CONFLUENCE
Confluence - a month of public art and sculpture events held in venues across the Hastings.
Confluence: Where rivers meet, convergence, flowing together, mingling of different influences, ever changing, fluid, temporary.
The name Confluence was chosen to reflect the linkage between artists, the community and the environment and also to reflect a coming together of different cultural and social perspectives.
It also reflects the strong geography of the region, dominated by the coastal and estuarine environments of stunning beaches, rivers, lakes and wetlands.
| Confluence 05 Exhibition - Port Macquarie-Hastings Regional Gallery |
Detail of sculpture by Jo Davidson
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This exhibition featured the work of leading women sculptors from the surrounding regions, who have been creating pertinent works, which are relevant to current sculptural practice; notably the art/science/ nature investigation.
The exhibiting artists included: Dianne Beevers, Jacky Beckhurst, Sue Bell, Jo Davidson, Jane Hosking, Jenny Hooper, Jen Short and Margrit Rickenbach.
Influences of watery and ephemeral themes with the companion events of the Aquasculpture sculpture prize exhibitions may be paramount, but specific subject criteria were not set for this exhibition. The artists were encouraged to produce work which is representative and in continuity with their studio practice.
Several of the artists work on collaborative public art commissions and are deeply involved with creative community projects. The strong sense of environmental concern and recycling of found objects becomes a commonality. |
Regional Public Art and Sculpture Forum “in discussion with….” |
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Richard Holloway & Sharni Lloyd at the Forum |
This Forum is a regional event for artists and arts workers. This year the Forum followed the theme of artist professional development and provided an opportunity for regional artists to connect with new ideas and ways of working.
The forum featured well-known sculptor, Anne Fergusson, Jo Davidson, Steve Killick, Rick Reynolds and Janet Cohen, It was facilitated by Richard Holloway, Regional Arts Development officer.
A list of recommendations have been generated as an outcome of the forum. |
Go 3D Exhibition, Blue Poles Gallery |
Artwork by Jeanette Whiteway |
This exhibition featured the work of local sculptors Mary Tyquin, Wendi Leigh, Julie Bower, Jeanette Whiteaway, Dorothy Filshie, Krissa Wilkinson, Claudia Richardson, and Tertius were joined by Tasmanian sculptors Dee Mills and Henrietta Norris in a group show.
The Exhibition was an opportunity to link the creativity of the hinterland with the coast. It was opened by Kim Freeman, Project Officer with Hastings Council, and this year included an artist's talk by Jeanette Whiteway. |
'REFLECTIONS ON WATER' - Osmosis Photographic Exhibition – |
Photo “Bottled Water” by Kevin Ho |
Entries for the Photographic and Writing Competition were strongly themed on water and the work formed an exhibition held as part of National Water Week at the Historic Courthouse. Winners were announced at the AquaSculpture Launch and images from the exhibition have been formed into a WaterWise Calendar.
The Project was sponsored by WaterWise Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and Camden Haven Community College.
Calendars are available from Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and Libraries throughout the Hastings. |
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