Imagine you know: Emerging artists in your community
Imaging you know, the 2012 Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists’ Award
Awardees names and works are listed at the end of this post…
September 16 – October 14, 2012
At the Biennial Emerging Artist’s Award
It is hard to measure the vitality of a community’s emerging art practice. For Toowoomba, the Biennial Emerging Artists’ Award provides a survey creates an opportunity to see the artists and their work. And from this year’s exhibition it appears that Toowoomba’s art scene is truly alive and vibrant. Eighteen artists were selected as finalists and at the award opening 11 artists had 20 of their works selected for purchase by the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.
TRAG – Emerging Artist Award panorama
The title ‘emerging’ implies the younger artists however this show provides evidence of the ‘older emerging’ artist.
9 of the awarded artists
A detailed catalogue accompanies the show with an essay by Sue Lostroh and artist’s statements and images. From my point of view considering the ubiquitous nature of photography that few photographs were in the show. The selected works will form part of a travelling exhibition that tours the region under the title of Crates on Wheels Travelling Schools Exhibition.
Evan Hollis opens the Awards
Elysha Gould with Award letter
Yseult Taylor with her selected photographs
Ultimately, what is exciting about the award is the diversity of approach to the process, media and visual communication that art is and can be. Significant to this is the role that the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery plays in providing the vehicle by which this work can be given a space for it’s appreciation and enjoyment.
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Doug Spowart
17 September, 2012
Eleven Artists and twenty works selected for the Crates on Wheels Travelling Schools Exhibition in 2013.
(Information supplied by TRAG)
Miles ALLEN 2 works
Marrakech 4
Stacking carrots
Elissa BELLERT 1 work
Red elephant
Elysha GOULD 1 work
Nuclear power plants
Sandra JARRETT 3 works
Objects of worship series 1
Shifting sands #1 and #2
Nicki LAWS 3 works
A rich industrial past
When the mining boom ends
Old buildings are full of stories
Ian McCALLUM 1 work
Beyond seeing
Kelly-Marie McEWAN 3 works
Fairy-ring, Emergence part 1, part 3 and part 5
Tarn McLEAN 2 works
Topography #9
Topography #9—Globe
Chelle McINTYRE 1 work
Rash analogy
Donna MOODIE 1 work
Heartwood
Danish QUAPOOR (The Alter ego of Daniel Qualifchefski) 2 works
i am my hair
hanging by a moment
Thank you for your interest and support!
kellymarietheartist
January 19, 2013 at 3:34 am