Art Exhibitions
Surfhenge by Nicole Esplin 2006
EPHEMERA
5 Lands Walk Avoca Beach Ephemeral Sculpture Exhibition
The Visual Arts Committee of the 5 Lands Walk Inc and Avoca Artists Inc invite artists to submit entries for pre-selection in the seventh annual 5 Lands Walk Avoca Beach ephemeral sculpture exhibition, Ephemera, on Avoca Beach and at Copacabana from 23 to 24 June 2012 for the 5 Lands Walk. We are sure that the quality of entries this year will once again be exceptional.
Eligible sculpture policy
Only ephemeral sculpture consistent with the exhibition theme made from found, natural, local or recycled materials is eligible for entry.
Reed Bug by Margaret Fortey 2008
Theme
The theme of the 5 Lands Walk is "connecting people to people and people to place" and Ephemera adopts this theme.
Ephemera is about demonstrating a sense of place through a sensibility to the physical, spiritual and cultural environments of the five lands. Interpretation of the theme is open, but might include reference to the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal history of the place and the connection of its people to the land. It might include influences such as the winter solstice, significant to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, the serpent creation story or the northern journey of the whale.
The theme for Ephemera is deliberately broad, allowing for individual modernist/postmodernist artistic inquiries to be exhibited alongside more symbolic and public artwork. Artists may site a previously exhibited artwork in the exhibition provided the artwork is conceptually congruent with the event's theme.
Time and Tide by Jiri Kripac 2009
All sites are on the sand at Avoca Beach (some at Copacabana by special arrangement) with some Norfolk Island Pine sites and one rock pool site available for appropriate site-specific sculpture. The exhibition is open to extreme weather changes and tidal variation. All sculpture must be made to withstand the weather and be safe for the general public to engage with. All sculpture must be safely sited using footings in the sand or other securing methods. In your application please provide a Safety Statement of no more than one A4 page on how you have addressed any hazards the construction of your sculpture may pose and how your construction methods will address these safety issues. Please also include in the statement how you intend to site your sculpture detailing the footing or securing methods you would use to ensure your sculpture is safely sited.
Curatorial panel
Artwork for the Ephemera 2012 exhibition will be selected by a panel comprising the Curator of the 5 Lands Walk Inc Visual Arts Committee and a nominee of the 5 Lands Walk Visual Arts Committee plus two nominees of Avoca Artists Inc. The panel will consider the Eligible Sculpture Policy in making its selection for the exhibition. It will also consider the Artist's Submission paper. This is to be no more than one A4 page outlining the proposed sculpture. It should also include an artist's statement (max 25 words) which will be used for the exhibition catalogue.
Clothesline by Sandy James 2008
Participating artists 2012 - watch this space!
Artists exhibiting in Ephemera at Avoca Beach in 2011 included Peter Baka, Bronwyn Barry, Edward Bennetts, Nicole de Mestre, Norma Dunston, Margaret Fortey, Val Hill, Rowena Hordern, Sandy James, Jiri Kripac, Tony McWilliam, Martin Smith and Willemina Villari.
Artists included in Ephemera Copacabana are Michele Brennan, Copacabana Primary School students (co-ordinated by Nicola Read, Joanna Francis and Sue Lewis), Sile Molloy, June Morin, Nicola Read and Fran Van Krieken.
Installation and de-installation
Installation is on 23 June 2012 and de-installation is on 25 June 2012. Installation times and site numbers will be provided to selected artists not later than two weeks prior to the exhibition.
Should the curator deem any artwork to be unsafe at any stage of the exhibition, the curator will either request the artist to rectify the safety concern or remove the artwork. All risk in the exhibition of a sculpture remains with the artist. Vandalism may occasionally occur and is a risk borne by the artist. No security for the artworks is employed by the organisers.
Tidal by Bronwyn Tuohy 2008
CONNECTIONS - 5 Lands Walk Art Exhibition Avoca Beach and Copacabana
Exhibition Information
The Connections exhibitions of paintings, sculptures and photography will be held at the Avoca Beach Surf Club and the Copacabana Surf Club on 23 and 24 June 2012. This exhibition is also in its 7th year, and in 2011 attracted record numbers of entries, which we are sure will be surpassed in 2012. If so, some works may also be exhibited at the MacMasters Surf Club. The exhibition will be curated by sculptor Charlie Trivers, with the assistance of members of Avoca Artists Inc and the 5 Lands Walk Visual Arts Committee.
The 5 Lands Walk and theme of the exhibition
The 5 lands walk is an annual cultural event that began in 2006. It is a cultural, physical and spiritual journey comprising a 9 km walk through the 5 coastal lands of Macmasters Beach, Copacabana, Avoca Beach, North Avoca and Terrigal. It is timed to correspond with the winter solstice and the annual northern migration of the whale, which is the totem of the Darkinjung people of the Central Coast.
Along the walk each village hosts cultural activities reflective of their community with the aim of connecting people to people and people to place. These activities include the presentation of food, music, dance, land art, paintings and photography, as well as education in Aboriginal culture and heritage, whale migration and the surrounding natural environment. The event is a fusion of artistic, cultural and physical approaches to a sense of place. All the creative arts of each community contribute to the festival.
The 5 Lands Walk is a combination of five events in one. People who come to experience the event can do so on one land or all five, creating their own story. The 5 Lands Walk Exhibition
Connections is one of those cultural events and is unique to the festival. It adopts the 5 Lands Walk theme of "connecting people to people and people to place".
Participating artists 2012 - watch this space!
Exhibiting artists in Connections at Avoca Beach Surf Club in 2011 included Jane Allertz, Peter Baka, Sue Bannister, Sarah Baron, Bronwyn Barry, Edward Bennetts, Wendy Bills, Christine Brickhill, Lauren Campbell, Jim Carlton, Leo Carlton, Chris Clark, David Clarke, Yantra de Vilder, Norma Dunston, Pat Edwards, Jon Ellis, Adele Eyers, Margaret Fortey, Cheryl Hatch, Val Hill, Tess Hilson, Suzanne Holman, Rowena Hordern, Sandy James, Ross Johnston, Suzy King, Jiri Kripac, Matt Lin, Scarlet Loughry, Sandra McArthur, Cathryn McEwen, Leonard Matkevich, Nan Moore, Tascha Mulhall, Felicity O'Connor, Colin Oram, Sarah Randall, Mike Rubbo, Katerina Rubbo, Martin Smith, Julia Spokes, Natalie Verriest, Willemina Villari, Peter Waples, Peta Werlemann, John Woulfe and Ingeborg Zotz.
Exhibiting artists in Connections at the Copacabana Surf Club included some of the art students from Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre (with thanks to Fr Ramsay Nuthall), Sharon Aldrick, Karen Bloomfield, Margaret Burns, Jennefer Cleeren-Tange, Mandy Coolen, Yvonne Edwards, Joanna Francis, Monique Habib, Ingrid Irvine, Michael James, Piers Jones, Annette Kennedy, Coco Kennedy, Lila Kirby, Sile Molloy, Glenda Morgan, Cathryn Nash, Amanda Peers, Freya Pyros, Nicola Read, Will Read, Leanne Reid, Taylor Sampson Ross Reid, Jenny Singh, Kellie Sturm and Fran Van Krieken.
Artists of the Aboriginal community are included in the Connections exhibitions at Avoca Beach and Copacabana. Some of the participating artists had works on exhibition at the Gosford Regional Gallery for the Reconciliaton exhibition in July 2011.
For enquiries, please contact Pauline Wright
5 Lands Walk Visual Arts Committee
1 Peel Street
Avoca Beach NSW 2251 pwright@pjdonnellan.com.au
Installation by Willemina Villari for Ephemera 2009 Avoca Beach