Opening Event :
Thursday 9 January 2025, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Exhibition Dates :
Friday 10 – Monday 20 January 2025
10:00am – 5:00pm daily
Friday 31 January 2025, 8pm – 9pm
60 Minutes | No interval
Tickets :
Standard $25 | Concession $20
Our ‘Line Tracing’ concerts consist of an unbroken evening of music composed for solo single-line instruments. For the fifth concert in the series we welcome Hong Kong/Australian composer-performer Ansel Luk, whose electronic remixes will transition between the live performances, creating a cohesive unbroken listening experience.
Program:
CAT HOPE – The Long Now II (2022)
Performed by Gianni Posadas-Sen (flute)
JOE BUGDEN – The Listening Post (2002)
Performed by Damien Holloway (viola)
SHIORI USUI – Space-Between (2022)
Performed by Nadav Masel (double bass)
JULIAN YU – Crossing (1986)
Performed by Gianni Posadas-Sen (flute)
DON KAY – Cloud Patterns (1988)
Performed by Damien Holloway (viola)
DOMINIC FLYNN – Icknield Thing (2024)
Performed by Nadav Masel (double bass)
Exhibition Dates :
Thursday 23 – Tuesday 28 January 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm daily
Discover the transformative power of art and community in Creatives of Tasmania, an inspiring exhibition showcasing the talents of NDIS participants supported by OnTrack Tasmania. This unique event features a diverse range of artworks, including paintings, photography, clay works, and collaborative projects, all celebrating Tasmania’s rich natural beauty, cultural heritage, and the creative spirit of its people.
The theme, Creatives of Tasmania, serves as a canvas for exploring the island’s landscapes, wildlife, and vibrant communities. Each piece in the exhibition tells a personal story, reflecting the individuality and resilience of its creator. From bold brushstrokes depicting iconic Tasmanian landmarks to intricate clay sculptures inspired by the island’s unique flora and fauna, the exhibition invites visitors to see Tasmania through the eyes of its artists.
This event is more than an art show—it’s a celebration of inclusion, empowerment, and connection. Every artwork represents a journey, where participants have expressed their challenges, triumphs, and joys through creativity. Supported by OnTrack Tasmania, these artists have embraced the opportunity to share their talents and contribute their voices to a collective celebration of what it means to be Tasmanian.
Art, in this context, becomes a powerful medium for transformation. It offers individuals a way to explore their potential, connect with others, and express emotions that words often cannot capture. For many participants, creating these works has been a deeply personal experience, allowing them to overcome barriers, build confidence, and communicate their unique perspectives.
The exhibition also highlights the collaborative spirit that lies at the heart of Tasmanian culture. Several artworks have been created as group projects, fostering teamwork and a shared sense of achievement. These pieces symbolize unity and the strength that comes from working together, embodying the supportive and inclusive environment cultivated by OnTrack Tasmania.
Through this exhibition, OnTrack Tasmania showcases its commitment to empowering individuals with disabilities and fostering their creative growth. By providing access to resources, guidance, and encouragement, the organization ensures that participants can explore their artistic abilities and share their talents with the wider community. This event stands as a testament to the positive impact of such initiatives, reminding us of the importance of inclusion and opportunity.
Visitors to Creatives of Tasmania will be captivated by the sheer diversity and creativity on display. Each artwork invites viewers to connect with the artist’s journey, offering a glimpse into their world and their interpretation of Tasmania’s unique identity. The exhibition serves as a bridge, bringing together artists and audiences in a shared appreciation of creativity and resilience.
Ultimately, Creatives of Tasmania is a celebration of the human spirit. It reminds us that creativity has the power to unite, inspire, and transform. It’s an invitation to see beyond the surface, to understand the stories behind the art, and to celebrate the beauty of diversity in all its forms. This exhibition will leave visitors with a renewed sense of appreciation for the talent, determination, and vision of Tasmania’s creative community.
Through the lens of art, Creatives of Tasmania offers a heartfelt tribute to the island’s culture, landscapes, and people, demonstrating how art can serve as a powerful tool for connection and expression. It’s an experience not to be missed—a reminder of the creativity and resilience that define Tasmania and its community.
Opening Event :
Friday 6 December 2024, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
With live music recital by Ms Eo Greensticks
Exhibition Dates :
Monday 2 – Monday 16 December 2024
Saturday – Wednesday 10:00am – 4:00pm
Thursdays & Fridays 10:00am – 7:30pm
This annual exhibition of contemporary artworks created by current students and graduates from the University of Tasmania is hosted by the TUSA Painting Society. The exhibition has been designed to showcase the artistic talents of the UTAS community with works from across the disciplines in a wide range of mediums.
This annual exhibition of contemporary artworks created by the students and graduates from the University of Tasmania is hosted by the TUSA Painting Society. The exhibition features works from artists majoring in the various disciplines taught at the Hunter Street Art School and the wider UTAS community in a wide range of mediums.
The exhibition includes the ever popular ‘Salon des Refuses which presents an eclectic collection of unattributed works, all modestly priced, these can make unique festive season gifts to give to those already might have everything. Visitors are also encouraged to cast a vote and make a comment on their favourite work in ‘The Peoples’ Choice Award.Social Media
Exhibition Dates :
Wednesday 18 December 2024 – Monday 6 January 2025
10:00am – 6:00pm daily
CLOSED Christmas Day
Closing Early on Final Day : Monday 6 January 2026 10:00am – 3:00pm
Images of Tasmania (IOT) is an annual exhibition of selected artists with links to the Tasmanian School of Creative Art in its various incarnations. It is the brainchild of Jan Peacock and Betsy Gamble, who saw the potential of a collaborative show using the Long Gallery and Sidespace Gallery over the Christmas – New Year period. Hobart is buzzing with visitors at this time. The first IOT exhibition was held in 1998, as the initiative of artists and art educators who trained together in the late 1950s.
The integral aim of the show is to display coherent bodies of work rather than single pieces hence the inclusion of mini exhibitions where audiences can get a sense of individual styles.
Some artists have been exhibiting in IOT for many years, but the exhibition is annually infused with ‘new blood’ drawn mainly from art school graduates. The exhibition is entirely self-funded, and all costs and tasks of mounting and running the exhibition are shared by participating artists.
Opening Event :
Friday 11 October 2024, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Exhibition Dates :
Saturday 12 – Saturday 26 October 2024
10:00am – 4:00pm daily
Opening Event :
Friday 11 October 2024, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Artist Talk :
Sunday 13 October 2024 @ 2pm
“Over the years I’ve researched and examined many of Tasmania’s remote and rugged landscapes. This group
of works which has formed the “Luminous State” exhibition, is a collaboration of these sojourns and a
memory filled revisiting of this visual and emotive discovery.
Despite the variety in locations represented, the one repeating factor in this exhibition is the quality and
transient nature of Tasmania’s light and my ability in harnessing this light quality in paint. Tasmania’s light is recognised across the nation as having a clarity and warmth that bathes it subjects. Particularly at certain times of the year as the sun tracks a low trajectory across the sky.
The illumination of this direct light through clear alpine air or filtered light through a heavy atmosphere, provides an unending and ambient form of communication to the viewer. Recording these moments literally in the field by means of plein air studies, sketches and photographs has provided me with the means back in the studio of giving to the viewer of my work the same emotive response I experienced when on location.
If the viewer can feel the bite of a southerly breeze or the desperate warmth of alpine sun late in the day emanating from these paintings, then my work has found its purpose.”
– Clifford How
Beric Henderson
Beric Henderson
Exhibition Dates :
Saturday 2 – Sunday 10 November 2024
10:00am – 4:00pm daily
The annual Artists with Conviction exhibition is a unique showcase of creativity and resilience. This year’s theme, Behind These Eyes, invites you to explore the profound and personal stories of prisoners of the Tasmania Prison Service facilities, offenders serving orders with Community Corrections, and Department of Justice staff.
Through a diverse range of art forms including painting, drawing, sculpture, woodwork and writing, these artists offer a rare glimpse into their inner worlds. Each piece reflects elements of their journey, emotions and perspectives, providing a powerful testament to the human spirit and the transformative power of art.
Now in its fourteenth year, this exhibition provides you with an opportunity to support and celebrate the artistic talents of those who often remain unseen. Experience the raw and compelling expressions of individuals striving for redemption and connection in our community.
Opening Event :
Friday 15 November 2024, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Opening Dates :
Thursday 14 – Wednesday 27 November 2024
10:00am – 5:00pm daily*
* 10:00am – 12:00noon on Final Day / Wednesday 27 November 2024
the desire to be there is an exhibition of photographs by Richard Butler at the Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre.
The photographs were made across an 18 month period ending in December 2023. The motivation for the series was artist Richard Butlers’ return to Launceston after a four decade absence.
Not long after his arrival he stood on the deck of his Trevallyn home and through the storms and rain saw glimpses of the misted hills far across the Tamar Valley. The view evolved without repetition each day. It held his attention as a magicians trick captures the imagination of a child. All that mystery. All that wonder.
At dawn during the day and at each days’ end for eighteen months Richard stared into the swirling weather. He saw and photographed the thinly raked light against the shadows in the thunder clouds. He loved the blankets of gold and cyan coloured mist covering the foothills of Mt Arthur, Mt Barrow and Ben Lomond. Those daily weather events provided a personal revelation. He had assumed the weather in the valley was relatively constant across each season, but was shown the colours and tone at every second of every day were remarkably different.
The experience both beautiful and mesmerising. The weather and all of its symbolism had found him and opened a new awareness. “Until recently, I have not wanted to photograph the land”.
But the land informed his thoughts on the connection between place and identity. Richard felt a sense of longing caused by the passing of unretrievable time. Everything seen today would not be seen tomorrow. “On the really wild days everything is at work. All crashing. All at the same time” Richard wrote in his note-book. “The poetic nature and interplay between time and light; of line and colour; of space and the graphic flatness of the East Tamar valley walls – these are the walls we are climbing. The walls which must be climbed.”
“We long for connection with a permanency beyond ‘our us’.”
For this series, Richard has used colour negative and colour transparency film. He scanned the film in his studio and produced the digital files in-house. The printing of the images was a collaborative effort, in part due to the size and other challenges in handling each print. “I wanted the images to be big, almost falling off the sheet. When you stand in front of them, I hope you will stare into their colours and just wonder.”
When a small light-sensitive piece of film is shown the world by old lenses that film provides a beautifully imprecise response. “I love film – it is just like the weather – and rejects any notion of predictability” He feels the story-telling elements of film are ideal for this interpretive folio.
The most exciting photographs in this folio are those where more is inferred and less is shown. Contrary to larger format photography and different technology platforms – it is what isn’t in the photographs that Richard believes is critical. “Absences liberate. Absences provide opportunity to reflect and dream. The essential elements are interdependent and together with imagination, are interlocutory. With a bit of luck magic can happen.”
Saturday 21 September 2024
Doors Open @ 7:45pm | Event from 8:00pm – 11:30pm
Tickets :
Adults $25
Children $15
Family (2 Adults / 2 Children) $50
Bar service available. Supper included.
Performances by the Pipes and Drums of the City of Hobart Highland Pipe Band.
Performances highlighting the finest of Highland Dancing.
Scottish country (ceilidh) dancing, complete with a dance caller and ceilidh band catering for absolute beginners through to the hardened highlander.
Exhibition Dates :
Friday 6 – Sunday 15 September 2024
Monday – Friday 10:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday – Sunday 9:00am – 4:00pm
The Annual Members Exhibition is the highlight of the year for Art Society members. This is a judged exhibition and prizes are awarded.
Each exhibiting member is invited to submit one or two works, in any medium, which have been created in the last year. .An independent panel of judges will select the overall winner ( presently $1000 kindly sponsored by Artery) and other prizes, including the Best Use of Medium and the Best Miniature painting.
Visitors to the exhibition are invited to vote for their favourite work.
This exhibition has something for everyone as all works are as varied as the artists who created them.
