Hobart’s favourite dance party returns… it’s time to get Footloose – 80’s style! 👟🎉 After an amazing first couple of events – we have decided to celebrate arguably the best decade in music – the 1980’s!
Come and boogie down with Hugo Bladel for a special 2 Hour DJ Set, jam-packed with 80’s Classics 🕺🏻 Joined by the amazing Gus Leighton on Saxophone 🎷
We will be spinning artists such as : Journey Michael Jackson Eurythmics Wham! Talking Heads Prince Tina Turner Whitney Houston Huey Lewis & The News Madonna Pointer Sisters Hall & Oates Cindy Lauper
Located in the Founders Room on a Friday Night – starting right after Rektango! 🎶
Music kicks off at 7:30pm with support from local groove legend Tom McGee 🎧
See you on the Dance-floor! 💃🏼
Beric Henderson. Monument (2024). Ink on layered Perspex. 21 x 30 x 14cm (image courtesy of the artist)
Opening Event : Studio Gallery, Level 2 Thursday 5 December 2024, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Meet the Artist : Studio Gallery, Level 2 Saturday 7 December 2024, 10:00am – 3:00pm
Exhibition Dates : Thursday 5 December 2024 – Friday 31 January 2025 **Installation viewable 24/7
The beauty and fragility of the southern ice cap and ocean captured in a single image by a unique three-dimensional artwork made with layered Perspex.
The Great Southern Ocean project is a collection of small artworks created specifically for exhibition at the Salamanca Art Centre Studio Gallery and Lightbox. The focal piece is Monument, a 3-dimensional painting on display in the Lightbox. This artwork was created by Beric Henderson, and made by applying small amounts of paint to sequential layers of clear Perspex and then assembling them together. The resulting holographic image reveals an iceberg forever captured in time. There are human and marine visitors above and below the waterline. The Monument artwork, together with the intricate drawings and paintings in the Studio Gallery, express a unique artistic vision of the power and beauty of the Southern ocean and Antarctic region.
This artwork was created by artist Beric Henderson, and inspired by his time as former Artist-in-Residence at the Salamanca Art Centre’s Artists’ Cottage in 2023. Since 2019 the artist has been producing an ever-growing body of ocean themed paintings and drawings, many of which have been shortlisted for national art prizes including the Mission to Seafarers (2022/2023), Adelaide Perry Drawing Award (2020/2021) and recently the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Award (2024). The artist is based in the warmer climate of the NSW mid-north coast but frequently visits Hobart to seek inspiration.
CLOSED for Christmas / New Year from 5:00pm Friday 20 December 2024 | REOPENS 9:00am Monday 6 January 2025
An imaginative collection of unique paintings and drawings by Beric Henderson, inspired by the wild majestic beauty, icy landscapes and roaring seas of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
Great Southern Ocean is a collection of unique artworks that explore the excitement and beauty of the Southern Ocean and Antarctic ice-lands. From the ferocious stormy seas of the roaring forties to the dream-like quietude of Antarctic icescapes, this collection of small drawings and paintings will inspire the imagination!
The artworks on display were created by artist Beric Henderson, and inspired by his time as former Artist-in-Residence at the Salamanca Art Centre’s Artists’ Cottage in 2023. Since 2019 the artist has been producing an ever-growing body of ocean themed paintings and drawings, many of which have been shortlisted for national art prizes including the Mission to Seafarers (2022/2023), Adelaide Perry Drawing Award (2020/2021) and recently the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Award (2024). The artist is based in the warmer climate of the NSW mid-north coast but frequently visits Hobart to seek inspiration.
Many of the works in this exhibition reflect on the changing marine environment impacted by climate change. The drawings and paintings were drawn from the artist’s imagination with the intention of better appreciating the ocean wave patterns and rhythms, and the impact of global warming on the Antarctic ice cap. The artworks are intended to promote reflection on the power, importance and beauty of the Earth’s oceans, and the critical role ongoing research will play in understanding and maintaining it.
All artworks are for sale and priced for Christmas!
Disney’s Finding Nemo jr is a 1 hour musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo. It features engaging performances, fabulous costuming, fun dancing and memorable songs such as “Just Keep Swimming,” “Fish Are Friends Not Food,” and “Go With the Flow.” Finding Nemo jr brings a vibrant underwater world to life on stage in a story full of family, friendship, and adventure.
“KIDS entertaining KIDS” : Musical Theatre Crew‘s Junior Crew being aged 6-13 years old!
Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves.
Season : Friday 1 – Sunday 10 November 2024
Performances : Friday 1 November 2024, 7:30pm – 8:35pm Saturday 2 November 2024, 3:00pm – 4:05pm MATINEE Saturday 2 November 2024, 7:30pm – 8:35pm Sunday 3 November 2024, 11:00am – 12:05pm MATINEE Sunday 3 November 2024, 3:00pm – 4:05pm MATINEE Saturday 9 November 2024, 3:00pm – 4:05pm MATINEE Saturday 9 November 2024, 7:30pm – 8:35pm Sunday 10 November 2024, 3:00pm – 4:05pm MATINEE
Tickets : Adults $35.00 Concession (Children / Students / Pensions & Seniors) $29.00 Family (Good for 4) $120.00 **Go with the Flow Special : Adults at Kids until 6 Oct 2024! $29.00**
Tickets / Doors open 60 minutes prior to Performance Duration : 65 minutes
NOTE: This show has double and triple casts. Check ticket details to confirm the casts who are performing.
Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life at the Peacock Theatre this October featuring Musical Theatre Crew‘s energetic and talented Intermediate Crew.
Disney’s High School Musical is a fun musical comedy for the whole family, with upbeat songs, high energy dancing and beloved characters.
The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes are back at school after winter break at East High. Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy, discovers that the academic Gabriella, who he befriended singing karaoke on a ski holiday, has just moved to East High. While Troy has his basketball commitment and Gabriella has her maths competition, they decide to audition for the high school musical, led by Ms. Darbus. But many students resent the threat posed to the “status quo”, especially siblings Sharpay and Ryan who want to rule the school show. High school becomes a challenge of juggling studies, sport, drama club, peer pressures, family expectations, friendships and even first love.
Season : Friday 18 – Saturday 26 October 2024
Performances : Friday 18 October 2024, 7:30pm – 8:40pm Saturday 19 October 2024, 3:00pm – 4:10pm – MATINEE Saturday 19 October 2024, 7:30pm – 8:40pm Sunday 20 October 2024, 3:00pm – 4:10pm – MATINEE Friday 25 October 2024, 3:00pm – 4:10pm – MATINEE Friday 25 October 2024, 7:30pm – 8:40pm Saturday 26 October 2024, 3:00pm – 4:10pm – MATINEE Saturday 26 October 2024, 7:30pm – 8:40pm
Tickets : Adults $36.00 Concession (Children / Students / Pensions & Seniors) $29.00 Family (Good for 4) $118.00
Tickets / Doors open 60 minutes prior to Performance Duration : 70 minutes
NOTE: This show has double and triple casts. Check ticket details to confirm the casts who are performing.
Peta Cross. Killiecrankie Bay (detail) (2023). Oil on board. 30cm x 20cm
Opening Event : Wednesday 27 November 2024, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Exhibition Dates : Tuesday 26 November – Monday 16 December 2024 Tuesday – Sunday 10:00am – 5:00pm Mondays CLOSED
Land Bridge by Peta Cross consists of multiple small en plein air oil paintings on wood. Painted quickly with minimal reworking they are largely sea scapes. The paintings are part of a sequence completed over several years mapping the coasts of Northern Tasmania (where the artist was born) and Southern Victoria (where the artist lives).
The exhibition Land Bridge is an enquiry into The Bassian Plain or isthmus that is now submerged between Southern Victoria, (Cape Otway to Wilsons Promontory) and Northern Tasmania (Mussleroe Bay to Cape Grim). The exhibition also includes, oil sketches from Flinders Island.
The Bassian Plain or isthmus served as a land bridge for thousands of years until the last ice age, 12,000 years ago. Many species of plants, birds, marsupials, insects and of course Palawa moved freely through the extraordinary biosphere it can only have been. The Palawa oral history of this event is notably one of the oldest if not the oldest narratives in history. Recorded in the 1830’s the narrative describes the positioning of the star Canopus near the South Pole.
Researchers were able to measure the sea floor of the Bass Straight and the ability to cover the isthmus on foot. They calculated the positioning of the star by descriptions of the Palawa and discovered that both conditions occurred at least 12,000 years ago.
The “ghost land plain” reveals itself through the many tiny islands of the Bass Straight. So many histories are now secrets of the deep and as geological time reveals, our histories may be submerged in years to come or another land bridge form.
” I have been fascinated by this sense of the land yearning for itself for so many years. I have spent most of my life living on both sides of the straight. Born and raised on the North West coast now living in Narrm ,Melbourne.
As a painter I am interested in sketches or unfinished works as much as finished works. This exhibition is an effort to draw or simply “map”, light, air, sea, coast, it is more of a work in progress, the mapping is not complete and the idea around the landbridge may be developed into a larger scale exhibition in the future.” – Peta Cross
Peta Cross. Killiecrankie Mountain (2023). Oil on board. 15cm x 13cm
Paths to Abstraction Group Painting taught by Jake Walker
Nolan School of Art | Adults
Opening event: 15 November | 6pm Daily Opening Times : Monday 4 November – Sunday 1 December 2024
On the shoulders of giants, the adult students of Nolan School of Art are inspired by art movements and art practice from the past.
On the 25th year of Nolan School of Art, we celebrate the many students who have past through our doors with an exhibition form the classes of Phoebe Webb, Jake Walker, Josh Lamb, and Caroline McGregor. You will see contemporary gestural abstraction, sensual life drawing, funky still life, and various spirited daubings.
Our after school classes show their responses to the art of the past in an exhibition that includes painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, puppetry, and animation.
In this exhibition you will see modern Gods, contemporary mask making, a spirited puppet theatre, and contemporary cave painting.
Opening Event : Friday 11 October 2024, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Artist Talk : Sunday 13 October 2024 @ 2pm
To light up or illuminate; well-lit
This dictionary definition is a repeating theme behind this collection of latest works. The title of “Luminous State” is a duality and can refer to both a literal geographical location, such as in this case, the state of Tasmania, and a condition of the mind.
“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
Film Screening : Tuesday 8 October 2024, 7:00pm – 9:00pm (includes interval) Doors @ 6:30pm | Screening from 7:00pm
Mountainfilm on Tourbrings you a selection of the best short films from the renowned Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado. Join us on this expedition, where the magic of film, art, and ideas will transport you to a world pulsing with adventure and the potential to create a better world.
Mountainfilm on Tour presented by Osprey is coming to Australia starting 8th October 2024. Join us for an evening of inspiring and captivating films handpicked from the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado.
Founded in 1979, Mountainfilm is one of America’s longest-running film festivals. The annual festival is held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, CO. Mountainfilm is a dynamic nonprofit organization and festival that celebrates stories of indomitable spirit and aims to inspire audiences through film, art and ideas.
Mountainfilm on Tour will feature a collection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and engaging documentary short films that align with Mountainfilm’s mission to use the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. A Mountainfilm presenter will guide the audience through the program providing insight on the films, filmmakers and subjects.
TICKETS : Adult $32.79 (incl BF) Concession $26.60 (incl BF) Family & Group Ticket Options
