HILL END ARTS COUNCIL A blog about a unique little gold rush town called Hill End in NSW Australia. That has a diverse population of farmers, locals and artists that bring a new richness to our very special town.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
HILL END PRESS: HILL END PRESS open their doors this Sunday 25th O...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Friday, October 16, 2015
KIM DEACON - New installation performance
Hill End based musician, performer and artist Kim Deacon presents an installation based on the shipboard diary of Mary Maclan, a Scottish immigrant who settled in Hill End in the 1870's. The exhibition goes on display at the Jean Bellette Gallery from 20 November 2015 to the 24th January 2016.
The diary of Mary Maclean documents her passage to Sydney from Glasgow on The Africana in 1865. It was found through pure chance by a man walking his dog in Hill End in 1961. The dog chased a rabbit and disappeared into a thick canopy of undergrowth covering a derelict house. Inside this abandoned house was a wooden box. Inside the box: a diary.
Written while she sailed as a 3rd class steerage passenger aboard The Africana from Liverpool to Sydney in 1865, the diary gives a moving and detailed account of life at sea, and the insights of a young woman on the brink of a new life.
Mary married William Marchall of Marhcall's Rich Vein Gold Mining Company, Hill End, in 1873 and lived out the rest of her life at the 'Littlehouse' family home opposite Craigmoor, where they raised four sons.
A Storm at Sea will recreate the steerage accommodation of Mary Maclean through film, narrative and a soundscape featuring the windharp. Historically, the windharp was used by Greeks and Romans as they sailed off to war and a small harp or lyre would be placed at the bow of the ship, allowing the wind to play through the strings creating heavenly harmonic sounds which would bode them well in battle.
To create the windharp soundscape for A Storm At Sea, Kim Deacon records her harps on the lookouts of Hill End and the Lachlan Valley of Cowra to create a haunting harmonic sound field which will play throughout the installation.
Kim Deacon: A Storm At Sea will be opened by artist John Firth-Smith on Friday 20 November, 5.30pm for 6pm speeches, at the Jean Bellette Gallery, Visitors Centre, Hill End.
OPENING: Friday 20 November 2015
EXHIBITION DATES: 20 November 2015 - 24 January 2016
JEAN BELLETTE GALLERY
Hill End Visitors Centre
High Street, Hill End.
Open 9.30am - 4.30pm daily
Closed for lunch 12.30pm - 1.30pm
Details can be seen on Kim Deacons facebook page
for her other coming performances go to the
INLAND SEA OF SOUND FESTIVAL
Full festival website
6,7,8th November 2015
Bathurst Goldfields
428 Conrad Straight
Wahluu -Mount Panarama
Bathurst
For BOOKINGS Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Danelle Bergstrom - Portia Geach Memorial Award finalist
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| Hill End artist Danelle Bergstrom's painting titled Centenary of Grace - Finalist for Portia Geach Memorial Prize. |
This is a little insight into Danelle's portrait of Eileen Kramer of how the meeting of two creative minds inspired this well portrayed painting.
For Eileen, born in 1914, every day is a day to create. Her 76 year career as writer, dancer, painter, costume designer and choreographer began in 1939 with the Bodenwieser Ballet, one of Australia's first modern dance companies.
Last year she was honoured with a Lifetime achievement Award from the Arts Health Institute for whom she is now an official Ambassador.
First introductions to Eileen and her stimulating body of work, extended through mutual friend Jack Thompson, at the opening night of her latest work, a performance of the "The Early Ones" that she both choreographed and performed.
While researching for the portrait, I attended a dance and movement class held by Eileen with the intention to observe and sketch. However it proved difficult to be merely a spectator, being drawn into her graceful hypnotic movements. Enticed to participate, not necessarily following the graceful actions of the class, but eager to experience the rhythms, fluidity and elegance of the movements that Eileen expresses so naturally.
You can see more of Danelle Bergstroms evocative landscape paintings at her coming exhibition at
A R T H O U S E G A L L E R Y www.arthousegallery.com.au/artists/bergstrom_danelle/
Friday, October 9, 2015
HILL END ARTS COUNCIL: Genevieve Carroll and Hui Selwood finalists in SCU...
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| Blossoming refugee by Genevieve Carroll |
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| Hui Selwood - Vortex at Sculpture in the Garden, Rosby Wines Mudgee |
Hill End artist DANELLE BERGSTROM - coming exhibition ART HOUSE Gallery
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| Danelle Bergstrom in her studio. Images courtesy of Country Style November issue and photographer Michael Wee. |
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| Rekindle Oil on linen 61 x 61cm |
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| Burning heart III, oil on linen, 92 x 92 cm |
Thursday, October 8, 2015
SPECIAL EVENT - OPEN HOUSE AND STUDIO DAY HILL END
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| English Cottages - Hill End Press |
HILL END
OPEN HOUSE DAY
SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2015
ADULTS $25.00
CONCESSION $18.00
Register at the Royal Hall at 9.30am
(right next door to the pub)
Come visit our homes, gardens, courthouse, Royal Hall and our studios.
Enjoy Hill End's sublime tranquility as you stroll through
this captivating historic village,
Central Tablelands NSW.
For more details on our website www.hillend.org
Bookings essential. Phone 02 6337 8306
or email lapaloma@skymesh.com.au
Houses to be opened
Courthouse
Royal Hall
Murrays
English
Carvers
Haefligers
Dennington
St Pauls Church
Ackermann
Rose
Craigmoor (separate entry fee)
Craigmoor (separate entry fee)
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
will have their 2 cottages Murrays and Haefligers residency program open to check out where Margaret Olley, Donald Friend and Russell Drysdale created there art.
Haefligers where John Olsen, Jean Bellette,
Paul Haefliger and Brett Whiteley were inspired.
Lapaloma pottery and Hill End Press will be opening the doors of their studios.
The Catholic Church will have the very talented Gwenda Davies
from the Conservatorium of Music Bathurst playing her harp.
To give you an idea of the unique and beautiful way we live in Hill End, several houses from Hill End are featured in Kara Rosenlunds exquisite new book called SHELTER on sale next week in bookstores nationally.
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| Images courtesy of Kara Rosenlund |
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| Carvers Cottage, Hill End. |
This very special event is sponsored by
SPECIAL EVENT - OPEN HOUSE AND STUDIO DAY HILL END
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| English Cottages - Hill End Press |
HILL END
OPEN HOUSE DAY
SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2015
ADULTS $25.00
CONCESSION $18.00
Register at the Royal Hall at 9.30am
(right next door to the pub)
Come visit our homes, gardens, courthouse, Royal Hall and our studios.
Enjoy Hill End's sublime tranquility as you stroll through
this captivating historic village,
Central Tablelands NSW.
For more details on our website www.hillend.org
Bookings essential. Phone 02 6337 8306
or email lapaloma@skymesh.com.au
Houses to be opened
Courthouse
Royal Hall
Murrays
English
Carvers
Haefligers
Dennington
St Pauls Church
Ackermann
Rose
Craigmoor (separate entry fee)
Craigmoor (separate entry fee)
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
will have their 2 cottages Murrays and Haefligers residency program open to check out where Margaret Olley, Donald Friend and Russell Drysdale created there art.
Haefligers where John Olsen, Jean Bellette,
Paul Haefliger and Brett Whiteley were inspired.
Lapaloma pottery and Hill End Press will be opening the doors of their studios.
The Catholic Church will have the very talented Gwenda Davies
from the Conservatorium of Music Bathurst playing her harp.
To give you an idea of the unique and beautiful way we live in Hill End, several houses from Hill End are featured in Kara Rosenlunds exquisite new book called SHELTER on sale next week in bookstores nationally.
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| Images courtesy of Kara Rosenlund |
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| Carvers Cottage, Hill End. |
This very special event is sponsored by
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Bill Moseley 2015 Bowness Photography Prize finalist
It's just endless this month, the artists of Hill End are in full spring with finalists in the Portia Geach - Rosemary Valadon, Sculpture in the Garden - Genevieve Carroll and Hui Selwood and Bill Moseley selected for the prestigious Bowness Photography Prize at Monash Art Gallery Melbourne.
Photographer/master printmaker of Hill End Press, Bill Moseley was one of the 47 selected for his work The Coalminers Daughter, out of 2400 entries this prize. Excited... yes he was, this led to a trip down to Monash Art Gallery to shuffle and mix with other photographers on the opening night. Chatting to the eloquent photographer Bill Henson who was one of the judges for this years prize, was a high light of the night.
The MGA Foundation was established in 2005 with the aim of supporting Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) and its nationally significant collection of Australian photography. The Foundation's program of events and fundraising activities is managed by Trustees.
The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize was initiated by the MGA Foundation in 2006. Established to promote excellence in photography, the Bowness Photography Prize and exhibition provide an opportunity to view and to engage with some of the best of contemporary Australian photography. (notes from Monash Art Gallery website)
For more information on this exquisite antiquarian photography and workshops in this field of photography, or if you would like to purchase this artwork go to Hill End Press website: www.hillendpress.com.au
For more information on the finalists of the Bowness Photography Prize go to http://www.mga.org.au/bowness-prize
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| The Coalminers Daughter Wet Plate Collodion 8 x 10 Tin Type 2015 |
The MGA Foundation was established in 2005 with the aim of supporting Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) and its nationally significant collection of Australian photography. The Foundation's program of events and fundraising activities is managed by Trustees.
The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize was initiated by the MGA Foundation in 2006. Established to promote excellence in photography, the Bowness Photography Prize and exhibition provide an opportunity to view and to engage with some of the best of contemporary Australian photography. (notes from Monash Art Gallery website)
For more information on this exquisite antiquarian photography and workshops in this field of photography, or if you would like to purchase this artwork go to Hill End Press website: www.hillendpress.com.au
For more information on the finalists of the Bowness Photography Prize go to http://www.mga.org.au/bowness-prize
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