Arts Alive

Recent paintings by Martin Cole Tuesday 24th November – Saturday 5th December 2009 Special opening Thursday 26th November at 6pm In Wide Open Road (paintings from the shack) Cole explores a rich palette of evocative colours reminiscent of journeys on seldom walked paths and secluded beaches. These works are poetic in their use of painterly [...]

Posted Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Fundraiser Art Exhibition To be opened by John Christie, Principal, Giant Steps Tasmania at 2pm, Sunday 15th November, 2009 Exhibition continues until Friday, 20th November, 10am-4pm Giant Steps is a specialist school for children with Autism, located in Deloraine, Tasmania. The school provides students with intensive therapeutic and educational support, giving every child the opportunity [...]

Posted Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Recent Paintings by Josh Foley 3rd-14th November, 2009 Opening night Thursday 5th November, 6:30pm Skins of Fiction, an exhibition featuring recent paintings by Josh Foley will be held at the Arts Alive Art-space between the 3rd and 14th of November 2009. The paintings are a series of striking portraits based on characters taken from a [...]

Posted Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Vicki McDonald and Robert McDonald 20th-30th October, 2009 Opening by Ralf Haertel, Tuesday, 20th October, 6pm This is a joint exhibition showcasing the work of Gladstone (NE Tasmania) artists Vicki and Robert McDonald. This will be their first major exhibition together. Robert’s sculptures and Vicki’s paintings illustrate the ascending feminine principal, which they feel is [...]

Posted Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Solo Exhibition of Artworks by Laura Eves 6th-17th October 2009 Opening Friday 9th October 2009 Gallery Hours Tuesday – Friday 10 to 4, Saturday 10 to 2. Special Opening with video projection Sat 10th 6 – 9 pm Frozen Ground is the solo debut for local Tasmanian artist, Laura Eves. Laura’s recent work of paintings [...]

Posted Monday, October 5th, 2009

Digital Images by Jo Pitchford – Sculptural Work by Amelia Rowe Both bodies of work capture and freeze frame the most fleeting and momentary aspects of life; the digital images by Pitchford encapsulating the transition between moments of being – of life and death, while the taxidermy sculptures of Rowe explore aspects of evolutionary adaptation [...]

Posted Sunday, September 20th, 2009

The 5th Annual Artfully Queer Exhibition Deciding who, what and how we are is a complex process. Are we ideas, bodies, statistics, humans, animals, labels, numbers or definitions? Are we all of these things or none of them? Can we ever really know? And is the journey more important than the destination? The 2009 Artfully [...]

Posted Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Recent artwork from the Thistle Street Studios In 2007 Arts Alive established the Thistle Street studios as a resource for the local arts community, providing nine individual studio spaces and shared workshop / kitchen facilities. Over the past two years numerous artists from the Launceston area have taken advantage of the affordable facilities of the [...]

Posted Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Exhibition Opening: 6:00pm Thursday 16th July, by Ms Jodie Campbell MP, Federal Member for Bass. Exhibition Dates: Tuesday July 14 – Saturday July 18 Arts Alive is Supported by the Minister of the Arts through Arts Tasmania //

Posted Monday, July 13th, 2009

“Close your eyes and see with your  heart” Exhibition Opening: Sunday 17th May, 2009, 2pm Exhibition dates: 17th to 30th May, 2009 //

Posted Saturday, May 16th, 2009