20 February - 20 March

The Pursuit of Ideal Content
International Women's Day Project
Butter Box 

The Pursuit of Ideal Content is a group exhibition project developed by Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre (CBFAC). The intention of the exhibition is to investigate the social and personal consequences of the rise of social media and its impact on young women’s self-perception. Nine women/femme artists have responded to this theme by creating new work through installation, painting, sculpture and textiles. These works are accompanied by a series of portraits produced in a photography workshop facilitated by Christine Hall, exploring similar themes.

The Pursuit of Ideal Content presents a critique of the idealised content transmitted online and invites the viewer to reflect on their own experiences with social media.

We are running a series of workshops in conjunction with this exhibition project, including life drawing and sculpting the female form.
​Find out more HERE

This project it proudly Sponsored by Noosa Council 
The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Noosa Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Jasmine Veronique - Work in progress

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The Pursuit of Ideal Content
Unfiltered
Curated by Christine Hall
​Creamery

UNFILTERED is the result of a dynamic community collaboration between
photographer Christine Hall and twelve local women. This black and white portrait workshop saw our galleries transformed into a vast professional photography studio with multiple backdrops. Women worked in randomly-picked pairs, becoming both subject and photographer with someone they’d never met before.

The brief was to face the camera ‘as you are’, without make-up, artifice, best-side, or poses. The purpose: to present a realistic and refreshing counter to the over-idealised and hyper-augmented representations of women seen on social media.

​These natural results were achieved with mutual rapport, meaningful prompts and without the use of photographic filters. The workshop was exciting and challenging, exposing strengths, vulnerabilities, truths, uncertainties and beliefs.​
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​My Wild Garden
Jewel Polkinghorne
Foyer

"I have gathered paintings I have done recently and from a few years ago which reflect my feelings about living amongst these plants. They have a vigour, wilfulness and energy in this environment, refusing to be tamed. I wanted to express this quality that I experience when I step into their domain, in this typical subtropical QLD garden. The quality of light I look for is contrast of tone and colour, catching sharp edges and softening forms to create depth and drama. I select materials such as gouache, ink, acrylic, oil and drawing materials with gestural marks placed with brushes or palette knife to convey immediacy."

Jewel Polkinghorne, Wind in the Trees

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​​Encircle
Members Exhibition - International Women's Day 
Mezzanine

Encircle is the first exhibition in our Members Gallery, featuring some of the women artists from our Butter Factory Members. As part of our International Women's Day projects, this themed exhibition asked the artists to explore their feelings of the world that surrounds them. As you walk through this diverse collection of work, you will get a glimpse into the artists' personal experiences. 

Fiona Groom, Encircled

Exhibition Opening Event, Saturday 22 February 4-6pm, everyone is welcome
​Cocktail Evening Event, Saturday 8 March, 5-8pm, Tickets available to purchase HERE
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