2009 STRETCH FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS
| Name | Description | location | Thanks |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMANDA SHELSHER 1 - 16 May
| Contemporary ceramicist Amanda Shelsher joins the Stretch festival with a showcase of her captivating clay figures. The craft of working with clay is an ancient one and often hidden behind studio doors. Perth photographer Bill Shaylor has captured Amanda at work expanding our knowledge of clay manipulation and creative process. | Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery: Mandurah Performing Arts Centre | Amanda Shelsher Bill Shaylor |
| CORAL LOWRY INSTALLATION 1-3 May | The talented Coral Lowry dazzles us with her imagination and ingenuity through this environmentally inspired installation in the dance studio at MPAC. | Dance Studio: Mandurah Performing Arts Centre | Coral Lowry |
| LOST GENERATION 2 May | An eclectic, insightful and at times amusing collection of digital films that tell the stories of those with special needs who live amongst us but who are often neither seen nor heard. | Fish Trap Theatre: Mandurah Performing Arts Centre | Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia (DADAA) Participating artists |
| THREADS 2-3 May | An exhibition of intricate and textural embroidered panels with accompanying demonstrations of machine embroidery. | Foyer: Mandurah Performing Arts Centre | Art a’ Peel |
| FELTING 2-3 May
| Felting is one of those traditional crafts that adapts well to contemporary design. This exhibition is the culmination of workshops led by textile artist Esther Workman at the Challenger TAFE Peel and the Pottery Place. | Foyer: Ac-cent | Esther Workman Workshop participants |
| SOFT SCULPTURE 2-3 May
| How can cement be soft? Local sculptor Angela Downing encourages participants to sculpt, scour, chisel and sand lumps of ‘soft’ cement and transform them into objects of art! This exhibition is the culmination of six enjoyable challenging workshops conducted at the senior citizens centre, Ac-cent. | Ac-cent: Foyer | Ac-cent Angela Downing |
| PAPER CLAY INSTALLATION 2-3 May | This amazing sculptural installation is the result of the series of community workshops coordinated by international paperclay artist Graham Hay. It is not to be missed. | Falcon eLibrary & Community Centre | Graham Hay Workshop participants Falcon eLibrary & Community Centre |
| LIVING SCULPTURE | Be prepared for intrigue that will challenge your senses and horticultural knowledge when the students from Coodanup Community College present their planted living sculptural forms after 9 weeks of workshops with artist and educator Jonine Kehoe. | Eastern Foreshore Festival Square | Coodanup Community College Frasers Property Jonine Kehoe Lizzie Noakes Sam Sheridan John |
| TALES FROM THE HIGHWAY 1 – 3 May | A captivating digital exhibition featuring the images of Mandurah community members as a result of a series of mixed media workshops presented by digital artist Paul Fleetham. This series of images explore memories and experiences associated with travelling through Mandurah on the South West Highway and is presented by DADAA . | Mandurah Performing Arts Centre: Foyer | DADAA(Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts Australia) Paul Fleetham Participating Artists |
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