Double Hitch

Double Hitch is the rumoured group show in a scout hall that fellow artist (and a bit more) Adam Veikkanen and I are putting together -it is now a reality and should be written into diaries!

Roping together installation, drawing, sculpture, video and music, Double Hitch is an exhibition featuring works by eight emerging artists who have studied at the ANU School of Art, and who have all grown up in Canberra. Using materials found in their homes, on the streets, in the scrub, at the op-shop, each artist ties together their ideas of warmth, community, friendship and reminiscences of a childhood spent in the suburbs of Canberra.

This exhibition, held inside the heritage-listed O’Connor Scout Hall and away from the traditional gallery space, welcomes all members of the public to view the work and become entangled with their local artists and welcomed into Canberra’s thriving art scene.

Featuring works by:

Adam Veikkanen
Fiona Veikkanen*
Bettina Hill*
Hannah Bath
Chris Carmody
Tim Dwyer
Poppy Malik
 Luke Penders.

Opening Night Friday 29^th of April, 6pm.

Continues Saturday 30^th and Sunday 1^st from 10am until 5pm.

O’Connor Scout Hall: Cnr Boronia Drive and Hovea Street, O’Connor.

*Both Fiona Veikkanen and Bettina Hill are currently residents of CCAS.

You Are Here Festival -Here and There Artist Sweat Shop

Working 9-5 for three days straight (or there about) a number of Canberra artists made the most of an empty shop front and came together to mass produce art within these set time and space restraints. 

Getting into a rhythm I snipped away for hour upon hour, a couple of my woollen blankets no longer quite so woolly.

As art makers clocked off at five on Saturday Afternoon the work was arranged into a tidy little exhibition.

The Sweat Shop- work finished, exhibition beginning.

Woollen Blanket 2- (A decent days work)

Woollen Blanket 1 and 2- (install shot.)

Wonder Wool Under Way

art under way. March, 2011.

Much thanks to all who have contributed to the Unwanted Woolies Wonder Muster! Art is in the making. Your wool is making this possible. (woollen items still accepted) 

Unwanted Woolies Wonder Muster

I am collecting 100% woollen knits of all colours and designs to create a massive community knit artwork.

 I would love your participation.

 If you have any unwanted woollens no matter how worn, you can send them this way to a very grateful recipient.

 Please contact me as soon as possible to arrange collection.

The Chain Gang Exhibition

The Chain Gang Exhibition- install shot, 16 December 2010

Running only for one weekend, The Chain Gang Exhibition is located in an empty shopfront/office space above King O'Malleys in the city centre. The exhibition is comprised of painting, photos, installation, music, video and sculpture. As the space is just about to go under renovation the owner was happy for us to paint, drill, cut, rearrange, rip up, and alter to our heart's content.

Other Things I Like to Make.

Woollen Jumper Blanket, 2010. Photo: Ruby Green.

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Woollen Jumper Blanket(2), 2010 Photo: Ruby Green

Woollen Jumper Blanket(detail), 2010. Photo: Ruby Green. 

Woollen Jumper Blanket(detail), 2010. Photo: Ruby Green. 

Rag Rug, 2010.Photo: Ruby Green.  

Rag Rug(detail), 2010.Photo: Ruby Green.   

Rag Rug(2), 2010.Photo: Ruby Green.   

Crocheted Hamburger, 2009. Photo: Ruby Green.    

Flax Object, 2009.  Photo: Ruby Green.    

Graduate work, 2010.

Bags and Brushes, 2010. Photo: Damien Geary.

Pedal Pump, 2010. Photo: Damien Geary.

Hand Tool (1), 2010. Photo: Damien Geary.

 

 Hand Tool (2), 2010. Photo: Damien Geary. 

Hose and Pipe, 2010.  Photo: Damien Geary. 

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Installation shot.Photo: Damien Geary.