Newsletters

Our February Newsletter features John Mutsaers whose extraordinary exhihibition The Infinite Birdcage is on display at Wonthaggi ArtSpace Gallery until 29 March 2020. More details can be found in this Newsletter and also on the Current Exhibitions page. Click here … Continued

Our first Newsletter for 2020 features Pat Wishart, artist and masseur – a wonderful article written by Liano Arno.

Our last Newsletter for 2019 announces the return of the Archies Bald Portrait Prize in 2020, to be held at Wonthaggi Town Hall. Click here to download a copy of the Newsletter.

Newsletter #43 October 2019 Featuring the artist Matt Stone this newsletter also includes details of out new Committee and letter from our new President, Liane Arno. Click here to download the Newsletter.  

September’s newsletter features Amanda Thompson, a print-maker who features in the ArtSpace ArtsPrint 2019 exhibition. Click here to download the Newsletter.  

Joy Brentwood is a highly skilled AGRA watercolour artist. Read all about her in this issue of the ArtSpace Newsletter. Click here to download the newsletter.  

This issue features the Archie’s Bald Portrait Prize. A wonderful and successful exhibition. Read all about it with the link below. Click here to download the Newsletter.  

Featuring the amazing artist, Sofie Dieu, whose exhibition is currently on display at ArtSpace until 17 June 2019. Click here to download the Newsletter.

The December 2018 issue features Arthur Nilsson whose Land and Sea exhibition commences on 8th January 2019. Well worth a visit. We also announce the inaugural Archie’s Bald Prize in 2019 in the Archie’s Creek Hall. Click here to download … Continued

November’s Newsletter features surrealist artist Ross Vaughan. Ross also has workshops scheduled at Archie’s Creek Hall in December 2018. Click here to download the newsletter.

This Newsletter features the amazing work of Regina Dudek. You can visit our Workshops page if you wish to learn with Regina. Click here to download the Newsletter.

This months features an update on John Mutsear’s Sculpture Park. This amazing venture will add enormous value to the arts environment in Wonthaggi. Read all about it here.

The Classic Cream, Beautiful Black Fashion Exhibition, currently on display at Wonthaggi Town Hall, is curated by Marny Javornik and features historical garments collected by her mother, Ann Dixon, as well as original creations by Karin Murphy-Ellis and others. Definitely … Continued

May’s Newsletter features Bron Dahlstrom, ardent Climate Change activist and the force behind our ClimArt exhibition currently on display at ArtSpace. Click here to download the newsletter.

The March newsletter features Trevor Foon: There is something quite magical he says when an image is created with the pure metallic silver which is the basis of the tin type process that he uses. Trevor is exhibiting in the … Continued

February’s issue features Filippa Buttitta whose exhibition, The Wonthaggi Monster, is on display until 25 March 2018. This artwork re-imagines a history of Thylacine sightings in the Wonthaggi area. Click here to download the Newsletter.

This Newsletter features Meg Viney, whose art involves a relationship with Nature’s momentum. “I find something wonderful in gathering her cast-offs, and, through a number of simple processes, transforming them.” Please download the Newsletter here.  

Featuring Heidi Rolfe this Newsletter also has information about 2 new exhibitions early in 2018: Meg Viney’s “Sipapu” from 16 January to 19 February 2018; and Filippa Buttitta’s “The Wonthaggi Monster” from 26 February to 26 March 2018. Click here … Continued

Our mid-year newsletter features artist/photographer Werner Theinert, the amazing ‘ClimArt’ exhibition, and lots of information and photographs from ‘Sundays with an Artist’ which was held in the gallery during the winter months. Click here to download the Newsletter.    

We’ve been in our new home full-time since 9th January this year and all is going really well. We’re learning the ropes from the wonderful visitor information service volunteers who are part of the triad partnership called ABIA (Art, Business … Continued

Thanks to the hard work and perseverance by members of all groups involved – ArtSpace, Wonthaggi Business and Tourism Association, the Volunteer Information team and Bass Coast Shire Council – we have now taken up residence in the Wonthaggi Centennial … Continued

This Newsletter features the Inaugural Arts-Print Media Exhibition. Photo from left, is Susan Hall, who curated the exhibition at ArtSpace with Marian Crawford and Ursula Theinert. Click here to download the Newsletter.

During September the negotiations for ArtSpace to move to the Centennial Center enter the final stages. Your Art Collection (YAC) was won by our President, Ursula Theinert (pictured with Mayor Jordan Crugnale) for her painting ‘Windy Day. This issue features woodcarver … Continued

Our featured artist for August is the multi-talented Leigh Rowles – the only way I can describe Leigh is pixie like. Her eyes sparkle, her hands dance and she almost glides across the floor. Download the August 2016 Newsletter here. … Continued

A busy month in June with the popularly attended annual Winter Solstice Exhibition and Competition (under 18 winner, Zoe Johnson, pictured) and our first volunteers’ gathering. Download a copy of our Newsletter here.

Well May was Creative Gippsland Month and from what we’ve heard the events have been very much appreciated by those who took the opportunity – in particular the Open Studios and Galleries Bus tours run by Bron Dahlstrom. Download a … Continued

Wonderful, beautiful May might have started with storms but there is so much to see and do this month that the weather will hardly be discussed at all! May is Creative Gippsland Month – time for everyone to Come and … Continued

It’s been a warm Autumn so far with trees barely starting to change colour and crazy zucchinis still flowering – well at least in my garden! In March we were delighted to host the exhibition ‘Life in a Tin Can’ … Continued

February has been a delightfully busy month – particularly with the joint exhibition of John Mutsaers and Susan Hall. The official opening event for the exhibition saw the Gallery bulging at the seams with patrons, old friends , fellow artists … Continued

What a lovely summer it has been so far. The Gallery has had a record number of visitors for the year during 2015 and that has been helped by being open almost every day during December. Visitors have acquired some … Continued