Launched!

Councillor Barbour from Yarra Council opened the exhibition

Blessed with perfect weather the Summer Arts Festival got off to a relaxed start with celebrations in the gallery and pleasant sunshine in the courtyard. The work looks great and already three of them are promised to new homes. It is quite a compliment to the artist when someone puts down their hard earned cash for a sculpture.

And here is a preview taken before the launch.

Contemporary by Nature - a hot start

The Contemporary Art Society of Victoria opened their exhibition on Herring Island - in the heat! Twenty nine artists have contributed to a great show of painting and sculpture and they have stocked the refrigerator with cool drinks. So visitors will find the trip well worth while.




We are now half way through the 2012 Festival - the range and diversity of art is great and the island well worth the visit in all its moods. Just don't forget the sunscreen.

Setting up the First Exhibition

It didn't rain - it was fun and now it's ready for the opening:

Before the 2012 Festival

As we work towards the Festival it's sometimes good to reflect on the other groups who have helped make Herring Island into a bushland retreat. Friends of Herring Island were working there today - Sunday 8th January - and the place is looking great - so welcome to some background clips of sleepy Herring Island.

Previewing the Sculpture Exhibition

On the evening of Friday 1st February a group of 45 took the arts dinner cruise to Herring Island. We boarded Florence on the Yarra at Southbank. It was a magical evening - perfect weather for cruising, great company (of course) an excellent meal, and a rare dusk visit to Herring Island and its gallery full of sculpture.
The president of the Association of Sculptors of Victoria, John Wooller gave us a talk about the work in the gallery. Then back on board for the main meal and a cruise to the wilds of Toorak.

This was our first evening arts cruise to the island. Next season we intend to preview each exhibition in the series. For the artists and organisers it is a wonderful way to finish the hurly burly of creation and installation of the work and celebrate the start of the exhibition.