic landscape of the Western District, the female form of the wide horizon and discarded domestic objects. Her studio is situated at Lake Gnotuk in Western Victoria. Participants in this workshop will be exposed to a range of art-making techniques using ink, paint and collage to explore line, shape, texture, composition and the aesthetics of mark-making from a contemporary viewpoint. 'Seascapes' will be the starting position as we experiment and loosen up our style in developing an idea and investigate the possibilities of working on paper.

Mosaics with Jodie Mathews

9am - 4pm, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November.

$190 (members $160)

Register here.

Learn how to work with your chosen design either using direct or non-direct method using mesh. Then choose your colours, paying attention to the textures, shapes and how to manage negative and positive spaces in your design. You will be shown how to cut and shape with tile nippers and how to achieve different effects using different shapes, sizes, textures and materials to create depth and interest in your work. On the Sunday, we grout and clean your mosaics.

Ceramics with Meg Finnigan

Meg has two four-week ceramics courses coming up.

Mondays 28 Oct, 4 Nov, 11 Nov, 18 Nov

or

Mondays 25 Nov, 2 Dec, 9 Dec, 16 Dec

$250 per four-week block (members $200)

Register here.

SYNERGY CALL-OUT

Please remember to get your 'Synergy' pieces in to our summer exhibition! Submission forms are here.

CHRISTMAS PARTY!

All members, volunteers and friends are invited to our Christmas party on Thursday, 21 November, 5pm - 7pm. We'll have more details closer to the time.

And finally ...

Please tell anyone who you think might be interested in any of these workshops and exhibitions. We would love to be able to continue offering a strong range of workshops and your support is necessary for us to do so.

Have you dropped in to the Gallery lately? There are always new things being added to our display rooms. Pop in and have a fresh look around, and maybe tick a couple of gifts off your Christmas list at the same time. 

See you at one of our special events soon!

The Team at Glyph Gallery & Creative Space.