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Rowdy Wylie invites us to the Victor Harbor Regional Gallery Art Events

You all know our wonderful team member Rowdy Wylie and you have recently seen his Remembrance Day painting. Rowdy not only paints, builds frames, restores & mounts cricket bats Rowdy is a volunteer at the Victor Harbor Regional Gallery - why don't you drop and say hello if you are nearby.

Mixed Media

The fascinating work of Cressida Campbell – Part 2

In Part 2 of our posts on Cressida Campbell, we look at her landscape scenes of the Australian bush, busy harbours and street scenes around Sydney. Image: Art Sales Digest.

Mixed Media

The fascinating work of Cressida Campbell – Part 1

Today we meet contemporary Australian artist Cressida Campbell. We study her unique woodblock and print making processes. Image: National Gallery of Australia

Indigenous Art

Steve Cook: My Story in Art - Part Two

Most people who have collections don't tend to showcase their beloved objects but keep them cosseted at home for their own satisfaction and viewing. But Steve Cook shares his Hermannsburg paintings & memorabilia with others.

Challenge

Mental Health Art Exhibition

AnArt4Life blog was approached by the Royal Children's Hospital to alert our subscribers & followers to an online art exhibition being launched during Mental Health Week in October. Please read this post for further details about how to register a submission There is hope & help.

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Maritime Art Prize & Exhibition

If you live in Melbourne, Victoria or are visiting please put in your diary that there is a Maritime Art Prize & Exhibition on at the Mission to Seafarers in Melbourne. Sydney artist Kevin McKay, a firm favourite of ours has a painting in the exhibition which is on from 30 Sep to 16 Oct.

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Archibald Prize 2022

Showcasing the remarkable portrait of artist Karla Dickens by Blak Douglas which won the 2022 Archibald Prize.

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Light: Works from Tate’s Collection at ACMI Melbourne

At ACMI Melbourne in June 2022 more than 70 works of art highlight how light has been interpreted over the last 200 years; ground breaking moments where artists have harnessed light through painting, photography, sculpture, drawing, installation and the moving image.

Flowers

The beautiful Melbourne Flower and Garden show - March 2022

Today we look at some images of the beautiful flower displays of the International Flower and Garden Show, held at the historical Royal Exhibition Building (Melbourne) and surrounding gardens. Image: My photo.

Flight

The romance of flight: 100 years after the 1920 Serpentine Air Race - Part 2

The thrill of the the sight and sound of the range of planes that flew at the Serpentine Air Show, as part of the celebration of the first official air race, 100 years ago.

Flight

The romance of flight: The Serpentine Air Race - August 1920 and 2022 - Part 1

Today we look at the history of the first official air race in Australia, in August 1920. It was a promotional event by four World War One pilots to raise funds for investment in the Second Peace Loan. Image: J Tresise. East Loddon Historical Society collection

Arts and Craft Movement

March 2022 Mailbag No 2

Mailbag No2 for March takes us to the Canberra Show where we enjoy some arts and crafts as created by the locals. Plus a few other interesting items have been found in our mailbag from our subscribers.

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Eye to Eye with the Ceiling of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel

Tucked away above a large Melbourne shopping centre is a small exhibition space featuring 34 of Michelangelo's magnificent frescos from the Sistine Chapel – displayed at full size and at eye level

Portraits

The Archie 100: A mammoth exhibition

Today we look at an exhibition that is touring Australia. It is celebrating 100 years of the Archibald Prize, awarded each year for portraiture since 1921. Image: Art Gallery of NSW.

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Victor Harbor, South Australia: 43rd Annual Art Show

It's the 43rd Annual Art Show at Victor Harbor in South Australia and Rowdy Wylie brings us the winning paintings. Artists: Greg Allen (Melbourne, Vic), Henry Cockington (South Australia), Maxwell Wilks (Melbourne, Vic) and Kristian Mumford (a roving Australian!!)

Trains

Mammoth exhibition challenges

Today we marvel at the ingenuity required to bring two locomotives across the Atlantic to York, England, for a once in a lifetime exhibition to celebrate a very special 75th anniversary. Image: National Rail Museum, York.

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Vincent van Gogh at The Lume - A Multi-Sensory Digital Art Gallery

A new way to appreciate art works is in the form of a multi-sensory digital presentation where one is surrounded by the images of an artist moving around you, blown up to giant proportions and set to music. Vincent van Gogh is a favourite, but also Monet and Klimt. It takes your breath away.

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Ivan Morozov and Sergei Shchukin: Collectors of the Parisian Avant-garde by Hannah Starman Nov 2021

With permission from Arteez we post an interview by Hannah Starman with art historian Natalia Semenova about Ivan Morozov & Sergei Shchukin: Collectors of the Parisian Avant-garde.

Mailbag

November 2021 Mailbag No 1

What a wonderful assortment of mail we have to share this month. In Mailbag No 1 we try to identify painting by an artist called Anne Newman (and it's not me!!), revisit wood working in Japan and see some Melbourne Cup Baker's Delights followed by a peep into a quilter's "office".

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Master Works of Gigantic Proportions: VAN GOGH ALIVE – THE EXPERIENCE

Rowdy Wylie, naive artist from South Australia has joined the AnArt4Life team as a contributor. Last week he visited the multimedia exhibition of "Van Gogh Alive - The experience". Today he shares this remarkable and unforgettable experience of "masterpieces of colour and atmospheric fragrance".

Art Mentors

Sheila Cruthers leaves a legacy that “will paint Australian women artists back into our history”

Introducing Sheila Cruthers, an art collector and a philanthropist of note. What makes Sheila different to other who championed Australian women artists.

Award

The Young Archies 2021

The Young Archies 2021 have attracted some amazing works from Australia's next generation of creativity. Enjoy seeing some of the wonderful works from 5 to 18 year olds. Image credit: artgallery.nsw.gov.au

Fashion

Mary Quant

The Mary Quant Exhibition, at the Bendigo Art Gallery explores the years between 1955 and 1975, when Mary Quant revolutionised the high street, harnessing the youthful spirit of the sixties and new mass production techniques to create a new look for women. Credit: bendigoregion.com.au

Heidelberg School

Arthur Streeton's Travels

As Streeton made his way by ship to Britain in 1897, he planned a stopover in Cairo. The choice may seem strange, especially given that the artist suffered from the same xenophopia that many Anglo-Saxon Australians felt in the late 19th century. Image credit: artnet.com

Heidelberg School

Arthur Streeton

Arthur Streeton was born at Mount Duneed, Victoria, on April 8, 1867. He showed an early aptitude for sketching and became a lithographer's apprentice. While still in his teens he began studying at the National Gallery School. Let's learn a little more about his paintings. Photo by Jane.

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