SECAN is the South Eastern Contemporary Art Network. We are a dynamic group of contemporary artists who work across a diverse range of styles and mediums.
SECAN members meet monthly alternating between semi-formal gatherings at our gallery/ studio space in Berwick and more casual gatherings at one of our members studios or homes. Our meetings focus on the progress of individual and group activities and projects. Members also share and discuss their work with the group.
Operating as usual
Here she comes! Supervised printmaking access for members and public workshops. Exciting times ahead!
Picking up a special delivery to Gate 6 Gallery + Studio. Big thank you to @jenniivins for loaning her awesome printing press to the space and hubby @harryclift for getting there.
Black Ink and Watercolor Bleed into Hazy Creatures in Endre Penovác's Paintings
Serbian artist Endre Penovác (previously) wrangles the bleeds of black ink and watercolor in his shadowy renderings of domestic and wild animals. Sometimes delineating a talon or ear with thin markings, Penovác primarily allows the medium to run across the paper, transforming a housecat or chicken...
Though this happened yesterday, I shall be accepting photo suggestions for the North West part of Cardinia Shire until Thursday 10 February.
But it would be better to send something sooner, so I can fit it more neatly into the design.
The Cannibal Creek Winery and Restaurant mind drawing will be in the Gazette on Wednesday week.
The Brunch On McBride mind Drawing will be in the Gazette this Wednesday.
Today SECAN member Kathleen Kendall hung her first ever solo exhibition at the Cranbourne Library in the Art Space. The artwork will be on show from today 7 December 2021 to 9 January 2022.
This is a free exhibition and she is hoping it will bring joy to fellow cat lovers out there. For those that came to the SECAN open studio during the Winter Arts Festival this is the result of the demonstrations Kathleen was giving throughout the event.
Please go out and see the exhibition and enjoy the library space and the other venues in this complex.
@KathleenKendallArtistAustralia for FB open page
#kathleenkendallartist for Insta
Big thank you to Meg Larkin at the Casey Council art team for all her support.
Cranbourne Library
Address: 65 Berwick-Cranbourne Rd, Cranbourne East VIC 3977
Hours:
Monday 10am–6pm
Tuesday 10am–5pm
Wednesday 10am–5pm
Thursday 10am–5pm
Friday 10am–5pm
Saturday 10am–1pm
Sunday Closed
It's great to have our gallery up and running again. Our end of year show opens tomorrow at Gate 6 Gallery at 5pm. It will be open weekends, 11 - 3, until the 19th December. Gate 6, Cardinia St, Berwick.
Dreamers, Makers, Shapers - Photographs by Glenn Guy
Open NOW Cardinia Cultural Centre Tue-Sun 10-3
A number of SECAN artists contributed to this project. It was undertaken to create awareness of Cardinias local creative, the value of artists to our communities and to celebrate inclusion, diversity and creativity across Cardinia Shire.
Dreamers, Makers, Shapers - Photographs by Glenn Guy
Open NOW Cardinia Cultural Centre Tue-Sun 10-3
A number of SECAN artists contributed to this project. It was undertaken to create awareness of Cardinias local creative, the value of artists to our communities and to celebrate inclusion, diversity and creativity across Cardinia Shire.
Here’s my first #CardiArtsChallenge response.
The challenge is running over the next two weeks. Follow the Cardinia Cultural Centre to find out more.
Today’s topic was ‘Halloween’ and I started this picture by drawing one of the bones, followed by the pumpkin and part of the tomb stone. If you turn it around you can see different subjects.
(I call the style Mind Drawing.)
I challenge you to join the fun.
You can use anything you like to make your art response as two dimensional art, sculpture, costume, photos …
A few weeks back I got to have a chat with the lovely Sue Weeks Stitchery Stories and here is my podcast about my Textile Artwork
https://www.stitcherystories.com/listen/
Jemartem Textile Studio Jenniemaree Art
Calling all artists of any skill level... do we have a challenge for you! 📣
Our first CardiArt Challenge kicks off next Monday 1 November.
Each day for two weeks, we will set you a challenge... all you need to do is respond to the daily prompt in any creative medium of your choosing!
When you’re done, post your creation to your Instagram account and tag us using #CardiArtChallenge so we can repost it on the Cardinia Cultural Centre page.
Happy creating! 🎨✨
Photos from Casey Arts's post
Incredibly Lifelike Insects Crafted out of Bamboo by Noriyuki Saitoh
Capturing anatomical essences with uncanny skill, Japanese artist Noriyuki Saitoh constructs life-sized insects using bamboo. The natural material's versatility lends a surprisingly wide range of colors and textures to each creature. And although the first impression is of insects that are ready to
LOCAL MURAL OPPORTUNITY! Help... I need a makeover! Let's cover up this pool shed fence at Pakenham Outdoor Pool with a beautiful mural to be enjoyed by the community 😁
Check out the opportunity here: https://www.artshub.com.au/opportunity/pakenham-outdoor-pool-mural-opportunity-2507260/
Photos from Unseen Realistic's post
Photos from Casey Arts's post
💫 CALL OUT! 💫
Casey Arts is seeking to support local artists, their work and their voices through our new mini-features initiative for South East based artists and creatives.
If you are an artist, creative or maker from the South East, send us a message with up to seven images of your works along with some insight into your practise (prompts below) to be shared in our mini-features series on Instagram…
* What is your favourite medium?
* Who are your biggest artistic influences?
* What inspires your work and subject matter?
* Does your identity define your art?
#southeastartists #callout #localartists #caseyarts #minifeature #insightintoyourart
Calling all budding photographers! September is Biodiversity Month and to celebrate the City of Casey is holding a Photo Competition, open to all! To take part, simply snap a pic of some of Casey's local biodiversity (ecosystems, native plants/animals, and micro-organisms!) and then submit your photo via the link below by 5.00 PM, Thursday 30 September 2021 for a chance to win a great prize!
https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/news/biodiversity-month-photo-competition
Innumerable Metal Leaves and Flowers Cloak Intricately Sculpted Animals by Taiichiro Yoshida
Japanese artist Taiichiro Yoshida (previously) continues his surveys into the possibilities of metalsmithing with a new series of elaborately layered sculptures. Spending between two and six months on each work, Yoshida meticulously molds copper, bronze, silver, and other materials by hand, creating
Japanese Artist Transforms Old Amazon Cardboard Boxes into Amazing Sculptures
Old recycled telephone cords. Telephone Sheep by Jean Luc Cornec...
Stunningly Life-Like Figures Hand Carved from Wood by Peter Demetz
Demetz's attention to detail is awe-inspiring.
Wrinkled Drapery and Speckled Orbs Disguise the Figures of Jessica Calderwood's Peculiar Sculptures
Indiana-based artist Jessica Calderwood imbues her whimsically camouflaged figures with questions about the female psyche. Whether covered by a polka-dotted orb or stuck in a ruffled tube of fabric, her nondescript women are temporarily trapped by their environments, their only defining features the
Crocheted Penne, Ravioli, and Spaghetti Recreate Pasta as Fiber-Rich Renditions
Normalynn Ablao swaps starch for fiber in her crocheted pantry staples. The California-based crafter shapes penne, coils of spaghetti, and stuffed tortellini, creating piles of yellow pasta from tightly looped yarn. Whether crocheting individual macaroni or ricotta-and-sauce-filled lasagna, the text
Photos from Cardinia Arts's post
Enjoy the arts and connect with your community in the leisure of your own home.
Spotlights from the Winter Arts Festival are now available to watch online. The vignettes, a series of short digital stories, give an insightful view into some of the creative minds involved in the festival. Sharing their stories, the artists open up about their passion, creative processes and the importance of sense of community.
To view the series of Winters Arts Festival spotlights visit:
https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/winter-arts-festival
Timeline photos
Humorous Sculptures Twisted Into Unconventional Forms by Sergio Garcia
Dallas-based artist Sergio Garcia creates simple, yet surreal moments within his sculptures, often incorporating realistic hands that are paused in the act of forming a bubble, or spray painting a wall. In one sculpture in particular, By Any Means, a miniature hand reaches out from a pencil's eraser
Crocheted Hams and Hairdryers by Trevor Smith Evoke Memories of Mid-Century Domesticity
By day, Trevor Smith is a local council worker in Victoria, Australia. After hours, Smith creates replicas of elaborate meals and household appliances in crocheted wool. Cheese platters, baked hams, toasters, and hair dryers are carefully constructed using foam armatures underneath the woolen exteri
Baskets Made of Twisted Copper Wire Evoke Seed Pods, Marine Creatures, and Other Organic Forms
Whether standing a few inches tall or reaching more than a foot, the metallic vessels that Sally Blake weaves are all inspired by a single, skeletonized seedpod the Canberra-based artist found herself in possession of. "It was given to me by someone who understood my grief after my mother died, and
Photos from National Gallery of Victoria's post
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Some more of Jenni Ivins's Mind Drawings. Enjoy!
Here's another video from the talented Jenni Ivins
A video by 'Mind Drawing' artist Jenni Ivins
To any one out there home schooling at the moment, here's a great art exercise taught to me by our fabulous SECAN president Di Lockwood.
Here's a video of some of Jenny Tye's beautiful nature inspired pieces.
Coming up in the Gallery at Gate 6 Gallery in May, solo Exhibition by Elma Young, "Sketch to Sculpture". And in the Studio artwork by Monique Shelton-Clift , a small preview exhibition by Graham Dean and a book launch by Annette Slattery. Opening from 4pm on Saturday 5th of May
Still two weeks to see the SECAN group show at Gate 6 Gallery Gate 6n Cardinia St, Berwick. Saturday and Sunday 11-5, Free entry.
Contemporary Art finds its Home It’s three years since the South Eastern Contemporary Art Network (SECAN) launched a major members’ exhibition and 2018 sees them show their work at their very own art space, Gate 6 Gallery. “We are so excited to have a proper gallery with professional lighting and the proper hanging gear” says Gate 6 Gallery curator Annette Slattery. “It lifts the artworks and makes it so much more enjoyable to look at the art.” Gate 6 Gallery is positioned in picturesque Akoonah Park in Berwick. “It was just a shed when we first moved in and we got together and cleaned it and painted it white” says Slattery. “We had a few shows there when it was still in its ‘shed-state’, then last year Casey Council approached us about refurbishing it.” Founded in February 2013 by Gembrook artist Sue Jarvis, SECAN is group of contemporary artists who come together to discuss their work. Initially representing the shires of Cardinia and Casey, the group has expanded to include many shires south east of Melbourne. Over the five years since its inception the group has supported community art projects throughout the area such as Art in the Garden, Apple Harvest, Art Show Pakenham and Cudgewa Blues. In 2015 the group volunteered to paint an ANZAC themed shipping container for Pakenham Agricultural show and SECAN artists regularly volunteer at Bunjil Place teaching art. SECAN includes many luminary local artists such as Andrea Hopgood, Geoff Sargent and Janine Good. The members of SECAN, between them, cover a wide range of mediums including painting, sculpture, mosaics, textiles, scratchboard, assemblage, collage, digital art, drawing, photography, installation, fibre arts, printmaking and ceramics. This exhibition will be a showcase of some of the artists’ favourite pieces, old and new, demonstrating the variety of themes, mediums and styles encompassed by this diverse and exciting group of contemporary artists. SECAN Members’ Exhibition Opening 3nd March
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