NUMURKAH ROTARY ART SHOW THIS WEEKEND!

In its 44th year, the Rotary Club of Numurkah will stage their Annual Art & Craft Exhibition in the Numurkah Town Hall from Friday 8th March to Monday 11th March.

 

The exhibition has built a reputation of excellence and is regarded as one of the biggest art show on the Goulburn Valley’s art calendar.

 

With prize money of $10,000 offered, chairman of the organising committee Chris Sutton said the organisers were encouraged by the entries received from local artists as well as throughout Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.

Entries include traditional landscape, still life and modern styles in all mediums and will present an excellent exhibition for the public to view and appreciate, with all art exhibits for sale.

 

The major sponsors are Numurkah Home Hardware and Numurkah Solar Farm with local businesses supporting the exhibition with generous sponsorship.

 

The judge, Thel Cardwell will select the Best in Show Award valued at $1500 plus the runner-up $500 award and 4 Highly Commended Awards in Watercolour, Oil, Pastel and Acrylic and Regional Artist, each valued at $200, these awards are non-acquisitive, and are also eligible for purchase.

 

In the photography section awards will be offered to $200 Framed Photographic Award, $100 Runner-up Award, $100 Digital Art Award and $100 Theme Photo “A Touch of Red” Award.

 

The Craft Awards are $500 Best Craft Entry, $100 Other Textiles, $100 Woodwork, Metalwork and Pottery and the $100 Quilt Award.

 

Since its inception in 1981 the exhibition has raised over $329,000 for local charities. The proceeds from this year’s exhibition will go towards local Rotary charity projects.

 

The official opening will take place on Friday evening by the Phillipa Schapper, chair GRAINStore Nathalia, with a wine and cheese tasting courtesy Monichino Winery, and musical entertainment provided prior to the official opening by Picola based duo Erin & Lachlan Heycox “Broken Creek”. Following the official opening the judges, Thel Cardwell (art) and Claire Reid (craft), will announce the winners in the various sections, and supper will be provided.

 

Thel Cardwell is this year’s art judge.

Thel has lived most of her life in Whittlesea and loved painting and drawing from an early age. She started painting in oils and studied tonal painting under the late Alan Martin. She later began painting in pastel and loves working in both mediums. Thel has served 3 times as president of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists and is a life member, a member of the Victorian Pastel Society and immediate past president of Plenty Valley Arts. She regularly conducts painting classes and holds workshops in Victoria and NSW, as well as being frequently invited as an Art Judge and undertaken numerous commissions.

 

Claire Reid is this year’s craft judge

Claire is a textile teacher at Numurkah Secondary College. Claire has played (as Claire believes it is not work, as work is not as enjoyable as play) in a wide variety of textile mediums from pattern and dressmaking to lace making.

Whilst enjoying working with traditional techniques, she also loves experimenting and the mixing of textiles with other materials such as wood and metal.

Claire believes the best thing about teaching is being a part of a student’s learning process, watching and aiding them grow in their confidence in working with a medium which is often more foreign to people than it should be, seeing as we all come in contact with textiles, in one shape or another, every day of our life.

 

Photography judge is Leigh Teitz,

Leigh took up photography as a hobby in 2005 & shortly after joined the Shepparton Camera Club where he has served as Secretary since 2010. Leigh has also been an accredited member of the Australian Photographic Judges Association (APJA) since 2016. He enjoys all genres of photography though his main interests these days are Landscape, Astro & Macro. Leigh loves his Nikon gear and currently shoots with the Z7ii which is his first mirrorless body. For image processing he uses Lightroom and Topaz Sharpen AI when required and Zerene Stacker for his macro

 

Once again patrons are being asked to try themselves as judges and to cast their vote for the People’s Choice Award, for best exhibit in the Exhibition. This Award has proved popular since its introduction, with $100 prize awarded to the winning artist.

 

In conjunction with the Art & Craft Exhibition the Rotary Club is conducting a raffle of a painted “The Red Teapot” by Maryann Jenkins valued at $490 as the first prize, and a photograph by Jennifer Barker “Summer Waterfall” valued at $100.

Tickets can be purchased from any Rotarian, or at the door of the exhibition. The winner will be drawn at 4 pm on Monday 11th at the conclusion of the exhibition, with winner published in the Numurkah Leader on Wednesday 13th March.

 

The exhibition will be open Friday 8th  March 7 pm to 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 6 pm, concluding Monday 11th 10 am to 4pm. Admission for the opening night is $8, which includes supper, with patrons charged $5 for the remainder of the exhibition. Admission prices include a copy of the catalogue of the works on display.

All art entries on display are for sale.

Refreshments are available throughout the exhibition times.