In December 2023 and January 2024 will present three new exhibitions:
2023 Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award – 8/12/23 – 23/12/23
Xanthe Muston’s Collected Stories: Scenes from a Window – 6/12/23 – 25/01/24
Shaping hand; journeys with clay – 6/01/24 – 25/01/24
2023 Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award 8 – 23 December 2023
A national Art Prize for emerging artists aged 18-30 working in painting, drawing and printmaking.
The biennial Lloyd Rees Emerging Artist Award (formally the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award) is a national prize established in 1981 to promote and support talented emerging artists in Australia. The Lane Cove community initiated it in honour of its long-term resident and acclaimed artist Dr Lloyd Rees, who was an advocate for getting young artists involved in the arts.
Artists: Kate Belvedere, Lucinda Bird, Shani Black, Sandra Brand, Jack Buckley, Ana Butron, Sadhbha Cockburn, Alexandra Colvin, Bianca Currey, Angus Fisher, Freyja Fristad, Katelyn Geard, Maddison Gibbs, Jesse Heriot, Yiu Lun Heung, Dana Hubraq, Tia Madden, Annabelle McEwen, Jasmine Mowbray, Claire Paul, Rebecca Pidgeon, Emilee Robinson, Ivana Sanfilippo, Douglas Schofield, Alex Slattery, Linda Sok & Alice Xu
Opening Event
Opening Event
Join Gallery Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios for the opening event on Friday 8 December, 6-8 pm meet the artists and enjoy some refreshments.
Xanthe Muston Collected Stories: Scenes from a window 6 December 2023 – 25 January 2024
Collected Stories: Scenes from a window presents an exquisite selection of watercolour and mixed media paintings by Xanthe Muston, winner of the 2021 Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award. Muston uses literature as a starting point to explore private and often uncanny moments of human connection within the domestic landscape.
Opening Event
Join Gallery Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios for the opening event on Friday, 8 December, 6-8 pm. Meet the artist and enjoy some refreshments.
Public Program:
Artists’ Talks Saturday 9 December, 1-2 pm
Be part of the conversation with Xanthe as she discusses the themes, techniques and issues behind her works.
Artists: Xanthe Muston
Shaping hand; journeys with clay 6 – 25 January 2024
‘Shaping hand; journeys with clay’ presents the works of Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios’ acclaimed teachers alongside the creations of some of the students who have taken part in the centre’s pottery classes and workshops in 2023.
Finissage:
Friday, 19 January 2024, 6-8 pm
Join the Gallery for casual drinks with the teachers and students.
Artists: Ceramics teachers and students from Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios
Cover Photo
Our Cover Photo is Xanthe Muston, When I Was Green, watercolour, gouache, ink, carbon transfer, electric embossing on 300 gsm paper, 76 cm x 57 cm, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist.
Summer School Holiday Programmes
From 15-19 January and 22-24 January, Gallery Lane Cove will be offering a wide range of fun workshops for kids aged 5 years and up including (but not limited to):
👜 Sewing your very own trendy tote bag
🌉 Sculpting a miniature harbour bridge
📚 Bookmaking – make a personalised journal out of scrap paper that can be reused for drawing, journalling or scrapbooking
🎞 Cyanotype printing from digital negatives, feathers, lace, doilies, stencils and paper cutouts
🏺 Trying your hand at the pottery wheel
And for a limited time only, they are offering an early bird special discount! Book before 5 December to save $10 on each class!
For the full list of workshops that we’ll be offering this summer, click here.
Their school holiday classes often book out quick, so be sure to secure your spots before you miss out!d
The program includes
- 3 hour Holiday workshops – $70 (early bird special ), $80 afterwards
- All day workshops – $145(early bird special),
- $155 afterwards
Address: 164 Longueville Road NSW (opposite the Library)
Phone: 9428 4898
Booking Info School Holidays: Gallery Lane Cove
Website: www.gallerylanecove.com.au
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: @gallerylanecove
Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios stages several exhibitions a year. Entry is FREE
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