Herring
Island Summer Arts Festival acknowledges the Wurrunjeri people as the
original custodians of the land on which the festival is being held.
Each
Weekend from
13th
January to 15th April 2007
This
year the Herring Island Summer Arts Festival will be
a partnership between Parks
Victoria, Friends of Herring Island
and the, now five groups showing their work. Access to this island in
the Yarra is from Como landing near Williams Road, Toorak.
Parks
Victoria's punt service will operate throughout the Summer Arts
Festival. For more information about access and the permanent sculpture
collection check Parks Victoria's Herring Island page. The final exhibition for the summer of 2007 starts this weekend - 31st March
 ... 13th January to 28th January.................... ... Australia Day ...........................................
... 3 February to 18th February .....................
... 24 February to 4 March ...............................
... 10
March to 25 March
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31
March to 15 April
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... Where is it? .............................................
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Contact ....................................................
The Herring
Island Gallery is the converted scout hall. The fireplace and the marks
on the floor are the give-away signs – the architecture is
now inspired by the place – a gift to the arts by the Myer
Foundation and the genius of architect, Greg Burgess.
13th
January to 28th January
Wildlife
Art Society of Australasia [WASA]
Wonderful
Wildlife: 13-28 January; opening
12-2pm on
13 January
Animals, birds and flowers; paintings, drawings, sculptures
and linocuts feature in another exciting exhibition
from our talented artist
members.
Details contact Janet 0418 546 554
Australia Day Friday 26th January
Australia Day 2007 hosted a continuous program of arts events:
During the day artists worked in the courtyard in ceramics,
sculpture and painting. People of all ages stopped to chat with
us as we worked - a relaxed time in a great place.
At 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm there were tours of Herring Island and the
permanent collection run by Friends of Herring Island. Intending
participants met in front of the gallery before
the tour.
We had perfect weather - breaking our reputation as rainmakers - and lots of visitors enjoyed the day and the art.
Herring Island Summer Arts Festival thanks the Australia Day Committee
(Victoria) for their support for our Australia Day program.
3rd
February to 18th February
Association
of Sculptors of Victoria [ASV]
Sculpture
on the Stream: 3 – 18 February; opening
12-2pm on 3 February
An
exhibition of smaller sculpture reflective of the environment and the
history of Herring Island.
Demonstration events will occur during the
show, and the exhibition will be “sat” by the
exhibiting artists
– so this will be a great time to see their latest work and
talk to them about
their inspiration. For a taste of the show you can see our media release in pdf form here. Images of the works on show are now available on the Sculptors Victoria web site.
Contact:
Jenny Rickards 0418 971 897
24th
February to 4th March
Monash
University
Works
on Water: 24 Feb.
– 4 March; opening
12-2pm on 24 February
A
group show by Jon Eiseman, Chris Headley, Peter Jones and Darren
McGinn
Water,
the river, the bay and summer holidays are the unifying knots that
tie together the works of four artists who participate in this group
exhibition
Image: Signals to Bass Strait - Jon Eiseman
10th
March to 25th March
Contemporary
Art Society of Victoria Inc... [CAS
Inc..}
Contemporary
by Nature: 10 - 25 March;
opening 12-2pm on 10 March
See
interpretations of the natural world in painting, photography, works
on paper & sculpture, by a wide range of Australian
contemporary
artists. A range of the exhibiting artists will be present throughout
the exhibition, to talk about the works.
Details
contact: Cressida Fox 0407 059 194
31st March to 15th April
Ceramics
Victoria Inc.. [CVinc] will wrap up the
2007 Herring Island Summer Arts Festival with their exhibition “Land &
Water”. Andrea Barker, international ceramic
artist and educator, will curate and open the exhibition.
Land
& Water: will be
open 12pm to 5pm each Saturday and Sunday, March 31st through April
15th, including Easter Saturday and Sunday.; opening
12-2pm on 31 March the exhibition closes each day just before 5 pm - in time for the last punt service of the day to leave the island.
Ceramic artists with an
interest in landscape and environment respond via the medium of clay to themes
including climate change and water shortage.
Each weekend artists will be in the gallery, able
to discuss their work, ideas and processes with
visitors.
Ceramic art will be on display within the
Herring
Island gallery and its
outdoor courtyard, making the most of this unique
location.
A percentage of all sales will
be donated to the preservation of the permanent sculpture on Herring Island, ensuring the future of this rare
island art precinct.
Details
contact Ceramics Victoria T 9899 2777 or Robyn 0438 170 452
Access to
Herring Island Environmental Sculpture Park & Gallery is by
Parks Victoria’s punt service
which operates on
weekends and on Australia Day from midday to 5pm from the Como Landing (Melway Map 2M C2).
The service will only be running during the festival - 13th January to 15th April - this Summer.
Como landing is at the foot of Williams Road South Yarra / Toorak
where it runs into Alexandra Avenue. Once there - you can't miss the
island - banners sponsored by Hocking Stuart (South Yarra) mark the pontoon landings on the Como side of Herring Island.
The banner that was on the Burnley landing now graces the side of the cruise ship "Florence on the Yarra".
Florence travels from Southbank and cruises to Herring Island -
stopping at the Burnley landing at 1:15 pm (a good time to arrive) and
3:15 pm ( in time for the return journey).
Kanteen café is located close to the landing.
The
Herring Island Summer Arts
Festival is run with the support of Parks
Victoria.
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