JENNY HALL - GOING DOWN TOWN
14 July – 22 August

St Kilda Road - Jenny Hall

Jenny Mai Hall's art practice explores the human condition voyeuristically within the context of 'the everyday'. The prints in this exhibition are images of people negating the busy streets of Melbourne. Although the city streets are busy there is a sense of detachment and isolation. The prints are all original prints of a limited edition. This means all the prints have been printed in a traditional manner using printers ink and a manual printing press. The prints are pulled from either a carved wooden or lino block or etched onto a metal plate. Jenny Mai Hall is a Graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking) at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Her prints, paintings and videos have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at various galleries in and around Melbourne. In 2006 her work was exhibited in 'Hatched-Australian Graduate Exhibition' at (PICA) Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, W.A. and also that year exhibited in a group exhibition at Geidai University, Tokyo, JAPAN. She was selected to exhibit in the Burnie Print Prize 2007 at Burnie Regional Gallery, TAS. Her work has been published in the journal, Griffiths Review-Spring 2006

EXHIBITION OPENING
6pm Sunday 18th July
Join the artist to celebrate the opening of this exhibition. All welcome - no entry charge. Dinner Bookings to 9754 5707


. All Change at Richmond - Jenny Hall

Kirsten Laken, has been working with glass since 1984, and has built up a broad knowledge of various glass work techniques over this time, including stained-glass, leadlighting and kiln formed glass. Working from her studio in Selby, exhibiting her work throughout Australia, Kirsten has worked in the glass industry since she was 14 years old, winning multiple awards for her work.

Kirsten creates new and innovative ways of expressing her art though glass, working with both contemporary and traditional methods.

“I enjoy using several techniques combined within a project to add dimension and unique individuality to each of my glass works. I also enjoy working with a theme, whether it be religious, evolutionary or planetary, exploring the beginings, and creating my interpretation. Using the inspiration from the natural forest environment in which I live”

“I have a wide and broad range of designs, techniques and mediums with which I display the versatility of glass. I love to create works which are unique, trapping organic matter within kiln-fired glass and using found or recycled materials.”

Kirsten creates architectural and church windows, artworks, jewellery, bowls, chandeliers and more. She also runs her own business, Spirit of Glass, and teaches workshops in schools and from her studio. Kirsten studied Art & Design at Phillip Institute and completed a Trade certificate in stained-glass through Holmesglen.

STEVEN FIRMAN
A Bird In The Hand
4 March – 11 April

A Bird in the Hand is an exhibition of painting and screen prints by local artist Steven Firman.

Whilst the paintings are decorative in nature, for the artist the title suggests something more political. A captive bird, one ‘in the hand’, is worth two of those ‘in the bush’. Those of us living in the hills, on the fringe of the suburbs, sometimes have a love hate relationship with our fauna. Whilst we admire their beauty, when cockatoos eat our picket fences and cedar windowsills some demand a cull of the ‘pests’.

Our native parks have for decades encouraged tourist feeding the birds – in the hand – making our picnic spots a must see tourist destination. Now there is a ban on this. The artist aims to raise some questions surrounding this issue – who are the pests? The local fauna, or humans? How much government control do we need around this issue? Is a bird in the bush actually worth two in the hand?

NOAH SYMONS

Paintings, Drawings & Studies 2005-2009
13 January – 28 February

The work in this exhibition revolves around a fascination with the figurative and the
environment; an exploration into colour and form, which spans the last 4 years.

‘Living and working in the hills over the last six years has inspired my art practice, through the peaceful lush surroundings and the warm and friendly workplace of Earthly Pleasures.

The work was influenced by the people around me and my own sense of purpose and place. Other themes explore environment, past memories, present journeys and the human condition.’

Noah Symons recently completed a degree in Fine Art at RMIT. As well as being a visual artist, he is also a musician who performs under the moniker "Great Earthquake". In his musical performances, I utilizes a number of instruments to create soundscapes, organically built up in time, with a strong emphasis on rhythm.