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Proudly supported by Bendigo Community Bank Cooroy
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MOTHER'S DAY MARKET
Saturday 10 May, 9.00am - 2.00pm Trying to find the perfect gift for Mother’s Day? Look no further than the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre’s Mother’s Day Market. Step inside the vibrant gallery spaces to find a stunning selection of 25 stalls selling unique creations from ceramics, jewellery, art prints, fresh flowers and more! And of course, our beautiful Artisan Store will be open, filled with local one-of-a-kind gifts hand crafted by over 30 local artisans! See you soon! Please note: All Mother's Day Market stalls are booked. Do not book a stall through any party aside from the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre website. Whilst we are vigilant for scammers, we may not be able to remove all of them from our socials. If you are concerned about your booking, please contact us on 54426665. |
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EXHIBITION OPENING
Saturday 17 May, 4.00pm - 6.00pm Join us as we celebrate the opening of three new exhibitions at the Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre! On May 17, 4pm – 6pm, we will be opening three solo exhibitions by local artists. Immerse yourself in the wildness, imperfection and strength of Australia’s native florals in Jasmine Veronique’s The Dance of Wildflowers: A celebration of our Native Flora. Pippa Makgill’s installation, We Don’t Talk About Bruno, invites you to engage with the whimsical notion of paintings without walls. In the Butter Box, Ren Jeske’s Conversations with Nature is a visceral response to the land on which she lives; its shifting surfaces, weathered textures, and quiet, unfolding rhythms. |
Prickly Moses - Emu Mountain by Jasmine Veronique
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Body of Work with Ren Jeske
DATE: 18 May, 25 May, 01 June or 07 June TIME: 10.00am – 05.00pm, one hour lunch break COST: $150 BOOK HERE Move. Express. Transform Step into a living, evolving artwork! In this immersive workshop, you will use bodily, gestural movements to create a large collaborative painting. Through guided somatic exercises, you will use hands, brushes and unconventional tools to make your marks on the canvas. Each workshop builds on the marks made in the last, adding and responding to the previous participants work. Participants are encouraged to document their experience throughout the workshop; this can be done through mono-printing, sketching, journaling and voice recording as you move through the process. A final gathering of all participants will be held on 08 June as a celebration of the work you have created together. |
Optionally, please bring along:
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About Ren
Ren Jeske’s work is an immersive dialogue with nature-an exploration of movement, mark-making, and organic textures that capture the felt sense of the land. After a career in London as a ceramicist and art educator, Jeske moved home to Australia and shifted her focus to the intersection of art and healing, she re-trained and has been practicing as a Creative Arts Therapist for over a decade. Now returning to her own artistic practice, she works with mixed media on paper, embracing fluidity, unpredictability, and embodied presence. Under the mentorship of Sunshine Coast Abstract Painter Amy Clarke, Jeske’s work transcends traditional landscapes, revealing the unseen rhythms of the natural world. Each piece is a record of interaction between body, material, and place-offering viewers an invitation to experience nature through sensation, movement and mark-making. A theme that runs deeply through her work with others.
Ren Jeske’s work is an immersive dialogue with nature-an exploration of movement, mark-making, and organic textures that capture the felt sense of the land. After a career in London as a ceramicist and art educator, Jeske moved home to Australia and shifted her focus to the intersection of art and healing, she re-trained and has been practicing as a Creative Arts Therapist for over a decade. Now returning to her own artistic practice, she works with mixed media on paper, embracing fluidity, unpredictability, and embodied presence. Under the mentorship of Sunshine Coast Abstract Painter Amy Clarke, Jeske’s work transcends traditional landscapes, revealing the unseen rhythms of the natural world. Each piece is a record of interaction between body, material, and place-offering viewers an invitation to experience nature through sensation, movement and mark-making. A theme that runs deeply through her work with others.
