SYDNEY 16-20 July 2009
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Event
- Title:
- Clay Feet
- When:
- 17.07.2009 - 26.07.2009
- Where:
- Inner City Clayworkers Gallery - Glebe, Sydney
- Region:
- Sydney Area
Description
Opening night: Friday, 17th July at 6pm
Clay Feet at Inner City Clayworkers Gallery
Clay Feet began in 2001 as the shared aspiration of a group of ceramics students to create opportunities for emerging artists to showcase their work in both traditional and non-traditional spaces. Since then Clay Feet has evolved to a group of 12 artists living and exhibiting throughout Australia.
We come from all walks and stages of life, with several of us involved in educational centres as students, teachers and technicians. Our work is as diverse as our backgrounds and due to the artist’s varying expressions, our exhibitions display a wonderfully diverse range of fresh and vibrant contemporary ceramic art.
Artists:
Alana McVeigh, Sascha Durack, Alyson Hayes, Melanie Sharpham, Josephine Pittman, Jillian Archibald, Andrea Vinkovic, GillianTreichel, Belinda Johnson, Elaine Bradley and Sheryl Chant.
Directions from National Art School:
Inner City Clayworkers Gallery, cnr Darghan St & St John’s Rd, Glebe.
From Oxford St opposite Palmer St, take Bus no. 378 to Railway Square or 311 to Central Station [Eddy Ave.]
From Railway Square George St, Stand D, take buses 431 or 433 to Glebe Pt Rd, nr St John’s Rd. Walk up to the corner and turn right down St John’s Rd. The Inner City Clayworkers is on the left hand side about 440 metres along on the corner of Darghan St.
| Josephine Pittman, Feeding Cell, 2008, handbuilt |
Alyson Hayes, Morphora, 2008, Bone China | |
Alana Mc Veigh, Trace series, 2008, porcelain 
Venue
- Venue:
- Inner City Clayworkers Gallery - Website
- Street:
- St Johns Road and Darghan Street
- ZIP:
- 2037
- City:
- Glebe, Sydney
- State:
- NSW
Description
Contact details:
Phone/Fax: (02) 9692 9717
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Opening hours of exhibition:
Thursday to Sunday from 10.30am to 5pm
Inner City Clayworkers originally comprised a group of potters drawn together by a shared need for the professional interaction. They felt the isolation of their individual studios was unable to provide this and so the group began to meet regularly, on a fairly informal basis, late in 1979. The potters found that regular contact provided the opportunity for conversation and the exchange of ideas, which contributed to the artistic and technical development of individuals. Ideas about the benefits of a co-operative retail outlet, as opposed to commercial retail outlets, were discussed. It was not until the offer of a lease on a building close to member's individual studios that the idea of a gallery was seriously considered. 20 members of the group they opened the Inner City Clayworkers Gallery in April 1982 at 103 St Johns Road Glebe.
The gallery moved to its present location at the corner of St Johns Road and Darghan Street, Glebe in March 1983 and continues to be run on the same co-operative principals outlined by the original Clayworkers. All members participate in the management and running of the gallery.
The Inner City Clayworkers Gallery, today, is a vibrant and exciting experience, not only for its customers, but also for its members, who share the sense of ownership, pride, enjoyment and participation derived from a group venture. The gallery provides individual clayworkers with, not only the opportunity to exhibit their work, and play a part in the decision making process inherent in running a commercial venture, but the same chance for interaction that the original group sought and which helped their work to flourish.
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