Past Projects and Exhibitions at Stonnington

Past Exhibitions at Stonnington Service Centres

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Peg Goode - Wandering and Wondering with Watercolour
September 2009

Peg is a Stonnington local who after a career in librarianship became a painter.

In her own words:  'Wandering and wondering with watercolours. Yes, I have certainly been wandering - painting trips to France, Italy and in Australia - both in cities and the countryside and of course by the sea.

I have been fortunate in my journey  to have had the privilege of taking part in groups led by Charles Reid, Robert Wade, Clifton Pugh, Mirka Mora and Maz Angus and travels all over.

The incredible colours, the sky so high, the sheer space which is such a part of Central Australia can be contrasted with the green lushness and the orange coloured rocks of Tasmania's inland and coastal scenery. Such beauty is both inspiring and intimidating.

Connecting with the Land - Judda - Peter MacKay
July/August 2009

Peter MacKay "Judda" is a Stonnington based artist. Judda means the full moon. His mother is Aboriginal from the Baranbinja tribe and his father is Tongan.

Judda is a passionate story teller with both his paintings and through his work in schools - he believes that it is through his storytelling that his culture can be shared with others.  Peter shares not only his painting but dancing and playing the didgeridoo through his work with schools.

The works on display at both Malvern and Prahran included works depicting Judda's strong connection to the sea and the land and the different journeys he wants to share with us.

The Melbourne Jazz Scene
A photographic exhibition by Natasha Blankfield
May/June 2009

To coincide with Stonnington Jazz 2009 this exhibition by Melbourne photographer Natasha Blankfield was at both Stonnington City Centre and Prahran Town Hall. The exhibition featured photographs taken over the past four years in Melbourne of the hottest artists in the Australian Jazz scene, including Katie Noonan, James Morrison, Don Burrows, Allan Browne and Bob Sedergreen to name a few.

"This collection is a celebration of the inspiring musicians who share their talents and their inner lives through these performances," Natasha said.

Renee Armstrong March - April 2009

Renee Armstrong has been painting for more than 10 years, exhibiting in the Bendigo Art Gallery and the Open Space Gallery in Melbourne in an exhibition showcasing women artists in Australia.

'Reflections' was her first solo exhibition and was on display at both the Prahran Town Hall and Stonnington City Centre Service Centre. Featuring recent works including stylised landscapes and abstract compositions inspired by locations throughout country Victoria.

Renee usually paints on large canvas using acrylic paint, oil pastel and impasto medium to build texture on canvas. She studied art and design at RMIT and has worked as a professional graphic designer for a number of years, currently at the City of Stonnington.

Her works are also for sale at Art For This Space web gallery www.artforthisspace.com.au
 

Patricia Tolson
"Australia's Playground"February - March 2009

Patricia Tolson is an Armadale resident and has lived most of her life in Prahran. In the early 1940s an artwork of hers was selected for exhibition at the Prahran Town Hall (her first ever exhibition). Sixty years later - her second solo exhibition she was back at Prahran Town Hall and Malvern Town Hall as well. Patricia began painting seriously in the 1970s: "Realising art has no boundaries, save the limitations of one's thinking, and the infinite number of colours made when mixing three primary colours with white, my interest in painting grew"

'Art, I like it!' - Inclusion Melbourne
November 2008 - January 2009

Essential narratives of the everyday and the extraordinary, life and the heart.'Art, I like it!' was an exhibition by a group of visual artists who live and work locally in Melbourne, based around a shared studio in Malvern organised by Inclusion Melbourne (formerly Gawith Villa). A collection of paintings and drawings, the exhibition reflected dynamic work practices, the result of self managed independent artistic practice with subject matter and exploration chosen and developed by the individual artists.

Betsy Forster
20 Degrees of Separation
November 2008

Betsy's exhibition will include paintings and prints including linocuts, woodcuts and etchings. Betsy is a Stonnington resident and artist with a strong interest in prints.

Local resident artist, Betsy Forster has been preparing a series of jigsaw woodcut prints, reflecting landscape images from the banks of the Yarra River around Birrarung Marr, bringing to this setting a homage to Edvard Munch, most famous for 'The Scream'. This jigsaw woodcut series of prints, weave together Betsy's interpretation of present day emotions using Munch's own symbols from his series of paintings/woodcuts titled

Young at Art
Are You Being Served?
November 2008

An exhibition of Art Nouveau-style trays
Young at Art are exhibiting works as part of the Senior Citizens Week

Seniors creating pieces of artwork which are not only beautiful but also extremely functional for everyday use.

An exhibition celebrating Stonnington's older artists. Each artist in this exhibition is a participant of the Stonnington Aged and Diversity Social Support craft program at the Chris Gahan Centre in Prahran. This exhibition showcases their stunning works. Be inspired and celebrate the idea that talent is not what you are born with but comes from the experiences of trying something new.

Mixing it Up - Exhibition by the Phoenix Park Monday Painters
Aug/Sept 2008

The Phoenix Park Painters are a group of like-minded Stonnington-based painters who meet once a week at Phoenix Park Neighbourhood House (Malvern East) to paint and make art together.

This exhibition - Mixing it Up was a showcase of the work they had done over the past year and included many styles and mediums.  Contributing Artists:    Lynda  Bailey, Carina  Chapman, John  Clarke, Judy Papp, Noralisa Speranza, Meg Davoren-Honey

Young @ Art
Stonnington Aged and Diversity - July 2008

Young @ Art - a jewellery and art exhibition celebrating Stonnington's older artists

Each artist in this exhibition is a participant of the Stonnington Aged and Diversity Social Support Art and Craft Programs at the Chris Gahan Centre in Prahran. This exhibition showcased the artists and their stunning works.  This exhibition celebrated the idea that talent is sometimes not what you are born with but comes from the experiences of trying something new.

Polyglot and Currajong School - Check Out! - June 2008

When the Children Invent the Products the Sky is the Limit!
The Currajong School and Polyglot Puppet Theatre have worked together on puppetry and performance projects since 2005. This exhibition reflected some of the fantastic ideas around the new Polyglot show Check Out! The students were part of the creative process as the show was made and so have a close relationship with the themes and puppets. Check Out! deals with children as market targets and the kinds of forces that are brought to bear on families to buy.

For more information on applying to exhibit at Stonnington service centres please click this link 

Looking Up
The Age Melbourne Fringe Festival
24 September - 12 October 2008

Looking Up was a fantastic arts project working with people with disabilities in the community. The project culminated in speech bubble lightboxes placed around the streets and laneways of Prahran.

The workshops were held at Chapel Off Chapel with people from the Prahran Mission and the One Voice Theatre and SPARC Theatre. Over seven weeks in 2008 workshop participants worked through their writing ideas, poems and personal anecdotes which culminated in the lightboxes placed around Prahran.

The image above is of Chapel Off Chapel building, other buildings in Greville St, the Love & Lewis building in Chapel St and the building in Izzett St overlooking Grattan Gardens and Grattan Street. This project also took place in the South Melbourne.

Artists: Jasmine Louise, Greg Scanlan, Doran Weilunski, Cam West and Graeme Oakley.

City of Stonnington was proud to sponsor this project.

The lightboxes where exhibited again at the Gasworks Art Park in 2009 as part of the Art of Difference  - disability and deaf arts festival.

For more information and maps for the project check the The Melbourne Fringe Website and click through to the 2008 website.