Pittwater Life July 2024 Issue

Art Life
Get on the Trail of stunning art
Open studio events assist local
the opportunity to walk away with
arts communities to connect
some cool textured paper they
with and engage the public to
experience and buy art from the
wealth of talented artists and craftspeople.
Pittwater is renowned for
its strong community of creatives,
and on 27 and 28 July the members
of the Pittwater Artists Trail
will once again throw open studio
doors and present pop-up galleries
scattered across the peninsula. You
can browse, admire, observe, ask
questions, see the artist working
and of course buy pieces of art
directly from the artists.
On the Saturday, popular
have created. Romanda Newman
will also be demonstrating making
a small porcelain bowl decorated
with native flowers.
Just down the road at Silver Plus
Studio (Ingleside), visitors can view
the wide range of specialist equipment
employed in the creation of
beautiful objects. Silver Plus members
will be working on pieces
throughout the two days and
welcome questions from visitors.
At the North Narrabeen and
Collaroy studios of Stephanie
Galloway Brown (2024 Archibald
abstract artist and teacher Jan
‘beyond the Bends’ and nearby in Clareville,
Prize finalist and Life Story subject
Cristaudo (pictured in studio) will be doing
Bilgola Plateau and Newport where visitors
– p42) and Jennifer Rosnell, visitors can view
a demonstration with charcoal at 11am at
sketch books and discuss their passions, inspiration
and techniques. Jennifer’s current
can view paintings, macrame sculpture and
Avalon Recreation Centre. Jan says her demonstration
will provide some tips on how
passion is the beautiful Australian coastline.
printmaking first-hand.
to loosen up and work from memory. Jan
There will be five artists from the trail
Stephanie also regularly depicts the coastal
is exhibiting alongside Karen Hick and Jacqueline
on display up at Eramboo Artist Environ-
landscape, as well as creating playful oils of
Payne, whose ethereal and gestural ment (Terrey Hills), and several hands-on everyday still life. – Susan Peacock
works sit comfortably with Jan’s bold and
colourful abstracts.
There are eight other studios open
demonstrations visitors can get involved
with. Ally Bryan will be demonstrating the
art of Gelli Printing, and visitors will have
*Pittwater Artists Trail 2024 Open Studios
27-28 July (10am-4pm); download a Trail
Map at pittwaterartiststrail.com
Enviro Prize finalists
Council has announced
the finalists for the 2024
Environment Art & Design
Prize, selected according to a
brief focused on showcasing
innovative and thoughtprovoking
works that respond
to the theme of environment,
with an aim to inspiring action
towards a sustainable future.
Northern Beaches Mayor Sue
Heins said the Australia-wide
response was impressive.
“The EADP continues to
increase its prominence
and respect in the arts. This
year we received almost 700
entries,” she said.
“It is also pleasing to see an
increase interest in the Prize
from our younger generation.
“The level of entries
confirms that the climate,
environmental concerns, and
the natural world are the key
concerns of many artists and
designers. The judges have a
challenging time narrowing
down to just two winners in
the Art and Design categories,
and shared winners in the
The Local Voice Since 1991
Young Artists & Designers
category.”
Prize money in 2024,
across the four categories,
has increased with the Visual
Arts and Design winners
each receiving an impressive
$20,000, making the design
category one of Australia’s
richest design awards. The
Young Artists and Designers
winners will receive a total of
$3,000, and the three People’s
Choice winners will receive
$1,000 per venue.
Public can vote in the
People’s Choice Award until
21 August, with winners
announced on 23 August.
Prize winners will be
announced on Thursday 1
August at 6.30pm at Manly Art
Gallery & Museum.
View the finalists’ works
at Manly Art Gallery and
Museum, Curl Curl Creative
Space and Mona Vale Creative
Space Gallery from 2-25
August.
*View finalists on Council’s
website.
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