February 24th, 2020Newstead Open Studios

THE Australian Open is a famous January event but in March it is the Newstead Open.

Newstead is home to a wealth of artists across a diverse range of media and 20 of them will have work on show at 11 studios and galleries around the town.

Over the first two weekends of March the artists invite the public into their domains to have a look at their working life. Taking the time to visit a studio brings an immediate sense of connection with the maker and their work. It is an opportunity to discuss process and materials, and to see firsthand the environment from which many of the artists draw inspiration. Each studio bears the stamp of the artist and is completely individual.

Artists include Chrisanne Blennerhassett (prints) and Angie Izard (ceramics), Carol de Graauw (silver smithing and ceramics) and Wendy Dwyer (glass), David Golightly (mixed media), Chris Johnston (ceramics) and Andrew Kimpton (sculpture), Ken Killeen (drawing, painting, sculpture) and Diane Thompson (mixed media), Sarah Koschak (ceramics), Belinda Prest (drawing) and Trefor Prest (sculpture), Prue McAdam (painting) and Richard Sullivan (prints), Roger McKindley (sculpture), Selina Wilson (painting and mixed media) and photographers of the Goldfields Janet Barker, Patrick Kavanagh, Geoff Park and Bronwyn Silver.

Link: www.newsteadopenstudios.org