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Stanthorpe Art Gallery > Stanthorpe Art Gallery
The Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery tempts you to experience quality exhibitions of both national and local importance. The art gallery fosters a strong program of regional artist exhibitions and displays that are relevant to the history and character of the Granite Belt region.

Monthly displays also include those specially Curated from the Shires wide-ranging permanent collection of traditional and contemporary paintings, works on paper, ceramics, sculpture and fibre artworks. This strong collection of noted artist’s works, are sourced from acquisitions made during the biennial Stanthorpe Arts Festival. The next festival held in February 2006, will mark its 34th year, with acquisitions and prize money amounting to $40,000.

Quality national touring exhibitions encompass displays varying from contemporary jewellery, ceramics, and noted Australian artists’ displays, to talented youth artists’ works.

The art gallery also encourages the presentation of established artist exhibitions from outside the region or state.
> Upcoming Exhibitions 2008
18 January – 19 February 2008
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art GalleryMichael Barrett Untitled graphite drawing on paperExhibits at Stanthorpe Art GalleryLu Potter The Sunny Side Railway Bridge pen & ink on paper Davson world leaders & enlightenment a retrospective by painter sharon davson.
20 - 29 February CLOSED
29 February – 11 April 2008
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art GalleryChristine Atins Life lll Fibre. stanthorpe art prize this major $15 000 art prize includes painting, printmaking, digital, sculpture, pottery, textiles and mixed media art. view the exhibition and participate in the activities. Closed 12-24 apr
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art GallerySteve Lopas Visitation oil on canvas.

The drawcard of a $15,000 acquisitive prize for the biennial Stanthorpe Art Prize attacted 480 entries from all state of Australia, vying for this major prise.
Other prizes includes the Anne Lindsay & Associates Regional Emerging Award valued at $1,000, the $500 Vollies Pick award and $2,000 Each for best 2 and 3 dimensional piece.
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art Gallery
Katy Woodroffe songs of the nightingale: in the tempered light of paradise mixed media on paper.
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art Gallery
eKim-Anh Nguyen Ceramic Breakers Clay.
12 - 24 April CLOSED
25 April – 20 May 2008
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art Gallery
D.E. Walter and C. Meacham - microscopic image of a spider mite, Tuckerella - Prostigmata, Tetranychoidea, Tuckerellidae, Tuckerella sp.
ornamentomology celebrate the world of science & art revealed through photographic microscopy. included are images of insects in contemporary jewellery and photography.
23 May – 24 June 2008
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art GalleryRaymond Cielens Untitled Grass Trees etching Myplace printmaker eva rasmussen explores forms in rocks, cliffs and botanical matter. raymond cielens - a retrospective etchings & paintings by the late tenterfield artist. lithographs and & other prints from the gallery’s permanent collection also on display.
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art GalleryEva Rassmussen Opuntia [prickly pear], two colour etching and collagraph

Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art Gallery
Ray Beattie Meat Hatchet [Blade Series] Intaglio on paper, acquuire 1978
27 June – 5 August 2006
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art Gallery No boundaries borderline regional arts association members will go outside boundaries in mixed presentation of painting, sculpture, photography, fibre & other mediums.
8 August – 16 September 2006
Exhibits at Stanthorpe Art Gallery

Lesa hepburn: new works diverse multi-media fibre & paper exhibition includes 2D & sculptural work by this scarborough artist. fragments of work: stitches in gold shimmering gold threads feature in this ‘fancy work’ embroidery exhibition by stanthorpe textile artist june fiford. crisps art expo playful works by students from prep to year 7 & more subtle & social comment by years 8-12, this exhibition of student talent is a must see.
19 September – 28 October 2006


The dying darling this collaborative project by artist michael pospischil & photographer & environmentalist sarah moles present the human face of the water reform process, depicting people with deep connections to country. adrian hobba new works this stanthorpe blacksmith explores varied metal hand-forged vessels and their uses.
> Music in the Gallery
Musical Events are held on a Sunday @ 2pm of each Month. Admission Free for most.
For an update on upcoming events call the gallery. Check Event Listing
> Details
Free Admission Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
Sat 1pm- 4pm Sun 10am-1pm
Closed on Some Public Holidays and Changeover

Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
Weeroona Park - Lock Street
Stanthorpe Q 4380
Ph: 07 4681 1874

> Stanthorpe Arts Festival 2006 - Acquisitions
Judges Comments

Dr Philip Bacon AM - Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane

For this, the 17th Arts Festival, there were any number of interesting and worthwhile works of art amongst the 400 or so entries.

Again, the sculpture section was the least supported, and also the weakest in quality of entries. That said, the acquisitions made will, I’m sure, be valuable additions to the collection.

I particularly liked the witty bronze by Di West ‘Man in the blue shirt’-: such a clever concept and while Phil Willy’s ‘Shipshape’ would never float, it is nevertheless an imaginative use of found objects. The woven pandanus sculpture ‘Ocean Artifact’ by Adrienne Kneebone is beautifully crafted, as is Tatania Gvozdetskia’s ‘Small flat round’.

The pottery section, while small, contained some exceptional pieces, and if there was a category ‘Best of Show’ (which of course, there isn’t) I would have awarded it to the exquisite group of eggshell-fine porcelain bowls by Mel Robson ‘A secret history: Vol 3’.

Also exceptional were Sophie Thomas’ ‘Spiral Form’ which was like molten opal and Julie Shepherd’s pleasing group of perforated porcelain shapes ‘oz podz’.

The under $500 section punched above its weight, and there were many works that could have won, but Beverly Eggins ‘24 Walks through the forest’ was a brilliant use of print and other techniques. The regional award category was also strong, and as David Le May’s ‘Looking for Aquila’ was acquired for the collection and was therefore not eligible, I was pleased to be able to award the $1,000 prize to Graeme Schreiber’s very evocative ‘Emus’.

The main section had many impressive entries from the technically proficient collograph ‘Continuum’ by Suzanne Danaker, the quirky James Guppy ‘A Moment’, the contemplative watercolour ‘Distant Rain’ by Bruce Buchanan, to Kylie Elkington’s ‘Sign of Landscape # 1’, with its subtle and effective use of glazes. I’m pleased that the first photograph to enter the collection is such a striking image as ‘Blue Cray / Red Claw’ by Walter Stahl, and another fine work on paper Ron McBurnies ‘The Lines are Drawn’ is also a valuable addition.
Sculpture Acquisitions

Keith Barnett - Uniform Decay
Glass

Di West - Man in the Blue Shirt
Bronze

Tatiana Guozdetskia - Small Flat Round
Stoneware clay

Adrienne Kneebone - Ocean Artifact
Woven Pandanus

Phil Willy - Shipshape
Found Objects
Pottery Acquisitions

Joe Ottoway - Ovula Series (group of 3)
Porcelain

Isaac Patmore - Vessel 101
Woodfired stoneware

Avi Amesbury - The Forgotten Horizon 2006
Ceramic

Mel Robson - A Secret History: Vol 3
Slipcast porcelain with decals

Julie Shepherd - Oz Podz (group of 7)
Coloured stoneware

Sophie Thomas - Spiral Form
Porcelain
Furniture One and Framing Award

Beverley Eggins - 24 Walks Through the Forest
Collograph, thread
Sculptural Award

Keith Cameron - Bridge Bolt Basket
Recycled steel, bridge bolts
Hal & Val Lyons Pottery Award

Megan Puls - Inside Out
Stoneware clay
Painting Acquisitions

Bruce Buchanan - Distant Rain
Watercolour
Painting Acquisitions

Suzanne Danaher - Continuum (one of a series)
Collograph

James Guppy - A Moment
Acrylic on paper on canvas

Linda Mile Keough - Untitled (seat)
Oil on canvas

Trish Callaghan - Easter Moon
Pastel

Kylie Elkington - Signs of Landscape #1
Oil on board

Adrian Hunter - Recession
Oil on canvas

David Le May - Looking for Aquila, Drawing #7
Chalk, charcoal, pastel

Ron McBurnie - The Lines are Drawn
Etching

Eleanor Monley - A Bowl of Boche
Acrylic on canvas

Walter Stahl - Blue Clay/Red Claw
Photography
Anne Lindsay & Associates Award

Marjorie Bussey - Tsunami
Oil on canvas
Regional Art Award

Graeme Schreiber - Emus
Acrylic
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