Opening Dates :
Thursday 17 – Sunday 27 October, 2024
10:00am – 4:00pm daily
Pop Up Performance :
4pm, Thursday October 24
Paintings that elevate the everyday, with the richness of oil paint bestowed upon imperfect, ephemeral fruit.
Melbourne cellist Zoe Knighton will do a pop-up performance responding to the paintings in How Sweet To Know You. 4pm Thursday October 24. All are welcome.
Daily Opening Times :
Friday 25 October – Monday 4 November 2024
Monday – Friday 10:30am – 5:00pm
Saturday & Sunday 10:00am – 4:00pm
Opening Event :
Friday 1 November 2024, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Feelings of distance and isolation, enclosure and safety, or clear eyed wonder and joy can arise spontaneously when viewing a landscape. This collection of paintings attempts to delve a little deeper into those initial responses. In particular, it asks that we consider what of our selves we bring to each experience of the land. How do we view a landscape? And who are we when we are looking or responding? Does our experience of the encounter shift as we move through a place, or spend more time? In this way, the point of reference circles between that which is seen, and that which is looking.
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.”
Opening Event :
Friday 6 December 2024 @ 6.30pm
Daily Opening Times :
Friday 6 December 2024 – Sunday 5 January 2025
Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday – Sunday 11:00am – 4:00pm
CLOSED for Christmas / New Year
from Monday 23 December 2024 | REOPENS Saturday 4 January 2025
Simple things define our childhood, shaping our experiences, exploration, and growth. Without them, childhood fades, halting our development.
Within us reside various personas: the playful child, the mature adult with desires, moments of sadness or confidence. On the surface, we embody a blend of these identities.
To reveal our true selves demands courage, requires us to dive deep. Self-discovery hinges on the freedom to explore this life.
Without freedom, nothing is simple.
– Magie Khameneh
Mona’s story starts with following the peacock, the Persian metaphors which sent Eve out of heaven.
She wants to feel, experience, indulge in what we call living.
To feel the breeze in her hair, to see the dazzling colours under the dancing brims of sun.
Simple as it seems but not where she lives.
She refuges to her imagination to build what has taken from her, to flee from pain, shame and suffocation.
Her story is a testament to her resilience as she navigated enforced modesty and the suppression of her true self, ultimately shaping her life and proving that the ideas of freedom can evolve into reality when nurtured within one’s mind.
Open Day :
Saturday 5 October 2024, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Daily Opening Times :
Thursday 3 – Monday 28 October 2024
Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturdays / Sundays / Public Holidays 10:00am – 4:00pm
Discover the beauty of Tasmania’s landscapes and seascapes through the evocative work of local artist Hannah Blackmore in her solo exhibition, Off The Studio Wall, showing in the Studio Gallery at Salamanca Arts Centre.
Running from the Thursday 3rd to Monday 28th October 2024, the gallery will be open daily from 10:00am to 4:00pm, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in Hannah’s unique artistic vision.
Join us for an exclusive Open Day on Saturday 5 October 2024, and chat with the artist about her work.
Off The Studio Wal’ explores contemporary Tasmanian abstract landscapes and seascapes, where themes of light dance across a subtle palette of warm tones, cool greys, and white. Hannah’s innovative technique of blending plaster with paint lends a distinctive texture to her canvas, capturing the rugged yet serene essence of Tasmania’s natural beauty.
With 25 new paintings being released, this exhibition offers art and nature lovers a chance to bring Tasmania’s captivating scenery into their own spaces.
Hannah Blackmore’s artistic journey is anchored in her fascination with the power of reduction. Her works transcend traditional landscape representation, guiding viewers to connect with the essence of nature in its purest form. Through a sophisticated use of colour, texture, and form, Hannah captures the very soul of landscapes and seascapes, distilling them into compositions that pulse with emotional intensity.
While minimalist in appearance, Hannah’s paintings resonate deeply. By stripping away extraneous detail, she unveils the emotional core of each scene, inviting viewers to experience a range of feelings from tranquillity to introspection.
For an even deeper dive into Hannah’s creative process, visitors are invited to explore her studio, conveniently located next door to the Studio Gallery. Witness firsthand the inspiring environment where these atmospheric pieces come to life.
Beric Henderson
Beric Henderson
Both the Workshop and Auditions are FREE, but Registrations are ESSENTIAL
Participants must be aged 17+
DAY ONE : Workshop :
Saturday 14 September 2024, 10:30am – 3:30pm
DAY TWO : Audition :
Sunday 15 September 2024, 10:30am – 3:30pm
10am – 4pm daily
Moving Creature Studio members exhibition of printmaking looking at love, gender adventure, fascination, history and family.
Daily Opening Times :
Thursday 19 – Sunday 29 September 2024
10am – 4pm daily
Fire Works aims to explore how each of the participating artists uses clay and deals with its unique qualities and challenges. Ceramics is a fascinating medium and – as with glass-making and metal-casting – the outcomes are very much determined by the vagaries of fire or more specifically the kiln. Every single exhibit has most likely been fired at least twice – making its appearance in this show something of a miracle.
Opening Event :
Friday 4 October 2024, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Daily Opening Times :
Friday 4 – Sunday 13 October 2024
Monday – Friday 2:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturdays & Sundays 12:00noon – 5:00pm
Through the medium of using a variety of inks on canvas and paper, including alcohol, arcrylic and living inks. this exhibition aspires to transport viewers into a realm of enchanting luminosity and gentle fluidity, leaving an indelible impression of all who encounter its’ diaphanous allure, inviting introspection and contemplation, fostering a sense of serenity and wonder.
Daily Opening Times :
Thursday 3 – Sunday 13 October 2024
Thursday – Sunday 11:00am – 4:00pm
Monday – Wednesday CLOSED
The sculptures of foraged vines and recycled metal wire references the ancient basketry technique of looping that has been used across human cultures for tens of thousands of years. The looping creates patterns and a harmonious rhythm that the artist witnesses in nature.
The exhibition explores how the invisible, non-material realm can uncover the psyche of our place in the landscape, with the objective of reaching beyond the human narrative of the landscape.
By sharing dialogue with the materials and allowing them to inform the narrative of the artwork, it means that stories are formed and shared from the landscape in transformational ways – in a language that provides new meanings and relationships with spirit, nature, humans, and the landscape – and the interconnectedness of all.
In conjunction with the exhibition and Arts Residency, Catriona will be running a Two Day Basket Weaving Workshop teaching four basketry techniques.
Catriona Pollard is a contemporary artist who uses traditional fibre techniques to transform foraged plant fibres and recycled metals into evocative sculptural works which investigate human’s personal connection with the natural world.
Her practice has been recognised as a skilful exploration of ideas around nature and human’s relationship, the invisible forces and the movement of energy within it. Central to her work is the investigation of transformation and humanity’s connection, dependence, and the possibility of harmony with the ecological world.
Catriona has been selected for multiple solo exhibitions and exhibits extensively selected, group and touring exhibitions including the Australian Design Centre and Sturt National Craft Centre. She has been a finalist in many art awards including Australian Textile Art Award, International Art Textile Biennale, National Capital Art Prize, Environmental Art & Design Award, North Sydney Art Prize, Australian Fibre Arts Award, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize and many more.
Her artwork is profiled across major art and design media and is featured nationally in galleries, high end design spaces and private collections. Watch her talk about her art at ABC TV and Gardening Australia and read in the feature in Good Weekend, SMH/The Age. She is profiled in the Book: Woven Together: Weavers and Their Stories. See her website for more talks and media.
As a dedicated professional educator, she holds sold out sculptural basketry weaving workshops in Australia and internationally and teaches for design and craft centres. She holds demonstrations for organisations including Museums, and gives artist talks at galleries and community groups. She also established the online SchoolofBasketryArt.com with students from around the world.
Beric Henderson
Beric Henderson