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16 May - 3 June 2007


2007 Watt Space Open Show

MAKE IT PUBLIC !

curated by Jessica Coughlan, Sam Galletly and Belinda Howden
student representatives of the 2007 Watt Space Management Committee

 

about the show…

This year’s take on the Watt Space annual Open Show, Make It Public!, prompts students to move their work into the public sphere, be it for the first time exhibitor or for the well experienced artist. Including such diverse media as painting, sculpture, works on paper, fibre, photography, new media and text, Make It Public! shifts the focus of the organisation of the Open Show beyond the gallery walls.

This exhibition will coincide with local festival Cultural Stomp on Saturday 19 May, with art students traversing Auckland street and moving into Civic Park to give workshops, trade their wares and construct images plein air.

In a unique collaborative opportunity with Newcastle Region Art Gallery and Newcastle City Council, Watt Space launches its own public program through the prizes offered in this year’s show. With a public site donated by the NCC, a student will be awarded professional public art experience through a commissioned mural. Among other prizes, Make It Public! offers through Avant Card the printing and distribution of a selected work state wide.

With a projection towards the future comes the launch of Watt Space’s first ever website design competition. Students are given the opportunity to create an independent student-run web gallery and discussion site that propels designers, artists, writers and Watt Space into the digitally public sphere.

The 2007 Watt Space Open Show truly encourages students to Make it Public!

the exhibition

The exhibition was judged and opened by Sydney-based artist, Ben Quilty and sculptor and Public Art Curator, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Gerry Bobsien

on Thursday 17 May at 6.30pm.

and from the seventy-four entries the six prizes were awarded as follows…


 

AVANT CARD PRIZE
Olivia Parsonage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The gang's all here
fabric and found objects

 

 

MURAL COMMISSION PRIZE
Martin Trew

 























Untitled 2007-05-16
archival inkjet print

 

 

LES PORTER PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE
Cheryl Farrell

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 Public Apology
pool noodles, digital prints (detail)

 

 

CO-OP BOOKSHOP PRIZE
Barbara Callcott

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



For Art's Sake
jar, paper

 

 

ECKERSLEY'S PRIZE
Annemarie Murland

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Separation 
(detail) oil on canvas on board

 

 

BUNNINGS MYSTERY HARDWARE PRIZE
Ruth Feeney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Six hundred and forty two remnants
fabric, pins (detail)

 

 

and thanks to the sponsors of this show:

Avant Card

Bunnings, Kotara

Eckersley's Arts, Crafts and Imagination, Newcastle

First Creek Wines, Pokolbin

Les Porter Photography

The Co-op Bookshop, Newcastle

Newcastle City Council and Newcastle Region Gallery