Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Hunter Island Press is heading to the Morning Toast Gallery next month for an exhibition of work and book making workshop. The workshop, lead by the extremely talented Leonie Oakes and Toni TenBensel, will be well worth attending if you have an interest in learning the art of book making. Phone 62951441 for bookings and enquiries about the workshop.
The exhibition, featuring framed and unframed works as well as artist books, will be opened on October the 8th at 3pm. The exhibition runs from October the 6th until the 22nd and the Morning Toast Gallery is located at 156 Graces Rd., Glaziers Bay. OPening hours are from 10am to 4.30pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

The Burnie City Council and the Burnie Regional Art Gallery have begun calling for entires for the 2007 Print Prize. This is an aquisitive award and there are also funds available for purchasing works to add to their collection of prints. The gallery has a dedicated section for printmaking, showing great initiative! The council website explains that “The aim has been to acquire the finest examples available in the fields of drawing, photography, watercolour and gouache painting as well as printmaking. The collection now contains about 1000 artworks, over half of which are prints - etchings, lithographs, screenprints etc.” which they display on a rotational basis. Further information about the competition can be found on the Burnie Council website. Entires close on November the third.
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