2024
Curatorial Team
Director 2024
Assistant Director 2024
Curator - SALON of Local Artists 2024
Special Advisor 2024
October long - weekend
Friday 4 to Monday 7 October 2024
Kangaroo Valley Hall & other venues around the Valley
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Our biennial Visual Arts in the Valley festival was held from 4 to 7 October 2024,
offering an exciting range of experiences for locals and visitors to enjoy.
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SALON of Local Artists
prize and exhibition
featuring over 50 artworks by local Artists in the Kangaroo Valley Hall.
The exhibition was curated by Boe-Lin Bastian (Curator Bundanon)
with over 50% of works selling over the Festival weekend.​
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2024 Prize Winners
"Dusk" A-F Fulgence
"Drawing Room Rocks" Karen Barker
"Red Rocks Waterfall" Carla Jackett
"Lyre" Kerrie Leishman
Invited Gallery of Australian Artists
AUSTRALIAN GALLERIES
& Olsen Gallery
This year's invited gallery, Australian Galleries, showcased a selection of modern and contemporary Australian artists including works by Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Garry Shead and Jeffery Smart. The exhibition was curated by Special Advisor Rex Irwin.
Olsen Galleries provided a wonderful collection of signed John Olsen prints. ​​
2024 ART TRAIL
This year's ART TRAIL featured 11 Local Artist Studios across the Valley.
The ART TRAIL also featured a pop-up group exhibition in the Upper Kangaroo Valley Hall
in collaboration with ARTSLAB.
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Art FILM NIGHT
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"The King Sun: John Olsen a Portrait at 85"
by local filmmaker Tony Williams, was presented in the KV Upper River Hall​ on Saturday 5 October.
It was a tremendous turnout with over 70 guests enjoying a light supper, film and in person discussion with the film-maker. A series of John Olsen signed prints were available for sale on the night.
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INSTALLATION Art
Between Sheets was a collective work at the Pony Club Grounds by artists
Terhi Hakola, Akira Kamada, Kerry Laws & Warren Parry​
The Pony Club—a little-known tin shed on the side of the fairground in Kangaroo Valley, was transformed into something unexpected and new, like a bride dressing for her wedding or a dream metamorphoses. Old bed sheets donated by Kangaroo Valley and Sydney residents, transformed what is familiar into something unrecognisable.
Bed sheets reflect intimate human touch, home and security, or the lack of them, as in homelessness in its many forms. Equally, they echo the dreamworld we enter every night – where the deep currents of secrets, hopes, fears and myths manifest.
Art WORKSHOP
Prominent artist, teacher and local resident Kerrie Leishman​, held a very successful drawing workshop on her property where participants explored drawing in nature using charcoal and mixed media​
3 ARTS of a KIND
3 ARTS of a Kind presented "art in action" by 3 local artists who work in different genres
Isabelle Bribosia, Alex Ritchie and Greer Taylor.
