This month we have taken the unprecedented step of closing the gallery for an indefinite period of time. The management group has done a fantastic job of working through the issues as they unfolded. We acknowledge that some of our members will be dealing with increased pressures in the workforce or actually closing their small businesses and we would like to send our best wishes for the best possible outcome once this situation has passed. Workshops have been cancelled for the foreseeable future and Tammy has reimbursed  people for the mosaic workshop and the framing workshop. She will now reimburse the watercolour workshop as Jenny made contact with Mike and confirmed it will not go ahead.  He has suggested that  he will be in the area at some point after things have settled down and  will follow up, even providing an impromptu day of painting. We will not be able to meet face to face but people can use our FaceBook group Curdnatta Artists' Chat to let...

Thank you to everyone for coming along to the meeting on February 29th to help celebrate 55 years.We are all so busy being artists it was a great opportunity to take time to get to know each other. Congratulations to Freya Nielsen who is the winner of our $100 Birthday raffle. We have a new display at The Beyond Bank. Our next exhibition is "Re-Invention" please have pieces at the gallery by the next meeting on March 28th. Set up is Wednesday April 1. Official Opening is Friday April 3rd at 5.30pm. Our FB post received quite a few views.. it pays to have a good news story to promote.  GTS BKN also did a news story on our Birthday.. https://youtu.be/DVTGws_Rsl4 about 13 minutes in. 

In 2020 The Curdnatta Art Group turns 55!!! That last 5 years went particularly quickly. To celebrate we have devised a promotion that will reward visitors to the gallery. This will not be for members but we will have an opportunity to win in April with the viewers choice prize for REINVENTION. Visitors will be asked to leave their name and contact number to be drawn at the end of the month. The winner will receive a $100 voucher to be spent at The Platform. Please approach visitors, welcome them to the gallery and invite them to participate. Give them a brochure to hand on to someone else and ask them to spread word of the promotion. The yearly calendar should be printed soon and available to hand out as well. Information will be placed in the contact book. Our Current exhibitions are looking fantastic. "Transience and Imperfection" by Fibrespace Textile artists. "Remembering Zena" - A retrospective collection of work by local Quorn resident Zena ...

The Curdnatta Art Group Wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and looks with excitement and anticipation towards the new year of 2020. Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas Lunch it was a really enjoyable event. Some of the recipes supplied are attached below. We look forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting on January 25th. And a very Happy 96th Birthday to Melva....

Fine tuning the planning for next year was the main focus of our last meeting for 2019. This is the latest version of the calendar.  There is still some opportunity to hold workshops if anyone is keen. Some workshops have already been added to the Eventbrite site. If you register at the gallery and place your name in the folder there could you email Georgie to let her know so that the Eventbrite page can be updated.  https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/curdnatta-art-group-17317936878 Please note the Illuminart light show will not go ahead due to not enough funding received. However if you still have images or verse we can work up our own slideshow for the show during April. The Management group has approved the following funding. $1,000 towards the Mike Kowalski watercolour workshop. $800 towards the Mosaic workshop. $700 towards basket weaving workshop. $100 has been allocated as a viewers' choice prize for "REINVENTED"  and we will use this ...

Our last workshop for the year was a sell out with Luke Thurgate challenging participants but also guiding them to exceed their expectations. Thanks to Sharron Jones for organising this and making the most of  Luke's visit which was to our advantage. The Port Augusta Music Club's junior musicians' concert brought some new faces into the gallery and demonstrated the versatility of our wonderful space. This event was well patronised by music club members. The gallery decorations are impressing visitors, the smallest ones making the biggest exclamations. END OF YEAR EVENTS   Friday 6th December - Christmas Pagent, Music Club float. Sunday 8th December - Curdnatta Members Lunch, bring                                                           something to share. Saturday 14th - Musi...

We began the month with the Port Augusta Secondary School Senior Students Exhibition. Hope everyone had the opportunity to view it there were some strong conceptual ideas. There is still an opportunity to see it Saturday 9th. Thanks to Kerry, Morgan, Anne and Georgie for getting the Gallery ready for the Festive Season... simple and elegant rules.  video https://www.facebook.com/CURDNATTAGALLERY/videos/2580820965482746/ Thanks to members who brought in some new work to brighten the gallery for the gift giving season. Luke Thurgate is holding a drawing workshop on November 16th We have 12 people attending. Thanks to Sharron Jones for organising this.                    We often get people contacting us through facebook and in this particular instance Mel contacted us to see if we could offer some information about Melva. Her mother bought this painting in 1977, one of the poppy series.   ...