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2021 EXHIBITIONS

3rd Dec 2021-16th Jan 2022

[SQUEEZE] 2021
Sunshine Coast Art Educators
Foyer & Creamery

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Details of works by previous [SQUEEZE] artists 2018
The intent of [SQUEEZE] is to encourage Sunshine Coast educators , to take time out of their classrooms to focus on and expand their arts practice; hence to [SQUEEZE] in valuable time to be an artist. This collaborative exhibition provides valuable professional development; networking opportunities and promotion of arts education on the Sunshine Coast.
 
The [SQUEEZE] exhibition is held on a biennial basis with 2021 set to be the 9th exhibition in this series..
 
[SQUEEZE] 2021 involved over 35 educator/artists, from 20+ schools on the Sunshine Coast.

Asia Pacific Video on Tour
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

Butterbox

Asia Pacific Video’ brings together some of the leading artists of the Asia Pacific region, through video works spanning two decades from the QAGOMA Collection. The selection conveys the important role that moving images continues to play in the Asia Pacific region and includes works featured in the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, signalling how the medium has become the chosen form of art-making for many of the region’s artists.
 
The use of film and video have empowered artists to create works in locations beyond conventional studio settings and art centres in Asia and the Pacific, and this has provided their practices with a renewed mobility and opportunity to create art in new places and directly reveal these contexts to audiences in other parts of the world. The medium has also offered artists new opportunity to experiment with technologies, to capture bodily actions and performative practices, and develop new ways to explore materials, objects and environments. This exhibition shows examples of how artists apply such devices, and through them stage interventions into public space, comment on social and political conditions, and involve communities in collective acts. Employing their own bodies, performing acts of endurance, and experimenting with technologies and theatrical scenarios, the artists deliver a range of critical, humorous and magical insights into their own artistic motivations and the contexts in which they live and work, offering us an active experience of creative thinking through the power and possibility of the moving image.    
 
Asia Pacific Video will feature works by Joyce Ho (Taiwan), Chim↑Pom (Japan), Nathan Pohio (New Zealand), Junebum Park (Korea), and Yang Zhenzhong (China), Salote Tawale (Fiji/Australia) and Takahiko Iimura (Japan) plus other works from the QAGOMA Collection. 

This tour will run parallel with QAGOMA’s Asia Pacific Contemporary: Three Decades of the APT exhibition which will be exhibiting at Noosa Regional Gallery (10 Dec - 27 Feb)  collaborating the regions community art centre and  regional gallery.
The Asia Pacific Video on ​tour at BFAC is supported by Noosa Regional Gallery.
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22 Oct. - 28 Nov. 2021.

2021 Ceramic Arts Queensland
Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence


Creamery & Butterbox

Ceramic Arts Queensland (CAQ) is the umbrella organisation for potters and ceramic artists in Queensland and northern NSW.  The Siliceous Award is recognition of artistic excellence in ceramics, pottery and sculpture.

CAQ is one of Australia’s oldest arts organisations.  It has a long and proud history of fostering and supporting our talented clay workers.  Over the years, many of our members have gone on to become internationally recognised artists.  CAQ holds one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Australian ceramics acquired over many years.

In 2021 the Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence will be an acquisitive competition. It is open to CAQ members and non-members Australia wide, 

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Bill Powell

2021 Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence e-Catalogue

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First Prize $7000 cash thanks to Ceramic Arts Queensland
Highly Commended $500 voucher thanks to Walker Ceramics.
Peoples Choice Awards ​$1000 cash thanks to QLD Electrical Solutions 


Guest Judge is Diana Warnes,
​ Head of Curatorial Projects, HOTA
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Pomegranate Tatsuya Tsutsui 2019 winner
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ALT. kNOWledge
​Noosa District State High School
The Foyer 

Seniors Show Years 11 and 12 
22nd October - 14th November
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Artworks by Senior students reveal an alternative knowledge of the world through the eyes of young people during a period of limited freedom and lockdowns, of concerns about our environment – both close to home and further afield, of losses and gains, of grief and of simple pleasures, of our history and of unpalatable truths. These artworks are assessment pieces, and they are also a powerful insight into what is going on for Generation Z.
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Impressions
Junior Show years 7-10 
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The Foyer
16th November  - 28th November ​
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17th Sept - 17th Oct

The Eclectica Art Awards
Friends of the Butter Factory​ (BFF) ​Exhibition

Whole Gallery
Friends unite again this year for the sixth annual Butter Factory Friends Exhibition 'Eclectica'. Join us for a celebration of local talent and experience a wonderful arts showcase of what the region has to offer. Come and celebrate our Friends in this incredible show.
This is a great opportunity to view painters and sculptures alike! 

The Eclectica Art awards for 2021 are as follows:
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Portrait Prize  $1000 cash from Cooroy Bendigo Community Bank 
2D Prize $200 voucher for Cool Art plus 
 $200 voucher for Yandina Framing 
Ceramic Prize $300 voucher for The Clay Shed plus $100 cash
3D prize $200 cash plus $200 voucher to Create Art

People's Choice $500 cash thanks to Cooroy Future Group 
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Image credits: Dale Leach, Carol Watkins, Karen Payne, Pam Taylor, Anne Yang

This exhibition is proudly supported by our sponsors


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3rd-11th Sept. 2021

Creative Generation Excellence in Visual Art
North Coast Regional Exhibition


The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art recognise and promote excellence in senior visual art education throughout Queensland state and non-state schools.
Since 1990, the program has helped raise community awareness of the degree of sophistication in concepts, diversity of technical competence, and the high standard of visual art education in Queensland secondary schools.​
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Lahni Thorogood, 2020, film, Image: Courtesy of the artist ​

23 July - 29 August 2021

Flora Collective
​Carley Bourne
Creamery

Flora represents all the plant life present in a particular region or time.  In this collection, I use the term Flora and its meaning to showcase abstract impressions of many aspects of the plant life world from various lands or climates.  I like to focus on the shapes or movement that have familiar connections of Flora.  That could be in the form of a delicate leaf, a flower that has burst open, or the tiny details of a seed.  In its entirety, this is a unique contemporary collection my interpretations of flora. 
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Carley Bourne. Orchid Palms. Acrylic.

Trial No.8
Odessa Mahony-deVries
Butterbox

Locked in a jail cell with four instructions or tiptoeing along scaffolding, the performative and laborious act of painting is foregrounded in this bold exhibition. Odessa’s playful multi-disciplinary art practice has been disrupted by pushing or conforming to time, duration and spatial constraints. Canvas ranging from small, large and 20x3.4m long are left with indexical marks of past performances. Alongside the overwhelmingly large draped canvas descending from the ceiling are videos and images documenting the public and private act of making. .
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The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
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PictureOdessa Mahony-de Vries, 2021, Image: by Warwick Gow
                                     

LEGENDS OF OBJECTS OF DESIRE (O.O.D)
Manuel Bugallo
The Foyer 

Significant telling of the untellable.
Manu’s art practice includes collecting discarded spare parts and forsaken scraps of history and transforming into a new life. These objects once undesirable become desirable again.
Born in Northern France, an artist and creative from an early age, Manu studied Ballet at the National Conservatoire of Lille for eight years. From the age of 3 years, he developed a fascination with space and travel and human imagery, drawing the human form in its velocity. Throughout his life he has transcended between dance and the construct of painting and drawing.  
This exhibition is an unfolding story/fable much like the continuity of humanity through past storytelling, presenting the viewer with four unique worlds with infinite possibilities to ignite imagination and interpretation.
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18th June - 18th July

Heal Country. NAIDOC Exhibition
First Nations Artists connected to Kabi Kabi/Gubbi Gubbi country
Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre is hosting another First Nations art exhibition throughout the whole gallery, for emerging and established First  Nations artists who are connected to, living or residing on Gubbi-Gubbi, Kabi Kabi country.

Exhibiting alongside  Dr Jandamarra Cadd, and Uncle Paul Calcott are other established and emerging artists and elders.

The aim of this exhibition is to provide a diverse representation of the amazing talented first nations artists we have living on the coast and
 "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" Dr Jandamarra Cadd. 



This online content was made possible by a Regional Arts Fund Recovery Grant, thanks to Flying Arts & Regional Arts Fund. ​
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Healing Country means hearing the pleas to provide greater management, involvement, and empowerment of Indigenous peoples over country…
....it means embracing First Nation’s cultural knowledge and understanding of Country as part of Australia's national heritage…
....and that the culture and values of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders are respected equally to the cultures and values of all Australians.

"Our connection to country is inherent to our identity, we're calling for stronger measures to recognise protect and respectfully maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage" Melissa Stannard

Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre (BFAC) acknowledges all of this and provides the arts centre as a space to celebrate First Nations peoples, countries, and cultures by showcasing their work and sharing their stories. The multiple language groups that are represented each year at BFAC demonstrates the diverse and rich culture in the community which is supported by BFAC in a safe environment. ​

​NAIDOC Celebration Day
Sunday 4th July
Family Cultural Day

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Image - Araya as Mundagudda, Cooroy 2020.
Background photographic artwork of Araya as child & handdyed fabrics in costume created by Judy Hammond,

Costume by Cindy Vogels Photography by Luke Burrowcliffe 

Cultural Diversity Experience 
with Lyndon Davies & Gubbi Gubbi dance Troupe. 
Welcome to Country & Storytelling Traditional Dance & 
Traditional Fire lighting demonstration.
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Mundagudda - A Spiritual Journey through Song & Dance 
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This year Mundagudda reemerges as a Collaborative Song & Dance Performance. A deep Cultural & Spiritual experience with Singer/Songwriter & Elder Judy Hammond singing/chanting in Gunggari & English. Mundagudda weaves her way through our Elements. In unison with daughter Araya Hammond as she dances her choreographed Mundagudda Journey.
Araya's Water Costume is designed & created by Cindy Vogels. Toukie Wood has composed music for Instrumental as well as playing violin. Gabriella plays keyboard & Tibetian Bowls and Toby plays Cello.  David Peters on Didgeridoo & Elke Vogels on Clapsticks. Filming by Luke Burrowcliffe.




7th May - 13th June 2021

Let's Play Wild
Laura Vecmane & Ketakii Jewson-Brown
Foyer & Creamery

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 “Let’s Play Wild” is a collaborative art project between two emerging, Maleny based artists, Ketakii Jewson-Brown and Laura Vecmane. The two artists are exploring the theme of playfulness and wildness in its many facets; the diverse roles of the feminine, the surrounding environment, and the many sensual experiences of daily life. They are keen to present an inspiring selection of artworks in multiple media and kindle the creative spark in others.

This project was made possible through funding from Sunshine Coast Council and The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland. 

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Landscape as Muse
Ann Brown, Kerry Harrison, Wendy Talbot, Sheena Walsh, Jo Williams
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Butterbox

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Landscape is a word for different topographies, environments, outlooks, views, perspectives, vistas, aspects. Like people with different views, expressions, perspectives, lived experience & different environments. But a sense of place draws people to it. The people come to the same landscape with all their differences. It is the landscape that absorbs all those different personalities and unites them. Most of the artists in this exhibition  came from all different places to come together as like-minded individuals on the Fraser Coast. 

26 March - 2 May 2021

The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Tia Carrigan 

Butterbox

An exploration of the stories we tell ourselves. The tales we convince ourselves we belong to. The myths we embrace that stop us from being the best version of ourselves.

…that I’m not enough.
…that I need to be more, or be less, of myself.
…that I can’t, that I’m not capable.

Illustrated using vibrant birdlife, vivid colours and large-scale imagery that evokes passion. Artwork that smashes into you and makes you assess your own stories.
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What stories do you tell yourself?
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Did U Know
Group Show

Foyer & Creamery

Animals play an essential part in the ecology of everyday life this exhibition will introduce you to our South East Queensland Wildlife, the big, the small, the vulnerable, the endangered and the extinct.

Participating artists: 
Fiona Groom, Dale Leach, Jo Hawkins, Annelise Howes, Kristy-Ann Duffy, Cass Hanley, Jo Bingham,  Dr Lindsay Marshall, Gail Higgins, Sara Bell, Wendy Britton, Bronwyn Innes, Lindy Holmes, Pam Walsh, Ruth Horton, Robyn Norris, Nick Halligan, Richard Eggleston, Kevin Dick, Judith Rosenberg, Valarie Willy, Phil Willy, V's Wild, Jan Dungan, James Strickland, Tony Wellington and Anne Yang.
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19 Feb - 21st Mar. 2021

Hills Spirits
Katrina Lezaic

Foyer

Taken against the Arcadian backdrop of a remote property in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Katrina Lezaic's photographs expose rarely seen intimacy drawn from a rural childhood. Rooted in place, the images are inseparable from Australian history and lore where wild spaces are foundational. The landscapes in the series glow with a morbid luminescence and reflect the region's complex hidden histories while echoing the discomfort in Australian narratives visible since Frederick McCubbin’s Lost 1886, and more recent apocalyptic stories of children managing alone. These enigmatic portraits of children draw us to themes of self-sufficiency, resilience and the shared pandemic-driven experience of isolation.
This exhibition was made possible by a quick response grant thanks to Flying arts and Australian government  
​Regional Arts Fund.
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I Had too Much to Dream
Beatrice Prost

Creamery

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 In a complex merging of opposites – day and night, dreams and reality – Beatrice looks towards the darkness and her inwards journeys. This exhibition is presented as a poetic collection of new works among a selection of previous ones. All are installed to be immersed into uncharted waters. Her iridescent liquid inks and the intensive use of metallic media burst out as we contemplate the cusp of new beginnings. Beatrice has given herself the constraint of an extra large size to open the door to new works of unprecedented scales in her practice.

State of Emergency
Barbora Tomikova

Butterbox

In her recent project State of Emergency, Barbora Tomikova documents the aftermath of the Black Summer bushfires and bush recovery through photography and personal accounts of this historical event.

Writing a story of regeneration through both inner and outer landscapes - she captures residents who sit amongst confronting monochrome surroundings alongside evocative details of burnt native Australian flora rising from the ashes.

Intimate portraits from Peregian Beach and Cooroibah narrate the journey of recovery after such an extreme event, and often uncover what really disappeared in the blaze. This is a story of regeneration."

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This project was made possible through funding from Noosa Council and The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Noosa Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland. ​
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15th Jan. - 14th Feb. 2021

The Bentleys
​40 Under 40 Exhibition & Art Prize

Whole Gallery 

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Left: Odessa Devries, Jakob Lydford, Ashlee Becks
Middle: Lauren Jones
Right: Mitch Cheesman, Jedda Clay, Casey Hewitt

 The Bentleys’ 40 Under 40 Exhibition and Art Prize will showcase 40 local professional and emerging Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Gympie artists who are 40 years and under. This exhibition will see the addition of the 40 Under 40 Art Prize, which will see some of our most talented young artists awarded and recognised for their achievements in the arts. 

After the widely successful 2020 40 Under 40 Exhibition which saw 450 people cram into the Butter Factory for the epic opening we hope to create both a fresh exhibition and opening that will rival the first. We are going for the anti-art opening vibe with a bar, art demonstrations, local bands, cocktails, DJ, street food, and poets lined up for this mini arts festival to kick off the exhibition.

more info here 

​Exhibiting artists include: 
Aisha Darmansjah, Alex Hardy Tylim, Alex Lange, Amanda Bennetts, Ashlee Becks, Camille Evans, Casey Hewitt, Dylan Sparks,
Ebony Busk, Emma Leuders, Evelyn Marina Paolino, Painting, Jack MacRae, Jack Staley, Jake Vincent, Jedda Purchase,  Jakob Lydford, Jaleesa Vincent, Jill Stevenson, Jim Martin, Jordyn Burnett, Kai Tolhurst, Katie Harris-Macleod, Kerri Louisa, Laura Vecmane, Lauren Jones, Levi Cranston, Loralee Newitt, Luka Raubenheimer, Maddison Rose Hunter, Micaela Schettini, 
Mitch Cheesman, Nico Piras, Nicolette Gentles, Nikita, Odessa Mahony-de Vries , Prudence Swann, Rose Hocking, Ryan Jones,
Sam Taylor, Tess Miller, Tia Carrigan, Warwick Gow.


This online content was made possible by a Regional Arts Fund Recovery Grant, thanks to Flying Arts & Regional Arts Fund. 
​The Bentleys’ 40 Under 40 Art Prize is sponsored kindly by Bentleys Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors. Bentleys generosity and support for the local arts community especially our younger artists is applauded. www.bentleys.com.au 

This project was made possible through funding from Noosa Council and The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Noosa Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland. 
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27th Nov. 2020 - 10th Jan. 2021

The Eclectica Art Awards
Friends of the Butter Factory (BFF) ​Exhibition

Whole Gallery

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
Friends unite again this year for the annual Butter Factory Friends Exhibition 'Eclectica'. Join us for a celebration of local talent and experience a wonderful arts showcase of what the region has to offer. Become a 'Friends member' and apply to be included in this incredible show. This is a great opportunity to join painters and sculptures alike! Join us for a celebration of local talent and enjoy a showcase of what the region has to offer. 

The Eclectica Art awards for 2020 are as follows:
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Portrait Prize (judge Dr Jandamarra Cadd):  $1000 cash from Bendigo Bank plus a solo show at Cooroy Bendigo Bank Branch 
2D Prize (judge: Michael Brennan) $250 voucher for Create Art and $500 cash prize thanks to Palm Lakes Resort
Ceramic Prize (judge: Nina Shadforth) $400 voucher for The Clay Shed plus $200 cash from Cooroy Landscape Supplies 
Works on Paper Prize (judge: Nina Shadforth) $200 voucher for Cool Art Gallery  and $300 cash donated by an anonymous BFF
3D prize (judge: Michael Brennan): 
$500 cash prize thanks to Palm Lakes Resort
People's Choice (judged by you!) $200 cash thanks to Cooroy Future Group 

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Images Top, L to R: Bronwyn Barton, Anne Yang,  Jenny Hines, Dallas Lesley.
Images Bottom, L to R: Wendy Catlin, Libby Derham, Heather- Lee Murphy, Paula Bowie

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors of this event

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