HiArts

The HiArts Exhibition and Festival again lived up to its reputation as a great place for meeting people and for the variety, quality and display of art. Though numbers were down on previous years and the wind tried desperately to cheat the enthusiasm, the weekend was a great success. Children thoroughly enjoyed themselves trying on the dress ups, working with clay, playing games, and were walking art themselves with their fabulous painted faces. Of course we cannot forget the variety of stories told, poetry read and the music that entertained most of the day. If that wasn’t all, the food was terrific, the wine, coffee and tea kept us all in a great mood of community conviviality. Though it is too early to assess, funds were raised for the Fire Appeal, the CFA and the Hall. We already look forward to 2010.

Kimberley McGowan

Portraits by 18 year old Kimberley McGowan. Kimberley has been painting since the middle of her year 11 completing her VCE in 2008. She has been the winner of the HiArts Senior Secondary College Art Award in both 2007 and 2008. She is currently taking a year off to further develop her art and to experiment with a wider range of media. She has been accepted to exhibit in the 2009 Top Arts Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (Potter Gallery). She has also won awards at the Yea Rotary Art Show. She is hoping to gain a place at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010.

Peter King

Metal sculptures Peter King. Peter lives with his wife Catriona on a property in the Strathbogie Ranges. He has only recently taken up working with metal and manages to produce considerable work in between farming cattle and olives and working on a near by vineyard/winery. His work has already appeared in a number of exhibition sites including HiArts

Philip Wisher

This abstract is by Philip Wisher. Philip began his artistic career in 1991 whilst living in Tokyo. He has travelled widely and lived for a time in inland Australia where he had had contact with a number of indigenous artists. Much of his work has reflected his inland experience. In particular he has produced some fascinating work on canvases stretched on twisted and gnarled eucalypt branches. He has exhibited in Melbourne, Tokyo and New York. He has taught art at the Yea Primary School and is currently Head of Art at the Yea Secondary College. Kimberley McGowan was one of his students

Jeff Moorfoot

Jeff is a photographic artist. He is Festival Director of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale also an entrant in hiarts 08 .

Susan Fell-Mclean

Textiles by Susan Fell-Mclean. Susan has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas, including Italy, Malaysia, Canada and Belgium. She has spoken of her art in a number of overseas gatherings. Her aim is to employ textiles, sculptures and installations, to articulate a sense of place and history, connecting different places and times. She studied a Master of Visual Arts Degree at Monash, where she was awarded a studio position in 2006 at the Monash University Centre in Tuscany, Italy. She brings to her art a unique mixture of media, frequently combining with other artists.

Rob Freeman Exhibition

Rocky Passes

Presents drawings by

Rob Freeman

Feb 28th - March 15th

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Welcome to HiArts

Highlands is a small Victorian rural community north of Yea and east of Seymour. Nestled in the rolling hills at the Southern tip of the Australian Great Dividing Range.
Presenting artist's works in a wide range of media including painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery and more.
Loads of activities, live music, poetry reading, children's games and of course fabulous local food and wine.

Saturday night music dancing and BBQ.

Why not join us and enjoy genuine rural hospitality.

HiArts Exhibition & Festival 2009

The HiArts annual Art Exhibition and Family Festival was a great

success, despite being held in the shadow of the recent tragic bush
fires.

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Australian Art prizes with a closing date in the next 30 days.

Katherine Prize Art and Craft Award
Closes on 31 Jul 2009
Begun with a donation from local Brian Lambert in 1976. The craft award was created again by donation in 1989.
Part of the 2008 Flying Fox Festival. Supported by the Katherine Town Council.
Entrants must be Territory residents for at least a year proceeding 1st August 2008. Winners announced on Thursday 21 August 2008.
Categories for awards are:
- Brian and Jeanette Lambert Art Acquisition Award - $5000.00
- Peter & Kathleen Short Craft Acquisition Award - $2000.00
- Youth Prize - $100.00
- Peoples Choice Award -= $100.00
Venue: Katherine Civic Centre, Stuart Highway, Katherine, WA.
Contact: Katherine Town Council 08 8972 5500 or email dallas.meeson@ktc.nt.gov.au

Play Now Act Now

Closes on 31 Jul 2009
Play Now Act Now is a film/video, graphic design and writing competition for young people in NSW.

Entry to the competition is free and open to NSW residents aged 16 to 25 years. All entrants must abide by competition guidelines. This year the theme will be PARTY SMART

Play Now Act Now is a health education initiative that invites young people to produce creative resources that examine issues around the usage of alcohol and other drugs.

Prizes on offer are:

Film / Video
1st Prize: $5,000 + industry placement + training courses + equipment hire		2nd Prize: $1,000 + training courses + equipment hire. 3rd Prize: Training courses + equipment hire
Creative Writing
1st Prize: $2,000 + a year's membership to the NSW Writers Centre and Artshub.		2nd Prize: $500
Graphic Design
1st Prize: $2,000+ a year's membership to Artshub		2nd Prize: $500

Venue: Sydney Film Centre, Paddington Town Hall cnr Oatley Rd & Oxford Streets, Paddington, NSW 2021

Contact: Form more information call Katrina Douglas on 02 9356 1818 or email partysmart@metroscreen.org.au

Chalk Urban Art Festival
Closes on 30 Jul 2009
We've all seen those marvellous drawings in the city and shopping centres and wondered how much better could it get - well, if you go to Darling Harbour during the competition you can see for yourself the best of the best. If you're one of these talented street artists, able to get to Sydney and over 18 then an application is a must.
We're looking for diversity in styles, i.e. traditional, contemporary, indigenous, anamorphic perspective, graffiti art and more. WE ONLY ASK THAT YOU WORK IN CHALK!
Up to 40 artists will be selected to compete, each will be assigned a pavement space of approximately 2m x 3m on which to work for the following 4 days. Each artist will be provided with a starter kit by Faber Castell.
Chalk Urban Art Festival now includes an urban music program, street theatre, graffiti workshops, spoken word / performance poetry, a wearable art showcase & urban fashion parade, food stalls and art workshops.
Pavement art has a long history in Europe dating back to the middle ages in Italy where artists used the pavement as their canvas and chalk as their medium to transform streets and sidewalks into beautiful works of art. Still hugely popular today, there are dozens of festivals and competitions held across North America & Europe each year attracting hundreds of thousands of people.
Prizes

Champion Pavement Artist
- $5000 cash
- 1 Magnificent Wood Case with 100 pastels
- 1 Magnificent Art & Graphic Collection
- PITT Artists Case (11 29 70)
- Faber-Castell Art & Graphic, Playing & Learning, General Writing & Marking brochures
Highly Commended
- $1000 cash
- 1 Magnificent Wood Case with 100 pastels
- 1 Tin of 36 pencils of polychromos pencils
- Faber-Castell Art & Graphic, Playing & Learning, General Writing & Marking brochures
People's Choice
- $1000 cash
- 1 Magnificent Wood Case with 100 pastels
- 1 Tin of 36 Pitt Pastel Colour Pencils
- 1 Tin of 36 watercolour pencils
- 1 Tin of 36 pencils of polychromos pencils
- Faber-Castell Art & Graphic, Playing & Learning, General Writing & Marking brochures
Venue: Darling Harbour, Sydney.
Contacts: The Festival Organiser by phone on 02 9280 1443 or email chalkenquiry@zestevents.com.au