At the 'First Mondays' session at the Gallery in early March we listened to Danny Lacy, Director of the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM). Danny has had an interesting career and filled us in on the various posts he has held over the years. We were brought up to date with the activities of SAM and their visions for the future. The Shepparton Art Museum is a magnificent building and Danny is working with others towards filling it with Art worthy of the building. Danny's slide presentation reflected the development of SAM's collections, including the Carillo Gantner gift - which is indeed worthy of viewing.
SAM will shortly be showing a Brett Whitely exhibition. Visiting this exhibition is recommended. Whitely was one of our greatest artists and it is entirely possible he died before he did his best work.
On view in the Simpson Gallery is a series of paintings entitled A Cartography of the Heart Country - A Courtship of Belonging by a local Artist Simeon Ayres. These are a series of paintings which in effect are Maps of Watercourses in the local district. Some of these paintings are exceptionally worth viewing and hopefully might become part of the Galleries collection.
Join us at 'First Mondays' at the Gallery on Monday April 7 at 10 am to hear Simeon describe his process and the maps and drawings in his exhibition. Join members of the group at the Munro and Sargent Cafe afterwards to chat about the exhibition and catch up with other members of the group.
Neville Gibb
SAM will shortly be showing a Brett Whitely exhibition. Visiting this exhibition is recommended. Whitely was one of our greatest artists and it is entirely possible he died before he did his best work.
On view in the Simpson Gallery is a series of paintings entitled A Cartography of the Heart Country - A Courtship of Belonging by a local Artist Simeon Ayres. These are a series of paintings which in effect are Maps of Watercourses in the local district. Some of these paintings are exceptionally worth viewing and hopefully might become part of the Galleries collection.
Join us at 'First Mondays' at the Gallery on Monday April 7 at 10 am to hear Simeon describe his process and the maps and drawings in his exhibition. Join members of the group at the Munro and Sargent Cafe afterwards to chat about the exhibition and catch up with other members of the group.
Neville Gibb
