Planning approvals for Shepparton Art Museum
6 September 2017
The Victorian State Government has given the green light for the new Shepparton Art Museum development that’s set to create jobs, boost tourism and grow the local economy.
Minister for Planning Richard Wynne has approved an amendment to the Shepparton Planning Scheme to allow the development of the new Shepparton Art Museum to proceed in a timely manner. The Minister for Planning will become the Planning Authority for this project. Council is pleased that the State Government has agreed to assist with the planning approvals for this project.
Once complete, the new SAM is expected to attract more visitors to the region from right around the state and nation, boosting local visitor spending by more than $6 million annually.
Construction of the project will create 72 direct and 109 indirect jobs, injecting $34.5 million into the local economy.
Planning approvals follow a $10 million investment by the State Government to help Shepparton showcase its strengths as a cultural hotspot for the arts. The $34.5m project is also funded by Greater Shepparton City Council, the Commonwealth Government and from philanthropic donations through the SAM Foundation.
The project will see the Shepparton Art Museum relocated to the more prominent and accessible location of the Victoria Lake Park.
The State Government is working to strengthen Shepparton as a cultural destination, creating more local jobs, boosting visitor numbers and attracting business investment and consumer spending in the region’s retail, hospitality and accommodation sectors.
The Shepparton Art Museum will showcase unique ceramics, indigenous and multicultural collections to visitors in turn boosting business for local hotels, cafes and other small businesses.
Greater Shepparton City Council Deputy Mayor, Kim O’Keeffe said the decision was welcomed and will ensure the project can progress quickly to the build stage.
“We are on track to have the former Shell Service Station and café demolished before the end of the year ensuring the two year build can commence in 2018,” said Cr O’Keeffe.
“This is a very exciting project for the municipality and an important one that positions Greater Shepparton as a progressive region not only in the arts world but as tourism destination.”
“Developments such as these instil confidence amongst business that Shepparton is growing and prepared for the future and will attract new investment to the area,” said Cr O’Keeffe.
Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia opens next weekend at SAM.
17 August 2017
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is excited to open Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia on Friday 25 August, 5.30 – 7.30pm. This National Gallery of Australia travelling exhibition celebrates some of the most significant work made by Indigenous photographers, video and multimedia artists in the last five years.
Resolution brings together established and critically acclaimed artists with exciting emerging talent reflecting the diversity and dynamism of contemporary practice.
The foundations of contemporary Indigenous photography were laid in the late ‘80s, with a generation of politicised and often provocative artists documenting their experiences of the Bicentennial marking 200 years of European settlement. The last 30 years has seen the emergence of artists who engage critically and thoughtfully with the present and the past, exploring their complex identities and questioning the way they are seen by contemporary society.
Resolution has travelled to three other Australian venues over the last 12 months, including Tweed Regional Gallery (QLD), Perc Tucker Art Gallery (QLD) and Araluen Art Centre (NT) as part of the National Gallery of Australia’s extensive program, sharing the national collection with the wider Australian community.
Artists include: Michael Aird, Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Ali G. Baker, Daniel Boyd, Megan Cope, Brenda L. Croft, Nici Cumpston, Robert Fielding, Nicole Foreshew, Ricky Maynard, Danie Mellor, Steaphan Paton, Damien Shen, Darren Siwes, Christian Thompson, Warwick Thornton, James Tylor, and Jason Wing.
Exhibition Dates: Saturday 26 August – Sunday 29 October 2017 Programs and events: See SAM’s website www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au
Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Gerard Vaughan, said that “Over the last 30 years, the NGA has developed one of the truly great collections of Indigenous photomedia. Resolution reflects our continuing engagement with this vital aspect of contemporary practice.”
Dr Rebecca Coates, Director of the Shepparton Art Museum says “SAM is delighted to present this timely exhibition from the National Gallery of Australia’s Collection. The exhibition presents work by leading contemporary Australian Aboriginal artists who examine ideas around Aboriginal identity, history and culture. These conversations are more pertinent than ever today, at a time when Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians reflect on our past and present, working together towards a shared future. Resolution speaks to all of us, of all ages and backgrounds.”
Yorta Yorta woman, Belinda Briggs (Community Engagement – Indigenous, SAM) says “Resolution is a great opportunity to engage with a national conversation that can also be seen through a local lens. Co-curated by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art and Photography departments of the National Gallery of Australia and drawing on the NGA’s contemporary collections, this exciting exhibition creates space to inquire, discuss, reaffirm, challenge and promote further understandings of history, the present, and the future. The exhibition’s importance lies in the fact that it brings the stories of Australia’s First Peoples to the fore.”
IMAGE: Ali G Baker, Bound / Unbound Sovereign Acts II Simone Ulalka Tur, 2015. Image courtesy and copyright the artist and the National Gallery of Australia.
This exhibition is supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, both Australian Government programs aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that the exhibition may contain images and voices of people who have since passed away.
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For further information, print quality images, or to arrange interviews with SAM’s Director Rebecca Coates or artists included, please contact SAM Marketing Coordinators by phone (03) 5832 9494 or by email on sarah.werkmeister@shepparton.vic.gov.au or amina.barolli@shepparton.vic.gov.au.
Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia comes to SAM.
18 July 2017
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) will host Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia from 26 August to 29 October 2017. This travelling exhibition, produced by the National Gallery of Australia, celebrates some of the most significant work made by Indigenous photographers, video and multimedia artists in the last five years.
Resolution brings together established and critically acclaimed artists with exciting emerging talent reflecting the diversity and dynamism of contemporary practice.
Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Gerard Vaughan, said that “Over the last 30 years, the NGA has developed one of the truly great collections of Indigenous photomedia. Resolution reflects our continuing engagement with this vital aspect of contemporary practice.”
Dr Rebecca Coates, Director of the Shepparton Art Museum says “SAM is delighted to present this timely exhibition from the National Gallery of Australia’s Collection. The exhibition presents work by leading contemporary Australian Aboriginal artists who examine ideas around Aboriginal identity, history and culture. These conversations are more pertinent than ever today, at a time when Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians reflect on our past and present, working together towards a shared future. Resolution speaks to all of us, of all ages and backgrounds.”
Yorta Yorta woman, Belinda Briggs (Community Engagement – Indigenous, SAM) says “Resolution is a great opportunity to engage with a national conversation that can also be seen through a local lens. Co-curated by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Art and Photography departments of the National Gallery of Australia and drawing on the NGA’s contemporary collections, this exciting exhibition creates space to inquire, discuss, reaffirm, challenge and promote further understandings of history, the present, and the future. The exhibition’s importance lies in the fact that it brings the stories of Australia’s First Peoples to the fore.”
The foundations of contemporary Indigenous photography were laid in the late ‘80s, with a generation of politicised and often provocative artists documenting their experiences of the Bicentennial marking 200 years of European settlement. The last 30 years has seen the emergence of artists who engage critically and thoughtfully with the present and the past, layering their artistic identity with challenges to contemporary culture.
Resolution has travelled to three other Australian venues over the last 10 months, as part of the National Gallery of Australia’s extensive program, sharing the national collection with the wider Australian community. Artists include: Michael Aird, Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Ali G. Baker, Daniel Boyd, Megan Cope, Brenda L. Croft, Nici Cumpston, Robert Fielding, Nicole Foreshew, Ricky Maynard, Danie Mellor, Steaphan Paton, Damien Shen, Darren Siwes, Christian Thompson, Warwick Thornton, James Tylor, and Jason Wing.
Exhibition Dates: Saturday 26 August – Sunday 29 October 2017 Official Opening: Friday 25 August, 5.30 – 7.30pm Programs and events: See SAM’s website www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au
IMAGE: Christian Thompson, Gods and kings, 2015 (from the series Imperial relic), chromogenic colour, photograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2016. Courtesy of Michael Reid, Sydney © the artist
This exhibition is supported by the Australian Government through Visions of Australia and the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, both Australian Government programs aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that the exhibition may contain images and voices of people who have since passed away.
For further information, print quality images, or to arrange interviews with SAM’s Director Rebecca Coates or artists included, please contact SAM Marketing Coordinators by phone (03) 5832 9494 or by email on sarah.werkmeister@shepparton.vic.gov.au or amina.barolli@shepparton.vic.gov.au.
2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award
17 June 2017
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is excited to announce the winner of the biennial Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Art Award (SMFACA), the premier national Award for artists working in the ceramic medium.
This year’s exhibition supports the rich, vibrant and diverse use of the ceramic medium, and includes the work by five contemporary artists Glenn Barkley, Karen Black, Laith McGregor, Jenny Orchard and Yasmin Smith. Works are on display at SAM from 17 June to 13 August.
The prestigious $50,000 prize has been awarded to Jenny Orchard for her work The Imagined Possibility of Unity (2017).
Judges of the 2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Art Award are Jacqueline Doughty, Curatorial Manager, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne; Jason Smith, Director, Geelong Art Gallery; and Dr Rebecca Coates, Director, Shepparton Art Museum.
Judges’ comments:
“Jenny Orchard’s installation is a tour de force that reveals an artist in full command of her medium, and an artist whose work has an unquestionable contemporary relevance.
Orchard has been at the forefront of ceramics as a contemporary medium for more than 40 years. In an outstanding field of five leading contemporary artists working in clay, Orchard’s work is utterly compelling.
Her figures are invested with an exceptional life force that emanates directly from the organic medium of clay. The Judges were dazzled by Orchard’s range of expert modelling and glazing techniques. While Orchard’s work has clearly acknowledged references to art and design histories, including the Italian art and design The Memphis Group (1981-87), the judges feel strongly that Orchard’s work transcends all influences and powerfully communicates a singular vision.”
Inaugurated in 1991 as the Sidney Myer Fund Australia Day Ceramic Award, the award has evolved into what is now known as the Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award. The Sidney Myer Fund have tenaciously supported the development of a now nationally-renowned ceramic collection at the Shepparton Art Museum, as well as artists through their support in this award, which has previously awarded now-distinguished artists Stephen Benwell, Deborah Halpern and Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran.
Jenny Orchard commented on being shortlisted for the 2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award in February:
“Being part of the 2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award is very exciting for me. This show makes it possible for me to bring together aspects of my practice which have been quite scattered over the last decades. I moved my studio home in 2015 and built a “shed” with transparent walls and roof to see the sky, trees and birds in 2016.
I believe optimism is the only way of being in the world. Quantum mechanics and bio-technology are an everyday reality never discussed, and yet our future on the planet depends on our engagement with them, so my work is an attempt to provoke questioning. I choose not to use shock, but to try to express wonder, and a gentle probing or provocation to look at the diversity and connections in the lively world around us.”
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IMAGE: Jenny Orchard, The Imagined Possibility of Unity (detail), 2017. Photo by Christian Capurro. Image courtesy the artist and Despard Gallery, Hobart.
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Shepparton Art Museum to announce $50K ceramic award
1 June 2017
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) presents the sixth iteration of its Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award (SMFACA) from 17 June to 13 August 2017. The five shortlisted artists for this year’s $50,000 acquisitive award are: Glenn Barkley, Karen Black, Laith McGregor, Jenny Orchard and Yasmin Smith. The winner of the award will be announced at the opening of the exhibition on Saturday 17 June.
The SMFACA has offered Australian audiences the opportunity to view the best contemporary ceramic art for over 12 years. With ceramics increasingly utilised by a number of emerging and established contemporary artists, the possibilities for the medium have expanded significantly. So too have the ideas and themes examined by the artists through this medium. The Sidney Myer Fund have supported this award for over 25 years.
Chairman of the Sidney Myer Fund, Carrillo Gantner AO said: “The Sidney Myer Fund has supported the Shepparton Art Museum ceramic award since 1991. This prize, the only one of its kind in the country, continues to attract Australian artists of the highest order and we are delighted that our support has assisted Shepparton to build one of the very finest collections of ceramics in the country. We look forward to the collection being shared more prominently with the community and with visitors in the planned new SAM.”
Shortlisted in early February this year, each of the five artists have spent the past four months developing substantial new bodies of work to present as part of the award’s exhibition.
Glenn Barkley’s ceramic installation explores everyday life, botanical forms and literary reference points while drawing from the histories of the ceramic form and its traditions of museum display.
Karen Black’s painterly surfaces explore themes of war and female experience, her sculptural forms inspired by 3rd and 4th Century Turkish perfume bottles.
Laith McGregor, well known for his esoteric drawings, creates a sculptural installation that explores the intersection of dreams and reality, inspired by nostalgia and the subconscious.
Jenny Orchard expands on her investigations into the natural world, mythology and invented narratives around gene technology, producing fantastical, totemic ceramic forms.
Yasmin Smith assembles a structure using ceramic branches directly cast from River Red Gums and orchard trees around Shepparton, investigating social histories around agriculture, migration and displacement.
The award is being judged by Jacqueline Doughty, Curatorial Manager, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne; Jason Smith, Director, Geelong Art Gallery; and Dr Rebecca Coates, Director, Shepparton Art Museum.
Dr Rebecca Coates said: “Ceramics is the medium of our times. SAM is hugely excited to present new work by five outstanding contemporary Australian artists who continue to excite and inspire us in the way they engage and extend our understanding of the ceramic medium. These artists have a mastery of materials, which allows us to reflect on the themes and passions that underpin their work. Inspiration comes from the past and present: from archaeology and anthropology to arboretums and apple orchards – these are just some of the ideas that will make us think of ceramics in completely new ways.”
Curator: Anna Briers
Curatorial associate: Belinda Briggs
Exhibition Dates: Saturday 17 June – Sunday 13 August 2017
Official Opening: Saturday 17 June, 4 to 6pm
Programs and events, including an artist talk prior to the official opening: www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/programs-and-events
For further information, print quality images, or to arrange interviews with SAM’s director Rebecca Coates or artists included, please contact SAM Marketing Co-coordinators on phone (03) 5832 9494 or by emailing amina.barolli@shepparton.vic.gov.au or sarah.werkmeister@shepparton.vic.gov.au.
High resolution images and artist biographies here -https://www.dropbox.com/sh/977r49ilh1fs9p8/AAC89V53f6mJfGBMsq-sWQlta?dl=0
SAM’s 27th Drawing Wall to Begin Next Week
25 May 2017
Shepparton Art Museum’s 27th Drawing Wall artist Bundit Puangthong will be live in creating new work directly outside SAM in the Eastbank Centre from Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June.
Bundit’s use of bright colours and symbology will be sure to incite curiosity from passers-by.
Media are invited to view, meet and talk to the Thai artist himself on Thursday 1 June at 2pm as he covers the large wall in the Eastbank Centre, directly outside of SAM.
SAM will also be holding a stencilling workshop using mixed media, acrylics and spray-paint with Bundit Puanthong on Tuesday 11 July. Bookings can be made via the SAM website www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/programs-and-events.
The Drawing Wall #27: Bundit Puangthong will be officially on show from June to 2 August 2017.
For further information, or to RSVP in meeting Bundit on Thursday 1 June, please contact SAM Marketing Co-ordinators Amina Barolli or Sarah Werkmeister on (03) 5832 9494.
IMAGE: Bundit Puanthong, Boys Don’t Cry, 2009. Acrylic, oil stick and aerosol on linen. Image courtesy Edwina Corlette © the artist.
Denton Corker Marshall wins new SAM architecture competition
19 April 2017
Greater Shepparton City Council is excited to announce the winner of the new Shepparton Art Museum architectural competition is Denton Corker Marshall.
The architectural competition for a new SAM (Shepparton Art Museum) and building jury recommendation was endorsed at the Ordinary Council Meeting on Tuesday 18 April following a comprehensive design competition spanning several months.
The seven member expert jury report noted that the Denton Corker Marshall proposal was unanimously selected as the winning proposal for the Stage 2 Concept Design Competition after a robust and rigorous assessment of the five design concepts against the agreed criteria.
The Denton Corker Marshall proposal stood out because it combined a powerful and relevant conceptual idea – well-resolved and compelling in its sculptural expression and detail – with a highly adaptable, functional, safe and efficient solution, according to the report.
The jury report stated the building as a ‘beacon in the landscape’ and offers an expressive, innovative, contemporary and exciting SAM that works well with its immediate and greater environmental, social and cultural contexts. It is anticipated that the design will make an outstanding contribution to the identity and culture of Shepparton and Victoria.
The jury noted that each of the five shortlisted entries were carefully prepared and commended the entrants for their endeavour. The field of submissions was competitive and the jury considered each design carefully and at length against the design competition’s evaluation criteria. The design objectives clearly articulated specific design requirements which the jury focused on to reach their ultimate decision, which was unanimous.
The 1,417 submissions received from the community were discussed and taken into account by the jury during their deliberations. The jury was impressed with the detailed responses provided by the Greater Shepparton community, and wishes to thank all of those who took the time to provide feedback, of which added significant value to the final report.
On April 18 Council endorsed the jury’s recommendation to announce Denton Corker Marshall Architects as the winner of the Architectural Concept Design for the new Shepparton Art Museum; to award the winner with the prize of $10,000; and to authorise the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute the necessary contract with Denton Corker Marshall in accordance with the provision of the SAM Architectural Concept Design Competition Conditions.
Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor Dinny Adem said the Council was thrilled to endorse the report from the expert jury and was looking forward to seeing the concept designs expanded into construction plans. “The new SAM is going to be something that Greater Shepparton can be proud of well into the future,’ said Cr Adem.
“The new SAM will be a game changer for the region, creating tourism and employment opportunities for Greater Shepparton and beyond. It will provide a cultural centre to our regional city but it will be more than an art museum; it will be a place for learning and experiencing, socialising and celebrations. The selected design is a reflection of what makes Greater Shepparton unique and we congratulate the competition winners in being able to capture this”, explained Cr Adem.
Denton Corker Marshall Design Director Adrian FitzGerald said “Our design is characterised by simplicity and clarity with compelling imagery creating a landmark cultural destination. By making the building small and tall we maximise parkland around the gallery and incorporate numerous places for community interaction, including a Sculpture Forecourt, Community Arbour, Art Hill, cafe and rooftop event venue along with sheltering verandahs to all four sides of the building. It will be an art museum that is a delight to work in and a pleasure to visit – again and again.”
Read more:
First look at new museum design, Artshub
‘Beacon in the landscape’ wins Shepparton Art Museum competition, ArchitectureAU
SAM announces Learning Partnership with University of Melbourne.
4 April 2017
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to announce a new Learning Partnership with The University of Melbourne. The partnership will support the development of significant Indigenous initiatives and activities, embed teaching and learning opportunities for staff and students and establish a platform for collaborative, interdisciplinary cultural impact research.
SAM’s commitment to education spans across all ages and education levels. It has a strong dedication to the development of educational programs for primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Staff and students at tertiary level will have access to SAM’s collection and research, encouraging professional development opportunities as well as the opportunity to deeply engage with SAM’s collection and broader research.
SAM Curatorial Assistant Indigenous, Belinda Briggs, will work with the local Indigenous community and Kaiela Arts in partnership with the University on the co-design of the Museums Indigenous inclusion program along with the development of an Indigenous pathways initiative.
The announcement comes at an exciting time for SAM, as progress continues around the new SAM project. With this transition will come ample opportunity for new research and ideas around both art and the local Shepparton community to come to fruition. The new Art Museum will include a purpose built art museum space. Kaiela Arts and the Greater Shepparton Visitor Information Centre will be co-located in the new building. The new SAM will be a place for learning, enjoyment, a meeting place and great art.
Director of SAM Dr Rebecca Coates said:
‘We are delighted to be partnering with The University of Melbourne for this learning partnership. This is an exciting partnership that will enable us to continue to develop our work around teaching and learning and build Indigenous inclusivity.’
Australian and Indigenous Studies Expert from the University of Melbourne, Professor Marcia Langton AM said:
‘It’s my very great pleasure to announce the learning partnership between the University of Melbourne and the Shepparton Art Museum as part of our broader commitment to the Goulburn Valley. In the first twelve months, we will collaborate on a range of research, teaching and learning activities; establishing a platform across disciplines for Cultural Impact Research. We hope that this will come about in different ways, including through an Indigenous Inclusion Program, developed with the museum and Yorta Yorta people. There’s so much potential for this partnership, and I’m so honoured to announce it on behalf of the University.’
Further information, interviews requests and print quality images:
SAM Marketing Coordinators | (03) 5832 9494 | amina.barolli@shepparton.vic.gov.au or sarah.werkmeister@shepparton.vic.gov.au
IMAGE: L-R: Marcia Langton, Rebecca Coates, Belinda Briggs and Mary Robb. Photo by Diana Spriggs.
SAM is looking for a Business Development Manager
3 April 2017
An exciting position exists for a Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) Business Development Manager. This is a new position for the new Shepparton Art Museum Project and the ongoing structure of new SAM.
We are seeking a highly motivated professional who will support the transition of business from the current SAM to the new SAM facility. You will be part of an exciting new $34.5M development in Regional Victoria (Shepparton).
Working closely with, and reporting to the Director SAM, this position will be responsible for the new Shepparton Art Museum transition, including all staffing requirements, IT and communication, finance and set up of the new purpose built facility, management and accountability of all grants and funding agreements, including acquittal reporting and coordination of the transfer of the art collection,. This position will initially have a lead role in the liaison between Kaiela Arts and Visitor Information transition.
The successful applicant would have a strong leadership profile, demonstrated management experience in a business and commercial operations environment financial management, preferably in the cultural sector, and demonstrable success in the initiation and implementation of partnership and sponsorship strategies and campaigns, and public building and cultural infrastructure projects.
To join the SAM team you will be required to have a tertiary qualification at a degree level in business management, high level experience in business development in an arts environment and proven financial management experience / Chartered Accountant or CPA.
For a full position description and to apply please go to the Greater Shepparton City Council website https://greatershepparton.com.au.
For more information about this position please contact Rebecca Coates, Director SAM on 03 5832 9861.
FRESHWATER
3 March 2017
From 1 April to 4 June 2017, Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) presents FRESHWATER, an exhibition that considers how water reflects ecological, cultural, political and economic realities.
Through the works of over 20 Australian artists and artist collectives, alongside historic works drawn from the SAM Collection, FRESHWATER highlights how water remains central to identity, and to how and where we live.
Issues range from ecological concerns about rising salinity, healthy ecologies, refuse and waste, to the inevitable contest around sustainable balances between conservation concerns and agricultural needs. Rivers and waterways also have cultural and historical significance – sustaining work and life and as constantly flowing reminders of stories that stretch across time and place.
Waterways are also political, as delineations of boundaries and territories and as places of political activism and historically significant events. In 1939, over 150 Aboriginal people left the Mission near Barmah on the New South Wales side of the Murray River in an event that became known as the Cumeragunja Walk-Off. Crossing the border from NSW into Victoria, they were protesting against the conditions and policies governing the Mission. The first-ever mass strike of Aboriginal people in Australia, they walked 66km to Shepparton, and many subsequently settled on the Flats between Mooroopna and Shepparton. The Barmah State Forest is the traditional land of local Indigenous people: a constantly evolving landscape dependent on the seasons from flood to drought.
Two major waterways meet at the heart of Shepparton: The Goulburn River (or Kaiela River as local Aboriginal people refer to it); and the Broken River. The Goulburn River then runs from Shepparton through to Echuca, where it joins the Murray River. This region is rich and fertile, sustaining economies and agricultural practices including cattle and dairy, to the orchards for which Shepparton is known.
Dr Rebecca Coates said: ‘This is a must see Shepparton show. Too much water, not enough water; these are the opening remarks for many a conversation around Australia.’
Through a range of media, from video and moving image, works on paper, installation and sound, artists and arts collectives selected enable us to engage with these central issues around water of our times.
FRESHWATER artists include: Ian Abdulla, Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Louis Buvelot, Vera Cooper, Nici Cumpston, Bonita Ely, Jackie Giles Tjapaltjarri, Eugene von Guerard, Brent Harris, Andrew Hazewinkel, Jonathan Jones and Tom Nicholson, Rosemary Laing, Sir John Longstaff, James Morrison, Albert Namatjira, Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa, Rosie Nanyuma, Wintijya Napaljarri, Lin Onus, Jill Orr, Tiger Palpatja, Eva Ponting, John Skinner Prout, Sally Ross, The Telepathy Project, Gloria Thanacoupie, Johnny Yungut Tjupurrula, Fred Williams, John Wolseley and more.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences are advised that the exhibition may contain images and voices of people who have since passed away.
Curator: Rebecca Coates, Curatorial associates: Anna Briers, Belinda Briggs
Exhibition Dates: Saturday 1 April – Sunday 4 June 2017
Official Opening: Friday 31 March, 5.30 to 7.30pm
For further information, print quality images, or to arrange interviews with SAM’s director Rebecca Coates or artists included, please contact SAM Marketing Coordinator on phone (03) 5832 9494 or by email amina.barolli@shepparton.vic.gov.au.
Image: Nici Cumpston, Budgee Creek 1, Barmah National Park (detail) 2013, SAM Collection, commissioned by the Friends of SAM, 2013
2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award Shortlisted Artists
31 January 2017
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is delighted to announce the five shortlisted artists who will present new artworks in the 2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award (SMFACA). The Award celebrates and promotes contemporary Australian artists working in the ceramic medium. With $50,000 in prize money, the SMFACA cements its place as the premier Australian acquisitive ceramic art award.
The 2017 shortlisted artists are:
- Glenn Barkley
- Karen Black
- Laith McGregor
- Jenny Orchard
- Yasmin Smith
The shortlisted artists will present their new bodies of work at SAM from 17 June to 13 August 2017. The winner for this acquisitive prize will be announced during the exhibition’s official opening event on Saturday 17 June 2017. Accompanying the exhibition will be a series of public programs and floor talks.
The 2017 Award will be judged by Jacqueline Doughty, Curatorial Manager, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne; Jason Smith, Director, Geelong Art Gallery; and Dr Rebecca Coates, Director, Shepparton Art Museum.
SAM Director, Dr Rebecca Coates commented on behalf of the judges:
“We wish to commend and thank all of the artists who submitted proposals for the 2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australia Ceramic Award The five shortlisted artists selected by the judges reflect the exciting and innovative ways that artists are working with ceramics as a contemporary medium. We look forward to seeing how their projects develop and evolve with much anticipation.”
The 2017 SMFACA attracted competitive applications from around the country and 2017 saw an increase in application numbers with a further 25% of applications being received from around Australia as compared to 2015.
For further information, print quality images of past Award winners, or to arrange interviews with SAM staff, please contact SAM Marketing Co-ordinator Amina Barolli on phone (03) 5832 9494 or email amina.barolli@shepparton.vic.gov.au. A Media Kit is available by request.
Welcome to 2017 at SAM
3 January 2017
Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is proud to launch the SAM Program for January to April this week. Showcasing four jam-packed months ahead, the SAM Program outlines temporary exhibitions, upcoming workshops, talks and other special events, as well as everyday offerings for all to enjoy.
EXHIBITIONS
Later this month, SAM is delighted to present the collaborative work of Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg in the exhibition Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015 developed by Artspace, Sydney and touring nationally in partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW. Using an extensive collection of iconic Hollywood films, telemovies and arthouse cinema, Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015 invents new fictions and plays with narrative and character conventions to create highly charged compositions on themes such as love, art, revolution and destruction. SAM is the only Victorian venue presenting this exhibition.
In addition, SAM will present Tracey Moffatt’s First Jobs Series, 2008. Digitally inserting her likeness into these photographs, Moffatt humorously reminds us of our own first job experiences, with some great references to Shepparton’s preserving industry.
In early March, SAM will celebrate the launch of its biggest Collection publication since 1987, Eighty Years of SAM – The Collection. Audiences are invited to view the corresponding exhibition, curated to celebrate 80 years of collecting and exhibiting great art.
Currently on show, Drawing Wall #25 features a large scale collage work by Melbourne-based artist Elizabeth Gower on the 4 x 12 metre wall in the Eastbank Centre, next door to the art museum. In February, SAM will commission an exciting new work by Jon Campbell for Drawing Wall #26.
Also currently showing until 19 March is Some of the Things I Like (2016) by the artist simply known as Nell. She curated the cabinet of curiosities using ceramics and other treasures from the SAM Collection, alongside her own artworks and objects from her personal collection.
The third successful year of SAM’s Showcase will initially see artists Andrei Davidoff and Leah Jackson present their work in the display cabinet behind SAM’s Shop. This series of Showcase exhibitions is curated in partnership with Melbourne-based gallery and retailer Mr Kitly, providing visitors and collectors with a unique opportunity to acquire work by accomplished ceramic artists.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
To kick off the year, SAM will present its popular Summer Holiday Program of art-making for people of all ages and skill-levels from 17 to 25 January. Families should especially look out for the free weekend program presented by the National Gallery of Victoria, Kids on Tour, on 24 to 25 January from 10.30am to noon.
ONE, TWO, THREE DANCE!
Come and dance at SAM. Join local Aboriginal dance group Individual Spirits to learn traditional cultural dance rituals with a modern hip hop twist.
When: Tuesday 17 January, 10.30am to 12.30pm Audience: Primary school years Cost: $15 (Friends $13) Tutor: Individual Spirits Dance Crew Bookings: On the SAM website via Eventbrite
Let’s Create – Drawing Class
Come to SAM for an all ages drawing class in the museum spaces. Learn drawing skills and techniques while taking inspiration from SAM’s Collection exhibition 80/80: Eighty Years of SAM The Collection.
When: Thursday 19 January, 10.30am to 12.30pm Audience: All years and skill levels Cost: $10 (Friends $8) Tutor: Isabelle Kawai Vincent Bookings: On the SAM website via Eventbrite
Make and Do NGV Kids on Tour program
Taking inspiration from the SAM exhibition 80/80: Eighty Years of SAM The Collection and the National Gallery of Victoria’s summer exhibition program, come into SAM and join in the fun of creating! Activities include collaborative drawing and making wearable art out of paper.
When: Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 January, 10.30 to noon daily Audience: Families Cost: FREE Bookings: On the SAM website via Eventbrite
In addition, SAM is thrilled to announce the return of popular programs Art for Small Hands (for children 3 to 6 years and their carer) and SAM Out Late! (for those wanting to access the museum after hours and meet new friends). This year also sees the return of the SAM Art Passport, designed to encourage children and families to learn about the artworks through self-guided tours. Teachers and students can also access professional development workshops and talks.
To view the SAM Program January to April 2017 which includes all of the above: https://sheppartonartmuseum.com.au/programs-and-events
Free hard copies will be available from the SAM Shop (70 Welsford Street, Shepparton) from 11 January, and in the Shepparton News on Friday 13 January.
SAM is open 7 days from 10am to 4pm (public holidays 1pm to 4pm).
Shepparton Art Museum is proudly provided by Greater Shepparton City Council, located at 70 Welsford Street, Shepparton. For general SAM enquiries and bookings please contact: (03) 5832 9861, email art.museum@shepparton.vic.gov.au, or visit www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au. SAM is also on Facebook www.facebook.com/SheppartonArtMuseum, Twitter and Instagram: @SAM_Shepparton.
SAM to Present: Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg. Featuring Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015
13 December 2016
from January 28 to March 19 2017
SAM is delighted to present the collaborative work of Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg in the exhibition Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015 developed by Artspace, Sydney and touring nationally in partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW.
Alongside the eight montage films, SAM will also present Moffatt’s First Jobs Series, (2008). Moffatt collected the series of 12 photographs which relate directly to past jobs she has held. Digitally inserting her likeness into these photographs Moffatt reflects on her past jobs from working in a pineapple cannery to a fresh fruit grocer, evoking a sense of nostalgia that we can all relate to.
Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015 presents eight montage films that reflect on cinema and the cinematic form, offering unprecedented insight into the stereotypes that populate our collective cultural imagination. Using an extensive collection of iconic Hollywood films, telemovies and arthouse cinema, Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015 invents new fictions and plays with narrative and character conventions to create highly charged compositions on themes such as love, art, revolution and destruction.
Tracey Moffatt is regarded internationally as one of the most important Australian artists of our time, and in 2017 will become the first Australian Indigenous artist to present a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale. Gary Hillberg has been a long-time collaborator of Moffatt’s and also has an independent practice as an experimental filmmaker and music video producer.
SAM Director, Dr Rebecca Coates said:
“Tracey Moffatt is one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists. Her films are a riotous, funny and irreverent critique of stereotypes and the great themes of life.
We are delighted to partner with Artspace to present this exhibition alongside Moffatt’s First Job Series with which we can all relate.”
Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg. Featuring Montages: The Full Cut, 1999 – 2015 will be showing at SAM from January 28 to March 19 2017, with Shepparton being the only Victorian location for the touring show.
SAM presents Montages: The Full Cut, 1999-2015, an exhibition developed by Artspace and toured nationally in partnership with Museums & Galleries of NSW, alongside key works by Tracey Moffatt.
Image Credit: Tracey Moffatt & Gary Hillberg, Love (still), 2003, 21 minutes, looped video, sound, Courtesy the artist, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery and Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York.
SAM Local Exhibitions to open
2 December 2016
Friday 10 December to Sunday 15 January, 2017
Across December and January SAM goes local spotlighting the practice of regional artists with three exhibitions, SAM Local Spotlight, SAM Local: VCE Art & Studio Arts and SAM Local: Best of Friends.
SAM Local: Spotlight showcases the work of Echuca-based artist, Tarli Bird.
Bird’s practice combines her two passions in life: sport and art.
Tarli Bird said:
“As an elite distance runner I’m always fascinated when people regard sport and art as being polar opposites. I find athletes and artists contain very similar attributes that I’m looking forward to highlighting in my exhibition.’
Bird will be recording the heart rates of local runners on Saturday 3rd December at parkrun held at Shepparton’s Victoria Lake. This data will be transposed through the musical device of the metronome into an immersive sound piece.
Alongside SAM Local Spotlight, SAM Local: VCE Art & Studio Arts exhibition will present students work from around the Goulburn Valley giving the community a unique insight into the lives of these young adults and emerging artists.
The community will also have their say with the chance to vote for their favourite VCE Art & Studio Arts work in the “People’s Choice Award”. Voting will open on Friday 9 December at 6pm and close on the 20 December. The winner will be announced on Wednesday 21 December 2016.
The community will also be able to view the talents of the Friends of SAM in the exhibition SAM Local: Best of Friends. This multi-disciplinary exhibition highlights the diversity and commitment of local artists to their practice.
All three exhibitions will open to the public on Saturday 10 December and run until Sunday 15 January, 2017.
SAM Local: VCE Art & Studio Arts and SAM Local Spotlight: Tarli Bird will be officially opened on Friday 9 December from 6pm at SAM with opening remarks by John Head, local business owner and supporter of the arts.
SAM Local: Best of Friends will be officially opened on Friday 16 December from 6pm with the Friends of SAM Christmas Party to follow.
To RSVP for the opening events please email sam-rsvp@shepparton.vic.gov.au or call (03) 5832 986.
Media Preview:
Thursday 8 December, 2.30 to 3.30pm – Shepparton Art Museum, 70 Welsford Street, Shepparton.
Image: Tarli Bird, Race Results, Photo: Michael Roche, New Wave Festival, 2010 Melbourne, image courtesy and © the artist.
SAM Shop Sale in December
1 December 2016
Leading up to Christmas receive 10% of at the SAM shop each Friday.
Come into the SAM shop tomorrow and receive 10% off.
Leading up to Christmas receive 10% of at the SAM shop each Friday.
The SAM shop is a fantastic place to purchase artist-made ceramics and gifts. The shop stocks work by a number of local and interstate artists including Erin Lightfoot, Emily Green, Samantha Robinson, Owen Rye, Kaye Poulton and Ruby Pilvan. It features a curated selection of Australian craft and design while supporting some of the region’s best artistic talent. The shop also stocks a range of publications, including SAM exhibition catalogues, books on art and Australian ceramics, plus a range of art magazines.
Free gift wrapping is also available.
The SAM shop is open 10am to 4pm daily.
Sale excludes cards, books and Showcase.
December and January at SAM
28 November 2016
SAM festive season opening hours.
SAM will be open all summer closing only on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Exhibition showing at SAM in December 2016 and January 2017:
80/80. Eighty years of SAM. The Collection
SAM Local Spotlight: Tarli Bird
SAM Local: VCE Art & Studio Arts
SAM Local: Best of Friends
Showcase #12: Andrei Davidoff
Drawing Wall #25: Elizabeth Gower
We look forward to greeting you over December and January.
Festive season opening hours:
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Sunday 25 December |
Closed |
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Monday 26 December |
1pm to 4pm |
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Tuesday 27 December |
1pm to 4pm |
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Wednesday 28 December |
10am to 4 pm |
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Thursday 29 December |
10am to 4pm |
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Friday 30 December |
10am to 4pm |
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Saturday 31 December |
10am to 4pm |
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Sunday 01 January |
Closed |
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Monday 02 January |
1pm to 4pm |
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Tuesday 03 January |
10am to 4pm |
SAM Drawing Wall #25: Elizabeth Gower
24 November 2016
Drawing Wall #25: Elizabeth Gower will be on display until Sunday 12 February, 2017.
Elizabeth Gower is the next artist to feature on the SAM Drawing Wall.
Using cuttings from old advertising catalogues, price tags and junk mail, Gower has created a series of collages that form rhythmic and geometric patterns across the SAM Drawing Wall.
Drawing Wall #25 is a reworking of 365 Rotations, a piece that Gower developed for the National Gallery of Victoria’s Melbourne Now, 2013-14 and AC Institute, New York, 2014. SAM’s Drawing Wall #25, integrates advertising collateral from Shepparton based businesses such as SPC Ardmona and Campbell’s Soups, connecting her work to the regional food production industry.
Gower has held over 30 individual exhibitions in Australia and overseas, including shows at Cite Internationale des Arts Gallery, Paris, 2007; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2002; Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2011; and Cubism and Australian Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2009. Her work is held in many notable public collections both in Australia and internationally and is represented by Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.
The SAM Drawing Wall is an ongoing series of commissioned, temporary, site specific wall based drawings or installations that enliven the foyer space of the Eastbank Centre, directly outside SAM.
Drawing Wall #25: Elizabeth Gower will be on display until Sunday 12 February, 2017.
SAM Indigenous Collection Grows
4 November 2016
Ironwood totem carvings have been donated to SAM collection through a major Cultural Bequest.
SAM is pleased to announce that a significant group of figure and Tutini ironwood totem carvings have been donated to the SAM Shepparton Art Museum Collection through the generous gift of an anonymous donor. These works will further strengthen the Indigenous Collection being donated to SAM by the Gantners.
Established in 1936, the Shepparton Art Gallery was rebranded as the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) in 2011. In 2012 it was awarded best Victorian small art museum. SAM holds one of Australia’s leading collections of historic and contemporary Australian ceramics. This includes an extensive collection of Indigenous ceramics art, acquired as part of SAM’s Acquisitive Award, the Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (ICAA).
A significant Cultural Bequest of Indigenous art has resulted in SAM holding one of the most important Indigenous collections outside of major State Galleries. Artists of Aboriginal, Tiwi and/or Torres Strait Islander descent are represented. The Cultural Gift includes Indigenous artworks from across Australia, including works by Albert Namitjira and the Namitjira family, and Yorta Yorta artist Lin Onus.
The Charles Nodrum Gallery noted
“Ian Baillieu and his family are delighted that the notable group of ironwood carvings collected by his late wife Marianne Baillieu in the Northern Territory in the late 1970s is to remain intact. As the admired founder of Realities Gallery, she was a pioneer exhibitor of indigenous art in Melbourne. Whilst the quality of these carvings speaks for itself, both the early date of her collection and her personality and influence as a collector combine to give the group a further significance over and above the individual works.”
These works are on view at Charles Nodrum Gallery as part of the Bark + Ironwood exhibition in association with D’lan Davidson until 26 November, 2016.
Notable indigenous works in the SAM collection are now on show at SAM in the exhibition 80/80 Eighty Years of SAM. The Collection until February 2018.
Applications for SAM’s 2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award (SMFACA) to Open
26 October 2016
Entries for SAM’s (Shepparton Art Museum) 2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award (SMFACA) will open online Thursday 27 October 2016, with a $50,000 prize awarded to one of five shortlisted Australian artists.
The SMFACA has offered Australian audiences the opportunity to view the best contemporary ceramic art for over 12 years. With ceramics increasingly utilised by a number of emerging and established contemporary artists, as recent exhibitions such as the 2016 Adelaide Biennial reflected, the possibilities for the medium has significantly expanded. So too have the ideas and themes examined by the artists through this medium.
SAM Director, Dr Rebecca Coates stated:
SAM is delighted to present the 2017 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award. Over the last few years, we have seen contemporary artists working with ceramics in new and exciting ways. We could even say there’s been a renaissance of sorts in the contemporary ceramics world – with artists taking risks, exploding perceptions of size and scale, challenging notions of the material, and all to engage with ideas that resonate with all of us living and making sense of our contemporary world. These artists are part of a long artistic tradition of Australian artists working in the ceramics medium. Each in their own way has explored the medium, extended and challenged our understanding of its possibilities, and along the way, created works that inspire, challenge, and intrigue.
We are extremely grateful for the ongoing support of the Sidney Myer Fund who have supported this significant national Award since its inception in 1991. Without such sustained philanthropic vision, contemporary artists working in the ceramics medium, our exhibition history, and SAM’s Collection would be the poorer.
The 2017 Award will be judged by Jacqueline Doughty, Curatorial Manager, The Ian Potter Museum of Art The University of Melbourne; Jason Smith, Director, Geelong Art Gallery; and Dr Rebecca Coates, Director, Shepparton Art Museum.
The 2017 SMFACA exhibition will run from 17 June to 13 August 2017. Five shortlisted recipients will each receive a $2,000 stipend to produce a body of work for exhibition at SAM. Costs associated with the exhibition will be borne by the Art Museum, including freight and the production of a fully illustrated catalogue. Artists will work with the support of curatorial staff at SAM throughout the planning of their exhibitions.
There will be five months between the announcement of Award recipients and the delivery of works to SAM. One of the five shortlisted artists will be awarded a $50,000 acquisitive cash prize, and their work will enter the SAM Collection. The prize winning work will be announced at the official opening on Saturday 17 June 2017.
In 2015, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran was awarded SAM’s 2015 SMFACA for his vibrant series of figures that explored identity, gender and various religious beliefs. Since then, he has continued to excite and challenge audiences in Australia and overseas with his exploration of global themes and expanded approach towards ceramics as a contemporary medium. Recent exhibitions have included Magic Object, 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art; Archipelago of Ramesh, 2016 Kuandu Biennale in Taipei, Taiwan; and Mud Men, National Gallery of Australia.
Hear about Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran’s SMFACA experience and his exhibition in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFmmcKMoXVM&list=PLSyOf_z4mjkDODYXBBhxEfXFt7GJyS6uQ&index=3.
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Five architects shortlisted to develop Concept Designs for the new SAM Design competition
25 October 2016
Five architectural teams have been chosen to develop concept designs for the new SAM design competition in Shepparton.
The architects are Denton Corker Marshall Pty Ltd, John Wardle Architects, Kerstin Thompson Architects, Lyons, and MvS Architects.
The architecture competition for a new SAM attracted 88 applications through Greater Shepparton City Council’s tendering process. The tender was the first stage of a two-stage competition endorsed by the Australian Institute of Architects to select an architectural design for the new museum.
A seven member jury assessed the applications and shortlisted to five. The seven member jury is a skills based board, with professionals drawn from the arts, architecture/design, academia, Indigenous architecture and related industries.
The judging was based on Design Approach (50%), Capability (30%) and Experience (20%). The Design Approach judged the quality and strength of the design team’s ideas, approach and strategy for the project.
The Experience criteria included the nominated design team’s skills, experience and qualifications and extent of involvement of the key personal.
The Capability criteria focused on the design team’s capacity and resources including their ability to deliver outstanding architecture and landscape design of similar scale and complexity; ability to achieve cost-effective solutions through excellent design; and the ability to work effectively with local government or similar clients and a range of stakeholders, and to coordinate consultant teams.
“In January 2017 we will put all five design concepts on public exhibition and will announce the winner of the competition in April 2017,” said Director Community Kaye Thomson.
“Each of the five architect teams will be provided with a more detailed brief and will be paid an honorarium of $7,000 to assist with the development of the concept design. The winning entry will receive a prize of $10,000.”
PROFILES
Denton Corker Marshall Pty Ltd
Denton Corker Marshall brings a wealth of experience and expertise and is an internationally recognised design practice earning its reputation for creative, distinctive and responsive design. It is a three times winner of the country’s most prestigious architectural award, the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Buildings for Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Melbourne Museum and Anzac Hall Australian War Memorial Canberra.
Three times winner of the AIA International Architecture Award for Stonehenge Visitor Centre and Interpretative Museum, Australian Embassy Beijing and Manchester Civil Justice Centre UK. Also winner of multiple design awards for Brisbane South Bank Precinct and Grand Arbour and Webb Bridge in Melbourne. Other projects include Australian Pavillion, Venice Giardini della Biennale, Venice; redevelopment of the heritage Magill Estate buildings at Penfolds Magill Estate in South Australia and masterplanning concepts for Victoria’s Shipwreck Coast Interpretive Centre.
John Wardle Architects
The John Wardle Architects (JWA) team is highly experienced and have twice been awarded the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Building’s at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Awards. Many of projects have been for significant cultural institutions such as museums, botanic gardens, universities and national parks, while others have been part of urban developments.
Experience includes design for the Bruny Island Community Hall in Tasmania, Melbourne School of Design (creative hub for University of Melbourne), Australian Garden in Cranbourne, The Nigel Peck Centre for Melbourne Grammar School, The Hawke Building in Adelaide, Samstag Museum in Adelaide, Kaurna Building for UniSA and currently working for Major Projects Victoria to design and deliver the Tanderrum Bridge that will connect Birrarung Marr with Melbourne Park tennis precinct.
Kerstin Thompson Architects
Kerstin Thompson Architects create immersive, restorative, innovative and meaningful places in which landscape, interior and architecture are uniquely integrated. Their work is defined by its clarity of approach and sensitivity to place. Most recent projects include redevelopment of Broadmeadows Town Hall, Victorian College of the Arts School of Art in Southbank, Marysville Police Station and Birralee Primary School.
Other projects include the Monash University Museum of Art and Ian Potter Sculpture Forecourt, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Sacred Heart Refurbishment Project at Abbotsford Convent, Sunbury Community Arts and Cultural Precinct Masterplan and Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne Visitor Centre.
Lyons
A one team design alliance has been brought together comprising of Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Maudie Palmer and Greenaway Architects. This team has a wealth of skills, expertise and experience in the design of contemporary art galleries and museums, the design and delivery of local government and community projects and demonstrated capability to integrate art, architecture and landscape into a unique design response.
Lyons has current expertise in designing innovative multilevel building, including a new ‘vertical campus’ building for RMIT University in Melbourne and a recently completed ‘vertical community’ building for the City of Brimbank, The Housemuseum in Melbourne, Koori Heritage Trust in Federation Square, Yagan Square in Perth and a new Contemporary Art Museum in Melbourne’s East.
MvS Architects
Lead by Jan van Schaik, MvS has experience in the designing of galleries and exhibition spaces including for diverse, valuable, sensitive and precious collections. They have designed and delivered projects with construction value of over $40million. They have a track record of designing unique and compelling award winning public buildings and public realm landscapes and have detailed and intimate knowledge of the ancestral and contemporary stories of the environs and diverse communities of the Greater Shepparton Area.
MvS Architects have designed Edithvale Wetlands Centre for Melbourne Water, Victorian College of Arts library and the central curriculum building, RMIT University Library at RMIT’s major Swanston Street building, redesigned Art Gallery of South Australia for “Parallel Collisions” in 2012 and redesigned Art Gallery of New South Wales of the “Franco and Amina Belgiorno-nettis and Family Contemporary Galleries.
TIMELINES
25 October 2016 – Public announcement of five architect teams
28 October 2016 – Select design competition commences with five architect teams
14 December 2016 – Select design competition closes
16 January 2017 – Exhibition of five finalist designs for public comment
17 February 2017 – Exhibition closes
21 Feb – 18 April 2017 – Jury report, executive briefings, council briefings, council meeting
27 April 2017 – Public announcement of winner
Nell: Rock ‘n’ Roll and Buddhism at SAM
23 September 2016
In 1976, Aussie rockers AC/DC toured twice to Shepparton. Now, 40 years later the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) will salute this historic moment with a major survey show by the devout Buddhist rock ‘n’ roll inspired artist, Nell.
From 8 October to 27 November 2016, SAM presents the first major survey exhibition of artwork by the artist know as Nell. Nell is a multi-disciplinary show that explores some of Nell’s key themes and brings together significant bodies of work by the artist that showcase her diverse range of interests and media.
SAM Director, Rebecca Coates said:
“Over the years, apart from Nell’s love of AC/DC, perhaps the most constant thing about Nell’s practice is the sheer variety in her range of materials. Painting, installation, music and video are all co-opted to examine the big questions: life, happiness, spirituality and structured forms of religion, silence and noise, and the darker sides of negativity, sadness or death. While the language may be simple, her understanding of its philosophical underpinnings and art historical context is not.”
Nell’s work consistently adopts different media and forms. The exhibition spans various genres that include painting, installation, sculpture, video and ceramics. It features Nell’s major installation The Wake, 2014 – 2015 first shown at Art Gallery South Australia as part of Adelaide Biennale. It will also include a commissioned work developed around the idea of the wunderkammer or ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ from objects drawn from the SAM Collection. This will also include works by leading contemporary artists who have played an inspirational role in Nell’s own creative process.
SAM’s exhibition fuses rock ‘n’ roll and Buddhist traditions with a series of works that explore binary opposites that we easily recognise in our everyday lives; black/white, night/day, male/female, quiet/loud, contained/uncontained. These opposites are used to explore the idea that nothing is absolute.
SAM will also present a series of public programs such as All Ages Rock ‘n’ roll Yoga; a yoga session in the park choreographed to a set list of AC/DC hits; and The Art of Zen; an artist led meditation session inside the Nell exhibition space. Further information can be found on SAM’s website www.sheppartonartmuseum.com.au.
Important dates
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Saturday 8 October to Sunday 27 November, SAM |
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Media Preview |
Friday 7 October, 10.30am to 11.30pm, SAM |
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Artist Talk – with Nell |
Saturday 8 October 3 to 4pm, SAM |
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Saturday 8 October 2 to 3pm, SAM |
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Sunday 23 October 11am to12noon, Queens Gardens Shepparton |
IMAGE: Nell, QUIET/LOUD, 2015, single‐channel digital video, 16:9, colour. Videography: Tina Havelock Stevens Sound: Ingrid Rowell. Commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre for Transmission curated by Carrie Miller. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney © the artist.
School Holidays at SAM
31 August 2016
September
Middens and Memories
Gain insight into the local traditions of the Yorta Yorta people. Children will make objects that reference the sourcing of food, building knowledge that deepens understanding and value of culturally significant sites.
Date: Wednesday 21 September
Audience:
10.30am to 12.30pm for 5 – 9 years BOOK: here
1.30 to 3.30pm for 10 – 14 years BOOK: here
Venue: SAM workshop room
Cost: $20 (Friends $18)
Artists: Jack Anselmi and Auntie Cynthia Hardie
Family Walking Tour
Join SAM and Gallery Kaiela staff for a guided tour of exhibitions at both venues and discuss the artwork over morning tea.
Date: Thursday 22 September
Time: 10 to 12noon
Audience: Families
Venue: SAM and Gallery Kaiela
Cost: Free
Bookings: Online
Painting Stories: Aboriginal Signs and Symbols
Learn to read a painting through Aboriginal signs and symbols used to reference Country, cultural protocols and traditional visual language. Create your own story using paint and mixed media.
Date: Friday 23 September
Time: 10.30am to 12.30pm
Audience: 9 to 13 years
Venue: SAM workshop room
Cost: $15 (Friends $13)
Tutor: Tammy-Lee Atkinson
Bookings: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/aboriginal-signs-and-symbols-sam-school-holiday-workshop-9-13yrs-tickets-26165978145
Drawing Wall #24 by Darren Wardle
24 August 2016
Darren Wardle is the 24th artist to feature on the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) Drawing Wall this week (22 – 26 August 2016).
Darren Wardle is known for his hyper-real paintings of abandoned buildings and urban structures that appear to be drawn from a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi dystopia. Painted in a synthetic day-glo palette, they hint at the failures of modernism and its associated belief in a rational and orderly world.
Darren Wardle’s Billboard Panorama, on SAM’s Drawing Wall in the Eastbank Centre Foyer, is an instantly recognisable image for any suburban dweller in the Western world. This archetypal scene depicts disused advertising billboards silhouetted against a highly saturated sky. While uninhabited, there is evidence of life in the form of graffiti scrawl that defaces the structures: an attempt at visibility or to reclaim territory within the constant barrage of advertising. A surveillance camera records and monitors from overhead.
SAM Senior Curator Anna Briers said:
‘Wardle’s image could portray a specific place, or nowhere in particular. An urban view that we might experience in transit while on a road trip: somewhere between our present location and our destination. As a representation of the way in which commodity culture informs architecture and space, the image recalls the homogeneity and sameness of cities globally. The work has an alluring cinematic quality that evokes the post-war gasoline stations and roadside architecture that seminal West-coast American Pop artist Edward Ruscha captured in the ’60s.’
Darren Wardle holds a Masters by Research from the Victorian College of the Arts, 2014. He has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards and his works are held in various Australian collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Heidi Museum of Modern Art, and RMIT University Collection, amongst others. He has held over 20 solo shows and exhibited widely in the USA, Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Wardle is represented by Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne and Stephan Stoyanov Gallery in New York City.
Darren will be installing his work from until Friday 26 August. This is a great opportunity for the community to come by and see him at work and ask questions about his art and processes.
Image Credit: Darren Wardle in his studio.
2016 Indigenous Ceramic Art Award (ICAA) winner announced.
22 August 2016
Congratulations to Gallery Kaiela Artists, Jack Anselmi and Cynthia Hardie, Yorta Yorta (VIC), the 2016 ICAA recipients.
The Shepparton Art Museum is pleased to announce that the 2016 Indigenous Ceramic Art Award has been awarded to Gallery Kaiela Artists, Jack Anselmi and Cynthia Hardie, Yorta Yorta (VIC).
The winner of the $20,000 acquisitive prize was announced by Mr Rupert Myer AO during the exhibition official opening event, Saturday 20 August 2016.
The judges tasked to select the winner from the 2016 ICAA finalist were Tom Mosby, CEO, Koorie Heritage Trust Inc; Kimberley Moulton, Senior Curator South Eastern Australian Collections, Melbourne Museum; and Dr Rebecca Coates, Director, Shepparton Art Museum.
The judges were looking for a work that was innovative, challenging, exciting and would intrigue while exploring and extending the medium of ceramics.
Judge’s comments:
“ The 2016 ICAA showcased an outstanding calibre of entrants reflecting the sophistication of Indigenous ceramic art practice around the nation. This made judging difficult, requiring a very considered approach.
While the award is a ceramic award, it is also an Indigenous ceramic award. This meant that works needed to extend the ceramic medium, and also reflect the artist’s perspective as an Indigenous person and their cultural expression. The ceramic medium needed to enhance the telling of this story. Each of the works in this year’s award tells a unique story that is very personal to each of the artists, arts collectives and the community they come from, generously sharing aspects of their lives, identity, country and creation stories.
The winning work was selected for its ambition, extension of the artist’s practice, the way it extends the medium of ceramic and importantly for the cultural story it presents. Yorta Yorta artists Jack Anselmi and Cynthia Hardie’s immersive installation, Midden, reveals the different ways that ceramics can be manipulated and extended. The layering of history and content is exposed through a range of ceramic forms: buff raku and ceramic grog, delicate and intricate porcelain bones and shells, and rough hand-shaped balls made from clay collected from the Kaiela (Goulburn) River banks. The more you look and reflect on this work, the more it reveals. It is a statement and testament of knowledge and connection to country that weaves the past into the present, gathering communities, families and culture, and leaving a legacy for the future.”
The ICAA is an acquisitive Award that celebrates and supports the rich and diverse use of the ceramic medium by Indigenous artists and acknowledges the special industry of ceramic art. Each shortlisted artist has presented a substantial body of new work for display. To assist the artists to create their dynamic body of work, the seven shortlisted applicants received a development fee to help support the production.
The 2016 ICAA shortlisted artists were:
- Janet Fieldhouse, Torres Strait (QLD)
- Deanne Gilson, Wadawurrung/ Wathaurung (VIC)
- Sean Miller, Kamilaroi (NSW)
- Raymond Young, Gunnai / Yorta Yorta/ Gunditjmara (VIC)
- Alison Murray, Girramay (QLD)
Gallery Kaiela Artists, Yorta Yorta (VIC)
- Jack Anselmi
- Cynthia Hardie Ernabella Potters, Pukatja Community – Pitjantjatjara Language (SA)
- Alison Milyika Carroll
- Elizabeth Dunn
- Rupert Jack
- Lynette Lewis
- Rachael Mipantjiti Lionel
- Janelle Muwitja Nakamarra Thompson
- Fiona Wells
- Tjimpuna Williams
The ICAA is developed in partnership with the Sir Andrew and Lady Fairley Foundation, Margaret Lawrence Bequest and Mr Allan Myers AC QC and is generously supported by Fairer Futures Fund / Australian Communities Foundation.
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For further information, print quality images of Award winners, or to arrange interviews with SAM staff, or ICAA artists please contact SAM Marketing Coordinator Gabriella Calandro on phone (03) 5832 9522 or email gabriella.calandro@shepparton.vic.gov.au.
IMAGE: Jack Anselmi and Cynthia Hardi (Gallery Kaiela), Midden, 2016, buff raku, porcelain, ceramic grog, Goulburn river (Kaiela) terracotta, Red River Gum leaves and grasses, campfire charcoal, bark, 250 x 150 x 65cm approx. irreg. courtesy and © the artists. Photo: Christian Capurro.