27th Nov. 2020 - 10th Jan. 2021
The Eclectica Art Awards
Friends of the Butter Factory (BFF)
Exhibition
Images Top, L to R: Bronwyn Barton, Vit Martinek, Sine Black, Michelle Kurth.
Images Bottom, L to R: Dale Leach, Fiona Cuthbert-O'Meara, Beatrice Prost, James Strickland
Images Bottom, L to R: Dale Leach, Fiona Cuthbert-O'Meara, Beatrice Prost, James Strickland
Butterbox: Michele Rudder Reflection de la Vie
Michele paints not what she “sees”, but more what she “thinks.”
A new style has emerged, like coming from another side of creativity. Having “mirror vision” (like Leonardo Dan Vinci) helped her to be between the “Real” and the “Unreal.” Michele looks at her painting and checks it in a big mirror set in her studio, like leaving between two worlds and having different perspectives, transforming her vision.
This is why Michele signs these latest works backwards.
Michele paints not what she “sees”, but more what she “thinks.”
A new style has emerged, like coming from another side of creativity. Having “mirror vision” (like Leonardo Dan Vinci) helped her to be between the “Real” and the “Unreal.” Michele looks at her painting and checks it in a big mirror set in her studio, like leaving between two worlds and having different perspectives, transforming her vision.
This is why Michele signs these latest works backwards.
Here we Stand, Always
First Nations Artists living on Gubbi Gubbi land.
Whole Gallery
L to R: Luke Barrowcliffe, Paul Calcott, Jandamarra Cadd
After the successful 2019 First Nations Exhibition, funded by RAF quick response grant, the artists and the audience requested a larger scale exhibition.
Cooroy Butter factory Arts Centre is hosting another First Nations art exhibition throughout the whole gallery, offering a larger exhibition for emerging and established First Nations artists residing on Gubbi-Gubbi land culminating in a Gubbi-Gubbi celebration
during NAIDOC week. Ambassadors Dr Jandamarra Cadd, and Uncle Paul Calcott are excited to take this project to the next level, all first nations residing on Gubbi Gubbi land are invited to enter and the result will be an exhibition with a diverse representation of the amazing talented first nations artists we have living on the coast.
The aim of this exhibition is "to give these artists a place and platform to share their work while offering an opportunity to show their artworks to a greater audience and gain more exposure.. Also giving them a visual voice to share their creative expression, whether it be derived from their traditional stories or individual based pieces" Dr Jandamarra Cadd.
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Artists Talk
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NAIDOC celebration -
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This exhibition and corresponding events, masterclasses and artists residencies are made possible by a Community Projects Grant thanks to Flying arts and Regional Arts Fund. |
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Art after 70
Foyer + Creamery
12th Sept. - 11th Oct.
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Images(L-R) :Lyn Shaw, Jo Murray , Sonia Border, Dennis Forshaw
Local and regional artists over the age of seventy are coming together to showcase their creativity and to express their concept and vision in the art medium of their choosing.
There is a wealth of creativity among the third age population in our area and this creativity deserves to be exhibited. This exhibition offers participants an opportunity to show their artwork to a greater audience and gain more exposure. It is an opportunity to show the community that the creative journey does not stop with age.
The quality of artists in this exhibition is high with several award-winning participants as well as established and emerging artists.
Various disciplines will be represented including painting, mixed media, ceramics, glass, photography, fabric art by a range of artists both established and emerging artists with several award-winning artists exhibiting as well.
There is a wealth of creativity among the third age population in our area and this creativity deserves to be exhibited. This exhibition offers participants an opportunity to show their artwork to a greater audience and gain more exposure. It is an opportunity to show the community that the creative journey does not stop with age.
The quality of artists in this exhibition is high with several award-winning participants as well as established and emerging artists.
Various disciplines will be represented including painting, mixed media, ceramics, glass, photography, fabric art by a range of artists both established and emerging artists with several award-winning artists exhibiting as well.
15th Sept. - 11th Oct.
Noosa District State High School
Butterbox
Young Creators and Makers in the Butter Box
This year BFAC showcases the extraordinary work of young artists, artisans and designers from Noosa District State High Schools Junior and Senior schools. The exhibition includes fine art, fashion, technical design, and furniture that students either started or finished in Lockdown.
Opening Tuesday 15th 4pm- Students and their guests only, bookings essential here.
This year BFAC showcases the extraordinary work of young artists, artisans and designers from Noosa District State High Schools Junior and Senior schools. The exhibition includes fine art, fashion, technical design, and furniture that students either started or finished in Lockdown.
Opening Tuesday 15th 4pm- Students and their guests only, bookings essential here.
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7th Aug. - 8th Sept. 2020
Maleny Cream @ the Butter Factory
David Paulson, Peter Hudson, Shannon Garson, Marvene Ash, Laura Vecmane, David Bongiorno,
Donald Greenfield & Atto Zarzura
“Maleny Cream @ the Butter Factory” presents a dynamic group exhibition encompassing ceramics, sculpture, drawing and painting from nationally acclaimed and highly respected emerging artists.
David Paulson and Peter Hudson are Archibald finalists with paintings in the Queensland Art Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. Acclaimed artist and Churchill Fellow Shannon Garson shows refined porcelain forms engaging with nature through drawing and painted imagery. Marvene Ash uses a painterly approach, capturing the vitality of the landscape, while Laura Vecmane connects to her subject through a highly original style. David Bongiorno displays a mastery of drawing in his sensitive figurative studies. Acclaimed cartoonist Donald Greenfield shows his latest autobiographical collage work, and sculptor Atto Zarzura channels his unique imagination into a collection of fantastical birds.
David Paulson and Peter Hudson are Archibald finalists with paintings in the Queensland Art Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. Acclaimed artist and Churchill Fellow Shannon Garson shows refined porcelain forms engaging with nature through drawing and painted imagery. Marvene Ash uses a painterly approach, capturing the vitality of the landscape, while Laura Vecmane connects to her subject through a highly original style. David Bongiorno displays a mastery of drawing in his sensitive figurative studies. Acclaimed cartoonist Donald Greenfield shows his latest autobiographical collage work, and sculptor Atto Zarzura channels his unique imagination into a collection of fantastical birds.
Saren Dobkins
Where there's Smoke
Saren Dobkins, If you Leave me, Oil on Canvas.
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Saren Dobkins presents a powerful series of 20 paintings that take us on a journey in response to the recent bushfires. They were a potent reminder of our fragility where the forces of Nature are concerned. The regeneration of the bush, the significance of trees, the resilience of the human spirit and the fate of wildlife in the face of a changing environment, are explored using visual metaphors and energetic expressionism. The works are evocative, lyrical and colourful. Strong dramatic forms and an abstracted representation of the figure express our sense of place, who we are and what we value.
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26th June - 4th August 2020
A DAY IN A LIFE
Lew Brennan
Foyer
L to R: Lew Brennan, The Machine, Nightcap, She Stole Erwins Jacket, borrowed Leeroys Truck and Headed East.
The reality of life is an individuals perspective…indeed there is no reality, only our own individual interpretation of that perspective…. influenced by everything we have seen, Everything we have done and has been done to us, and the stories on told to us from throughout existence. Many of us worry about what happens when the whole thing is done….allowing ourselves to be distracted by such complexities and from the simple pleasurable elements available to each of us on any heavenly day in this paradise.
Reality in art is an individuals perspective and is no simple thing and is indeed as much of an abstraction as any art form. Despite transgressing in its purpose from ritual to social commentary, realism as an art form is singularly capable of returning our attention to those simple pleasures in our daily life from where we were otherwise busy making other plans. The suites of art in this exhibition are offered as a conduit to that paradox.
Lew Brennan has a clear vision of how he wants his art perceived. His connection to his subject is evident in the care placed in each aspect of his work, and in the effort he makes to ensure each piece comes alive for the viewer. There is an evocation of memory and familiarity in the art, whether it be a portrait, a streetscape, a still life or an equestrian study,often leading to the unusual circumstance of people being pulled closer and closer to the works, somewhat mezmerized.
The emotional content of the work is a singular thing. His work invites the viewer to find their own story within the piece, rather than dictating what they must think. The detail presented allows an examination of the subject to a degree not available to most people in everyday circumstances. When, for instance, does the man in the street have the opportunity to see the light held within a wild horse’s eye, as it considers fight or flight? This emotional content is a subtle and personal experience which promotes this individual private personal interaction between the viewer and the subject, giving greater depth to the impact of the piece itself.
Reality in art is an individuals perspective and is no simple thing and is indeed as much of an abstraction as any art form. Despite transgressing in its purpose from ritual to social commentary, realism as an art form is singularly capable of returning our attention to those simple pleasures in our daily life from where we were otherwise busy making other plans. The suites of art in this exhibition are offered as a conduit to that paradox.
Lew Brennan has a clear vision of how he wants his art perceived. His connection to his subject is evident in the care placed in each aspect of his work, and in the effort he makes to ensure each piece comes alive for the viewer. There is an evocation of memory and familiarity in the art, whether it be a portrait, a streetscape, a still life or an equestrian study,often leading to the unusual circumstance of people being pulled closer and closer to the works, somewhat mezmerized.
The emotional content of the work is a singular thing. His work invites the viewer to find their own story within the piece, rather than dictating what they must think. The detail presented allows an examination of the subject to a degree not available to most people in everyday circumstances. When, for instance, does the man in the street have the opportunity to see the light held within a wild horse’s eye, as it considers fight or flight? This emotional content is a subtle and personal experience which promotes this individual private personal interaction between the viewer and the subject, giving greater depth to the impact of the piece itself.
Echoed Rhythms
Greg Kinman, Paula Bowie & Melissa McCullagh
Butterbox
Sculptor Greg Kinman and potters Paula Bowie and Melissa McCullagh, come together to explore dynamic rhythms of time & nature. Stories are shared by these artists in a bold use of clay, bamboo,wire and natural materials from the coastal dunes.
Greg's 2D and 3D sculptures are crafted from black bamboo,wire and natural materials . Greg's career as a horticulturist and his study of Sogetsu Ikebana informs his work, as does the dunes,coastal forest and garden of his Peregian Beach home.
Greg's work is bold and original ,with careful use of line, space and contrast.
Paula's works are primarily wheel thrown .Paula's work explores the voluminous shape of water vessels that echo ancient forms.
She also draws interest from sedimentary layers,the movement and rhythm of time and earth.
Paula's wheel thrown vessels are wood-fired or glazed in the earth tones that reflect her love of history and weathered patina., her work is confident and holds space beautifully.
Melissa's large sculptural vessels are hand built and draw inspiration from memories and experiences of a life lived by the sea. Melissa's uses clay as a medium for telling stories and sharing memories ; her work is robust and evocative, bringing life to the solidity of the clay.
Greg's 2D and 3D sculptures are crafted from black bamboo,wire and natural materials . Greg's career as a horticulturist and his study of Sogetsu Ikebana informs his work, as does the dunes,coastal forest and garden of his Peregian Beach home.
Greg's work is bold and original ,with careful use of line, space and contrast.
Paula's works are primarily wheel thrown .Paula's work explores the voluminous shape of water vessels that echo ancient forms.
She also draws interest from sedimentary layers,the movement and rhythm of time and earth.
Paula's wheel thrown vessels are wood-fired or glazed in the earth tones that reflect her love of history and weathered patina., her work is confident and holds space beautifully.
Melissa's large sculptural vessels are hand built and draw inspiration from memories and experiences of a life lived by the sea. Melissa's uses clay as a medium for telling stories and sharing memories ; her work is robust and evocative, bringing life to the solidity of the clay.
Physical Video - On Tour
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art
Creamery
Physical Video’ tours extensively across the Queensland region and will have its final showing in our Creamery this May
QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said ‘Physical Video’ focused on performance and theatricality in video art from the 1970s to the present.
‘These vibrant and thought-provoking works demonstrate how artists use the physical gestures and actions of the human body to illustrate social, political and aesthetic issues, Each work engages the body, and captures acts of endurance alongside playful exploration of elements such as air, water and fire. Mr Saines said.
Building upon an earlier version at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), the exhibition now appears in a new iteration that will feature artists including Angela Tiatia (New Zealand/Australia),Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont (Australia), Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (Japan/United States/Vietnam), Donghee Koo (South Korea), Tarryn Gill (Australia), Sriwhana Spong (New Zealand), and James Oram (New Zealand).
Some works, such as James Oram’s with Feeling the burn 2006, use direct-to-camera performance to explore risk, endurance and transformation, while Gymnasium 2010 by Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont questions ideas of physical perfection alongside Australian national identity. A work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, finds rickshaw drivers dragging their pedal carts across the seabed to symbolise the struggle of refugees in postwar Vietnam, and Donghee Koo deconstructs of the children’s game cat’s cradle to explore conscious and unconscious forms of play.
QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said ‘Physical Video’ focused on performance and theatricality in video art from the 1970s to the present.
‘These vibrant and thought-provoking works demonstrate how artists use the physical gestures and actions of the human body to illustrate social, political and aesthetic issues, Each work engages the body, and captures acts of endurance alongside playful exploration of elements such as air, water and fire. Mr Saines said.
Building upon an earlier version at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), the exhibition now appears in a new iteration that will feature artists including Angela Tiatia (New Zealand/Australia),Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont (Australia), Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (Japan/United States/Vietnam), Donghee Koo (South Korea), Tarryn Gill (Australia), Sriwhana Spong (New Zealand), and James Oram (New Zealand).
Some works, such as James Oram’s with Feeling the burn 2006, use direct-to-camera performance to explore risk, endurance and transformation, while Gymnasium 2010 by Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont questions ideas of physical perfection alongside Australian national identity. A work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, finds rickshaw drivers dragging their pedal carts across the seabed to symbolise the struggle of refugees in postwar Vietnam, and Donghee Koo deconstructs of the children’s game cat’s cradle to explore conscious and unconscious forms of play.
21st Feb -24th March 2020
Marks & Memories
Pam Miller & Carol Watkins
Foyer
Pam Miller_ The Flow of Life_Oil on Canvas
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Carol Watkins _Moonlight_Saggar Fired Ceramic
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Marks and Memories Exhibition combines 2D works by painter Pam Miller and 3D works by ceramicist Carol Watkins.. The marks on the paintings and the ceramics complement each other and evoke memories of times and events past. The pieces are designed to challenge the viewer to envisage our memories.
Windows of Nature
Entwined Threads
Creamery
Top- Bottom L-R:
Fay Pedley, Cathy Hetzel, Junee Groenwerg,
Ellen Kelly, Meria Atkin, Joan Morrison
Windows of Nature will be telling stories of the environment, loss of habitat, season, regeneration, cycles of life,connection of people and nature, beauty in colour and texture. It will have the story that will be unique, mysterious, intriguing and original. There will be a diverse array of art forms, including contemporary and traditional mixed media techniques exploring materiality and conceptual ideas inspired by the natural world.
Entwined Thread is a unique group of 6 independent mixed media artists based on the Sunshine Coast. Meeting monthly, the artists combine technique and mediums used in printing, felting, quilting, hand and machine stitch, dyeing, sculptural and painting in 2d and 3d works.
Entwined Thread is a unique group of 6 independent mixed media artists based on the Sunshine Coast. Meeting monthly, the artists combine technique and mediums used in printing, felting, quilting, hand and machine stitch, dyeing, sculptural and painting in 2d and 3d works.
Passage:Into the Heart of Resilience
Lorissa Manners
Butterbox
Lorissa Manners, Behind the Veil, Acrylic.
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Lorissa Manners, a humanitarian visual storyteller uses her paintbrush to inspire hope and justice by passing on significant stories that have shaped our collective contemporary landscape. She has lived internationally and worked for humanitarian organisations to do both artwork and International and Community Development work. Working on large scale projects and murals her works are the passing on of our stories through a vivid expression of movement and colour.
Passage: Into the Heart of Resilience, exhibition by humanitarian artist Lorissa Manners, is a collection of contemporary portraits and keepsakes that represent the journey of displacement of six refugee women, including ‘children of Nauru’ and stories from the stolen generation. Her works explore contemporary social issues and speak both on a global and local level to promote justice, hope and freedom. They are representative of all women who have experienced trauma and displacement in their lives and are an expression of our shared values of women’s empowerment, equality and inclusion.
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Artist Morning Tea
Thursday 12th march 10:30 Q&A with facilitator Jeannete Del-Santo from WINDO interviewing - artist/mentor Jandamarra Cadd, exhibiting artist Lorissa Manners & portrait subject Yasaman. 11:30 Floor Talk Meet with Marks and Memories artists Pam Miller and Carol Watkins for an artist floor talk to hear about their work and their practice. Light Morning Tea provided, celebrating International Women's Week. |
Opening Event
Saturday Feb 22nd 4pm. Opening Speaker : MP Sandy Bolton Live Music: Andrew Turnbull NEW artist in residents Kathryn Shewring and Amee Stanyer will be also opening their space UNfolding from their Playing with Possibilities journalling workshop series. |
17th Jan- 18th Feb 2020
40 under 40
40 artists 40 and under
Top Row L-R: : Daygin Prescott, Lauren Jones, Laura Vecmane, Sally Cuthbert
Middle Row L-R: Ashlee Becks, She Gregg, Tom Bridges, Odessa Mahony de Vries
Bottom Row L-R: Jakob Lydford, Jack Staley, Ketakii Jewson-Brown, Bryce Flaskas
Middle Row L-R: Ashlee Becks, She Gregg, Tom Bridges, Odessa Mahony de Vries
Bottom Row L-R: Jakob Lydford, Jack Staley, Ketakii Jewson-Brown, Bryce Flaskas
This exhibition will showcase the local, young, vibrant and talented art scene in the region who are 40 years old and under!
Project coordinator and co-curator Amanda Bennetts says, “We have an abundance of talented young visual artists who are from the region who may not otherwise get an opportunity to showcase their art with other local young emerging and professional artists."
The exhibition not only aims to showcase this young art scene in the region but also to shake things up by challenging the community’s perceptions on what is considered contemporary art in our regional setting.
Extending the exhibition to artists from all disciplines, it will include mediums of video, film and electronic imaging as well
as ceramics , drawing, fibre arts, graphic design, installation, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.
Exhibiting artists include: Aisha Darmansjah, Amanda Bennetts, Arki Orchard-Fox, Ashlee Becks, Awen Tawanee, Bree-anne Jeffrey, Bryce Flaskas, Carley Bourne, Cherry Logar, Daygin Prescott, Ebony Dew, Elle Reid, Ellie Graham, Fletcher Gibson, Jack staley, Jakob Lydford, Jim Martin, Karen Lennon, Kerri Louisa, Ketakii Jewson-Brown, Laura Vecmane, Lauren Jones, Libby Derham, Lois Collins, Matthew Mohr, Michelle Pash, Nicholas Mauger, Odessa Mahony de-Vries, Prudence Swann, Sally Cuthbert, Sammy Ray Jones, Sarah Bartel, Sarah Sculley, Shae Gregg, Shelly Spence, Thomas Bridges, Tia Carrigan, Veronica Spittles Pettigrew, Victor Taylor, & Yellong Bulla.
Project coordinator and co-curator Amanda Bennetts says, “We have an abundance of talented young visual artists who are from the region who may not otherwise get an opportunity to showcase their art with other local young emerging and professional artists."
The exhibition not only aims to showcase this young art scene in the region but also to shake things up by challenging the community’s perceptions on what is considered contemporary art in our regional setting.
Extending the exhibition to artists from all disciplines, it will include mediums of video, film and electronic imaging as well
as ceramics , drawing, fibre arts, graphic design, installation, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.
Exhibiting artists include: Aisha Darmansjah, Amanda Bennetts, Arki Orchard-Fox, Ashlee Becks, Awen Tawanee, Bree-anne Jeffrey, Bryce Flaskas, Carley Bourne, Cherry Logar, Daygin Prescott, Ebony Dew, Elle Reid, Ellie Graham, Fletcher Gibson, Jack staley, Jakob Lydford, Jim Martin, Karen Lennon, Kerri Louisa, Ketakii Jewson-Brown, Laura Vecmane, Lauren Jones, Libby Derham, Lois Collins, Matthew Mohr, Michelle Pash, Nicholas Mauger, Odessa Mahony de-Vries, Prudence Swann, Sally Cuthbert, Sammy Ray Jones, Sarah Bartel, Sarah Sculley, Shae Gregg, Shelly Spence, Thomas Bridges, Tia Carrigan, Veronica Spittles Pettigrew, Victor Taylor, & Yellong Bulla.
Opening Event Jan. 17th 2020, 6-9 pm
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JOIN US to celebrate the opening party with live band 'Super Yacht', food truck, plus...
Veronica Spittles Pettigrew doing live pyrography (wood burning). Ketakii Jewson-Brown with spoken word. Dylan Sparks with spoken word and impromptu poetry on a typewriter for attendees & Laura Vecmane's ephemeral installation. |
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Eclectica Art Awards
29 Nov. 2019 - 14 Jan. 2020
Top to bottom, L- R: Bronwyn Barton, Trevor Purvis, Tarja Ahokas, Anthony Bell,
Michelle Kurth, Dale Leach, Paula Bowie, Pamala Walsh,
Carol Watkins, Ann Gustavsson, Fiona Cuthbert- Omeara, Pam Taylor.
Michelle Kurth, Dale Leach, Paula Bowie, Pamala Walsh,
Carol Watkins, Ann Gustavsson, Fiona Cuthbert- Omeara, Pam Taylor.
From the Hinterland to the Sea, Sunshine Coast Artists are coming together to create a pictorial
Buffet of colour, shape and texture in the form of Painting, Pottery, Artisan Jewellery, Glassware and Weaving.
The Butter Factory Friends (BFFs) were formed in January 2016 and since then their showcase has evolved from a small group exhibition into an Arts Award with over 80 members entering in this 2019 show with over 140 artworks on display.
Join us again this year for the annual Butter Factory Friends Exhibition!
Prizes:
Portrait Prize $800 cash thanks to Bendigo bank
2D prize thanks to Oxlades -voucher $200
3D prize $300 anonymous cash prize by a BFF
Works on Paper prize thanks to Yandina Framing -Voucher$100
$100 voucher to the peoples choice thanks to Highly Strung
Portrait prize judged by Jandamarra Cadd
2D prize & Works on Paper judge Joe McFeeters
3D works judged by Ulrike Sturm
Buffet of colour, shape and texture in the form of Painting, Pottery, Artisan Jewellery, Glassware and Weaving.
The Butter Factory Friends (BFFs) were formed in January 2016 and since then their showcase has evolved from a small group exhibition into an Arts Award with over 80 members entering in this 2019 show with over 140 artworks on display.
Join us again this year for the annual Butter Factory Friends Exhibition!
Prizes:
Portrait Prize $800 cash thanks to Bendigo bank
2D prize thanks to Oxlades -voucher $200
3D prize $300 anonymous cash prize by a BFF
Works on Paper prize thanks to Yandina Framing -Voucher$100
$100 voucher to the peoples choice thanks to Highly Strung
Portrait prize judged by Jandamarra Cadd
2D prize & Works on Paper judge Joe McFeeters
3D works judged by Ulrike Sturm
Join us to celebrate our BFF's opening in this diverse exhibition.
Opening Event:
Saturday November 30th, 2-4pm.
Cash bar, Canapes & Live Music
Thanks to our wonderful Sponsors.....
18 Oct - 26 Nov. 2019
Journey of Discovery
Cliff Bauer & Sylvia Free
Creamery
Sylvia Free_Celestial Void_ Glass
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Cliff Bauer_Forest Floor_ Oil on Canvas
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"The real journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having fresh vision." (Marcel Proust)
This exhibition showcases the meeting of two very different mediums in the art world. On one hand Cliff’s oil paintings capture the beauty and fragility of nature while Sylvia’s visually spectacular work utilises manipulated natural elements frozen in time within prisms of glass. The explosive need to express a concept and vision in the medium of their choosing is a marvel of both artists. The creative journey for both Cliff and Sylvia has developed over several years. This exhibition is part of that evolving narrative.
From Within
Vit Martinek & Anna Howard
Butterbox
Anna Howard_Breath (detail)
_Oil on Canvas
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Vit Martinek _RosaKorrale_ Stoneware Paperclay
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As the title , “From Within”, implies, the works are aspects of the continuing struggle to express a multitude of facets of our daily lives; the good, the bad, the joyful, the sad….
Our exhibition of paintings and ceramic sculptures are the culmination of this couples work in the last two years.
It reflects not just these moments lived of the last two years, but also the memories of decades past.
Our exhibition of paintings and ceramic sculptures are the culmination of this couples work in the last two years.
It reflects not just these moments lived of the last two years, but also the memories of decades past.
Opening Event
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All welcome + free event canapes + cash bar provided Opening Speaker : Civa Live Music: Andrew Turnbull |
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A Plethora of Flux
Noosa District State High School
Foyer
Senior Art Exhibition Years 10-12
18th Oct - 5th November
Official Opening 5:45pm 17th Oct.
18th Oct - 5th November
Official Opening 5:45pm 17th Oct.
Images by :Evan Ryan, Jasmin Smith, Kate Cordwell
Then...
Junior high school art years 7-9
7th - 26th November
Official Opening 3:30 13th Nov.
7th - 26th November
Official Opening 3:30 13th Nov.
Untitled images by Students for Noosa District State High School
7th Sep - 15th Oct
Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art
North Coast Regional Exhibition
Rebecca Ryan_ Diagnosis_2019
Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art Regional Exhibition showcases the outstanding visual artworks by senior high school students.
The awards focus on the outstanding achievements of senior visual art students.
Selected student works demonstrate:
In recognition of the breadth of the visual arts, the awards include mediums of video, film and electronic imaging as well
as ceramics, costume and stage design, drawing, environmental design, fibre arts, graphic design, installation, painting,
performance art, photography, printmaking, product design and sculpture.
The awards offer the only collective exhibition of senior student work from each region of the state. It is an initiative that
has led to widespread recognition of the excellent work senior art students are producing.
The awards focus on the outstanding achievements of senior visual art students.
Selected student works demonstrate:
- highly developed imagery and or iconography with effective and deliberate communication of meaning
- expressive and or innovative aesthetic choices through the control of visual language
- purposeful and considered manipulation and exploitation of media, techniques and processes
- application of knowledge and critical understanding of media, techniques and processes that allows a
- sustained engagement, which invites further inquiry from the onlooker.
In recognition of the breadth of the visual arts, the awards include mediums of video, film and electronic imaging as well
as ceramics, costume and stage design, drawing, environmental design, fibre arts, graphic design, installation, painting,
performance art, photography, printmaking, product design and sculpture.
The awards offer the only collective exhibition of senior student work from each region of the state. It is an initiative that
has led to widespread recognition of the excellent work senior art students are producing.
Opening EventJOIN US to celebrate the opening and awards presentation on
Sept. 14th 2019, 2-4pm
All welcome, free event and cash bar available. Music by Noosa District State High School's String Quartet Canapes by Noosa District State High Schools Students |
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26 July - 3 Sept.
Joy of the Journey
The BRAG Trade
The BRAG Trade is a collective of early career artists with common links through volunteering at the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) featuring 5 artists - Kevin Aldcroft, Gabrielle McDonald, Paul Perry, Patricia Sheppard and Raymond Singleton.
This exhibition is the largest body of work the artists have presented in one place... examining the Joy of the Journey:
The exhibition will explore the artists’ diverse relationships with forms, themes and techniques. Many of the works are visually inspired pieces with unconventional painting techniques, dimensional drawings and multi-patterned pieces.
This exhibition sees the individual journeys of the artists momentarily converge and hopefully, creates a destination that evokes joy, raises possibilities and challenges others.
The BRAG Trade
The BRAG Trade is a collective of early career artists with common links through volunteering at the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) featuring 5 artists - Kevin Aldcroft, Gabrielle McDonald, Paul Perry, Patricia Sheppard and Raymond Singleton.
This exhibition is the largest body of work the artists have presented in one place... examining the Joy of the Journey:
- the joy of creating
- the joy of each artistic journey
- the joy of travel expressed visually &
- the joy of where the resulting artwork may take the viewer.
The exhibition will explore the artists’ diverse relationships with forms, themes and techniques. Many of the works are visually inspired pieces with unconventional painting techniques, dimensional drawings and multi-patterned pieces.
This exhibition sees the individual journeys of the artists momentarily converge and hopefully, creates a destination that evokes joy, raises possibilities and challenges others.
Work Details by Kevin Aldcroft, Paul Perry, Raymond Singleton, Gabrielle McDonald and Patricia Sheppard.
Opening Event:
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June 21- July 23, 2019
Opening Event Saturday 22nd June 4pm
Hear my Voice
First Nations Artists
Foyer
Hear my Voice is an exhibition of local indigenous Australian artists to coincide with NAIDOC week.
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With ambassador and exhibiting artist Jandamarra Cadd alongside Paul Calcott this exhibition is about showcasing our established and emerging First Nation artists residing here on Gubbi Gubbi, Kabi Kabi Country. To give these artists a place and platform to share their work. While offering an opportunity to show their artworks to a greater audience and gaining more exposure.. Also giving them a visual voice to share their creative expression.. Whether it be derived from their traditional stories or individual based pieces or something they feel passionate about, this exhibition will hopefully instill confidence and validation for what they do .. And having it coincide with NAIDOC week will be even more special as this time and the theme for this year is very pertinent to this exhibition.
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The National NAIDOC Committee invites all Australians to walk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a movement of the nation for a better future, this year at BFAC we would like to honour our traditional custodians of the land on which we gather by holding this exhibition during NAIDOC.
“It’s time for our knowledge to be heard through our voice. – an Indigenous voice of this country that is over 65,000 plus years old.”
NAIDOC Co Chair John Paul Janke
“It’s time for our knowledge to be heard through our voice. – an Indigenous voice of this country that is over 65,000 plus years old.”
NAIDOC Co Chair John Paul Janke
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This project is proudly supported by Queensland Regional Arts Fund with a quick response grant through Flying Arts.
This project is proudly supported by Queensland Regional Arts Fund with a quick response grant through Flying Arts.
Shaped by Nature
Alan Pirie & Fiona Cuthbert O'Meara
Creamery
An interplay between polarity and perspective, microcosm and macrocosm, nature versus nurture which creates the pull for us to reach our highest potential.
'Shaped by Nature' is a dual exhibition of oil paintings by Alan Pirie (Lyn McRae finalist) & ceramic works by Fiona Cuthbert O'Meara (Taste of Art, Noosa's 3D prize winner).
Embracing the relationship between what it is to be "skilled" at one's craft and what it is that the materials we work with show the urgency to become.
These forms that emerge from our hands or paintbrush are the expressions and stories of our own relationship to the earth and ultimately ourselves.
'Shaped by Nature' is a dual exhibition of oil paintings by Alan Pirie (Lyn McRae finalist) & ceramic works by Fiona Cuthbert O'Meara (Taste of Art, Noosa's 3D prize winner).
Embracing the relationship between what it is to be "skilled" at one's craft and what it is that the materials we work with show the urgency to become.
These forms that emerge from our hands or paintbrush are the expressions and stories of our own relationship to the earth and ultimately ourselves.
A Class Act
Students of Artist/Teacher Michael Winters
Butterbox
This exhibition showcases the work of 9 of Michael Winters students who have attended the McGregor Summer School. Michael noted over the past few years that the work produced was of such high quality it deserved to be exhibited. All Michael's classes are “Theme Driven,” in this case the classes had the titles "Inviting Picasso; Bonnard to Your Home.; Still Life ; and Life Stilled."
Michael uses a range of highly creative, famous artists as “Creative Role Models” and the students produce work inspired by these artists. This exhibition showcases the best of the class work.
Michael uses a range of highly creative, famous artists as “Creative Role Models” and the students produce work inspired by these artists. This exhibition showcases the best of the class work.
Images by :Jessica Malousis, Janna Pameijer, Philippa Friend,
(left- right) Helen Saint-Smith, Jane Clark, Marianne Reardon,
(top - bottom) Noni Metler,Susan Mears, Robyn Wight.
(left- right) Helen Saint-Smith, Jane Clark, Marianne Reardon,
(top - bottom) Noni Metler,Susan Mears, Robyn Wight.
NAIDOC Celebration: Thursday 11th July
Smoking Ceremony, Welcome to Country, Storytime, Gubbi Gubbi dance group.
from 12 noon until 3pm.
Educational, cultural, celebration, bring your families and don't miss this event..
Smoking Ceremony, Welcome to Country, Storytime, Gubbi Gubbi dance group.
from 12 noon until 3pm.
Educational, cultural, celebration, bring your families and don't miss this event..
10 May - 18th June
Margaret Builder- Conversations between Internal Landscapes
Margaret Builder: Abstract I
Creamery Space
Labeling shapes stops you from seeing, my abstract work is the whole collection of shapes, it is a whole being, living.
The idea is for it to evoke a feeling of whatever it is that is evoked in you, not what I was trying to tell you to feel, or what a small label might have you feel, but an overall feeling, a reflection of your own internal world.
Lets say the work is in a language you don’t know and it is somehow expressing to you an experience that is new and that is your own, from inside you.
Labeling shapes stops you from seeing, my abstract work is the whole collection of shapes, it is a whole being, living.
The idea is for it to evoke a feeling of whatever it is that is evoked in you, not what I was trying to tell you to feel, or what a small label might have you feel, but an overall feeling, a reflection of your own internal world.
Lets say the work is in a language you don’t know and it is somehow expressing to you an experience that is new and that is your own, from inside you.
Rod McArter- Life Above and Below the Water
Foyer Space
The concept for this exhibition is around the peace and tranquility that the ocean and rivers provide.
It’s both exciting and calming, at the same time. This attracts the sense of independence and the satisfaction of being cut off from the outside dramas of a wider-world creating, through the sometimes abstract composition, the illusion and sense of being in one’s own world ensuring a sense of tranquility.
These paintings continue to appeal to both the high number of both fisherman and naturalists and those who like to be at one with the environment.
The concept for this exhibition is around the peace and tranquility that the ocean and rivers provide.
It’s both exciting and calming, at the same time. This attracts the sense of independence and the satisfaction of being cut off from the outside dramas of a wider-world creating, through the sometimes abstract composition, the illusion and sense of being in one’s own world ensuring a sense of tranquility.
These paintings continue to appeal to both the high number of both fisherman and naturalists and those who like to be at one with the environment.
Behind BFAC- Butter Factory Arts Centre Staff
Butterbox
As the Butterbox hosts 'A Real Taste of Noosa' Food and Wine event and Cooroys Fusion festivals' art activites, BFAC’s staff are invited to exhibit to demonstrate BFAC’s behind the scene talents from the peeps who keep the place humming. All with a commitment to their art practice and inspiring the creative community, Behind BFAC showcases a diverse range of works by Alison Mooney, Zoe Martin, Alicia Sharples, Fiona Groom, Micheal Ciaverella, Bron Lawson and Alicia Adams.
Images (L-R): Alicia Sharples, Bron Lawson, Fiona Groom, Alison Mooney, Zoe Martin, Micheal Ciaverella and Alicia Adams.
Kindly supported by CreateArt
As the Butterbox hosts 'A Real Taste of Noosa' Food and Wine event and Cooroys Fusion festivals' art activites, BFAC’s staff are invited to exhibit to demonstrate BFAC’s behind the scene talents from the peeps who keep the place humming. All with a commitment to their art practice and inspiring the creative community, Behind BFAC showcases a diverse range of works by Alison Mooney, Zoe Martin, Alicia Sharples, Fiona Groom, Micheal Ciaverella, Bron Lawson and Alicia Adams.
Images (L-R): Alicia Sharples, Bron Lawson, Fiona Groom, Alison Mooney, Zoe Martin, Micheal Ciaverella and Alicia Adams.
Kindly supported by CreateArt
Opening EventJOIN US to celebrate the opening of these exciting new exhibitions.
May 10th 2019, 6pm
All welcome, free event and cash bar available. |
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5 April - 7 May 2019
Karma Victoria Bains
Evocation
This connection between different cultural representations of the sacred are captured in my work through a fusion of skills ranging from embroidery, painting, printmaking and bookmaking among others
Inspired by the goddess, the universal woman, ancient symbols of life, light and power – the magic of which continues to resonate in the modern world.
Evocation
This connection between different cultural representations of the sacred are captured in my work through a fusion of skills ranging from embroidery, painting, printmaking and bookmaking among others
Inspired by the goddess, the universal woman, ancient symbols of life, light and power – the magic of which continues to resonate in the modern world.
Katrin Terton
Reluctant Vessels and the thoughts we carry
Experience multisensory works by Katrin Terton as she ponders ‘the vessel’ and the infinite ways in which we fill them. From the literal or poetic to metaphysical container for our emotions and ideas.
Reluctant Vessels and the thoughts we carry
Experience multisensory works by Katrin Terton as she ponders ‘the vessel’ and the infinite ways in which we fill them. From the literal or poetic to metaphysical container for our emotions and ideas.
Katrin Terton
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Katrin Terton
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.Art of the Body
2nd annual Figurative Art Exhibition exploring the human form during the Australian Body Art Festival 2019. The Noosa Hinterland town of Cooroy, home to BFAC and ABAF welcomes around 7000 people to town, this exhibition celebrates the love of the human form. The subject matter for artworks is the human figure and 2D, 3D and multimedia, last year the exhibition housed 50 works from 27 artists. Entries are still being accepted here until 13th March.
2nd annual Figurative Art Exhibition exploring the human form during the Australian Body Art Festival 2019. The Noosa Hinterland town of Cooroy, home to BFAC and ABAF welcomes around 7000 people to town, this exhibition celebrates the love of the human form. The subject matter for artworks is the human figure and 2D, 3D and multimedia, last year the exhibition housed 50 works from 27 artists. Entries are still being accepted here until 13th March.
Opening Event:
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Friday April 5th, 6pm.
Guest Speaker; Michael Brennan Free Canapes and Cash Bar |
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01 March - 02 April 2019
JOIN us as we celebrate International Women's Day in 2019 with these exhibitions platforming the region's diverse talents.
Official Opening is from 3pm, Sunday March 03, 2019.
Official Opening is from 3pm, Sunday March 03, 2019.
Illuminate
Presented in collaboration with W.I.N.D.O
IMAGE (L - R): Work details by Lizzie Connor; Ann Gustavsson; Margaret Builder; Yanni van Zijl; Rosie Lloyd-Gilbert.
A handpicked exhibition showcasing the works of female artists based in the Noosa, Sunshine Coast and Gympie Regions.
Over 12 months in the making, 'Illuminate' is a first collaboration for BFAC and W.I.N.D.O ( Women Initiating New Directions* ), platforming our region's female creatives and in sync with International Women's Day & Queensland Women's Week.
Each piece is presented in response to the broader subject:
Contemporary Landscapes of Women Imagined
'Illuminate' features paintings, sculpture, new media installation and film chosen for their conceptual connection to theme.
The subject invites commentary on the social, cultural or political landscapes that inform the artists' lives as women.
*Women Initiating New Directions Organization (WINDO) Inc. is a volunteer-run not for profit group based on the Sunshine Coast. WINDO aims to create positive social and cultural change through a powerful, inspiring and educational combination of thought leadership and the arts. Find out more, here
This project is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund. The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Noosa Shire Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland."
A handpicked exhibition showcasing the works of female artists based in the Noosa, Sunshine Coast and Gympie Regions.
Over 12 months in the making, 'Illuminate' is a first collaboration for BFAC and W.I.N.D.O ( Women Initiating New Directions* ), platforming our region's female creatives and in sync with International Women's Day & Queensland Women's Week.
Each piece is presented in response to the broader subject:
Contemporary Landscapes of Women Imagined
'Illuminate' features paintings, sculpture, new media installation and film chosen for their conceptual connection to theme.
The subject invites commentary on the social, cultural or political landscapes that inform the artists' lives as women.
*Women Initiating New Directions Organization (WINDO) Inc. is a volunteer-run not for profit group based on the Sunshine Coast. WINDO aims to create positive social and cultural change through a powerful, inspiring and educational combination of thought leadership and the arts. Find out more, here
This project is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund. The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Noosa Shire Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland."
XX Factor
Sunshine Coast Potters go BIG!
IMAGE: 'Vessels' (2018) by Nicci Parry jones
SIXTEEN Sunshine Coast ceramicists go large for this invitational exhibition run in conjunction with International Women's Day and WINDO and co-curated by Nicci Parry Jones.
Artists include Belinda Stanton, Carol Watkins, Nicci Parry-Jones, Jackie Gasson, Rebecca Lindemann, Fiona Cuthbert O’Meara, Kaye Leach, Julie Wall, Valerie Willy, Merrie Tomkins, Margie Gibson, Domi Cohen, Sandra Robertson, Cathy Lawley, Paula Bowie, Lee Berryman and Tania Edwards
'XX factor' removes typical constraints placed on Hinterland ceramicists by inviting these artists to create works of scale and gusto - each piece measures at least 50cm - 60cm in either direction.
This exhibition shines a light on the extraordinary talent of our region’s women ceramic artists.
We're excited to reveal an insight into their unique passion and creativity.
Artists include Belinda Stanton, Carol Watkins, Nicci Parry-Jones, Jackie Gasson, Rebecca Lindemann, Fiona Cuthbert O’Meara, Kaye Leach, Julie Wall, Valerie Willy, Merrie Tomkins, Margie Gibson, Domi Cohen, Sandra Robertson, Cathy Lawley, Paula Bowie, Lee Berryman and Tania Edwards
'XX factor' removes typical constraints placed on Hinterland ceramicists by inviting these artists to create works of scale and gusto - each piece measures at least 50cm - 60cm in either direction.
This exhibition shines a light on the extraordinary talent of our region’s women ceramic artists.
We're excited to reveal an insight into their unique passion and creativity.
Official Opening - 3pm Sunday, March 03.
All welcome.
JOIN US as we celebrate the opening of these exhibitions from 3pm, Sunday March 03.
Welcome to Country and Guest Speaker: Aunty Hope O'Chin
All welcome - free entry - cash bar available. We'd love to share it with you.
Welcome to Country and Guest Speaker: Aunty Hope O'Chin
All welcome - free entry - cash bar available. We'd love to share it with you.
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“Those who wish to sing will always find a song” and songstress Kate Anbeek will be sharing some of her favourite finds at the Butter Factory at the opening
Kate will celebrate International Women’s Week with ethereal covers of her fave female artists, adding a woman’s touch to choice man-songs and weaving her own storytelling through her original music. Kate is stamping her feet to the different beat and honoured to be playing her part in ‘balance for a better world’. |
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18 Jan - 26 Feb. 2019
Wolfgang Lämmle- Master of the Light Foyer
This Internationally acclaimed ‘Master of Light’ with a colourful history in the arts, Wolfgang Lammle gives us a peak into his masterful collection … perhaps for the last time. Born in Germany in 1941, Lämmle has spent nearly his entire life as an artist. Encouraged at a young age, he trained and worked as a printer, until opening his own gallery and furthering his education in France. A leading Impressionist, Lämmle has been sought after as a teacher and master of light internationally. Now living his final years residing in the picturesque Cooroy hinterland, it is a pleasure to be able to showcase this unique collection of his works here at the Butter Factory Arts Centre. |
Wolfgang Lämmle Sunbathing Nude
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Emma Nancarrow - The Interior SeriesCreamery space
Contemporary painter and online entrepreneur brings her vibrant paintings to BFAC for the first time. " I love to see the spaces that people are creating - all of them unique. These designs reflect the individuals, families and groups that inhabit them. "It’s these homes, work spaces, sanctuaries - that constantly inspire me to produce individual and special artworks that can either complete a room or be the starting statement piece of their creation, " Emma Nancarrow. |
Emma Nancarrow "From a Friend"
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Barbara Ziolek and Catherine Reason Macauley - Muet
Catherine Reason Macauley Joan of Art Barbara Ziolek Eyes
Butterbox
Both Barbara and Catherine as artists focus on the essence of women as their subject with imaginings that perhaps take many weeks to produce, a lifetime of observation, and a devotion to the arts to capture a moment in time. In respect to the title of “Muet”, what can we really say, when the title tells you not to say anything at all. Which brings us to “The Importance of Ironing Pom Poms”
Both Barbara and Catherine as artists focus on the essence of women as their subject with imaginings that perhaps take many weeks to produce, a lifetime of observation, and a devotion to the arts to capture a moment in time. In respect to the title of “Muet”, what can we really say, when the title tells you not to say anything at all. Which brings us to “The Importance of Ironing Pom Poms”
Opening EventJOIN US to celebrate the opening of these exciting new exhibitions.
Friday 18th. Jan 6pm
Guest Speaker: Michael Brennan - Noosa Regional Gallery Director All welcome, free event and cash bar available. Entertainment by: Andrew Turnbull -( guitar alfresco) |
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30 Nov 2018- 15. Jan 2019.
SQUEEZE
[SQUEEZE] 2018 is a catalyst for visual art educators from a diverse range of working environments to share the common aim of allocating time to maintain or re-fresh their art making. This collaborative exhibition opportunity provides valuable Professional Development for Visual Arts educators on the Sunshine Coast.
The [SQUEEZE] exhibition is held on a biennial basis with [SQUEEZE] 2018 set to be the 8th exhibition in this series.
With over 30 local educators who are artists dedicating themselves to their practice for this biennial exhibition in its first carnation at BFAC
The [SQUEEZE] exhibition is held on a biennial basis with [SQUEEZE] 2018 set to be the 8th exhibition in this series.
With over 30 local educators who are artists dedicating themselves to their practice for this biennial exhibition in its first carnation at BFAC
30 Nov- 23. Dec
Twisted Tales by Dale Leach
Twisted Tales by Dale Leach
Reciting Nursery Rhymes to our children is one of the most rewarding first steps to developing children’s language skills and extending their vocabulary. Nursery Rhymes are usually short and easy to remember and in times when many people were unable to read and write Nursery Rhymes were passed from one generation to the next and their secret histories were forgotten. Twisted Tales unearths some of these secret histories and brings other Rhymes into the naughties.
Mary Mary by Dale Leach
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Early to Bed by Dale Leach
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Opening Event:
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Friday Nov. 30th 6pm Entertainment by: Kate Anbeek Guest Speaker: Megan Williams All welcome, free event and cash bar PLUS .......during the opening event....
After three months in the studio for BFAC’s pilot onsite residency, Doug Walker presents ‘Flow’. Unveiling our new residency space... check it out here |
Watching the River Flow - Doug Walker
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2 Jan - 15 Jan. 2019
APT9 KIDS ON TOUR QAGOMA - FREE EVENT - School Holidays activities
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For 'The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT9), QAGOMA and BFAC present APT9 Kids.
We’re excited to host this fantastic free, school holiday experience for families, run concurrently with QAGOMA’s exhibition ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) and APT9 Kids APT9 Kids on Tour invites young visitors to explore and experience diverse contemporary art styles and approaches from Australia, Asia and the Pacific. The program highlights key themes from the APT9 exhibition including the preciousness of life and natural resources, the importance of community and storytelling. |
Interactive artist projects, including the preciousness of life and natural resources, the importance of community, and storytelling,
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APT9 Kids on Tour is free QAGOMA Touring program available to regional Queensland communities, with thanks to generous support from The Tim Fairfax Family Foundation.
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Oct. 19 - Nov. 27 2018.
Butter Factory Friends' Finest
Annual Members' Exhibition in the Butterbox
IMAGE: Artwork details by BFF members (L-R) : Dale Leach, Taryn King, Anne Gustavsson, Natalie Barlow, Jennie McDowell, Fiona Groom ,Tarja Ahokas, Dennis Forshaw, Pam Chalker, Kate Lee-Foley, Trevor Purvis.
Eclectica is the annual members exhibition for our Butter Factory Friends group.
Painters, potters, jewellers and ceramicists make up our much valued BFAC community and this annual exhibition offers an insight into the variety and scale of talent in our region.
Free of a particular theme or media requirements, Eclectica is an exhibition of artists
united in their connection to community.
We're excited to show their works in our space, which they support with their
time, energy, skill and membership!
Join us to experience the variety!
Our Butterbox space will be full of incredible creations.
Eclectica is the annual members exhibition for our Butter Factory Friends group.
Painters, potters, jewellers and ceramicists make up our much valued BFAC community and this annual exhibition offers an insight into the variety and scale of talent in our region.
Free of a particular theme or media requirements, Eclectica is an exhibition of artists
united in their connection to community.
We're excited to show their works in our space, which they support with their
time, energy, skill and membership!
Join us to experience the variety!
Our Butterbox space will be full of incredible creations.
Local Heroes Portrait Prize
BFAC Inaugural Portrait Prize
IMAGES: (from left) Val by Gai Cook, Charles by Lew Brennan and Gai by Anne Davenport
JOIN us as we open our inaugural portrait prize, Local Heroes.
Over 35 entries present each artist's chosen representative of the theme: a local hero. Its a broad theme and each artist has run with it! We may even have some animals!
Archibald Prize finalist, Jandamarra Cadd will judge the prize and announce the winner at the Official Opening, from 5pm Saturday October 20.
A prize of $500.00 will be awarded to the work selected as the winner.
There is also a $250 peoples choice award.
Opening Night- Saturday 20th October (5pm - 7pm)
All welcome.
JOIN US as we celebrate the opening of these exhibitions which celebrate our local artists at their best!
Guest Speaker:
Guest speaker and Local Heroes Portrait Prize judge: Jandamarra Cadd
All welcome - free entry - cash bar available.
We'd love to share it with you.
JOIN US as we celebrate the opening of these exhibitions which celebrate our local artists at their best!
Guest Speaker:
Guest speaker and Local Heroes Portrait Prize judge: Jandamarra Cadd
All welcome - free entry - cash bar available.
We'd love to share it with you.
Noosa District State High School
Junior and Senior Annual Exhibitions-
OCT 19 - NOV 27
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Senior Students
Oct. 19 - Nov. 6 Official Opening: 6pm Thursday October 18. Join us for the Official Opening of Noosa District State High school's Senior Campus' annual exhibition from 6pm, Thursday, October 18. Students present works created throughout the year for a fantastic insight into what inspires and stirs their passions. Various media, concepts and styles on show come for a glimpse into the future! IMAGE: (Left) 'Hidden from Sight', Charli Crosby (2018). Junior Students 08- 27 Nov. Official Opening: 3pm Thursday November 08. The second part of this annual partnership sees us open NDSHS Junior campus's annual exhibition from 3pm, Thursday November 08. Standout works created throughout 2018 reveal another insight into the lives and minds of our region's young creatives. We'd love to share it with you. IMAGE: (Left) 'Death by Sugar', TBA(2018). |
" We're proud to host the works of our region's next creative generation,"
BFAC Co-ordinator Alicia Sharples said.
"Its always a fantastic glimpse into the lives and minds of our youth."
BFAC Co-ordinator Alicia Sharples said.
"Its always a fantastic glimpse into the lives and minds of our youth."
8 Sept- 16 Oct. 2018
Gumboil Street Artist including:
Heidi & Kurt Becker, Chantal Desplat, Lily Hass, Monika Juengling,
Tammy McGarry, Pamela Mitchell, Pauline Ramsay- Murray, Heidi Woodman
Foyer, Creamery & Butter Box
Nine diverse artists all living in the same street who share a common bond - the love of art – making it and appreciating it.
With no imposed themes or restraints this exciting exhibition showcases a diverse range covering much of the art spectrum including jewellery, painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture and garden art.
With no imposed themes or restraints this exciting exhibition showcases a diverse range covering much of the art spectrum including jewellery, painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture and garden art.
Sponsors of this eventA Street Shows It’s Art acknowledges the wonderful support of David Berns Real Estate and Noosa Today.
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Opening Event
JOIN US to celebrate the opening of this diverse exhibition.
Saturday, September 8th. 5pm
Guest Speaker,
Mayor Tony Wellington
Music by Riley Woodman
All welcome, free event and cash bar available.
Guest Speaker,
Mayor Tony Wellington
Music by Riley Woodman
All welcome, free event and cash bar available.
27th July - 4th September
3 Three spaces, three artists.....expanding their practice...
You may have seen these artists before but they are taking their practise to another level with these 3 new exhibitions.
You may have seen these artists before but they are taking their practise to another level with these 3 new exhibitions.
Creamery: Fiona Groom UNEARTH a secret realm
Leaf litter may not be very exciting but if you look closer all will be revealed- Unearth explores the hidden world in our bushland, open forests and even in our own backyards, a life that’s all about survival, camouflage and adaptation. Unearth is a snapshot of that life, a reminder of what can be lost if we don’t preserve our gardens and bushland.
Leaf litter may not be very exciting but if you look closer all will be revealed- Unearth explores the hidden world in our bushland, open forests and even in our own backyards, a life that’s all about survival, camouflage and adaptation. Unearth is a snapshot of that life, a reminder of what can be lost if we don’t preserve our gardens and bushland.
Foyer: Wendy Epp Mood and Mind
These paintings result from a long held interest in the mind and perception. For several years Wendy's work focused on the brain, and produced deep, sometimes gloomy, images. After her last exhibition at B.F.A.C. her output has blossomed, colour and image-wise, moving to a happier place where mood is influenced by surroundings, adventures, colour and life experience. Perception is forefront in her consideration. Symbolism is used to portray places and experiences, but always emphasizing mood. Join Wendy's visual journey. |
Butterbox: Michele Rudder Reflection de la Vie
Michele paints not what she “sees”, but more what she “thinks.” A new style has emerged, like coming from another side of creativity. Having “mirror vision” (like Leonardo Dan Vinci) helped her to be between the “Real” and the “Unreal.” Michele looks at her painting and checks it in a big mirror set in her studio, like leaving between two worlds and having different perspectives, transforming her vision. This is why Michele signs these latest works backwards. |
Opening Event:
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Fiona Groom will be painting on-site during her exhibition on
Thursday 2nd August 10.30-2 Sunday 5th August 10.30-2 Thursday 9th August 10.30-2 Wednesday 15th August 10.30. -2 Thursday 23rd August10.30-2 Thursday 30th Aug 10.30-2 Sunday 2nd Sept 10.30-2 Michele Rudder will be painting on-site during her exhibition on Friday 17th August 10:30 - 2 Wednesday 22nd August 10:30 - 2 Wendy Epp will be painting on-site during her exhibition on Wednesday 22nd August 10:30 - 2 Sunday 26th August 10:30 - 2 |
Friday, July 27th. 6pm Guest Speaker, Councillor Ingrid Jackson Music by Paul Thorley. All welcome, free event and cash bar |
Friday 22 June – Tuesday 24 July 2018
Connect 3.
Denise McMahon, Jennifer Neubecker and Kym Tabulo
Contemporary abstract artists. Denise McMahon, Jennifer Neubecker and Kym Tabulo draw on the traditions of abstract art as they transform their well explored theories and experiments into three distinct but complementary practices.
Each drawing or painting represents a universal aim that binds the trio, and their show: that is to value both conscious and intuitive decisions into their their works,
Sensitive to each other's aesthetics, and the experience of the viewer, the three friends hope to nurture a sense of visual adventure that showcases the wonders of creative abstraction.
Each drawing or painting represents a universal aim that binds the trio, and their show: that is to value both conscious and intuitive decisions into their their works,
Sensitive to each other's aesthetics, and the experience of the viewer, the three friends hope to nurture a sense of visual adventure that showcases the wonders of creative abstraction.
Opening Event:
Friday, June 22, 6pm - 8pm. All welcome.
Join us to celebrate the opening of Connect 3. Friday, June 22. 6pm
Guest Speaker,
His Honour Judge Steve Middleton will officially open the exhibition
Entertainment by Rebecca Armour
All welcome, free event and cash bar available.
May 11 - June 19. 2018
As Time Goes By
Kaya Sulc
Kaya Sulc, Itsme, Copper. Image Courtesy of Artist
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Kaya Sulc, The Bathroom.Oil. Image Courtesy of Artist
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A 40 Year Retrospective
Cooroy Local since 1987 displays his lifes work
"The human figure fascinates me both as a source of complex shapes and forms and as a subject of great evocative power. In my work I use simplification, exaggeration and distortion in order to enhance the expressive quality of my figures. However, they remain firmly based in reality because, although I am well aware of the expressive potential of the underlying abstract forms, I need the emotive content of associations and mystery provided by the human image. I want my figures to look real in an unrealistic way; distorted but ‘possible’, capable of life, and as such, reflecting real life in their ‘un-realness’, their ambiguity, contradiction, even absurdity. To this end I like, for instance, to upset a near-traditional concept of a figure by a sudden gigantic arm, or to disturb a quiet harmony by an unexpected splash of Fauve colour. My large sculptures are constructed over steel armature from beaten and brazed copper sheets, with the joints in the metal accentuated to contradict the realism of the figure. Small sculptures I sometimes cast in bronze." Kaya Sulc
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April 06– May 08, 2018
hARTland
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Expressions
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EveryWoman- Beautiful. _Heather-Lee Murphy_2018. Image courtesy of the artist
Art of the Body
Community Show
Butter Box
BFAC’s first Art of the Body, an exhibition celebrating the beauty of the human form from a variety of perspectives to coincide with the Australian Body Art Festival.
This is a community show where the artworks will be the human figure, exploring the beauty of our anatomy.
The classification is PG as there will be some nudity.
Community Show
Butter Box
BFAC’s first Art of the Body, an exhibition celebrating the beauty of the human form from a variety of perspectives to coincide with the Australian Body Art Festival.
This is a community show where the artworks will be the human figure, exploring the beauty of our anatomy.
The classification is PG as there will be some nudity.
Friday 23 Feb – Tuesday 3 April 2018
Arts Connect.. Untethered
Foyer, Creamery & Butter Box
An exploration of new and challenging ideas where the artists have the opportunity to open their creative minds freed from restraints, habitual directions, imposed boundaries and conventional artistic limitations.
Our exhibition aims to encourage artists to explore and create artworks that reveal much.
Beauty, strength, vulnerability, power, joy, tenderness, anger, delight, sadness can all expressed in a variety of both actual and perceived ideology and emotion. The aim of the exhibition is to allow both artists and viewers the freedom to interpret these works in ways that may free them from conventional expectations.
Participating artists include: Carol Weir, Annie McIntosh, Chris Blake, Christine Elcoate, Deann Cumner, Dorothy Haig, Jennifer Caseldine, Jacky Lowry, Jo Turner, Judi Parkinson, Robin Yates, Catherine Day, Margie Lipscombe, Miles Allen, Jennifer Harris, Victoria Fitzpatrick, Kaye Leech, Jim Cox, Nicci Parry- Jones, Olga Garner- Morris.
Our exhibition aims to encourage artists to explore and create artworks that reveal much.
Beauty, strength, vulnerability, power, joy, tenderness, anger, delight, sadness can all expressed in a variety of both actual and perceived ideology and emotion. The aim of the exhibition is to allow both artists and viewers the freedom to interpret these works in ways that may free them from conventional expectations.
Participating artists include: Carol Weir, Annie McIntosh, Chris Blake, Christine Elcoate, Deann Cumner, Dorothy Haig, Jennifer Caseldine, Jacky Lowry, Jo Turner, Judi Parkinson, Robin Yates, Catherine Day, Margie Lipscombe, Miles Allen, Jennifer Harris, Victoria Fitzpatrick, Kaye Leech, Jim Cox, Nicci Parry- Jones, Olga Garner- Morris.
Friday 19 January – Tuesday 20 February 2018
Eye View- Captured Images
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Burls of Australia
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Eye View- Captured Images takes into account the level on which we see images and objects.
Work can be seen from above, on the horizon line or below. The role of the artist is to constantly observe and record, to create imaginative responses and to continually experiment and consolidate ideas through a variety of media. This is a collection, a documentation of travels and memories. |
A burl develops as a growth on the tree, a virus fasciation causing radical cell distortion & an irregular grain. Each sculpture is unique, first carefully remove from the tree then carved and smoothed. John takes his time allowing the beauty to reveal itself slowly. Its natural shape, colour and grain coming alive in the process. Which can take anywhere from 15-100 hours for each burl.
The connection between artist and burl leaves a lasting energy within each piece. Bringing certain warmth to any given place. Although difficult to part with these extraordinary sculptures deserved to be shared & loved. |
Shapes & Scapes
Carol Watkins, Helen Saint-Smith
Creamery Space
Shapes and Scapes brings together two artists passionate about the arts. Meeting by chance on a Kimberley cruise 2 years ago, Helen Saint-Smith and Carol Watkins discovered their mutual interests. While Helen considers herself primarily an Urban Landscape Artist, her current work finds her looking at landscape and nature with a geometric eye. She works mainly in acrylics, enjoying the effect of the solid bold colours and the immediacy of the medium. Carol’s specialty is alternative and atmospheric firing methods such as raku, smoke and saggar. She doesn’t produce a lot of functional work, but rather concentrates on textures, glazes, glaze free work, and glaze on glaze work resulting in organic, sculptural and one-off pieces. These two artists have drawn on their different skills to deliver paintings and ceramics which will delight the eye.
Friday 8 December 2017 – Tuesday 16 January 2018
Five Angles :
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Her Show
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Friday 3 November – Tuesday 5 December 2017
DNA: Dad’n’Daughter
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The Tesserae Forest
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Dad and Daughter team up once again for a joint show; his paintings, her ceramics. Inspired by the Australian landscape, and in particular the scarcity of water, Peter and Kari respond to their Queensland locality in homage to ecosystems. The lineage of landscape depicted in writhing riverbed, dwindling waterholes, patterns and footprints in stone or sand, plant and soil, colour or form.
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Take a walk through a forest of tiles, glass, ceramics and paintings with Sue Hoskin and Gwen Smithers. The two artists met through a local pottery club and share a common love of ceramics and mosaic. Gwen, a garden lover, creates quirky pieces for the garden while Sue, an accomplished mosaic teacher, is not afraid to explore unique approaches to this ancient art. The Cooroy Butter Factory welcomes Sue back as this is where she taught her very first mosaic class in 1999.
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Butter Box II
Butter Factory Friends
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Another eclectic exhibition from the Butter Factory Friends..
Once again the Butter Factory Friends have come together to showcase their talents with a diverse collection of work that explores many aspects of life. The painters will be presenting a variety of subjects including, landscape, still life, animal life and also figurative imagery whilst the potters are exploring form and texture by handcrafting structures that combine beauty and functionality. |
Public Programs
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Artists on-Site Throughout the weeks of the Butter Box exhibition, exhibiting artists will be onsite working, demonstrating various techniques and processes. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch them working in the gallery. Tuesday 7 November – Dale Leach Thursday 9 November – Heather Lee Murphy Saturday 11 November – Dan Truscott Sunday 12 November – Dan Truscott Friday 17 November – Ann Gustavsson Sunday 19 November – Pam Walsh Friday 24 November – Pam Taylor Tuesday 28 November – Tarja Ahokas Wednesday 22 November – Coralee Asker Thursday 30 November – Fiona Groom Saturday 2 December – Dale Leach |
Heather Lee Murphy is Artist on Site on Thursday 9 November.
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Friday 22 September – Tuesday 31 October 2017
Gold Lotus
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Making Light of the Dark
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Making Light of the Dark is a collection of photographic images that speak to those people who have Depression, for within the images’ reversed state, all darkness becomes light, and colour is reversed. It is hoped by ‘turning it around’, people who suffer from depression and related mental illness can be helped through an awareness and greater understanding of mental illness; people will know there is help out there and that they don’t have to go through it alone. This exhibition provides a unique way for many people to view the world in a new light. Making Light of the Dark is held in conjunction with Queensland Mental Health Week 2017.
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MEET THE ARTIST - Michelle Mann, Gold Lotus
Wednesday 27 September, 10:30am
Join Michelle Mann for morning tea and a chat about her exhibition Gold Lotus. This is a unique opportunity to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the Michelle’s art and her inspiration. All welcome. Gold coin donation.
QLD Mental Health Week
Sunday 8 – Saturday 14 October 2017
EVENT LISTING
Conversation Corner
10 – 14 October 2017, 10am – 2pm daily
During Queensland Mental Health Week the Butter Factory Arts Centre is holding a Conversation Corner within Ian Richter’s exhibition Making Light of the Dark. This activity is made possible through a partnership with Mental Illness Fellowship QLD – Sunshine Coast. Conversation Corner aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness by raising awareness and providing information about mental health and wellbeing services. EVENT LISTING
Steve Parish - Leading a Creative Life
Wednesday 11 October 2017, 1:30pm
Steve is an Ambassador for Mental Illness Fellowship Queensland. As part of Conversation Corner, Steve will be presenting a talk on leading a creative life in conjunction with QLD Mental Health Week .
EVENT LISTING
Workshops
Introduction to Whimsical Colourful Portraits - Michelle Mann
1st or 12th October 2017
4 hrs $80
This is a fun workshop to give you skills to create a basic face and use a rainbow of colour to enhance a whimsical look. You will learn: Basic face structure – create your own whimsical style of face from the basics; How to use colour to create shade and interest; Creating a story behind the face. You do not need experience to participate in this class but some drawing skill would be great plus a sense of fun and playfulness is perfect. Bookings CLICK HERE
Workshop for Mixed Media Backgrounds - Michelle Mann
5th or 15th October 2017
4 hrs $85 (includes an ephemera kit)
This workshop is a fun ½ day using all sorts of media to build up layers to create a textured interesting background. This workshop can be done in conjunction with the portraits workshop or alone. It gives you a great range of ideas to then use in any mixed media works. You will learn: How to prep your substrate; Use a multitude of media including papers- Japanese, handmade, brown or coloured paper, maps, foreign newspapers, rice paper; Music score, dictionary and thesaurus paper, old novels, paper stickers, modelling paste, tissue and serviettes, anything you think might be interesting to add. Bookings CLICK HERE
Sunshine Coast Open House 2017
Saturday 21 October 2017
The Butter Factory Arts Centre is proud to be part of the inaugural SCOH 2017. This event celebrates Sunshine Coast design and community and will contribute to a greater public awareness of our local history, design excellence and identity. The objective of this event is to open up access to unique places and reveal some of the built wonders of our region. For information on the history of our industrial building: CLICK HERE
Wednesday 27 September, 10:30am
Join Michelle Mann for morning tea and a chat about her exhibition Gold Lotus. This is a unique opportunity to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the Michelle’s art and her inspiration. All welcome. Gold coin donation.
QLD Mental Health Week
Sunday 8 – Saturday 14 October 2017
EVENT LISTING
Conversation Corner
10 – 14 October 2017, 10am – 2pm daily
During Queensland Mental Health Week the Butter Factory Arts Centre is holding a Conversation Corner within Ian Richter’s exhibition Making Light of the Dark. This activity is made possible through a partnership with Mental Illness Fellowship QLD – Sunshine Coast. Conversation Corner aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness by raising awareness and providing information about mental health and wellbeing services. EVENT LISTING
Steve Parish - Leading a Creative Life
Wednesday 11 October 2017, 1:30pm
Steve is an Ambassador for Mental Illness Fellowship Queensland. As part of Conversation Corner, Steve will be presenting a talk on leading a creative life in conjunction with QLD Mental Health Week .
EVENT LISTING
Workshops
Introduction to Whimsical Colourful Portraits - Michelle Mann
1st or 12th October 2017
4 hrs $80
This is a fun workshop to give you skills to create a basic face and use a rainbow of colour to enhance a whimsical look. You will learn: Basic face structure – create your own whimsical style of face from the basics; How to use colour to create shade and interest; Creating a story behind the face. You do not need experience to participate in this class but some drawing skill would be great plus a sense of fun and playfulness is perfect. Bookings CLICK HERE
Workshop for Mixed Media Backgrounds - Michelle Mann
5th or 15th October 2017
4 hrs $85 (includes an ephemera kit)
This workshop is a fun ½ day using all sorts of media to build up layers to create a textured interesting background. This workshop can be done in conjunction with the portraits workshop or alone. It gives you a great range of ideas to then use in any mixed media works. You will learn: How to prep your substrate; Use a multitude of media including papers- Japanese, handmade, brown or coloured paper, maps, foreign newspapers, rice paper; Music score, dictionary and thesaurus paper, old novels, paper stickers, modelling paste, tissue and serviettes, anything you think might be interesting to add. Bookings CLICK HERE
Sunshine Coast Open House 2017
Saturday 21 October 2017
The Butter Factory Arts Centre is proud to be part of the inaugural SCOH 2017. This event celebrates Sunshine Coast design and community and will contribute to a greater public awareness of our local history, design excellence and identity. The objective of this event is to open up access to unique places and reveal some of the built wonders of our region. For information on the history of our industrial building: CLICK HERE
A Plethora of Flux
Noosa District State High School
Foyer space
Artwork by Kiah Jardine
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Wednesday 27 September - Tuesday 10 October 2017
An exhibition of student artworks from Noosa District State High School Junior Campus (Pomona). Thursday 19 - Tuesday 31 October 2017 An exhibition of student artworks from Noosa District State High School Senior Campus (Cooroy). Noosa District State High School Students present a diverse range of artworks, which reflect the plethora of thoughts, concerns, and emotions they experience daily in their world; a world characterised by constant flux. |
Friday 11 August – Tuesday 19 September 2017
Partners in Textile
Helen McIntosh, Cathy Moon, Sybil Orr
Foyer, Creamery & Butter Box
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Sybil Orr, Cathy Moon and Helen McIntosh have been working in isolation for years, in exile if you like, developing their own unique style without much outside influence.
Recently the three artists discovered they were all at the same point in their practice and thinking along similar lines. This exhibition brings together disparate personalities, methods, skills, and knowledge bases to create a showcase full of excitement, colour, originality and ideas. The common thread of fibre binds them together. |
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Grand Opening Day
Saturday 12 August 2017
Market Stalls 10am Preceding the official event there will much fun and frivolity with market and promotional stalls on the veranda. Market stalls:
Artist Talk 11:30am Sybil Orr will provide an Artist Talk on Textiles & Texture within her exhibition of works titled Boro By Design. Light lunch and refreshments available from 12noon. Opening 1pm Guest Speaker: Janet De Boer, OAM Janet received her Medal of the Order of Australia for her services to the textile arts in Australia. All welcome. No bookings required. |
Public Programs
Meet the Artist - Helen McIntosh
Saturday 19th August 11 – 2
Saturday 16th September 11 - 2
Enjoy a chat with the artist amongst her body of textile work, Iconic 2, featured in Partners in Textile. This is a unique opportunity to gain an insight into Helen’s love of fibre, themes and her ways of working. Free event.
Workshop - Indigo Shibori with Cathy Moon
Saturday 19th August
11am-2pm
Come and join shibori artist Cathy Moon and learn the beautiful art of shibori. You will be introduced to the shibori techniques of Bomaki (Pole wrapping), Maki-Age Shibori (Stitching) and String wrapping. You will make 2 scarves, one cotton and one silk. Once you have stitched your scarves you will use an Indigo vat to dye your pieces. You will be shown how to set up and care for an Indigo vat. The workshop is open to both beginners and those with some experience. THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
Saturday 19th August 11 – 2
Saturday 16th September 11 - 2
Enjoy a chat with the artist amongst her body of textile work, Iconic 2, featured in Partners in Textile. This is a unique opportunity to gain an insight into Helen’s love of fibre, themes and her ways of working. Free event.
Workshop - Indigo Shibori with Cathy Moon
Saturday 19th August
11am-2pm
Come and join shibori artist Cathy Moon and learn the beautiful art of shibori. You will be introduced to the shibori techniques of Bomaki (Pole wrapping), Maki-Age Shibori (Stitching) and String wrapping. You will make 2 scarves, one cotton and one silk. Once you have stitched your scarves you will use an Indigo vat to dye your pieces. You will be shown how to set up and care for an Indigo vat. The workshop is open to both beginners and those with some experience. THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
Friday 7 July – Tuesday 8 August 2017
Activ8... create
Foyer, Creamery & Butter Box
Activ8 is a group of eight local experienced artists who actively engage in their chosen medium and forms of expression. The exhibition showcases an eclectic range of works from representational and abstract paintings in oil and acrylic, functional and abstract ceramics and glass slumped and fired.
Participating artists include: Anna Howard, Sam Vatovey, Rick Gruin, Helen Lawson, Vit Martinek, Annie McDonald, Yeats Gruin, Rowley Drysdale.
Opening Event
Friday 7 July 2017, 6pm
Free event, All welcome.
Cash bar available.
Exhibition Preview: Friday 7th July, 10am - 3pm
Free event, All welcome.
Cash bar available.
Exhibition Preview: Friday 7th July, 10am - 3pm
Public Programs
MEET THE ARTISTS
Saturday 29 July, 10:30am
Enjoy a chat with the artists from Activ8… create who are eight friends with diverse works in a range of media including glasswork, ceramics and paintings. This is a unique opportunity to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the work in this exhibition and each artist’s individual practice.
NOOSA alive!
21 - 30 July 2017
Welcome to NOOSA alive! - a 10 day festival of theatre, literature, music, dance, film, visual arts, cuisine and barrier-breaking forums - in one of Australia's most enviable destinations: Noosa! The Butter Factory Arts Centre is proud to be associated with this event. Download the 10 day program of events or call in to pick up a program.
Saturday 29 July, 10:30am
Enjoy a chat with the artists from Activ8… create who are eight friends with diverse works in a range of media including glasswork, ceramics and paintings. This is a unique opportunity to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the work in this exhibition and each artist’s individual practice.
NOOSA alive!
21 - 30 July 2017
Welcome to NOOSA alive! - a 10 day festival of theatre, literature, music, dance, film, visual arts, cuisine and barrier-breaking forums - in one of Australia's most enviable destinations: Noosa! The Butter Factory Arts Centre is proud to be associated with this event. Download the 10 day program of events or call in to pick up a program.
Friday 19 May – Sunday 25 June 2017
Here & Then
Trevor Purvis
Foyer and Creamery Spaces
Here in my Cooroy studio , I stand every day, confronting my inspiration.
The majestic river gums of the Darling River, the vast Kalahari salt flats, the disappearing horizons of the Gibson and Simpson deserts, all come flooding in.
Then, in 2003, I realised, as I drove past the dense suburbs of nine to five life into the open arms of the Australian outback, that life would never be the same again. I had discovered a new reality. Every lonely gidgee tree, every dry riverbed was an exciting new experience just waiting to be captured on canvas.
Then, I realised that this subject matter would forever be my inspiration.
Here is an exhibition of that inspiration.
trevorpurvis.me
Circle of Life
Noosa Life Art Circle
Butter Box Space
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An exhibition of life-drawing and works inspired by, or evolved from, the weekly gatherings of the Noosa Life Art Circle group.
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Thank you to Noosa Arts Theatre for the generous loan of stage props on display in the Circle of Life exhibition. Also to Anne Grant, 3B Creative, for the loan of soft furnishings. |
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Opening Event
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Saturday 20th May 2017, 5pm Free event, All welcome. Cash bar available. Entertainment - Jai Bevan from 4:30pm Public ProgramsMeet the Artist - Trevor Purvis Wednesday 24th May, 10:30am Join Trevor Purvis for morning tea and a tour of highlights of his exhibition Here & Then. All welcome. Gold coin donation. Artist Onsite - Trevor Purvis 27th May and 3rd June, 10am - 1pm Trevor Purvis will be onsite within his exhibition Here & Then. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch him work in the gallery. Life Drawing Demonstration Saturday 10th and 17th June 2017 11:00am - 12:30pm The Noosa Life Art Circle will draw and create figurative art works using a live model within their exhibition 'Circle of Life'. This will provide a rare insight into the manner in which an artist works. Peruse the exhibition, and join us for this unique experience! |
A previous exhibition opening event, Saturday 3 December 2016.
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Friday 7 April – Tuesday 16 May 2017
Bound, Bundled &Boxed
Dam Dames
The Foyer and Butter Box spaces
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Exploring the ideas and associations that arise from the words “bound”, “bundled” and “boxed” has led the artists to some very subjective responses: especially when one considers the English language allows for different meanings for the same word within different contexts.
By choosing to work alone within an agreed brief and regular consultations, they have presented a broad interpretation of words that are common in our everyday lives.
Robyn Gill is an internationally known ceramicist, Jean Cameron is a sculptor and painter, and Ann Brown works with textiles and printmaking.
By choosing to work alone within an agreed brief and regular consultations, they have presented a broad interpretation of words that are common in our everyday lives.
Robyn Gill is an internationally known ceramicist, Jean Cameron is a sculptor and painter, and Ann Brown works with textiles and printmaking.
Exploring the Unknown
Ute Grigull
The Creamery space
Ute Grigull, New Pathways, 2015, acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist.
What happens to the self in a new land, a different continent, a totally unknown landscape, foreign culture and everything familiar is left behind?
Ute Grigull embraced the challenge and opened herself to the new. Through her paintings she searches for connection to the new land. The forms and structures of nature, of earth, water, clouds and vegetation are all simultaneously the artist's source of inspiration. Ute's collection of paintings describe the tale of her journey.
Ute Grigull embraced the challenge and opened herself to the new. Through her paintings she searches for connection to the new land. The forms and structures of nature, of earth, water, clouds and vegetation are all simultaneously the artist's source of inspiration. Ute's collection of paintings describe the tale of her journey.
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Opening Event
Saturday 8th April 2017, 1pm
Free event, All welcome.
Cash bar available.
Free event, All welcome.
Cash bar available.
Public Programs
Meet the Artist, Ute Grigull,
Wednesday 12th April, 10:30am
Join Ute Grigull for morning tea and a tour of highlights of her exhibition Exploring the Unknown. All welcome. Gold coin donation.
Artist in Residence,
Ute Grigull will be onsite every Wednesday and Saturday for the duration of Exploring the Unknown. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch her work in the gallery.
Nerikome Masterclass with Robyn Gill, Dam Dames
Sunday 21 & 28 May, 2017
Work with coloured clay to create beautiful unique pottery in a 2 day workshop.
More info HERE
Wednesday 12th April, 10:30am
Join Ute Grigull for morning tea and a tour of highlights of her exhibition Exploring the Unknown. All welcome. Gold coin donation.
Artist in Residence,
Ute Grigull will be onsite every Wednesday and Saturday for the duration of Exploring the Unknown. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch her work in the gallery.
Nerikome Masterclass with Robyn Gill, Dam Dames
Sunday 21 & 28 May, 2017
Work with coloured clay to create beautiful unique pottery in a 2 day workshop.
More info HERE
Wednesday 3 May - Tuesday 16 May 2017
Wonderland
Australian Body Art Festival 2017
The Butter Box space
Coral Goddess, Rosemary Beard. Photo of winning airbrush body art by Kelli McAlpine in 2014.
An exhibition of images by up to 20 photographers, professional and amateur, who documented the 2017 Australian Body Art Festival. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to enjoy the colour, fun and frivolity of the Australian Body Art Festival and experience behind the scenes over the two days of the competition. The theme for 2017 is “Wonderland”.
Organised by Cooroy Chamber of Commerce Inc.
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Friday 3 March - Wednesday 5 April 2017
This Very Egypt
Tarja Ahokas
Creamery Space
Tarja AHOKAS, Transient, 2013. Mixed Media on
Canvas. Image: Courtesy of the artist.
This exhibition embraces the wonder of Ancient Egypt. That the culture of Ancient Egypt still resonates thousands of years later and is globally recognised is especially relevant to Ahokas and her work. Expressing the culture, magic and mysteries of life in Ancient Egypt is the focus for her paintings and a constant source of fascination. The symbolism, particularly of animals, often portrayed in hybrid form is of specific interest to the artist. Concepts of animals as sacred deities and the Egyptian gods are explored in visual images. Scarab beetles, have especially caught Ahokas’ imagination and reoccur throughout the work.
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Cluster
McCotter & Co
Foyer and Butter Box spaces
A group exhibition featuring paintings, textiles and furniture by McCotter, Goodman, McCarthy, Mitchell, Musk, Pullen, Sedgman, Vo’ia Design and GPAI Creative.
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Opening Event
Saturday 4th March, 1pm
Free event, all welcome.
Cash bar available.
Free event, all welcome.
Cash bar available.
Public Programs
Artist in Residence
Tarja Ahokas will be onsite every Tuesday and Saturday for the duration of This Very Egypt. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch her work in the gallery.
Tarja Ahokas will be onsite every Tuesday and Saturday for the duration of This Very Egypt. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch her work in the gallery.
Friday 13 January - Sunday 19 February 2017
The Great Beauty and Other Stories
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Blue
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Creamery Space
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Butter Box Space
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Diane Green, Ramona 2016, Oil on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Ronzo, Palm Beach, 2016. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Some fictional characters cannot be forgotten. Threads of their sensibility stay with us forever, embedded in our psyches, changing our own sensibilities in ways that are often only barely perceived.
The Great Beauty and Other Stories is an investigation into the absolute giving over of ourselves to some film characters, their power to seduce and our willingness to follow. We travel with them on journeys of love, hate, hope and fear, building impassioned connections that leave us satiated and replete. The paintings are an attempt to pin down and hold onto these profoundly satisfying but fleeting journeys of surrender and love. |
Blue is a celebration of the great Australian beach and the old 'cruisey' surf culture.
A tale about losing oneself to the sunshine, swimming in the sea, drinking in the wild air, the encounter and in the feeling of being changed. Someone once said, paintings are meant to get your blood racing and anything that gets your blood racing is probably a good thing. |
Under Pressure - Significance in Surface
Yvonne Moloney-Law
Foyer Space
Yvonne Moloney-Law, Gawula, Cycle of Creation, Intaglio print.
Image courtesy of the artist.
Under Pressure - Significance in Surface is a pictorial journey of experimental mark-making that exploits media and surfaces that form the contemporary printmaking practice of Yvonne Moloney-Law.
Mixed media works and large scale intaglio prints reference the geography of Capricornia, the Tarkine and Arthur River regions of Tasmania as well as the water catchment areas of the Glasshouse Mountains of the Sunshine Coast. Each resembles a cartographic map superimposed with layers of meaning influenced by the traditional custodians and scientific research associated with each landscape.
Link to write up on Regional Print.
Mixed media works and large scale intaglio prints reference the geography of Capricornia, the Tarkine and Arthur River regions of Tasmania as well as the water catchment areas of the Glasshouse Mountains of the Sunshine Coast. Each resembles a cartographic map superimposed with layers of meaning influenced by the traditional custodians and scientific research associated with each landscape.
Link to write up on Regional Print.
Opening Event
Friday 13 January 2017, 6pm
Free event, all welcome.
Cash bar available.
Guest speaker:
Jenny Jones, Caloundra Regional Gallery
Free event, all welcome.
Cash bar available.
Guest speaker:
Jenny Jones, Caloundra Regional Gallery
Friday 2 December 2016 – Wednesday 11 January 2017
AZURE
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PlaceD
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Angelique Wavés, Bold Spirit, (manipulated image), 2016, Acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Robert Natoli, Landscape Study #4, 2016, Oil on Canvas. Photographer Robert Natoli
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AZURE reveals her Kym Angelique Wavés’ latest ode to the ocean. Her contemporary abstractions of the coastal landscape allow the viewer to experience the ocean from an alternate perspective.
From interpretations of eroding sand lines, salt laced water marks to vigorous expressions of deep sea and curling breaks, this exhibition captures the many shades of blue of our local coastline. |
How does place influence the artist? The exhibition PlaceD represents a selection of work from 2008 to 2016 whilst artist Robert Natoli travelled and lived in NSW, Queensland, the Kimberley, South East Asia, Tasmania, Victoria and finally returning to the Sunshine Coast.
The exhibition explores how the characteristics of a place influence not only the style, marks and palette of the artist but the very approach to artmaking. Place is more than just a geographical location and viewers are invited to ponder and explore broader themes and concepts raised in the works. |
Butter Box - an Eclectic Exhibition
From the Butter Factory Friends (exhibition closes: Friday 23 December, 3pm)
The Butter Factory Friends presents their inaugural group show.
A diverse collection of work Butter Box showcases the talents of the Butter Factory Friends. Painters and Potters have joined forces to create an exhibition that explores many aspects of life. The painters delve into ideas from realism to the impressionistic landscape and beyond. Through their use of clay and mixed media, the potters explore form and texture by handcrafting structures that combine beauty and functionality.
A diverse collection of work Butter Box showcases the talents of the Butter Factory Friends. Painters and Potters have joined forces to create an exhibition that explores many aspects of life. The painters delve into ideas from realism to the impressionistic landscape and beyond. Through their use of clay and mixed media, the potters explore form and texture by handcrafting structures that combine beauty and functionality.
Exhibition Opening Event
Saturday 3 December, 1pm
Free event, all welcome. Cash bar available.
Guest Speakers:
Free event, all welcome. Cash bar available.
Guest Speakers:
- Val Ross, local artist;
- Margaret Turner, local artist;
- Tex Pipke, Cooroy Future Group
Artists On-site
Throughout the weeks of the Butter Box exhibition, exhibiting artists will be onsite working, demonstrating various techniques and processes. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch them working in the gallery.
Sunday 4 December - Dan Truscott, from 10am
Tuesday 6 December - Wendy Catlin from 10am
Thursday 8 December - Pam Walsh demonstrating felting at 11am
Friday 9 December - Desley Turner from 10am, Tarja Ahokas from 1pm
Saturday 10 December - Ian Draaisma from 10am
Sunday 11 December - June McCotter from 10am
Tuesday 13 December - Ellen Appleby from 10am
Wednesday 14 December - Fiona Groom from 10am
Thursday 15 December - Desley Turner from 1pm
Friday 16 December - Wendy Britton from 10am
Tuesday 20 December - Marge Martin from 1pm
Wednesday 21 December - Ann Gustavsson from 10am
Sunday 4 December - Dan Truscott, from 10am
Tuesday 6 December - Wendy Catlin from 10am
Thursday 8 December - Pam Walsh demonstrating felting at 11am
Friday 9 December - Desley Turner from 10am, Tarja Ahokas from 1pm
Saturday 10 December - Ian Draaisma from 10am
Sunday 11 December - June McCotter from 10am
Tuesday 13 December - Ellen Appleby from 10am
Wednesday 14 December - Fiona Groom from 10am
Thursday 15 December - Desley Turner from 1pm
Friday 16 December - Wendy Britton from 10am
Tuesday 20 December - Marge Martin from 1pm
Wednesday 21 December - Ann Gustavsson from 10am
28 October – 30 November 2016
Connected
Arts Connect Inc.
Foyer, Creamery and Butter Box gallery spaces
Artists have explored and created artworks in a variety of mediums that reveal how each connects to their place, the environment and others. Works focus on the links and supports that bond them to the environment, revealing new ways of looking at the world they are immersed in.
Portraying personal visions of individual place in a larger whole, the underlying theme relies on the essential fact that we are immutably connected to and dependent on the environment.
Portraying personal visions of individual place in a larger whole, the underlying theme relies on the essential fact that we are immutably connected to and dependent on the environment.
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Opening EventSaturday 29 October, 2016
1:00 pm Free event, all welcome. Cash bar available. Guest speaker: Wayne Bradley |
Public Programs
FEATURE ARTISTS
Several of the exhibiting artists are demonstrating their art techniques in the Gallery or sharing their processes through Workshops. Click the links below for further information.
Several of the exhibiting artists are demonstrating their art techniques in the Gallery or sharing their processes through Workshops. Click the links below for further information.
Guided Tour
Saturday 5 November 2016
11am
Join exhibiting artists for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: (preferred but not essential) bfac@iinet.net.au or phone(07) 5442 6665
Get Creative
Saturday 19 October 2016
10:30am – 12:30pm
A series of free family orientated art activities at the Butter Factory Arts Centre. Be inspired by the current exhibition then spend time creating your own artwork with family and friends.
Workshops
Leisa Gunton, ceramic trinket box workshop - Sunday 30 October
Victoria Fitzpatrick, painting with acrylic and collage - Thursday 10 November
Victoria Fitzpatrick, pastel still life - Thursday 17 November
Steve Parish - digital photography - HALF DAY WALK ART OF SEEING (INC ONE HOUR TALK) - Sunday 27 November
More details for ALL workshops here
Saturday 5 November 2016
11am
Join exhibiting artists for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: (preferred but not essential) bfac@iinet.net.au or phone(07) 5442 6665
Get Creative
Saturday 19 October 2016
10:30am – 12:30pm
A series of free family orientated art activities at the Butter Factory Arts Centre. Be inspired by the current exhibition then spend time creating your own artwork with family and friends.
Workshops
Leisa Gunton, ceramic trinket box workshop - Sunday 30 October
Victoria Fitzpatrick, painting with acrylic and collage - Thursday 10 November
Victoria Fitzpatrick, pastel still life - Thursday 17 November
Steve Parish - digital photography - HALF DAY WALK ART OF SEEING (INC ONE HOUR TALK) - Sunday 27 November
More details for ALL workshops here
Friday 16 September - Wednesday 26 October 2016
Into the Light
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Captivating Creatures
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Foyer Space Creamery Space
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Heather Murphy, Into the Light - Ringtail Creek, 2015,
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Natalie Barlow, Janet Carew, Fiona Groom, image courtesy of the artists.
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Into the Light is a series of realistic paintings by artist Heather Lee Murphy that explore the relationship between darkness and light and the challenge of creating the illusion of three dimensional form. The artist believes this is spirituality allegorical of the human condition where darkness causes us to struggle towards the light in search of form and meaning. Local places and local people are represented in this exhibition which demonstrates a strong connection with beauty and the natural environment.
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Captivating Creatures is a lively exhibition celebrating animals through art. The artists, Natalie Barlow, Janet Carew and Fiona Groom, All share a love of animals and have been painting and drawing them in their carried genres for many years. They each share the fascination of emotions experienced and shown by animals and endeavour to portray that element in their work. Partnering with The Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge (SCAR) who will benefit from the sales made, the artists are contributing in a practical way to animal welfare.
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Public Programs
Meet the Artists
Friday 30 September 2016
11am
Join exhibiting artists for morning tea. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP (preferred but not essential) bfac@iinet.net.au or phone (07) 5442 6665
World Animal Day
Saturday 1 October 2016
10am-2.30pm
To celebrate World Animal day, artists Natalie Barlow, Janet Carew and Fiona Groom, in addition to their exhibition Captivating Creatures will hold a Market Day on the Cooroy Butter Factory verandah on 1st October, together with volunteers from The Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge. World Animal Day had its origins at a convention of ecologists in Florence in 1931 and is now celebrated throughout the world. The artists want to play a role in a practical way in this world wide event, so a percentage of sales on this day and from the exhibition will benefit animals rescued by The Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge.
Artist in Residence
Fiona Groom - every Friday
Heather Lee Murphy - every Wednesday and Saturday
The artists will be on site on the days stated for the duration of their exhibitions. Enjoy a chat and watch them work in the gallery.
Get Creative
Saturday 15 October 2016
10.30am-12.30pm
A series of free family orientated art activities at the Butter Factory Arts Centre. Be inspired by the current exhibition then spend time creating your own artwork with family and friends.
Friday 30 September 2016
11am
Join exhibiting artists for morning tea. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP (preferred but not essential) bfac@iinet.net.au or phone (07) 5442 6665
World Animal Day
Saturday 1 October 2016
10am-2.30pm
To celebrate World Animal day, artists Natalie Barlow, Janet Carew and Fiona Groom, in addition to their exhibition Captivating Creatures will hold a Market Day on the Cooroy Butter Factory verandah on 1st October, together with volunteers from The Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge. World Animal Day had its origins at a convention of ecologists in Florence in 1931 and is now celebrated throughout the world. The artists want to play a role in a practical way in this world wide event, so a percentage of sales on this day and from the exhibition will benefit animals rescued by The Sunshine Coast Animal Refuge.
Artist in Residence
Fiona Groom - every Friday
Heather Lee Murphy - every Wednesday and Saturday
The artists will be on site on the days stated for the duration of their exhibitions. Enjoy a chat and watch them work in the gallery.
Get Creative
Saturday 15 October 2016
10.30am-12.30pm
A series of free family orientated art activities at the Butter Factory Arts Centre. Be inspired by the current exhibition then spend time creating your own artwork with family and friends.
Friday 30 September – Tuesday 11 October 2016 |
Thursday 13 October – Wednesday 26 October 2016 |
Perceptions
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Recent Works
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Butter Box Space
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Butter Box Space
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Sharon Hall, 2016, We All See Differently, mixed media collage. Image supplied.
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Frances Anschutz, 2016, Untitled, pastel on paper, image supplied by the artist
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Perceptions is an exhibition capturing Noosa District State High School Year 12 Visual Art, Arts in Practice and Fashion students’ perceptions of themselves, their environment and our world. Students have worked with a variety of stimulus to create unique personal Perceptions.
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Frances Anschutz is a young artist who is having her first solo art exhibition. Frances finds inspiration in the characters and world of imaginary friends from the classic storybook ‘Winnie the Pooh’.
Many of her artworks reflect the simple joy of childhood and of expression aligned to this imaginative world. As an individual within the Autism Spectrum Frances also uses image making to communicate how she sees and experiences the world around her. |
Altered Forms: Journeys in Clay
Frances Zirkler
Friday 16 September - Wednesday 28 September
Butter Box Space
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Altered Forms: Journeys in Clay explores the process of distorting symmetrical, wheel thrown shapes in order to create bold and complex vessels. Through nipping and tucking clay walls, patternmaking and inserting gussets, cutting, joining and reshaping, Frances Zirkler creates new functional pieces that demand to be admired. Overblown jugs challenge their place in the kitchen, axe-like vessels invite flowers, boats wait to be laden with food. One thing's for certain. Altered Forms: Journeys in Clay is an exhibition to be remembered.
Frances Zirkler, Jugs, 2016, stoneware, wheel thrown, altered, reduction firing. Photographer: Amara Chegwidden
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Pop Up Encore
45 Local Artists
Friday 24 June – Wednesday 3 August 2016
Papermakers of Queensland
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Trevor Purvis
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Foyer and Creamery Spaces |
Butter Box Space |
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Image credit:: Trevor Purvis, 2015, Midday Rain, Acrylic on canvas, image supplied by the artist.
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Bespoke Paper - Carnivale is an exuberant collection of works on, and of, paper. showcasing the diversity and scope of what paper artists can create from their gentle art form. From whimsical paper costumes to harmonious symphonies of the earthy tones of papers hand-made through ingenious alchemy from backyard plants and weeds, this exhibition offers a new appreciation for the possibilities of paper.
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Inspiration can only come to you once you get to work; painting outback images easily segue into stories about people that you know or objects that just pop into your mind.
While Trevor works on new expressive ways of conveying the complexity of the Australian outback, his wandering mind takes him beyond to events and objects that end up on canvas in a surprising range of style and content. |
Exhibition Opening Event
Friday 24 June, 6pm
Free event, all welcome. Cash bar available.
Guest Speaker: Katharine Nix
Free event, all welcome. Cash bar available.
Guest Speaker: Katharine Nix
Public Programs
GUIDED TOUR
Thursday 30 June 2016, 11am
Join exhibiting artists for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: (preferred but not essential) Tuesday 28 June bfac@iinet.net.au or phone(07) 5442 6665
NOOSA LONG WEEKEND
15 - 24 July 2016
The Butter Factory Arts Centre is proud to be associated with the Noosa Long Weekend - find us in the Noosa Long Weekend Festival program - LINK BELOW. http://www.noosalongweekend.com/
WORKSHOPS
Sunday 17 July 2016
10:30am – 1:30pm
Playing with Paper with Zela Bissett
Participants will learn how to make their own unique sheets of paper using environmentally friendly materials and user-friendly, low tech equipment. They will take home several sheets of paper and a small plaster mould for making future sculpted papers.
$35 per person + $5 materials fee. BYO lunch. Limit 12 participants.
Bookings: zela@spiderweb.com.au or phone: 0400 366 195
Sunday 31 July 2106
10am – 3pm
Coiled Paper Forms with Mary Barron
Participants in this workshop will make unique coiled baskets or other forms as desired. They will also learn several variations on the basic coiling technique to create interesting features in their works.
$60 per person, includes materials and equipment. BYO lunch. Limit 10 participants.
Bookings: maryebarron1@gmail.com or phone: 0402 167 512
Thursday 30 June 2016, 11am
Join exhibiting artists for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: (preferred but not essential) Tuesday 28 June bfac@iinet.net.au or phone(07) 5442 6665
NOOSA LONG WEEKEND
15 - 24 July 2016
The Butter Factory Arts Centre is proud to be associated with the Noosa Long Weekend - find us in the Noosa Long Weekend Festival program - LINK BELOW. http://www.noosalongweekend.com/
WORKSHOPS
Sunday 17 July 2016
10:30am – 1:30pm
Playing with Paper with Zela Bissett
Participants will learn how to make their own unique sheets of paper using environmentally friendly materials and user-friendly, low tech equipment. They will take home several sheets of paper and a small plaster mould for making future sculpted papers.
$35 per person + $5 materials fee. BYO lunch. Limit 12 participants.
Bookings: zela@spiderweb.com.au or phone: 0400 366 195
Sunday 31 July 2106
10am – 3pm
Coiled Paper Forms with Mary Barron
Participants in this workshop will make unique coiled baskets or other forms as desired. They will also learn several variations on the basic coiling technique to create interesting features in their works.
$60 per person, includes materials and equipment. BYO lunch. Limit 10 participants.
Bookings: maryebarron1@gmail.com or phone: 0402 167 512
Tuesday 10 May - Wednesday 22 June 2016
McCotter Art
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Cooroy Potters
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The Creamery
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The Foyer and the Butter Box
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Cultivation of Memories is a collection of paintings that emanate from the experiences of the artist, June McCotter. Life fuels the mind of the artist and their ability to experience and “see” the voice of nature. The challenge is to bring these stimulations through the brush and onto the canvas.
McCotter is completely immersed in this transfer of the beauty of nature. The paintings are a part of her and the rhythm is one with her. She produces a volume of artwork so more of us can enjoy her interpretations. |
Belonging to community and associating with place are key ideals of the Cooroy Potters. The rustic landscape of the hinterland, the changing colours and patterns of the seasons and one’s associated feelings of belonging; are all major inspirations for this exhibition. Freshly dug local clay captures the essence of belonging to the land, while rolling green hills, the lake and mountain inspire designs, colours and texture. Even the clear night sky inspires intricate designs.
Our feelings of pride in belonging to a welcoming hinterland community are echoed in our diverse creations. |
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Image credit:
McCotter Art, 2015,Alcheringa Waterhole, mixed media. image: courtesy of the artist |
Image credit:
Cooroy Potters, 2016, image: courtesy of the artists |
Exhibition Opening Event
Friday 13 May, 6pm
Free event. All welcome. Refreshments and cash bar available.
To be officially opened by Cr Frank Wilkie, Deputy Mayor, Noosa Council and Rhonda Pullen, Visual Artist
Free event. All welcome. Refreshments and cash bar available.
To be officially opened by Cr Frank Wilkie, Deputy Mayor, Noosa Council and Rhonda Pullen, Visual Artist
Public Programs
GUIDED TOUR
Thursday 26 May, 2016 11am
Join the exhibiting artists for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: bfac@iinet.net.au or phone (07) 5442 6665
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Every Wednesday 10am - 1pm
June McCotter will be onsite every Wednesday morning for the duration of her exhibition. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch her work in the gallery.
MEET THE ARTIST
Friday 10 June, 10:30am
Exhibiting artist, Pam Walsh, will be designing and making clay pendants using carved engobes, painted underglazes and impressed patterns. If you wish to make your own please register your interest by Wednesday 8 June by email bfac@iinet.net.au There will be a $5 material fee, which includes firing.
Thursday 26 May, 2016 11am
Join the exhibiting artists for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: bfac@iinet.net.au or phone (07) 5442 6665
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Every Wednesday 10am - 1pm
June McCotter will be onsite every Wednesday morning for the duration of her exhibition. Enjoy a chat with the artist and watch her work in the gallery.
MEET THE ARTIST
Friday 10 June, 10:30am
Exhibiting artist, Pam Walsh, will be designing and making clay pendants using carved engobes, painted underglazes and impressed patterns. If you wish to make your own please register your interest by Wednesday 8 June by email bfac@iinet.net.au There will be a $5 material fee, which includes firing.
Image credit:
McCotter Art, 2015,Alcheringa Waterhole, mixed media. image: courtesy of the artist
Cooroy Potters, 2016, image: courtesy of the artists
McCotter Art, 2015,Alcheringa Waterhole, mixed media. image: courtesy of the artist
Cooroy Potters, 2016, image: courtesy of the artists
Saturday 25 March - Sunday 08 May 2016
Matters of the Mind
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30x30
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The artist’s fascination with the mind and its processes is the basis of this exhibition. The supreme importance of a healthy/ happy mind in achieving a healthy/ happy life largely dominates the artist’s approach and output. Daily events and the mind’s perception thereof, as well as personal environment, have provided food for thought in assembling this body of work.
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“30x30” refers to the twenty 30x30 cm canvas boards exhibited along the 9 metre wall of the Creamery.
Brenton is attracted to nature and, like the intricate multi-layered designs on the forest floor, the marks on his abstract paintings have fallen randomly, independently, over time, responding to what has gone before. |
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Image: Wendy Epp, 2015, Marriage of the Minds 1, acrylic on canvas, image: courtesy of the artist
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Image: Brenton Schwab, 2014, Square Bones, Acrylic on canvas board, 30 x 30cm, image: courtesy of the artist.
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Opening Event
Saturday 26 March, 2016 2pm
Free event, all welcome. Refreshments and cash bar available.
Free event, all welcome. Refreshments and cash bar available.
Public Programs
Meet the Artist - Brenton Schwab
Sunday 27 March 2016 11am
Join us for an informal talk in the gallery with exhibiting artist Brenton Schwab. Brenton will discuss how 30 x 30 evolved, his processes and include a tour of highlights of his exhibition. All welcome.
Meet the Artists - Wendy Epp
Thursday 31 March 2016 11am
Join exhibiting artist Wendy Epp for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of her exhibition. All welcome. Gold coin donation.
Get Creative
Saturday 16 April, 2016 10:30am – 12:30pm
A series of free family orientated art activities at the Butter Factory Arts Centre. Be inspired by the latest exhibition then spend time creating your own artwork with family and friends.
Sunday 27 March 2016 11am
Join us for an informal talk in the gallery with exhibiting artist Brenton Schwab. Brenton will discuss how 30 x 30 evolved, his processes and include a tour of highlights of his exhibition. All welcome.
Meet the Artists - Wendy Epp
Thursday 31 March 2016 11am
Join exhibiting artist Wendy Epp for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of her exhibition. All welcome. Gold coin donation.
Get Creative
Saturday 16 April, 2016 10:30am – 12:30pm
A series of free family orientated art activities at the Butter Factory Arts Centre. Be inspired by the latest exhibition then spend time creating your own artwork with family and friends.
19 February – 23 March 2016
About Design
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Layers of Landscape
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A Look Within
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About Design brings together Sue Trethowan-Jones’ keen design sense with her own unique decoupage and painting style. An avid collector, Sue spends much time creating her own papers and searching for vintage furnishings to transform. Each piece is a testament to her patience and skill which can have up to thirty layers of adhesives and require three weeks to complete. A love of textiles and fashion form a common thread throughout the featured collection.
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Recent TAFE graduate and award winning artist, Karen McAuliffe works instinctively to observe the many strata within the environment. Going beyond the big picture of a landscape she creates unique layers which build a majesty enticing the viewer to look deeper and see what is not, or could be, there. This process of painting empowers Karen to become at one with her art and experience a sense of freedom that boosts her confidence, allowing her to feel that she can do anything.
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Michelle Maclennan presents a range of mixed media works from vibrant paintings to detailed drawings which have been produced over the last ten years. Her artworks reflect both personal health struggles within the mind and the importance of the environment, highlighting nature’s strength. The focus is upon growth, understanding and the journey forward. However, as each aspect develops over time, so does the natural environment’s fight for survival.
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Opening Event
Sunday 21 February 2016
10:30am
Free event, all welcome. Refreshments and cash bar available.
Guest Speakers:
10:30am
Free event, all welcome. Refreshments and cash bar available.
Guest Speakers:
- Michael Ridley, Fashion Entrepreneur
- Zoe Martin, Local Artist and Arts Advocate
- Toby Goldsmith
Public Programs
Meet the Artist - Michelle Maclennan
Saturday 20 February 2016
10:30am
Call into the gallery to watch and chat with exhibiting artist Michelle Maclennan as she works on a new painting. Michelle has recently won the Emma Freeman Award at the Noosa Regional Gallery Taste of Art exhibition.
Guided Tour
Thursday 25 February 2016
11am
Join exhibiting artists Michelle Maclennan and Sue Trethowan-Jones for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: 24 February bfac@iinet.net.au or phone (07) 5442 6665
Meet the Artist - Sue Trethowan-Jones
Friday 4 March 2016
2pm
Join us for an informal talk in the gallery with Sue Trethowan-Jones, journalist, author and designer of jewellery and decoupage. Sue will explain more about how and why she made the collection for About Design.
Get Creative - Karen McAuliffe
Saturday 19 March 2016
10:30am – 12:30pm
Exhibiting artist Karen McAuliffe will be ‘in residence’ with a special activity for the children at Get Creative.
Saturday 20 February 2016
10:30am
Call into the gallery to watch and chat with exhibiting artist Michelle Maclennan as she works on a new painting. Michelle has recently won the Emma Freeman Award at the Noosa Regional Gallery Taste of Art exhibition.
Guided Tour
Thursday 25 February 2016
11am
Join exhibiting artists Michelle Maclennan and Sue Trethowan-Jones for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: 24 February bfac@iinet.net.au or phone (07) 5442 6665
Meet the Artist - Sue Trethowan-Jones
Friday 4 March 2016
2pm
Join us for an informal talk in the gallery with Sue Trethowan-Jones, journalist, author and designer of jewellery and decoupage. Sue will explain more about how and why she made the collection for About Design.
Get Creative - Karen McAuliffe
Saturday 19 March 2016
10:30am – 12:30pm
Exhibiting artist Karen McAuliffe will be ‘in residence’ with a special activity for the children at Get Creative.
Saturday 5 - Wednesday 15 March, 2016
Starting the Fire
Ceramic Centre for Excellence
The Butter Box
8 January – 17 February 2016
Resilience
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Into the Blue
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Kim Schoenberger, Resilient 1, stainless steel and corrugated iron triptych, image: Tony Webdale
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Kym Barrett, Into the Blue, oil on canvas, image: courtesy of the artist
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Resilience - In these works we see a combination of sleek stainless steel placed against rusty iron forming fragile lines, contrasted with the bold gestures of the corrugated steel and creating balance between the spaces.
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Into the Blue is a series of abstract paintings that aims to evoke aspects of the natural world and more especially blue, reminiscent of sky and/or water.
Into the Blue suggests a passage into the deep unknown. The work embodies a sense of depth and mystery… that there’s more there than a surface consolation. It asks questions. |
Opening Event
Friday 8 January 2016
6pm
To be officially opened by Julie Hauritz, Public Art Officer, Sunshine Coast Council
Free event, all welcome. Cash bar available.
6pm
To be officially opened by Julie Hauritz, Public Art Officer, Sunshine Coast Council
Free event, all welcome. Cash bar available.
Public Programs
Guided Tour
Thursday 14 January 2016
11am
Join Kym Barrett and Kim Schoenberger for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: 13 January bfac@iinet.net.au or phone(07) 5442 6665
APT8 Kids on Tour
Saturday 16 January – Sunday 24 January 2016
10am – 3pm daily, closed Mondays
The Butter Factory Arts Centre invites children and families to participate in APT8 Kids on Tour, an exciting program of projects and activities developed by the exhibiting artists and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. No RSVP required. Please note that staff are not responsible for supervision, parents must remain with children while participating.
Thursday 14 January 2016
11am
Join Kym Barrett and Kim Schoenberger for morning tea and a guided tour of highlights of their exhibitions. All welcome. Gold coin donation. RSVP: 13 January bfac@iinet.net.au or phone(07) 5442 6665
APT8 Kids on Tour
Saturday 16 January – Sunday 24 January 2016
10am – 3pm daily, closed Mondays
The Butter Factory Arts Centre invites children and families to participate in APT8 Kids on Tour, an exciting program of projects and activities developed by the exhibiting artists and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art’s Children’s Art Centre. No RSVP required. Please note that staff are not responsible for supervision, parents must remain with children while participating.
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Opening Hours
Tues – Fri: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Sat – Sun: 10:00am – 3:00 pm (closed on public holidays and sometimes in between exhibitions) |
Contact
Phone: (07) 5442 6665 Email: hello@butterfactoryartscentre.com.au Location 11A Maple Street COOROY 4563 |