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
DVA welcomes proposals by emerging and established artists, and applications for solo, collaborative or group exhibitions, pop-up shows, curators and community groups. Proposals due Monday 22 October 2026.
DVA artistic members are invited to submit their work for SUBCONSCIOUS, our final members exhibition of 2026. Digital submissions due Tuesday 3 November.
The NT Veterans Collective presents Life, Service and Beyond. Join us for the exhibition opening on Friday 9 October, 6-8pm.
Echoes of the Earth and Soul, a group exhibition by Dorothea Janczewska and Renata Robinson |4 – 26 September | Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 4 September, 6-8pm.
Reflections of a Wandering Soul, a solo exhibition by Nisita |4 – 26 September | Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 4 September, 6-8pm.
Garage Sale, a solo exhibition by Karen Hill |4 – 26 September | Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 4 September, 6-8pm.
She, a solo exhibition by Karen Hill | 4 – 26 September | Join us for the exhibition launch on Friday 4 September, 6-8pm.
Humid Hallucinations Group exhibition by Forest Hangs
Ann Owen | Top End Characters
Jose Patalinghug | This Skin of Light
