Public art. 6th August 2023

A few weeks ago I had the good fortune to attend a presentation on the reasons and importance of public art.

Held at the Emporium Creative Hub in Mitchell Street, Bendigo https://www.facebook.com/emporiumcreativehub the presentation was given by Victoria Jones of T Projects.

Ms. Jones has a long history of curating public artworks in London and Melbourne with over 100 large scale projects to her name. She is a keen advocate of the need and purpose of Public Art and listed the many uses of how art can benefit society. These needs and purposes include such areas as helping people identify to their place; serving as memorials; or as a functional piece where patients can be helped to feel safe in places such as hospitals.

She gave some amazing examples. The one that resonated with me is the enormous installation covering the Kew Wakehurst mansion in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England. The mansion is undergoing extensive renovations and as it is a tourist drawcard the concern that ugly scaffolding covering the mansion would deter visitors to the area.

Australian photographer and digital media artist, Catherine Nelson, was selected to create a massive wrap to surround the mansion while the renovations took place.

The end results are astounding. You can see for yourself at this link:

https://www.tprojects.co/catherinenelson

Sharon Greenaway

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Solo exhibition W.I.P.

Today I spent the afternoon with Bill framing three large images for my solo show in September.

This is a sneak peak of one of them.

The images have been printed with pigment fine art inks onto cotton rag. They are A2 sized before framing.

FRAMING LARGE PIGMENT PRINTS ON COTTON RAG FOR MY FIRST SOLO SHOW IN SOME TIME.

I plan to have a mix of sizes and styles, from floral landscapes to montages.

As well I am delighted to have received my fabric artworks printed on Roma linen (240gsm).

FABRIC PRINTS FOR SOLO SHOW AS WELL AS COLAB 2023 WITH TRU DOWLING. THRILLED WITH QUALITY OF IMAGES PRINTED ONTO ROMA LINEN 240 GSM. THIS IS ME EXHIBITION AND COLAB 2023 WITH TRU DOWLING. WIP.

This is me…

I love walking and photographing the bush near our home. This exhibition is inspired by this.
There will be an artist event, the details have not been finalised yet but I wanted you to be able to mark the dates to visit in your diary.

Dates:
13th September until 9th October.
Venue:
Shedshaker Brewing
5A/9 Walker St, Castlemaine, Victoria.
Phone: 0423 586 237
Or feel free to contact me:
Email:
sharongreenawayart@gmail.com

Greater Bendigo Climate Summit Art piece

27th May 2023

Sharon Greenaway

Climate Resilience Shadow Box of treasures.

This art work is full of small treasures underlying the importance of the Climate Resilience message.

We need to protect our natural environment.

The uniqueness and strength of the local bush is, I believe, a joy to share with others. If left undisturbed, it will continue to thrive and be around for our children and our children’s children.

This underlying concept is what motivates me to create my art.

What can you do?

  • Research what plants can and can’t be grown in your own garden without the need for lots of water.
  • In those challenging-hard-to-manage-parts of your garden it is better to grow local native plants that have thrived through the years of winter frosts and extreme heat we get here in Bendigo.
  • Some of these plants have tiny flowers, yet they produce flowers and fruit for birds and insects to feed on when there may be little else available.
  • It is worth taking the time to seek out these native plan