Congratulations to Prudence Flint and Pei Pei He, who are both finalists in the "Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2012". An exhibition of finalists will be held in March 2012.
Adelaide Perry Gallery
8:30am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday
In ‘The Croydon', Centre for Art, Design & Technology
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney
Boundary St. Croydon NSW 2132
Ph (02) 9704 5693 Fax (02) 9704 5613

Reuben Paterson has a show entitled Bottled Lightning opening at the Gus Fisher Gallery at The University of Auckland.
The show opens on the 20th January, 2012 at 5:30pm and runs until the 3rd March.

Darren Wardle and Stephen Haley's works are featured in an exhibition opening Thursday, December 1st at RMIT Gallery from 6-8pm.
The show, entitled '2112- Imagining the Future' features Australian and Japanese artists and runs from 1st December 2011- 28 January 2012.
RMIT Gallery is located at 344 Swanston Street, City

David Ray is showing his ceramic works in a solo show at The Gallery @ Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre at the Brighton Town Hall. The show will be opened by Melissa Loughnan of Utopian Slumps on Saturday 22nd October at 2pm. Free Entry.
Venue: Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Brighton Town Hall, Corner Carpenter & Wilson Streets, Brighton

Bindi Cole is included in a Lismore Regional Gallery exhibition, curated by Djon Mundine, called THANK YOU FOR THE DAYS:
MY TEENAGE YEARS
Included in the show are: Tracey Moffatt, Gary Lee, Karla Dickens, Bindi Cole, Michael Philp, Digby Moran, Fergus Binns, Darlene Johnson, Dennis O'Rourke, Wayne Blair
The exhibition will be opened by:
Maurice O'Riordan
Editor of Art Monthly
5.30 for 6pm Thursday 27 October 2011

Congratulations to Pei Pei He has been selected as a Finalist in the 2011 Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize! The show opens on December 10th, 2011 and runs until 5th February 2012.

Louise Paramor has been awarded the Peninsula Link sculpture commission in Melbourne.
Her work Panorama Station will be permanently installed at the Peninsula Link/East Link interchange.
The commission is a joint effort between the Peninsula Link freeway and the McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park.CONGRATULATIONS, LOUISE!

The work of David Thomas is included in the exhibition 'Looking At Looking: The Photographic Gaze', Curated by Maggie Finch at the NGV International from September 30 - March 4, 2012. The exhibition is located in the Photographic Gallery on level 3.
David Thomas will be giving an artist's floor talk on Sunday, 13th November, 2011 at 2pm.

Congratulations to Megan Walch, who is a finalist in this year's Hobart Art Prize.

Camille Hannah has been selected as a finalist in the The Substation Contemporary Art Prize 2011. This is a national $5,000 non-acquisitive cash prize for contemporary visual art. Formerly known as the Williamstown Festival Art Prize, The Substation Contemporary Art Prize is open to all mediums across the visual arts including, painting, drawing, photography, print, sculpture, installation, digital and video performance and aims to encourage innovation in contemporary art practice.

Congratulations to Polixeni Papapetou whose photographs The Wimmera #1, 1864 (2006), The Sand Traveller (2009) and The Harvesters (2009) were recently acquired by the National Gallery of Australia.

Congratulations to Darren Wardle whose screen prints on perspex, Symmetry of Madness & Brutal were recently acquired by the Heide Museum of Modern Art.

Congratulations to Polixeni Papapetrou whose recent work The Mystical Mothers from 'The Dreamkeepers' series is a finalist in this years William & Winifred Bowness Prize at the Monash Gallery of Art.

Congratulations to Camille Hannah for winning the $5000 Pleysier Perkins Acquisitive Art Prize! The prize is awarded annually to an artist featured in Flinders Lane Gallery's emerging artist exhibition Exploration. Camille Hannah had her first solo exhibition with Nellie Castan Gallery in March 2011 and is represented by the gallery. Congratulations, Camille!

Bindi Cole has recieved a $25,000 government grant to tour Nyar-bunyar (Temple) to the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art in New York next month. Congratulations to Bindi and to all the other artists involved in this wonderful show!

Prudence Flint will be on Art Nation this Sunday June 26th on ABC1 at 5pm and again at 9:20pm on the same night on ABC2. Don't forget to tune in!

THURSDAY 2 JUNE - TALK BLAK - TALKING BACK:CONVERSATIONS ON POLITICAL BLAK ART
Media commentary and debate around Indigenous identity and history is a topical subject. Join the conversation around the contribution that politically engaged urban based contemporary Indigenous visual artists have made to issues of identity, culture, racism and history.
Date: Thursday 2 June 2011
Time: 6.00pm to 7.30pm. Entry from 5.30pm
Venue: BMW Edge, Federation Square, Corner Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne
Panellists:
Vernon Ah Kee - Visual Artists and member of collective proppaNOW, Queensland
Bindi Cole - Visual Artist, Melbourne
Dr Tony Birch - Writer, Historian and Curator, Melbourne
Moderator: Daniel Browning, Producer/Presenter of Awaye! ABC Radio National
Free entry
Nellie Castan Gallery welcomes two new artists to the stable, Camille Hannah and John Pastoriza-Pinol. Both had successful shows in April. Please contact the gallery for further information on either artist.

Please visit Space Furniture in Richmond to view a selection of our artist work in their showroom. Artists include Craig Easton, Kate Shaw, Penelope Davis, Darren Siwes and Polixeni Papapetrou.
629 Church Street, Richmond.
