 The Queenscliff Neighbourhood House Gallery’s annual pre-Christmas exhibition is eagerly awaited every year. Summer Salon, opening on Saturday 7 December, is no exception. With eleven very talented local Bellarine artists who work in oils, watercolour, mixed media, line drawing and textiles there’s a diverse selection of art to suit all tastes at affordable prices.
Artists include: Joce Adam, Anita Armytage, Bronwen Daddo, Cathryn Ferencz, Janet Leckie, Jaimie Mavromihalis, Annie Macpherson, Judie McGough, Julie Morgan, Trish O’Callaghan and Tracy Watt. Exhibition Dates: 7 December – 26 January 2025 Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House 3 Tobin Drive, Queenscliff Opening Hours: Monday-Thurs 9.30-3pm, Friday 9.30-1pm, Sat-Sun 11-4pm
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 Our Gallery Salon exhibition during the Bellarine Arts Trail celebrates the vibrant creativity of six passionate artists using complementary mediums. Opening on Saturday, November 2nd, the exhibition continues the gallery’s proud tradition of displaying exceptional talents of local artists.
As Jocelyn Adam, the Chair of the House Gallery says, "We cover a broad range of subjects and media, reflecting the diverse artistic practices that are on display and often taught at the Neighbourhood House. The work featured in "Gallery Salon" represents a mosaic of our creative expression’. Artists include: Jocelyn Adam focuses largely on nostalgia - a landscape full of memories or everyday treasured objects - to evoke memories for self and viewers alike. Anita Armytage specialises in collage, using recycled glossy magazines, depicting interiors and portraits. Janet Leckie is an experienced textile artist who works with recycled fabrics including rescued doilies, lace and Japanese kimono silk to tell a story. Jaimie Mavromihalis a textile artist, focuses on fabric manipulation and collage, hand sewing and felt creations. Julie Morgan with a foundation in watercolour Julie includes collage and mixed media to add a contemporary dimension and vibrancy to her work. Tracy Watt responds to the different facets and seasons of the Bellarine Peninsula with sensitive graphite drawings that often evolve into watercolour to evoke a mood, or capture light. Gallery Salon will be open daily during the Bellarine Arts Trail from 10 AM to 4 PM and thereafter Monday–Thursday 10am–3pm, Friday 10am-12.30pm, Weekends 11-4pm until Saturday 30 November. Admission is free, and all works are available for purchase. At 3 Tobin Drive, Queenscliff 3225. No 39 on the BAT Map  September 28th – October 27th 2024
As long as stories have been told, there has been a picture to go with it. Whatever form that picture takes, whether in our minds, on a wall, on paper or in sculpture, images provide a powerful response and help illuminate the words from which they arise. The new exhibition ‘Illuminating the Word’ explores the many aspects of illustrations, from their beauty, extensive range and forms and techniques of creating them. The exhibition explores the power behind illustrations to illuminate a story, often telling a story just as powerfully as words can. See works by illustrators Patsy Bush, Michelle Conn, Francine Olge, Craig Smith, Anne Spudvilas and many other contributing artists, from school students to professional book illustrators. We welcome you to the official launch of Illuminating the Word on Sunday September 29th, 2-4pm at the Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House. The exhibition runs from September 28th to October.27th 2024. In proud support of the Queenscliff Literary Festival. Join Craig Smith in his workshop Drawing a Story on Sunday October 20th at the Queenscliff Neighbourhood House. 11.30am-1pm. Contact the QNH for more details. We hope to see you at the gallery!  The Collage Collation Exhibition at the Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House Gallery brings together the work of seven local Bellarine Peninsula women from a variety of artistic backgrounds and expertise. Opening on Saturday 20 April – 26 May, Collage is one of our most popular exhibitions.
Each person has interpretated ‘Collage’ in their own way to make the exhibition dynamic and vibrant. Different techniques include the more traditional cutting and pasting of papers, or collage (paper and or fabric) added to watercolour or acrylic paintings. In conjunction with the Exhibition is a half day Collage Workshop by well-known collage artist Anita Armytage at 1pm on Saturday 27 April. Please contact [email protected] Exhibitors include: Anita Armytage, Chloe Allen, Joce Adam, Bronwen Daddo, Annie Macpherson Julie Morgan, Gail McNaulty. All works are for sale. Collage Collation Exhibition dates: Saturday 20 April – 26 May 2024 Queenscliffe Neighbourhood House Gallery 3 Tobin Drive Queenscliff Monday – Thursday 10am – 3.30pm Saturday & Sundays 11am – 4pm  Geelong Fibre Artists (GFA) based in Geelong are excited to exhibit their skills in the Forage Foliage Fibre exhibition at the Queenscliff Neighbourhood House Gallery 3 Tobin Drive, Queenscliff from 16 March to 14 April 2024. GFA aims to promote an appreciation of weaving, keeping traditional skills alive, as well as utilising new techniques. GFA is interested in natural fibres gathered from gardens and also a wide variety of other material, including recycled and repurposed material. The range of items range from functional vessels to sculptural forms. The exhibition includes fibre artists: Margaret Farmer, Rosey Squire, Patricia Rademaker, Marg Watts, Jenny Wallace, Anthea Williams, Prue Presser, Chris Clark, Helen De Lange, Kate Suter, Lyn Dickson, Chrysanne Ferguson and Silvana Benacchio. The group meet once a month fostering a community of sharing of ideas, techniques, resources and friendship. Launch opening 16TH March 4-6pm Gallery Opening Times: M-F 9.30-4pm, S-S 11-4pm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geelongfibreartists/#
MEANINGFUL EXHIBITION Opening Saturday 9 December – 28 January 2024
To wrap up another successful year of back-to-back exhibitions at the Queenscliff Neighbourhood House, Meaningful, to be opened on Saturday 9 December, showcases new works from five artists on the QNH Gallery Committee.
According to Jocelyn Adam, Chair of the House Gallery: ‘the QNH is such a vibrant place during term times, and rather than lose momentum and close in the lead up to Christmas and during the summer holidays, we have mounted our own work so that visitors get an insight into some of the House Gallery’s substantial offerings’. Between us we are exhibiting an eclectic array of artwork to tempt you for Christmas shopping or as a memento of holidays on the Bellarine Peninsula. Each of the works are influenced by the title of this exhibition. They are meaningful to the artist and hopefully meaningful to visitors to this quintessentially local seaside Neighbourhood gallery. Do come by and have a look’. The five artists include: Jocelyn Adam– is a well known local painter who works mainly in oil creating ethereal landscapes, seascapes and still life paintings. Anita Armytage – is an enthusiastic artist and teacher who produces vibrant collages with great skill and ingenuity. Janet Leckie - a textile artist, reflects upon growing up on a Soldier Settlement block in Western Victoria and has produced a collection of stitched images of that era. Julie Morgan – enjoys exploring the versatility and fluidity of watercolour through the depiction of everyday objects, still life and landscapes. Tracy Watt - captures the natural environment and disappearing history of Point Lonsdale with evocative pencil drawings and watercolour. Meaningful: The Exhibition - Queenscliff Neighbourhood House Gallery, 3 Tobin Drive Queenscliff Opens Saturday 9 December 2-4pm, and daily from Sunday 10 December-20 December 11am – 4pm. Resumes daily from Saturday 6 January 11-4pm until Sunday 28 January 2024 Insta: housegallery_queenscliff www.qnh.com.au F/B housegallery@QNH For further information please contact Julie Morgan 0418 529904 |
