Art at Burrinja
burrinja presents
Kaleidoscopic Dreamscapes | Elizabeth Gleeson
Stay n' Play
JUL - AUG | Burrinja Foyer
Kids will discover with delight the magic that occurs when imagery is reflected and repeated via a large, interactive kaleidoscope. Kids can select and change which images to place in the end of the kaleidoscope, then crank the handle to rotate and experience the visual magic unfolding together through the viewing portal.
Muralist and fine artist Elizabeth Gleeson, has built her art practice on this premise, herself delighted with the element of discovery occurring when imagery is reflected and repeated. Combining sprawling botanicals, motifs and vivid colours in consciously patterned arrangements, she creates works of serene symmetry and intricate beauty.
Instagram: @elizabeth.gleeson.artist
aerie creative ecology presents
Shapes of Nature | Trish Campbell
Sat 13 Jul - Sun 25 Aug | aerie gallery
Strong structural shapes, a sense of story and a sense of drama contribute to interpretations in Trish’s conceptualised landscape painting. Awareness of our traditional lands informs her work as she explores the marks of intrusion and imposition on ancient lands. She is inspired by found patterns, lines, shapes and textures from surfaces in the natural and man-made environments.
Please join us for the Exhibition Launch: 2pm Sat 13 July – everyone welcome
Burrinja presents
Botanical
Sat 27 Jul - Sun 22 Sep | Burrinja Gallery
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Galleries 01 & 02Drawn from Nature: Botanical Illustration between Art and ScienceContemporary botanical art by renowned Victorian illustrators including Amanda Ahmed, Craig Lidgerwood, David Reynolds, Deb Chirnside, Dianne Emery, Janet Matthews, Jessie Rose Ford, John Pastoriza Piñol, Mali Moir, Margo Heeley, Marta Salamon, Martha Iserman, Miffy Gilbert and Simon Deere. With works by Celia Rosser.
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Gallery 03The Initiation of Australian Botany: Selections from Banks’ FlorilegiumThe Florilegium is a record of plants collected by Joseph Banks and his team on Captain James Cook’s first voyage around the world. In an extraordinary effort, over 700 copperplates were eventually produced for printing. Although intended as a contribution to science, the Florilegium was never published in Banks’ lifetime, and remarkably, it took another 200 years until the engravings were printed for the first time in colour as intended. A selection of these will be on display.
Please join us for the dual exhibition's official opening on Sunday 28 July, from 2pm, with opening remarks by Gordon Morrison, former director of Art Gallery of Ballarat. Everyone welcome.
Explore the Botanical dual exhibition in depth:
Image credit: Banksia ericifolia, colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) after water colour by John Frederick Miller 1773 and drawing by Sydney Parkinson 1770, engraving by R Hughes 1986 after Daniel MacKenzie and Thomas Scratchley. (c) Alecto Historical Editions / Trustees of the Natural History Museum. Photography by James Hughes, 2024. Private collection.
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Burrinja presents
Public Programming ~ Botanical
Sat 27 Jul, Sat 3 Aug, Sat 10 Aug (more to be announced) | Burrinja
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Botanical Art Illustration Demonstrations with Miffy GilbertSat 27 Jul @ 11.00am – 2.00pm | Burrinja Gallery Air-lock Miffy Gilbert delivers an introduction to botanical illustration, demonstrating essential techniques used in her craft. FREE |
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Botanical Illustration Workshop with Janet MatthewsSat 10 Aug @ 10.30am - 3.30pm | Arts Workshop Learn Janet’s colour pencil techniques while drawing a Eucalypt macrocarpa flower and leaves: a beautiful bright flower and pale grey leaves with lots of imperfections. Janet will teach you how to create all the textures and colours with her step-by-step instruction and demonstration as well as individual tuition. Suitable for beginners or advanced students. Materials not included – click HERE to see what you will need to bring. $150 Please note this workshop is limited to 12 places. |
burrinja presents
Where Artists Meet (W.A.M.)
Thu 29 Aug @ 7.00pm | The Fat Goat
Here’s your chance to get out, have some fun and talk shop with other local artists and have a cheeky drink.
These regular gatherings propose space for connecting and developing conversation between local creatives. WAM provides a fun and friendly environment to talk shop with other artists, share tips, discuss creative practice, projects and local arts and culture. With the Dandenong Ranges rich and abundant cultural landscape Burrinja’s WAM events are a great opportunity to develop new creative networks, find out about potential opportunities and connect with your local arts community.
Join us on the last Thursday of every month @ 7pm at the Fat Goat (2 Morris Road, Upwey)
Put W.A.M. in your calendar!
Upcoming dates: 26 September, 31 October, 28 November
aerie creative ecology presents
Calming the Storm Within | Megan Archer
Sat 31 Aug - Sun 13 Oct | aerie gallery
Megan Archer's work is raw and confident. Working with multimedia, in her first solo exhibition, the artist invites us on her journey and celebration of an ongoing tumultuous relationship with Schizoaffective disorder, one of the most misunderstood, complex mental health issues in society today. It stigmatises and isolates 0.5% of Australians who are living with it.
Inspired by visions and auditory waves of hallucinations during episodes of psychosis, Archer is able to produce a vibrant tapestry of colours and shapes, some with human-like figures and faces emerging from the canvas, others landscapes featuring creature-like hands. These paintings are not just visual experiences, they are emotional voyages that challenge the viewers to reflect on the depths of their own psyche.
Please join us for the Exhibition Launch: 2pm Sat 31 August – everyone welcome
burrinja presents
Epiphany of Paint | William Holt
Sat 28 Sep - Sun 3 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
For painter William Holt abstraction derives from a living engagement with the materials collected, communicated, shaped and reformed, repurposed and renewed.
Holt is the recent Dandenong Ranges Open Studios exhibition Swinburne University Visual Arts Innovation Award winner.
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From Where I Begin | Nikki Willson
Sat 28 Sep - Sun 3 Nov | Burrinja Gallery
We all live between two realities. The internal one of self and the narratives which come with that and the external world and its demands and offerings. We navigate within and between these realities using our bodies as conduit and historian and our memories and identities are built through this navigation.
This video installation examines the connections and ruptures we make during this process. As an artist with a disability, Nikki's experience of living in this world and of reconciling the inherent disconnect between her external and internal existence can be a difficult and painful one. Overcoming the inherent dissonance and understanding connection is an ever present challenge.
With these works she uses the body as a tool to make these struggles visible. Her work is without context and is ambiguous so as to invite the viewer to bring their own narrative to the work and to connect with the universal bodily experience of the audience and the path that we all walk.
aerie creative ecology presents
Waste to Wonder | Natasja van Wyk & Macarena Ocea
Sat 19 Oct - Sun 1 Dec | aerie gallery
Join us at Burrinja Cultural Centre for "Waste to Wonder," an innovative exhibition by emerging artists Natasja van Wyk and Macarena Ocea. This project transforms everyday soft plastic waste into extraordinary textile and mixed media art.
Through punch needle embroidery, up-cycling, quilting, and color blocking, Natasja and Macarena create layered artworks that address pressing personal, environmental, and social themes. By highlighting the urgent challenges posed by plastic waste, "Waste to Wonder" aims to empower community members to become agents of change. Attendees will gain firsthand insight into sustainable practices and the transformative power of up-cycling.
Experience the beauty of sustainability and art combined. Visit "Waste to Wonder" and be inspired to rethink waste, embrace creativity, and contribute to a greener future.
Please join us for the Exhibition Launch: 2pm Sat 19 October – everyone welcome
burrinja & the rabble presents
WAKE ~ THE RABBLE
Fri 25 & Sat 26 Oct 7.00pm | Lyre Room
WAKE is a performance installation by powerhouse experimental theatre makers THE RABBLE, created with an ensemble of older women from the Yarra Ranges. Part party, part surreal vaudeville show, part conversation and part town hall meeting, WAKE explores taboo discussions around ageing while embracing connection and celebrating these spectacular older women.
Tickets - $19 ~ $45
Encore tickets - $24.50
