Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!
Wait! What! Christmas time already? Where has this year gone? BUT what a year it’s been!
Thank you to all of our members, volunteers, and supporters, the year has been transitional, but we are settled into Harbour View Plaza and ready to face 2020 head-on. Our exhibitions this year were amazing, thought-provoking, experimental, controversial and creative. To all those who exhibited, thank you and congratulations on the shows. I hope that having a space to exhibit your work has inspired you to continue on a creative journey where practice, experimentation, and play is at the forefront of your making.
The exhibition proposals that have come through for our 2020 program are just as exciting and I can’t wait to see the new works hanging.DVA is still awaiting a decision on 5-year funding support from Arts NT for our 2020 - 2024 programming and staffing. As a board, we have asked for an increase to our general operating costs so that we can employ a full-time GM, a part-time Gallery Manager, a casual Projects Officer, and a casual Program Support officer. Having all of these positions funded properly will give DVA, its members and volunteers more scope and room to move to achieve the best for DVA, the Darwin and broader arts community. To see any of our documents regarding strategic planning for the future at DVA please contact the office and a copy can be sent to you.
We hope that Arts NT can make this announcement before Christmas so that we can advertise for a General Manager position in the new year. I want to thank Britt Guy who has been our interim GM for all of her hard work and professionalism in getting us ready for 2020, for working with our artists and being a great asset to DVA. Enjoy your holiday.
Shauna, thank you also for jumping in feet first and doing a great job of supporting DVA its artists, member, and volunteers. You are greatly appreciated, and we can’t wait to see you again in the New Year.
To the general committee members. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your tireless support. Attending meetings, writing documents, applying for funding, being at openings, painting walls, liaising with industry, organising events and supporting artists. Your time, enthusiasm and passion for the arts does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Enjoy the silly season, all of you!
Lastly, please remember that we still have our donation drive happening in collaboration with Creative Partnerships Australia, so every dollar donated to DVA until May 2020 is matched dollar for dollar if you can help, please do and then ‘pass it on’. We all know creativity is contagious and we want to keep the arts alive and thriving in the NT.We are a registered charity, so your donations are tax-deductible.To donate jump online here; https://www.darwinvisualarts.com.au/donations
Again, Merry Christmas all, Happy New Year, keep safe, be well and eat that extra piece of pudding!
Leash
Wait! What! Christmas time already? Where has this year gone? BUT what a year it’s been!
Thank you to all of our members, volunteers, and supporters, the year has been transitional, but we are settled into Harbour View Plaza and ready to face 2020 head-on. Our exhibitions this year were amazing, thought-provoking, experimental, controversial and creative. To all those who exhibited, thank you and congratulations on the shows. I hope that having a space to exhibit your work has inspired you to continue on a creative journey where practice, experimentation, and play is at the forefront of your making.
The exhibition proposals that have come through for our 2020 program are just as exciting and I can’t wait to see the new works hanging.
DVA is still awaiting a decision on 5-year funding support from Arts NT for our 2020 - 2024 programming and staffing. As a board, we have asked for an increase to our general operating costs so that we can employ a full-time GM, a part-time Gallery Manager, a casual Projects Officer, and a casual Program Support officer. Having all of these positions funded properly will give DVA, its members and volunteers more scope and room to move to achieve the best for DVA, the Darwin and broader arts community. To see any of our documents regarding strategic planning for the future at DVA please contact the office and a copy can be sent to you.
We hope that Arts NT can make this announcement before Christmas so that we can advertise for a General Manager position in the new year. I want to thank Britt Guy who has been our interim GM for all of her hard work and professionalism in getting us ready for 2020, for working with our artists and being a great asset to DVA. Enjoy your holiday.
Shauna, thank you also for jumping in feet first and doing a great job of supporting DVA its artists, member, and volunteers. You are greatly appreciated, and we can’t wait to see you again in the New Year.
To the general committee members. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your tireless support. Attending meetings, writing documents, applying for funding, being at openings, painting walls, liaising with industry, organising events and supporting artists. Your time, enthusiasm and passion for the arts does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Enjoy the silly season, all of you!
Lastly, please remember that we still have our donation drive happening in collaboration with Creative Partnerships Australia, so every dollar donated to DVA until May 2020 is matched dollar for dollar if you can help, please do and then ‘pass it on’. We all know creativity is contagious and we want to keep the arts alive and thriving in the NT.
We are a registered charity, so your donations are tax-deductible.
To donate jump online here; https://www.darwinvisualarts.com.au/donations
Again, Merry Christmas all, Happy New Year, keep safe, be well and eat that extra piece of pudding!
Leash
ArtBroken
This exhibition reflects the ‘Revitalisation’ of ‘Femininity’ and ‘Cultural Resilience’.
These pieces capture the spirit and rebellion of the world’s most unforgettable musicians.
Inspired by the unpredictable nature and vivid colours of Darwin’s wet season
Discover the bold, imaginative world of Darwin’s own trailblazing publisher Wild North Comics.
Explore the nature of local lifestyles with intent to
capture funky fashions and everyday living in Darwin.
The artworks displayed will depict the fun, enigmatic and colourful existence of
tropical Darwin during the day, and the busy, energetic nightlife around its local
haunts.
Step into the vibrant world of the Australian Top End with Colours of Home, an exhibition of predominantly pastel paintings that capture the striking beauty of the local landscape.
‘Ways of Seeing: Miya/Significant Plants – Beginnings’ showcases works from five culturally diverse, female artists – Glynis Lee, Angelina Lewis, Juwayning Lorraine Williams, Linda Yarrowin, Nena Zanos - created during a printmaking project at Wagait Beach. Artworks reflect each artist’s personal connection to chosen plants. Accompanying stories and video communicate cultural knowledge.
The viewer is exposed to obscurities of the universe including artwork, ‘Solar Flare’ depicting a solar explosion also, ‘Meteor Shower’ and ‘Supernova’. Energy and passion are radiating from the paintings, highlighting intensity. In contrast, ‘The Wormhole’ and ‘Galaxy’s Breath’ depict the timelessness and constancy of galaxies and the beyond.
Have you ever spent so long not talking to other people that when you finally did, your voice cracked? Have you ever been somewhere so remote that if you died, no-one would know and you might not be found for weeks - if ever?
