CURRENT Exhibition

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2 Feb - 4 March

Opening event Thursday 2nd Feb 6pm

Heather Lee, Memoir, Suite I

Christine Johnson, Ephemera

‘Field’ is a term laden with a multitude of meanings thereby inviting individual interpretation. For some, it signals a sense of place, a locus, an area of open land bounded in some way or as an area of interest, a field of study. 

For Christine, the term carries a specific meaning when contemplating the work of Mallee botanist and field naturalist, Eileen Ramsay who helped establish the Sunraysia Field Naturalists Club, here in Red Cliffs in 1949. 

For Heather, the concept of the field is expansive and symbolic, the realm of untapped possibilities, a place of memories bound up in the lasting influences of those who shape us as individuals.

Johnson and Lee first met in 2015 by pure happenstance. For Johnson the meeting inspired the research that has since become the focal point of her work. For Lee, the encounter re-ignited her creative practice. It is only fitting that both artists are now sharing their knowledge and experiences in this exhibition. 

‘Field’ reflects the poetic experience and the sustained journey taken by two individuals who came together through opportunity, chance, possibility. The mysteries of inspiration, creativity and expression are at the heart of this exhibition.

Read the Ephemera catalogue here.

Image:   Memoir, Suite I (geranium), Heather Lee, 2022-23. Mixed media on pitch embossed Fabriano paper, 49.5 x 42 cm. 

2 - 28 January

The Jacaranda Art Prize is themed on the Jacaranda in bloom (Oct/Nov) and welcomes entries from emerging and established artists working across any medium (including painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, and sculpture) of works 30x30cm.

Further information here.