WAM (Where Artists Meet)
at the FAT GOAT, our first WAM for 2020!

Are you spending hours alone in the studio…?

Come and join us at WAM (where artists meet)

6pm Thursday 27 February at The Fat Goat in Upwey

WAM is a fun and friendly space to talk shop with other artists, share tips, discuss creative practice, projects and local arts and culture. With the Dandenong Ranges rich and abundant cultural landscape  WAM events are a great opportunity to develop new creative networks, find out about potential opportunities and connect with your local arts community.

WAM is held on the last Thursday of every month

Burrinja invites you to our local Artist Social.

 

Artists of all art forms are invited

Wabi - Sabi | the Beauty of Imperfection

Each year Dandenong Ranges Open Studios participating artists are asked to create a work based on a collective theme. This year’s theme is WABI-SABI, the Beauty of Imperfection, a Japanese philosophy which encourages us to focus on the blessings hiding in our daily lives and celebrate the way things are rather than how we think they should be. The group exhibition is a unique opportunity to see work from all the artists in one location and select the studios that most intrigue or inspire you to visit during the Dandenong Ranges Open Studios weekend.

Please join us for the exhibition opening on April 23 , 7pm.

This exhibition will be the first exhibition in the new Burrinja Gallery.

2020 Dandenong Ranges Open Studios

Come and explore the secrets of the Dandenong Range’s with this creative and inspiring cultural experience. The Dandenong Ranges Open Studios takes you down the fern lined lanes of the hills to discover a selection of the most intriguing studios. Explore and connect with artists, ignite your creative imagination and step into the hidden gems, curious constructions and awe inspiring spaces of the artists’ creative environments.

Visit the exhibition at the Burrinja Gallery and select the studios that most intrigue or inspire you. You will have the unique opportunity to purchase artwork and hand crafted items directly from the artists, informed by new insight into their creative world.

Dandenong Ranges Open Studios is the biggest creative 'Open Door' of the region.

 

OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND 
SAT 9 & SUN 10 MAY 2020 

Visit studios between 10am and 5pm during the Open Weekend.

Burrinja Small Works Award

The best things come in small packages. 

To celebrate the relaunch of Burrinja after redevelopment we are launching a new annual opportunity for budding or established artists to participate in a non-acquisitive art prize celebrating small works of art. 

The exhibition will take place in the Aerie Members Gallery on the first floor.

Who can enter?

• Professional, amateur, young and old and everyone in between

How many works can be entered? 

Up to 4 works can be entered by an individual. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee that we will be able to hang a series of works together. 

Entries will be accepted that comply with the following: 

• Does not exceed the maximum size of 10” x 10” (25.4cm x 25.4cm) including any framing

• Can be hung on a wall – it can be 2 or 3 dimensional as long as it can be hung on the wall and doesn’t pose a safety risk. No free standing sculpture, projection or video work can be accepted

Download full Terms and Conditions of Entry here

 

Ches Mills, Rona Green & Joy Serwylo

3 distinct exhibitions from 3 Hills artists exploring the wonder of nature and humanity.

Ches Mills
As a consequence of global warming our oceans are rising and becoming warmer endangering our current shoreline and reef ecologies. The art captures the beauty, complexities and wonder of the ecosystems and to emphasises the urgent need to protect them.

Rona Green
Some they do and some they don't and some you just can't tell is an exhibition comprising fanciful hand coloured linocut prints of anthropomorphised native and introduced animals exploring ideas about the nature of individuality.

Joy Serwylo
Joy draws and paints and collages and constructs books and dioramas, trying to document the demise of our beautiful world while hoping there is still time to rescue it.

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Rona Green

Art Workshops

The Public program for Rona Green's exhibition "Some they do and some they don't and some you just can't tell" includes a series of art workshops for a range of ages over the June/ July School Holidays.

Paper Doll Creatures
Have some fun drawing and colouring in body parts that you will cut out and put together to create fantastical creatures. Suitable for children 5-12 years old (under 8yrs accompanied by an adult).
When: Tue 7 July |12.45 - 2.15pm (90 mins) 
Cost: $35 per child (inc adult), materials provided
Maximum 15 participants

Pet Portraits
Explore fun ways to draw portraits of your pets or other favourite animals. You can also make a simple book cover for your drawings. Suitable for children 5-12 years (under 8yrs accompanied by an adult.)
When: Thu 9 July 11am-12.30 pm (90 mins) 
Cost: $35 per child (inc adult), materials provided – BYO photo of your pet 
Maximum 15 participants

Intro to Linocut Printmaking
Learn how to make a linocut print step-by-step including preparing your own design, cutting a lino block and printing it yourself using hand tools. Suitable for people aged 12+, beginners and those wanting to expand or refresh their skills.
When: SAT 11 JULY | 10am-4pm (inc. lunch break) 
Cost: $170 includes materials and notes
BYO apron or smock and lunch
Maximum 8 participants 

 

Joy Serwylo

Art Workshops

The public program for Joy Serwylo's exhibition a workshop for a range of ages over the June/ July School Holidays.

Fire & Ice
Exploring the effects of climate change through the art of folded books. 
Suitable for ages 7 -12.
When: WED 8 July  1- 2.30pm (90 mins) 
Cost: $25 per child, Materials provided
Maximum 10 participants

 

3 Perspectives | Mary Tonkin, Fred Williams & Miles Evergood.

At one time each of the artists was a Dandenong Ranges local.
The works featured draw from the surrounding landscape of the places they called home.

Mary Tonkin 
Contemporary plein air landscape artist whose detailed large scale representations reflect the forest/bush at her family’s farm estate at Kalorama.

Fred Williams 
One of Australian most significant artists who redefined landscape painting during his Upwey years

Miles Evergood
An impressionist whose 1930s Kalorama paintings are characterised by strong colours and expressive brushstrokes and use of palette knife.

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Wild Awards 2020

The Wildlife Art Society of Australasia presents their major biennial exhibition ‘The Wild Awards’ in the Burrinja Gallery.

Be moved by this unique exhibition and the passion and talent of a diverse range of artists from the Australasian region. The exhibition features an exquisite array of different animal species and habitats in sculpture, painting and works on paper.

‘The Wild Awards’ encapsulates art excellence and this fine display proudly demonstrates the Society members’ strong passion and respect for wildlife and its habitat. Be delighted and inspired by this stunning collection of beautiful wildlife imagery by The Wildlife Art Society of Australasia. 

Legacy: Reflections on Mabo

Legacy: Reflections on Mabo celebrates the man behind the game-changing Native Title Act, Eddie Koiki Mabo.

Co-curated by Gail Mabo, Dr Jonathan McBurnie and Kellie Williams (Director of Umbrella Studio contemporary arts), the exhibition brings together a selection of about 30 works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in the spirit of reconciliation, twenty-five years after the historic achievement.

Each artist has responded to an aspect of Eddie Mabo that they are drawn to, whether it is his life, politics, activism, or legacy. The works come together in surprising ways with reverence, compassion, anger, sadness and respect, celebrating a man who was both a rebel and a dreamer.

Legacy: Reflections on Mabo is an Umbrella Studio touring exhibition.