Here's my poster and table set up for the exhibition:
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This week was exhibition week for all those finishing their Diploma in Graphic Design at Hornsby TAFE. Of the students who started back in February, 15 were portfolio ready in time for the exhibition. Here's my poster and table set up for the exhibition: And here's a slideshow of the exhibition: And a very compressed PDF copy of the 18 pages in my portfolio on display for this exhibition:
Like me, I am sure that my fellow students are relieved to get this far, and yet a bit uncertain as to where the next steps will take us. We had great teachers, particularly David Pix, Howard Binns-McDonald, Graeme Behrens and Keith Needham.
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My art exhibition at the Community Gallery at Gosford Regional Gallery from 21-23 August 2015 went well, but there were a large number of people who for various reasons were unable to attend. So for those who were unable to come, this blog-post is primarily for you, although for the rest of us it is a chance to re-live it. First up is a look at what the exhibition space looked like before the hanging of artworks started. And here is a slideshow of what it looked like once the hanging was finished. Although there is one picture missing (Child's Bedroom) and the majority of the plinths are not in position. Here is a 5 min 36 sec video of the exhibition, beginning from my earliest 2011 works and going through to the latest 2015 works. The speeches were on Saturday 22 August at 11.30am, and my dad Paul Cavanagh started them off. Then I had a few words, and mum had the last word or two. The cake was an original creation by Alisha Harwood and tasted great. The video below is 5 min 41 sec long and contains those speeches. In this next photo you can see the plinths for the guest book, the sign up sheet for notification when my book gets published and the sign up sheet for my 8 times a year newsletter. Please use the Contact page if you would like to add your name and email address to any of those sign up sheets, or the Comment section below in lieu of a guest book. If you would like to know more about individual artworks the following two documents will help. Each one has a thumbnail of the artwork together with a brief description of it. These were the labels under each artwork, colour coded for year of creation.
Over 370 people viewed the exhibition over the weekend. A little over 100 greeting cards were sold, together with at least 6 of my 2016 calendars, and a very pleasing number of artworks were sold to family and friends.
My special thanks firstly to my parents and grandparents who helped so much in setting the exhibition up and manning it. Other special thanks to the members of the Central Coast Art Society, the members of Hospital Art and the members of the Children's Book Writers and Illustrators of the Hunter and Central Coast who came to support me. To family and friends who traveled some distance to come, my thanks to you as well. It is now only a little over 3 weeks before my exhibition begins on 21 August. Here is the flyer I designed for it: This is what Gosford Regional Gallery looks like from the outside. The left hand path takes you to the main gallery, and the right hand path takes you to The Community Gallery. Here's a close up of the exterior of The Community Gallery, where my exhibition will be: Below is the interior of the main gallery. Through the glass sliding doors are the two major exhibitions that will be on show at the same time as mine. The one on the left has installation art from emerging artists. The one on the right has the work of Peter Smeeth which contains extraordinarily good portraits of famous modern Australians, mostly done in oils. The open area is known as the Foyer Gallery and you can just make out the photographs on the facing wall and the pastels on the right hand wall. The Gosford Gallery has a cafe / brasserie, which has options to sit outside or inside. Mains are mostly in the $15-$25 bracket. But if you just want an ice cream, that's possible too. Other eating options, if you would like to make coming to the exhibition a full day trip are 1) Caffe Jam at East Gosford on the corner of Victoria and Althorp - because every time we walk past it is full of customers 2) The Latitude Thirty Three restaurant at the Gosford Sailing Club 3) The Star Buffet at Central Coast Leagues Club. Gosford Regional Gallery is well prepared if you would like to bring children or grandchildren with you. On the table inside the main gallery are some children's activities, which include colouring-in, and just outside there some interactive wall hangings to play with. If that isn't enough, then you can take the short Friendship Walk to see the water's edge, or play in the nearby playground. Both are visible from the southern car park. If you haven't been to the Gosford Regional Gallery before, then a stroll through the Japanese Gardens is a must. There are plenty of places to sit and linger. If you ask, the Gallery Shop might be able to sell you some fish food to feed the koi with - although in winter time they tend to restrict the days they sell it. The ducks are also rather partial to the fish food. If you are able to come to the exhibition that will be wonderful. Hopefully I will get some photographs taken during the exhibition and posted on these blog pages afterwards.
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