Upcoming meetings and events
September meeting
Our annual three-speaker evening will, as usual, feature presentations by three Circle members. Elizabeth Golding will speak on ‘Orrefors Glass – frozen liquid’, Robert Baker will take us on the journey of ‘Kraak Porcelain and the Maritime Trade’ and Genine Wallinga will talk on ‘The Triumph of Amphitrite – the Meissen table-fountain, 1745-2014’.
October meeting
Our speaker will be Colin Smith, an expert on the Boyd artistic dynasty, about whom he has published three books, Merric Boyd and Murrumbeena, Lucy Boyd Beck Life and Art, and Sunlight and Storm: The Life and Art of Penleigh Boyd. Colin will present on Lucy Boyd Beck and her husband Hatton Beck, whom she married in 1939, after which they set up a ceramics studio in Murrumbeena. Lucy spent much of her life as an artist, producing mainly painted ceramic tiles, but also working as a visual artist. Colin knew Lucy for over ten years and his talk will cover her life and art, including from a personal perspective, and will feature many images from across the decades
40th Anniversary celebrations
To celebrate 40 fabulous years, we held a cocktail party at the Lyceum Club. Our guest of honour was the noted philanthropist Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM. As well as speaking to us, Krystyna launched the Ceramics and Glass Circle of Australia grant in honour of Patricia Begg OAM. Chris Begg awarded the inaugural grant.
Amanda Dunsmore and Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM
Circle Secretary, Chris Begg and the inaugural scholarship winner, Victoria Lynagh
Out and about
NGV; Collections area, Australian ceramics
Explore the NGV's online Australian ceramics collection (750 digital records ) using this link here
FIT FOR A KING: VINCENT JENDEN REIMAGINES THE JOHNSTON COLLECTION
The much-anticipated Australian Royal Tour
by King Charles III and Queen Camilla, and
the accession of King Frederik X and Queen
Mary of Denmark herald an exciting year. To
celebrate, the interiors of historic East
Melbourne townhouse, Fairhall, have been
theatrically reimagined by guest curator
Vincent Jenden.
Until 25th August 2024 more here
Pharaoh
At the National Gallery of Victoria, St. Kilda Road
The NGV has partnered with the British Museum
to present Pharaoh, a landmark exhibition that
celebrates three thousand years of ancient
Egyptian art and culture through more than 500
objects, including monumental sculpture,
architecture, temple statuary, exquisite jewellery,
papyri, coffins and a rich array of funerary objects.
Until 6th October 2024
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/pharaoh/
SASSY PARK: I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN SUNSHINE
At the Ballarat Art Gallery, 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
Sassy Park plays with the history of domestic
ceramics exploring ideas of vulnerability and
fragility through scale, intimacy and humour. The
ceramic surface becomes a place for commentary
on which she paints, writes and draws as a way of
memorialising the small stages of life and the
intimacies of the everyday.
https://www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au/explore/exhibitions/sassy-park-i-have-confidence-in-sunshine
Prism Light, Colour, Form
At The Queensland Art Gallery
Stanley Place, South Brisbane
“Prism: Light, Colour, Form” considers the
universal appeal of glass and its myriad
applications, with the title referring both to the
medium’s refractive qualities and to the various
‘lenses’ through which this display considers its
materiality.
Until 20th October 2024 https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibition/prism-light-colour-form/