Artists of today, artists of tomorrow
The Northern Rivers Community Gallery will host two exhibitions showcasing the creative talents of artists from the region, starting December 8.
PANtastic is a diverse exhibition of new work by members of the Practicing Artists Network (PAN) including Suvira McDonald, Jerry Cook, Anne Mosey and Katka Adams.
This year, the annual PAN exhibition moves from its traditional exhibition base in Byron Bay to the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina in order to reach out to a new audience and to celebrate over 10 years of PAN activity.
PAN is a non-profit organisation committed to promoting visuals arts across the Northern Rivers.
For the exhibition PAN members were invited to exhibit work created in 2009 and 2010 and not previously exhibited in the region.
The exhibition will include a range of media and techniques.
PANtastic will be launched by Tony Duke, CEO of Arts Northern Rivers, on Saturday, December 11, 2pm to 4pm.
Also on display is Towards Tomorrow, a showcase of outstanding work by Years 9 to 12 students from Southern Cross School K-12.
The exhibition will include HSC work including Rowan Tolley’s Intimations of Inevitability, which was recently selected for Art Express.
The HSC ‘bodies of work’ were produced over a nine-month period, with each student choosing their subject matter, media and researching influential artists.
The students worked with themes such as the family, environmental awareness, fashion, childhood memoirs and war and famine.
Towards Tomorrow presents a diverse range of conceptual and media based investigations undertaken by students in the visual arts, visual design and photography.
Towards Tomorrow will be launched on Friday, December 10, 4pm-6pm.
Entry into both exhibitions is free. Each exhibition continues until January 9.
The gallery will be closed for Christmas from December 25 until Wednesday, January 5.
