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September Exhibitions & Gallery Events [08.09.2009]

Renew Newcastle Gallery projects present their September shows:

Dates: 05 - 25 September

Exhibition: Off With Our Heads

Artists: Kane Ewin, Maree van-Tent, Bianca Hayden, Nicholas French, Michelle Maartensz, Jarrod Skene. Curator: Jarrod Skene (and chance, neccessity, etc.)

Description: A small group show involving a core of artists linked directly to the emergence of this space. Drawing, painting, photography, sculpture.

Opening Night: Saturday 05 September Time: 7pm

Project: Vox Cyclops

Location: 515 Hunter St (near Union St, next to the Rock Shop)

About: Vox Cyclops is an independent record store and gallery specializing in underground music and emerging and experimental art. Gallery Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 11am to 5pm

Contact: Vox Cyclops on facebook, voxcyclops@gmail.com

Dates: 12 September – 09 October

Exhibition: The Twilight Girls present ‘Wet Walls’

Artist/s: The Twilight Girls Curator: Penny Thwaite

Description: A site-specific installation situated on the glass windows of the Silk House shopfront. The Twlight Girls bring a mix of the tactile, the architectural and classic 70s design to the windows of Silk House. Come down and see this unusual installation……is it water? Is it glass? How did they do it??

Opening Night: Saturday 12 September Time: 6pm

Project: SilkHouseARtProjects

Location: Shop 1, 200 Hunter St Mall

About: SilkHouseARtProjects is a series of installations and experimental art projects. The works will vary in material and process. You may find the artist is working in the space during setup and throughout the exhibition.

Gallery Opening Hours: Works viewable 24hrs & open to visit 10-5 each Saturday.

Contact SHARP by email info@silkhouseartprojects.com www.silkhouseartprojects.com

Dates: 12 September – 5 October

Exhibition: Tyrannosaurus Rex

Artist/s: GRANT HUNTER, MARNIE VAUGHN, NICHOLAS FRENCH, ELI PARTRIDGE, ELIZABETH NAGY, ANDREA MARIA LAM, KELL DERRIG-HALL, ERECH OVERAKER, MIKE FOXALL, MATT NICCOLI, JEN TAIT, DEMI IACOPETTA, MORGAN CABOT, SAM WITEK, STEPHANIE COLA, KALINDY SPARKLE, LUKE JOHNSTON, DANIEL HOGAN Curator: Grant Hunter

Description: New art concerning dinosaurs.

Opening: Saturday 12th September Opening Night Music Performances by SIMO SOO & COCK SAFARI Time: 6pm – 9pm

Project: ARThive ARI

Location: Upstairs, 111 Hunter St (entry off Morgan St)

About: ARThive – a gallery and studio complex maintained by a zany collective of Newcastle Artists.

Gallery Opening Hours: Weds – Sat 12pm – 5pm.

Contact ARThive on Facebook or 0410 115 736

SPECIAL EVENTS

Date: Sunday 13 September

Time: 6pm – 9:30pm

Project: ARThive & The Hive Studios

Location: Upstairs, 111 Hunter St (entry off Morgan St)

Event: The Penis Tower Anti-Slam

Description: This is YOUR SPACE – for one night only!

Bring along your free verse, rap, spoken word, ballads, haiku, brutal rhymez, shopping lists, tarot readings, diary entries about your ex, fairy tales, dad jokes, stand-up routines, soapbox rants, instruments, whatever voice you’ve got & sign up for the PENIS TOWER ANTI-SLAM - you could win A PRIZE, you could win THE UNCONDITIONAL ADORATION OF YOUR PEERS, you could win PUPPIES, or WHATEVER’S BEHIND THIS DOOR – what’re you waiting for!

About: ARThive – a gallery and studio complex maintained by a zany collective of Newcastle Artists. Gallery Opening Hours: Weds – Sat 12pm – 5pm. Contact ARThive on Facebook or 0410 115 736