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February Exhibitions & Opportunities [28.01.2011]

Time Pour by Elizabeth Nagy

A collection of drawings & other works on paper exploring “how frustrating it can be at times, and how relaxing it can also be, to be the type of artist that loses track of time while they’re involved in their creative practice. When you get in ‘the zone’, where exactly do you go? The departure can be like disappearing into a big silver, warpy puddle in your bedroom wall.”

Elizabeth Nagy says of her craft: “I love to draw. I went to the SCA and learned how to play around with different kinds of paper and mark making. I love maps and anything 2D which doffs its hat to the 3D. I love messing with surface and picture plane armed with just paper, pencils, pen and printed samples. I like to do drawings of everyday things and also you can expect a lot of reference to natural history in my show.” LIKE on Facebook

Exhibition Opens: Fri 4 Feb, 6-9pm

Exhibition Period: Weds 2 – Sat 12 Feb.

@ Arthive Upstairs, 111 Hunter St. (entry from Morgan St).

Gallery Open: Weds-Sat 12-5pm

Celebrity Story by DAG ART

DAg ARt is a collective that formed as an investigation into street art. The group started with stencils and moved on to small-scale collaged stickers made from images and text cut primarily from magazines. Since the formation of DAg ARt, thousands of stickers have been made with the majority being put on display on the streets of Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne and Hong Kong.

The Celebrity Story exhibition will include a wall of small collage stickers (up to 1000). DAg ARt specialises in juxtapositions and common themes of the works include celebrity, the media, body image, Brad Pitt, body builders, Heath Ledger, bad puns, one liners and people as they are represented in magazines.

Exhibition Opens: Fri 18 Feb, 7pm

Exhibition Period: Weds 16 – Sat 26 Feb.

@ Arthive Upstairs, 111 Hunter St. (entry from Morgan St).

Gallery Open: Weds-Sat 12-5pm

Libero by Gav Vitullo

First Solo exhibition.

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Exhibition Opens: Fri 4 Feb, 6-9pm

Exhibition Period: Fri 4 Feb – Wed 2 Mar.

@Before It Began. Upstairs, 14 Thorn St. Shop Open: Tues-Sat 11-5pm

A Force of Nature by Su Walker & Mark St Clair

Combining Su’s abstracts and Mark’s fine art nudes with a nature theme.

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Exhibition Opens: Fri 4 Feb, 7pm Exhibition Period: Fri 4 – Sat 26 Feb

@ Gallery Raw. 202 King St. Gallery Open: Thurs – Sat, 10-4pm

GET INVOLVED in 2011

::Deadline 5 Feb.The Roost Creative is seeking submissions from local graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and others working in the digital realm for Showcase #1, an exhibition showcasing fresh and exciting work, hatched in Newcastle.

Fourteen submitted works will be selected for an exhibition to coincide with the launch of The Roost at 6pm on 10 February.

Submit your work by 5 Feb to info@theroostcreative.com.au. They’re looking for work that can be reproduced in large format (a PDF at 300dpi). If your work is selected, it will be printed in A0 format ($20 printing fee) and works will be hung in The Roost gallery space.

::Deadline 14 Feb. Submit works to Newcastle Morning Photos Flickr group – a daily photographic record of Newcastle in the morning. Images by the people, for the people. Anyone can sign up and submit photos. Submit by 14 Feb to have your shot considered for exhibition in a special Renew Newcastle show (details TBA). More Information

::Deadline 21 Feb. Stallholders apply for Young & Baroque Artist Market 2011 at ARThive. Woodland setting theme! Email subjecthive@gmail.com for details.

::Submissions Open Now. Exhibit your works at ARThive artist run space for emerging artists, Gallery Raw photographic gallery, Before It Began fashion/art/studio or Odditorium Vintage & Portrait Parlour. Contact these spaces directly to apply for a show.