We're Turning One!!

In the last year ARThive has hosted the work of over 100 artists, musicians, writers and performers, with close to 4000 visitors visiting the little gallery space hidden away upstairs at 111 Hunter Street.
We're happy to have made it this far and would like to invite you to join in the celebrations in our BIRTHDAY PARTY exhibition.
The festivities will feature, among other things, a retrospective exhibition of past and present studio artists and exhibitors, entertainment from the likes of Casio Gloria, Drillbit, and Cock Safari, roving performances, live art demonstrations, a sensational art auction, and almost certainly CAKE.

Featuring new art by
Rose Turner
Rebecca Holmes
David Hampton
Miriam Montgomery
Elizabeth Nagy
Grant Hunter
Angus Crowley
Carl Morgan
Lara Schubert
Sarah Mould
DAPR
Jenna Gill
Stu McDonald
Simone Sheridan
Nicole Chaffey
Marnie Vaughn
Carli Hyland
Fiona Lee
Lance Johnson

Opening Night: Friday 18 June
Times: 6pm – 9pm

Exhibition runs Friday 18 June until Saturday 3 July


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Photomedia Mayhem Winners Announced

 

May 2010 saw us curate our first group prize exhibition, Photomedia Mayhem. We were lucky enough to gain three major sponsors with a total prize value of over $300. The exhibition saw twelve artists enter the prize, with a total number of five prizes won.

We would like to congratulate Sarah Veritisano for winning the major prize of a $100 voucher to Digital Camera Warehouse in Sydney. Sarah also won a $50 gift voucher from local Newcastle photography store King and Parry. Sarah's work was entered in the category of past/present/future and was well-received by all that visited the exhibition. Sarah is currently studying Photomedia at Sydney's College of Fine Art. You can see more of her work here: http://www.sarahversitano.com/

King and Parry were kind enough to donate two additional $50 vouchers. The second King and Parry winner Wednesday Sutherland won a voucher for her entry which was a series of three photographs, experimenting with traditional and digital technique. Wednesday is currently completing her HSC and you can see more of her work here: http://why4wednesday.deviantart.com/gallery/

Our third King and Parry winner, Joe Douglas, won with his work 'Lance looking back', a portrait of one of arthive collective members Lance Johnson. The work was a combined effort between Joe and Lance, Joe taking the photograph and Lance developing the photograph. You can see more of Joe's work here: http://dougy2040.deviantart.com/gallery/

Our third place prize winner, Jayde Nicholls, won the Les Porter prize for her series called 'When technology attacks'. Jayde is a current student from the University of Newcastle who is mad about all things photography. Jayde loves to experiment with traditional techniques and equipment and we hope she enjoys the prize pack from Les Porter which included traditional paper and ink jet paper. You can see more of her work here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaydenicholls/

Thank you to all our sponsors who made it possible:

DIGITAL CAMERA WAREHOUSE http://digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au
KING & PARRY http://kingandparry.com.au
LES PORTER PHOTOGRAPHY http://lesporter.com.au

Calling All Cards

Photomedia Mayhem Closing Night

If you haven't had an opportunity to get into the gallery to check out our Photomedia Mayhem exhibition, we're having a closing night event from 6pm on Saturday June 5, where we will be announcing the winners of some awesome prizes kindly donated by Les Porter Photographic Supplies, Digital Camera Warehouse, and King & Parry. Prizes will be judged by Artists Gillean Shaw and Fiona Lee. We hope to see you there!

Reunion Sacred Ibis CDR Launch

Pop into the gallery on May 30 from 2.30pm to catch the incredible Reunion Sacred Ibis who will launch his Antikythera mini-CDR on Monstera Deliciosa. Joining him for sets of their own will be Polyfox And The Union Of The Most Ghosts, and Cock Safari. Entry by Donation.

Slip 'n Slide Night

The crunch of shag pile under your bum,
the smell of melting marshmallows
and the glow of your Uncles Hamminex Projector ...

It's a night of wholesome, 100% nostalgia, yes it's

SLIP 'N SLIDE NIGHT!!!!!!!

ArtHIVE will be hosting the first SLIDE NIGHT as part of our PHOTOMEDIA MAYHEM festival.
There will be a showing of inherited and found slides from all times and places (even dimensions) and we would love you to join!

Come along and fest upon pop corn and pink lemonade.
There may even be sherbet!

You are also welcome to bring some slides of your own!
Just remember to slam down a few Goldie Hawn coins to help out your favorite ARI!

7pm Friday May 14
Level 1/111 Hunter Street
Newcastle

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Photomedia Mayhem - Past/Present/Future

Photomedia Mayhem is a month long celebration of all things photography. We have asked artists to submit works based on the triple concept of ‘PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE’.

ARTISTS:
David Baker
Brenton Brooker
Jenna Gill
Lance Johnson
Marina Maxwell
Jayde Nicholls
Chris Rowe
Simone Sheridan
Wednesday Sutherland
Sarah Versitano
Kieran Perry



Opening Night Friday May 7 2010
Exhibition Dates May 5- June 5 2010

JUDGED BY FIONA LEE AND GILLEAN SHAW

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY KRAIG GRADY AND JENNA GILL

Proudly Sponsored by
LES PORTER PHOTOGRAPHY http://lesporter.com.au
DIGITAL CAMERA WAREHOUSE http://digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au
KING & PARRY http://kingandparry.com.au

Kraig Grady to perform live at ARThive

As a special treat as part of the opening of our PHOTOMEDIA MAYHEM festival, composer/sound artist Kraig Grady will perform in the gallery from 6pm on Friday May 7. Kraig will have CDs available so please do support him in his travels through Australia by purchasing a copy.

Kraig Grady, an Anaphorian now living in Australia, composes almost exclusively for acoustic instruments of his own making or modification tuned to just intonation. Often his work is combined with his Shadow Theatre productions.
Kraig will be performing on one of his main instruments, a vibraphone that has been retuned to a scale known as Meta-Slendro. This 12-tone scale developed by Erv Wilson and likewise found among the people of Anaphoria Island, comprises harmonics that occur in a recurrent sequence of similar properties to the Fibonacci series. Grady has selected out of the almost infinite variations of this series, one of those found upon the 'slopes' of a figure known as Meru Prastara. Due to the strong reinforcement of difference tones and beats, the music is able to venture also into explorations in room resonance and acoustical phenomenon using the nowdays often disregarded parameter of pitch.
His work has been presented at Ballhaus Naunyn Berlin (Germany), the Chateau de la Napoule (France), the Norton Simon Museum of Art (Los Angeles) , the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, the Pacific Asia Museum, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's American Music Weekend and New Music America 1985. He was chosen by Buzz Magazine as one of the "100 coolest people in Los Angeles".

Check out this video of a Kraig Grady collaboration with Chris Abrahams.

Schools Project - 25 yrs Carnivale Murals April 2010

There is an exciting opportunity for an artist to work with school children and the community on a paid public art project.

Are you someone that may be interested in a short contract to assist to facilitate some artworks this kind of art project?

CLICK HERE for more information

CALL FOR ARTISTS

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INFORMATION SHEET

EXHIBITION AND COMPETITION DETAILS

Photomedia Mayhem is a month long celebration of all things photography. We are looking for artists to submit works based on the triple concept of ‘PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE’.
This could be interpreted literally, in terms of technique and medium, or a conceptual interpretation, based on photograph subject media. The theme is very open!

We want the exhibition to be a survey all many kinds and styles of photography. You can print your photos on the back of beer cartons for all we care, get creative and show us what your photo media is made of!

Submissions due Sunday 2nd of May by 5pm.

Please print entry forms and attach to your submitted work.

An entry fee of $10 per entry will be charged to cover costs of the exhibition. An entry form will need to be filled out with each separate work entered, including a $10 entry fee per entry. Entries can be a series or individual work, falling under one title.

If you think you would like to contribute to this exhibition, please get in touch.

For more information contact Simone on 0410 115 736 or email subjecthive@gmail.com