Our Dinning Chairs.... oh the shame and the recovery!

Today with the help of Simon and Kathryn we have finally finished recovering the dining chairs in the Pottinger Gallery. They were much loved, much used and very useful..... but, well, just look at our poor darlings:

 

Judy and I have planned this for oh.... gosh.... over a year and had a good go at it over the past couple of days:

After all the planning and pattern cutting and sewing, we were blessed that today Simon and Kathryn were on the roster for our Farmer's Market Saturday Open Day. It was so good to have such good company :)

and now we all have chairs in the Pottinger gallery we won't have to avert our gazes from..... because they now look like this:

 

just before stapling above and after stapling below:

so much happening so little time to do it in

so much is happening and so little time to do it in that news is just not being communicated here..... apologies

The latest happening at our Barracks was, the successful Banjo Paterson Poetry Festival, group exhibition and our now standard and excellent themed exhibition:
Poems to Paintings challenge. Those who chose to pick up the challenge for a chance to go in a new direction are some of our best artists and the artwork was so excellent we might think of making this a permanent fixture of this unique and original festival of Orange.
It's not as well attended as the FOOD and Wine ones but maybe it's because the visitors to Orange might consume and therefore enjoy more food and wine than poetry. In time we all learn that poetry and art feed the soul, so we should enjoy an equal measure of all four: art, poetry, food and wine. Liberally sprinkled with good company.

Trish Lovecek: "Mulga Bill's Bicycle"

Jenny Davidson: "End Of An Era"

Heather Dunn: "The Daylight Is Dying"

I'll go to the Barracks now and take some more photos to dazzle you with our member's talent :)

PopUP Art Exibition

The Orange Farmers Markets are trialing opening up twice a month with Pop-Up markets on the 4th Sunday of every month until end of March. 
In support of this fantastic idea, Colour City Creatives Art Gallery and Studios will also open with our PoP UP art exhibition.
This means we'll be opening 3 extra times: 28 January, 25 February and 25 March.

Roster ready, art ready.... let's share our space!

Happy 2018 New Year!

Wishing y'all a happy, creative, fun, loving, collaborative, positive, successful, funny, extraordinary, peaceful, harmonious, generous, calm, productive, uplifting, healthy, respectful, friendly, enriching, giving, melodious, yummy, playful, buoyant, sweet, fabulous, tranquil, confident, dandy, engaging, special, vibrant, zesty, gregarious, inventive, resilient, enjoyable, kind, mindful, grateful, tranquil, effortless, happy hearted, wonderful, expressive, optimistic, super-duper year.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

How to feel fulfilled as a human being = time with friends

Our Christmas party was a joy and I can confidently say that we all had a great time. We all brought a small present and then at the end of the evening each chose a present from the table, so the cheer was spread and multiplied! The food was delicious, the company full of joy. The happiness spread liberally and sprinkled with laughter. It's great to spend some time with friends.

How to feel fulfilled as an Artist

I found some interesting words on that hugeness that is the internet and chose to not only keep them, but to share. The credit for these words I cannot attribute, but I wish I could thank whoever thought to write them:

Open Day

Being farmers market day today in Orange, we opened our gallery and spent some time together and with our visitor art lovers.
Phil and John mowed our, way too tall grass, which was so tall it was amazing they did not get lost in it!
Maggie and Lannie tidied and cleaned up the place a bit and I beheaded our rose bush and put our book in the shop. It was a great way to spend a beautiful Saturday.

People's Choice winner

The People's Choice winner "Sunset Over The Vineyard" by Robert Keen, executed superbly in his signature pastels media, has been photographed. But please forgive me as it is framed under glass I did my best to photograph it then I did my best to get rid of reflections but it is nowhere near as beautiful in my photo as it is in real life.
So do take the time to come to the Barracks and feast your eyes on the sumptuous colour, fabulous composition and the mastery of pastel that Robert has.

Winner of People's Choice 'Terroir' landscape exhibition announced

The winner of our People's Choice for the 'Terroir' landscape exhibition was announced and awarded a certificate and a cheque for $100 at our last social meeting.
My apologies for not writing sooner but life intervened....

Robert Keen was the artist our visitors loved the most and it is easy to see why. He did a beautiful landscape for the exhibition in the Gore gallery. A gorgeous sky..... sorry.... I don't have a photo to show off....I'll take one tomorrow and post it asap.
It was delightful to see our Robert so happy!

We counted over 300 votes and he pipped us all, but it also shows how many people come and see our art. Possibly over that number as not everyone voted and some did not quite understand that they had to put the number 1 only once ☝  maybe they just loved too many 👍

Water for Life International Art Exhibition 2018

Hi

My name is Joy Engelman and I am one of the CCC artists with a studio at the Barracks in Orange NSW.

Here is an introduction to the "Water for Life" Exhibition in which I will be representing Australia next year.

My work will feature the dryness of our landscape, the great outback areas.... Oz is the driest island/continent on earth and our underwater aquifers are very very precious! I hope my work helps raise the consciousness of people and helps to make fresh water an important issue all around the world.