24 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER - Arts Tasmania

Kempton
Feature Artist – Jenny Topfer
Image: Midlands Winter (detail)
Jenny Topfer’s work draws from her
experience of the landscape and the
changing seasons in the Southern
Midlands, where she lives. Her paintings
use the horizon lines that delineate land and
sky, mountains and fog as visual metaphors
for our relationships with ourselves and
each other. Many of the paintings are
physically divided, reinforcing the idea
of relationships and duality. The surfaces
of her large, abstract canvases are layered
and reworked many times each, creating a
worn and scarred surface that references the
land as well as our own bodies. Jenny is a
member of her local Regional Arts branch.
Artist Talk: The Blue Place
at 7.30pm, Sat 25 Aug.
Local Connections: Kempton hosted by
Greater Green Ponds Regional Arts. This
arts community stretches across the lower
midlands from Oatlands to Brighton and is
abundant with artistic talent fuelled by an
inspirational environment. This successful
arts council has presented many arts events
in the locality.
Artists: Carolyn Bassett, Patricia Burbury,
Nicola Coatman, Natasha Fogel, Ella
Knight, Elizabeth Lada–Gray, Kevin Rayner,
Derek Smith and other local artists.
Coordinator: Kay Harman
Where: The Blue Place, Main St, Kempton
Enquiries: 6268 6176
Launch: 7pm, Sat 25 Aug.
Open: 11am – 3pm, Sat – Sun and 1pm – 3pm,
Mon – Fri from Sun 26 Aug.
Queenstown
Feature Artist – Helena Demczuk
Image: Pat (detail)
Early this year Helen Demczuk developed
and exhibited a series of portraits of
West Coast women titled Painting Women.
This series acknowledged the cultural
activities of female artists in the western
region, seeing culture as integral to the
continuing development and survival of the
community. This current Local Connections
exhibition will feature the art works of these
same artists, titled Women Painting. Also
under the ‘Local Connections’ aegis at LARQ
will be an exhibition Within the Shadow of Mt.
Black. A Queenstown resident, Helena has
connections with the local community and
is inspired by the significant contribution
made by many to the development and
survival of culture in a regional town.
Artist Talk: LARQ Studios
at 3pm, Sun 26 Aug.
Local Connections: Queenstown hosted
by West Coast Regional Arts. A place of
dramatic contrast, with mining landscape
and wilderness side by side, Queenstown,
is fast becoming a haven for artists. This
exhibition is being hosted by the dynamic
crew at LARQ, with involvement of artists
from across the west coast.
Artists: Women Painting: Wendy Brewer,
Maxine Brown, Christine Hiller, Pat Hull,
Carlene Vickers, Annette van Betlehem
and Chris Wilson. Within the Shadow of Mt.
Black: Ivan Crompton and Bev Cannell.
Coordinator: Helena Demczuk
Where: LARQ Studios, 8 Hunter St,
Queenstown
Enquiries: 6471 2805
Launch: 6pm, Fri 24 Aug.
Open: 2pm – 6pm, daily from Sat 25 Aug.
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