MELBOURNE SOCIETY OF WOMEN PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS
97TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION -PAINTINGS DRAWINGS SCULPTURE

 5 - 18 June 2006
at Glen Eira  City Council Gallery,  Caulfield
cnr of Hawthorn and Glen Eira Roads Caulfield 
DETAILS SEE WEB SITE HERE

Nicola Loder

18 May 18 - 4 June 2006

at Crossley & Scott Gallery, 
Crossley St Melbourne - Peligrini's St
Phone 9639 1624

Arts Law Week  - May 15 to 26. 2006 web site here

16-27 May 2006

SPAN Galleries, 
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Inge King - Birds and Celestial Rings

10 - 28 May 2006

Australian Galleries 
35 Derby St, Collingwood, Vic.
Phone  03 9417 4303

 DESPA HONDROS  Posidonia: Works on Paper

 26 April - 6 May 2006

 Opening:  Wednesday 26 April, 5pm - 7pm

 SPAN Galleries,  45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

POSIDONIA: Commonly known as sea grass, sea nymphs and wire weeds. Posidonia is one of the species found in seaweed balls, seen on some beaches along the south western coast of Australia.

JENNY WILSON
2nd May - 20th May

39 James Street, Prahran, Melbourne
Tempera galleries invites you to opening night for drinks with the 
artist on Tuesday 2nd May, 6.30 - 8.30pm

 Pat Shannon 

 13 April – 7 May 2006

 New paintings  showing her  interpretations of the Otways:  Pat's series of female  nudes within the rainforest titled Paradise Found.

Geelong Gallery,
Little Malop Street,Geelong VIC 3220
Phone: 61 3 5229 3645
Hours:  Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm,
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays 1 to 5pm
(closed Christmas Day and Good Friday)
Admission:  FREE

A BARE AND BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITION  by Margaret Gurney 

May 9th to 27th 2006

An exhibition of contemporary, spontaneous brush ink drawings and watercolours of nudes 
Skepsi on Swanston Gallery 
670 Swanston Street (Near Grattan)
Carlton 3053, Opening hours: Tues- Fri 10.30-6.00pm   Sat. 12.00-6pm
 

KNIT ' featured in 'CologneOFF' - Cologne Online Film Festival (COFF)
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/
CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival (COFF) theme "Identityscapes"
The film festival is featuring 40 shortfilms and videos of a duration between 1 and 15 minutes, selected and curated by Agricola de Cologne,
It released a PDF catalogue for free download
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_1st_edition_2006.pdf

These are the selected film/videos - also published on http://netex.nmartproject.net/index.php?blog=7

Eleanor Gates Stuart - KNIT

"Peace by Piece 2"-  Veronica Caven Aldous

1-27 June 2006

Opening Night 1 June 6.30- 8:30 pm- Charity auction at opening-Guest Speaker- Jan Delaney and Harpist RSVP to gallery.
 

Walker St, Gallery, Cnr Walker and Robinson Street, Dandenong. Tel: 03 9706 8441,
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 11a.m. – 5p.m., Saturday, 11a.m. – 3 p.m.

ENDURING PASSIONS

May 16 - June 3  2006

This exhibition is an eclectic collection of paintings and sculptures by nine talented, female artists who explore their enduring passions. A variety of subject matter is covered. The work encompasses the beauty of sailing, the natural environment and the naked form, and the frivolity of a shoe fetish and cars with attitude. Dancers spin themselves into ecstasy then all is silenced by the most revered symbol of all - the cross. You are invited to enter into and experience a voyeuristic journey into their passions.

cusp gallery, 238 High St, Northcote, 3070 -  (03) 9482 2731

Tuesday - Thurs, 12 - 6 PM    Friday 12 - 8 PM, Saturday 12 - 5 PM

Julie Heron : Revelation & Disguise

31 March  -  28 May 2006

Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 
40 Lydiard St North Ballarat 3350
Phone 03 5320 5858

Meg Benwell  - Natural Connections 

4-22 April 2006

Gallery 101
Collins Street, 
Melbourne
Phone 9654 6886

Aloma Treister -  The Art of Memory 

3-22 April 2006

Span Galleries 
45 Flinders Street, 
Melbourne 
Phone 9650 05891

Lisa Gipton

Pour L'Amour (Paris)

21st March to 15th April 2006
 

The photographs in my new series Pour l'Amour were created in Paris, while I was on a three-month artist residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts. I was awarded the Rosamund McCulloch Studio artist residency which is administered by the University of Tasmania. The Rosamund McCulloch Studio is on the first floor of an 18th century Hotel, within the Cite Internationale des Arts complex, the Cite itself in the Marais quarter of cenrtal Paris.

Catherine Asquith Gallery,
Ground Floor, 130 Flinders Street
Melbourne Vic 3000

Catherine Hearse 

exhibition of sculpture and jewellery by Catherine Hearse 

11 am - 1 pm Sunday 26th March 2006

Elsie Gallery
30 Orr St,
Malmsbury
 Vic

open 11-5 Sundays and Public Holidays 
or by appointment  phone  03 5423 221 

Linda McLean Cook
Inspired by the sky and seascapes of the Mornington Peninsula, Linda explores the virancy of life on silk.

21 March - 29 April 2006

"The Atrium " Function Centre Foyer 
Frankston Arts Centre 37 Davey St, Frankston 

Barbara Gambin 

15 March - 29 April 2006

glass cabinets
Frankston Arts Centre 37 Davey St, Frankston 

WALK THE LINE    Marina Floreancig
recent paintings
 

 4 March - 1 April  2006

Gallery 3 - Cusp Gallery
238 High St. Northcote
(03) 94822731        0419358079

Talk - Commercial Reality with Tracey McIrvine
Gain valuable insights into developing rapport with private art galleries and establishing yourself as a supplier. Tracey will focus on what it takes to get into professional galleries and will cover everyting from quality of work to attitude and processes. She is director of Melbourne Jackaman Gallery.

Friday 31 March 2006  - 11 am Free  - Bookings 9784 1896
Frankston Arts Centre 37 Davey St, Frankston 

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Earthbound or ... Not  - works by Deborah Scire and Margo Viorito 

1 April - 6 May 2006

Frankston Arts Centre 37 Davey St, Frankston 
 
 

Transplants reveals a fascination for botanical aesthetics of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, relocated in a playful mixed-up future. 

MARS  Melbourne Art Rooms, 418 Bay Street Port Melbourne VIC 3207,Tel +61 3 9681 8425

Born in China, Xiao Yu Bai immigrated to Australia in 1996. A follower of the Daoist philosophy in life and in her work, Xiao's paintings seek to express Dao through the technique of blurring realism. What is Dao? Chinese philosopher Lao Zi stated that "Dao has no real shape. It is unclear and you cannot catch it…It is unlimited, huge and tiny. It is also silent, smooth and void. The sky and the earth come from the Dao. It is mother of everything." 

MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms, 418 Bay Street Port Melbourne VIC 3207, Tel +61 3 9681 8425
 

Crossroads Exhibition  by "intertwined 9"

15 March - 4 April 2006

Steps Gallery, 62 Lygon St, Carlton. open 7 days 10-5pm

1-18 March 2006

Level 8 Room 16 Nicholas building 
37 Swanston St Melbourne 3000 cnr Flinders lane

4 February - 10 March 2006

Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts
26 Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria 3182, Australia
Winners listed here info@lindenarts.org

The exhibition showcases contemporary art by women artists from diverse social and cultural backgrounds  -  Manningham Gallery, Manningham Council Municipal Offices 
699 Doncaster Road - Doncaster  Hours: Tues. - Fri. 11am -5pm Sat. 2-5pm Free Admission 

28 May - 18 June 2006

Counihan Gallery - 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Gallery hours are: Wednesday to Saturday, 11am - 5pm  Sunday, 1pm - 5pm

Entry to the gallery is free. Call  9389 8622 for more  information 
 

7 April - 8 April 2006

17 Jolimont Road, Forest Hill Vic  3131

Prizes $700 Best Painting in Show, 2ns $500,3rd $300, Peopels choice $200
for application form phone 9845 3104
Entries close 28 March 2006 
 

18th  March to 2nd April
The Wildlife Art Society of Australasia - with Wildlife Art on the Island. This will be an exhibition of smaller works exploring the uniqueness of the Australian animals, birds and flowers. There will be artists demonstrating throughout the exhibition. 

Access  to Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park & Gallery  from the Como Landing (Melway Map 2M C2).Alternatively you could take a water taxi from South Bank.

Contact Parks Victoria Victoria Information Centre 13 1963 or 

Wildlife Art Society of Australasia on phone 0418 546 554 or 03 8790 4215 More about the facitlies there see here 

2-28 March 2006

New and established female artists are set to inspire in this year's "She" series  of National competitions, which celebrates women in line with International Women's Day.

Walker St Gallery
Cnr Walker & Robinson Sts, Dandenong 3175
 Phone 03 9706 8441
 

 7 - 26 March 20'06 

Foyer Gallery ,  Gasworks Arts Park, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park 3206
Location: Melway Ref 2J G7 - Tram No. 1 - Stop 31
General Enquiries, Phone: 03) 8606 4200
 

3 March -  4 April  2006

at   Manyung Gallery, 1408 Nepean Highway, Mt Eliza
Open Wednesdays to Sundays - Opening on Friday  3rd March 6.30- 9pm
 

31 Jan - 18 Feb 2006

Manningham Gallery, Municipal Offices 699 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
More Info Phone 03 9840 9367

French Gallery
McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park 
More details see web site here
 

21 February - 18 March 2006

Catherine Asquith Gallery
130 Flinder Street melbourne
 Phone 9654 7275 

26 Feb - 11 March 2006

A textiles, mixed medai and works on paper by the The Selvedges, that explores the gender politics... part of Women's Health Week and daily program of demonstartions and events.

The exhibition includes a large range of textile applications - dolls; decorative wall hangings and wearable art; intricate embroidery; and three dimensional works with innovative felt works, amongst other things.

'The Selvedges' are;
Kaye Adolphson, Anita Barrett, Ruth Benjamin, Julie Delbridge, Madeleine Kennedy, Angelika Leishout, Meg Lowery, Jean Nixon, Nicky Sandiford, Trish Sidway & Margaret Watson.

Manningham Gallery, Municipal Offices 699 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
More Info Phone 03 9840 9367
 

 Her Presence in Colours VII – Her Light in Native Colours
15 March – 1 April  2006

An exhibition showcasing contemporary art by women artists from
diverse socio cultural backgrounds in celebration of Cultural Diversity
Week. It is coordinated by the International Women Artists Association -
Australia Inc, a group that aims to assist women from diverse
backgrounds to participate in professional, thought provoking and
educational art exhibitions.

Manningham Gallery, Municipal Offices 699 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
More Info Phone 03 9840 9367

  7 - 18 Feb 2006
 
 

  Tues - Sat 12-6pm
 

  Seventh Gallery Inc. 155  Gertrude Street, Fitzroy 3065
 

14 - 25 February, 2006

SPAN GALLERIES
45 Flinders Lane 
Melbourne Vic 3000
Australia

Gallery Hours: Tue - Fri 11am - 5pm Sat 11am - 4pm 

 14th-25th February 2006 
SPAN GALLERIES
45 Flinders Lane 
Melbourne Vic 3000
Australia

Gallery Hours: Tue - Fri 11am - 5pm Sat 11am - 4pm 

Art House North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensbury st, North Melbourne 
 

2 Feb.2006  - 29.May.2006

Allan's Walk - artist run space Bendigo - shop 5 Allans Walk.

"My childhood drawings (age 5-6 yrs)  are used as source material to create a series of hand sewn dolls; photo release works on paper are then produced using these dolls as the primary image. Manufactured objects together with the aforementioned made objects form this installation entitled ‘LAUNDRY’.  I wish to carry through this feeling of ambiguity within both the installation and works on paper. The dolls are being used as representations of the human figure to express ideas of sexuality, social identity and personal beliefs. Pegged to a clothesline, these dolls form various tableaux hanging between male and female underpants, whilst the works on paper represent illustrations from an imaginary picture book. ..."

4 Feb -10 March 2006

The Linden Postcard show is an open entry award exhibition featuring small format contemporary work. The exhibition has become a prominent event in the Australian cultural calendar.

Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts
26 Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria 3182,

13 November 2005 – 5 February 2006 

McClelland Gallery, Elisabeth Murdoch Gallery 
390 McClelland Drive , Langwarrin, Victoria, 3910 
Open:Tue to Sun : 10am-5pm,Closed on Mondays and some Public Holidays.
 

1 December 2005 - 23 January 2006
 

C-cubed art space
culinary canvas cafe
237 Whitehorse Rd.,
Balwyn
3103
Phone: 9816 8725 

16 Nov -23 December 2005

ICON  MUSEUM OF ART DEAKIN UNIVERSITY BURWOOD 
221 Burwood Highway Burwood

THE EPHEMERAL  IDEA AND THE CLUNKY OBJECT 
Wanda Gillespie 
Opening Monday 22/11/05  6/8 pm  Until 10/12/05
Tuesday/Friday 12/6  Saturday 12/5
117 Lt Lonsdale St Melbourne 3000

10- 20 November 2005
 

27 Bay Road Sandringham
 

1 October -20 November 2005

Monash Gallery of Art Cnr Jells Rd and Ferntree Gully roads Wheelers Hill.

13 November 2005 - 29 January 2006

McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park 
390 McClelland Dve Langwarrin

Phone 03 9789 1671 web sitehere

image "heart" 1988 patinated copper strip & rivets 57x32 x 19cm

Graduate Exhbition of Diploma of Arts - textiles students Box Hill TAFE

8 - 26  November 2005

Manningham Gallery, 699 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
Manningham Gallery web site here

3 November - 3 December 2005

Gallery 1 & 2, Craft Victoria,  31 Flinders Lane Melbourne 

image:  [detail] in the stillness , 2005, 
ramie fibre, shikkui [Japanese line plaster] embroidery yarn sand 2005

3 November - 3 December 2005

"A collection of narrative based tapestry works inspired by a recent trip to the United Kingdom.  While overseas, Smith worked for over a year reweaving the Hunt of the Unicorn series (originally woven in 15th century)." 

Gallery 3 Craft Victoria,  31 Flinders Lane Melbourne 

image: Bobbins-Australian, Joy Smith  2004 ,  yarns assorted

28 October-13 November 2005

Conical Gallery, Upstairs 3 Rochester St
Fitzroy, Victoria,Australia 3065  Phone: 03 9415 6958

 21 October - 21 November 2005

Ballarat Fine art Gallery 
40 Lydiard Street North 
Ballarat, Phone 03 5320 5858
 

Gallery 1 fleshingsMary Scott
 
 
 
 

Gallery 2 New PhotographsLeah Davidson
 
 
 
 
 
 

Gallery 3 Dangerous Liasons Lily Hibberd
 
 
 

Gallery 4 At The Bottom of Each Word Cheryl Adam
 

Linden - St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts,
26 Acland Street, St Kilda

13 October - 8 November 2005

Judith Pugh Gallery
559 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

image mojarcar vieja 24.5x30.5cm acrylic on paper 2005

8 -20 Nov 2005

Good Joss Studio Gallery
272 Johnston Street Abbotsford

Join and Celebrate With Us - 7.30 pm on - Entry by donation
Who are we?   Women's Web - Women's Stories, Women's Actions
www.womensweb.com.au
Where? Collingwood Town Hall
Can you help with supperm play  play music,  technical stuff?
Contact:  Geraldine on 9486 1808 or EMAIL
 

14 October - 6 November 2005

Counihan Gallery 
233 Sydney Road Brunswick

11 October -5 November 23005

catherine asquith gallery, grnd flr 130 Flinders Street Melbourne

Image: "The Illusion" oil  & wax on canvas 120x 120cm

15 October -5 November 2005

Bookscapes -contemporary artists' books
Port Jackson Press Print Room, 59 Smith Street, Fitzroy

15 October -5 November 2005

Bookscapes -contemporary artists' books 
Port Jackson Press Print Room, 59 Smith Street, Fitzroy

15 October -5 November 2005

Bookscapes -contemporary artists' books 
Port Jackson Press Print Room, 59 Smith Street, Fitzroy

12 October - 3 December 2005

Stonnington Stables Museum of Art,
Deakin University 336 Glenferrie Road , Malvern

Image Black Trees, Erskinville, Yvonne Boag : 2002 acrylic on canvas [diptych]

22nd November to 17th December 2005

Christine Abrahams Gallery
27 Gipps Street Richmond, Melbourne Victoria 3121, Phone +613 9428 6099

Gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday 10.30am to 5.00pm, Saturday 11.00am to 5.00pm
Other times by appointment
For more information on Gwyn Hanssen Pigott  click here