In the Vineyards '08

7 October 2008 - 18 January 2009

A massage from Tara:

"I am happy to invite artists to submit a proposals for 2008 exhibition of Sculpture in the Vineyards.

Continuing on from last years success, we hope to put together just as interesting and diverse an exhibition.
Please visit the website for more information and follow the link to the blog for some of last years highlights."

ENTRIES CLOSE ON JULY 31

Tara Morelos - curator
2008sinv@gmail.com


"Artists are invited to submit proposals by Thursday 31 July 2008 for selection be included in 2008 Sculpture in the Vineyards
Set in the picturesque Wollombi Valley, Sculpture in the Vineyards features an innovative array of large-scale outdoor and site-specific works by local, regional and city based artists. Wollombi, already home to many artists, writers and performers, provides fertile ground for a festival-like atmosphere as a new community of artists come together for the opening weekend.
Sculpture in the Vineyards provides the artist with ample opportunity to showcase their work, engaging visitors over the three month exhibition period by inviting them to enjoy contemporary sculpture amidst the springtime beauty of the Millbook Estate, Undercliff, and Stonehurst Cedar Creek vineyards. Over this time, visitors will also be able to sample unique boutique wines, participate in a creative workshop and join in one of three guided bus tours of the exhibition for an informal and fun day out in lower Hunter Valley."

Sculpture in the Vineyards

Opening event - 20th October, 2007.

Wollombi

From information received:

Wollombi Valley Arts Council Inc

is pleased to invite entries from all emerging artists of any age, in any medium, to the
2nd EMERGING ARTIST AWARDS
6th to 12th July 2007



First prize $1500
Second prize $750
Under 18s $250

Entry deadline: Friday 29th June 2007.
Details available from their website.

And a reminder that entries for Sculpture in the Vineyards close on June 30th.
See their website via "labels" below.

-and congratulations to the artists and organisers in Wollombi for what they are achieving!!

In the Vineyards '07

Received from Tara Morelos:

EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY IN THE HUNTER VALLEY
SCULPTURE IN THE VINEYARDS

"I would like to invite you to have a look at last years exhibition by visiting the blog address above (SCULPTURE IN THE VINEYARDS), and consider submitting a proposal for the 2007 exhibition.
Please read the attached artist info. (if you have trouble downloading the file, let me know)"
[Ed. this is available on the Sculpture in the Vineyards blog. Click on image first to enlarge before moving to desktop, or print from blog]

Detail of '06 work by Holly Williams

"The Exhibition will be held across the three wineries:

Undercliff winery
Stonehurst Cedar Creek
Millbrook Estate

Continuing on from the success of last year, we will be having another great opening at the Wollombi Cultural Centre with 'Sculpture in the Expanded Field' (cheers Rosalind Krauss)... Sculpture/performance and installation... A small sculpture show will be launched along side the larger Vineyards exhibition. Projection artist Cindi Drennan will be presenting an expanded version of her work 'Voice of Light' with an extra performative component. We are also looking for proposals from performers to produce site specific performance work to complement 'Voice of Light' creating a full evening program.

As part of an ongoing thank you to the creative efforts of vineyards artists, we are negotiating a midweek/weekend for two for participating artists to take at their leisure, plus extend an invitation to attend a special artist dinner/lunch - date yet to be confirmed.

I do hope you can be part of this years exhibition and look forward to hearing from you. Please pass this information on to others you think may also be interested."

Regards
Tara Morelos - curator
0403 469 753

Sculpture in the Vineyards

From the North West Frontier of the Central Coast: Wollombi.



Sculpture in the Vineyards

7th October to 7th December, 2006.












Title: Drop
Materials: Beeswax, pond, water plants, water, trees.

Juliet Fowler-Smith puts finishing touches to part of her installation.

"I have made many visits to Cedar Creek over the past months while also working on a model of a small, cupped, human hand cast in beeswax. This is a development on from work made in South Korea for the Nine Dragon Heads International Art symposium in 2005. Ideas to do with vulnerability and needs arose when thinking about responses to the natural environment in this earlier installation.

From these beginnings the work has developed site specifically at Cedar Creek. Scarce water resources, creek plant life (and invasive weeds), the never-ending sensitivity to the weather and rain or no rain, are ideas that I have played with for this work. My particular sensitivity to this site is linked to a lifelong relationship with the Hunter region, and in particular the Williams river valley, Dungog, the site of a proposed dam."

Juliet Fowler Smith
jfs@pacific.net.au

Juliet has been involved with a number of Central Coast art events.She was a Co-director of the Dawn Light Symposium, 2005, worked with Sculpture by the Bay (Gosford Regional Gallery), participated in Eco-poetics, 1998, and Dog Trap Road Biennale, 2000, (Somersby) and “Duck”, 1997, (Mangrove Mountain and Wyong) as a member of Synapse Art Initiatives, and is currently a participant in the Reading Room Project: 0, centred in gosford.