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25.01.2022 Due to COVID restrictions, we’ve had to keep the opening night for the Sweet Water exhibition by Caitlin Fargher small. But you won’t have to miss out on the fun, as Hadley’s will be hosting a live-streaming event on their Facebook page! The live-stream will begin at 4.30pm on the 24th of September. Head to https://www.facebook.com/hadleyshotel to experience the opening from the comfort of your home.
24.01.2022 Make sure to share this post with the teachers and art educators in your life. We are inviting school groups to visit the finalists' exhibition and explore landscape art with activities in the curriculum-aligned Education Kit endorsed by Art Education Australia. School groups can visit for free, or book an exhibition visit, and have morning tea in the stunning Atrium from as little as $5 per child. The exhibition will be held in term 3 from 31 July 29 August 2021.... Head to our website to see how your school can get involved. We’d like to thank the University of Tasmania, @Art Education Australia and Artery for supporting our education initiatives. Stay tuned: More exciting education news to come soon!
23.01.2022 As we look back on the 2019 Hadley's Art Prize, we thought we’d share some words from last year’s winner, Carbiene McDonald Tjangala: Ngayulu anu Tasmania lakutu. Ngyayulu anu ngayuku sistawana. Mutukayi trapularringu innta irruplayiningka. Melbournela ngayulu littlebit nyinangu Munga munga ngayulu iirupurtakutu anu, ngayuku kaku wana. Four oklock ngayulu playiwayirringu.... Three nights ngayulu trapuling. Ngayulu nyangu warri lingku ice country Kulinuna ‘ohh big city!’ Warri lingku, Ngauyulu patarni meetingaku. Ngayunya tjapinu walpala puutju tina, Ngayulu palunya watjanu: Ngayuku four pala tjukkurpa kanyini, Petermans range, tjuninganta, tjunti, lassaters cave four pala Wiyarringu lassaternya desertangka. Walpala tjuta mara atuuni ngayuku. ABC newsanguru ngurra kutjupa kutjupa tjuta tjana kulinu. Right through to the top end. Ngayulu puutumilani iinta Shopping kulatalawana. Translations from Luritja to English to follow in the comments: "I went to Tasmania with my sister. Travelling with car and with aeroplane. We stopped in Melbourne for a little bit too. We got up at dawn, four o'clock in the morning we took off. It was three nights travelling all up. I saw that really cold ice country. I thought Ohhh big city! Very cold Then I waited for our meetings. Important people were asking me questions. I told them: I got four dreamings: Peterman's range, flat range, tjunti and kulayit. That Lassater he died in the desert. Everybody clapped for me. Everybody from all the different communities saw me on the ABC, right up through to the top end. Everybody heard about it, in all the different communities, right through to the top end. I was taking lots of photos and went shopping with my colleague too." Carbiene McDonald Tjangala, with special thanks to Papunya Tjupi Arts for sharing this story with us. Photography: Jessica King
23.01.2022 An art installation in progress | Our installation artist has been researching Victorian desserts. At great banquets, desserts were the fifth course of the meal, often presented in a magnificent style. Large pieces of fashioned pastry owed more to architecture than cooking and were purely decorative in function. The dishes had to harmonise with gold and crystal plates, baskets of fruit and tall candelabras to create a magnificent spectacle.... From Mrs Beeton’s Household Management cookbook circa 1861. Photo credit: Jessica King
23.01.2022 Calling primary school educators! Looking for a fun way to explore sustainability with your class? With the help of Art Education Australia, we've put together an education resource that runs alongside ’Sweet Water’, the current installation exhibition at Hadley's Orient Hotel. ... Titled ‘Sweet Sustainable Sculpture’, this education kit is suitable for Kinder to year 6. We don’t want to give too much away, but it includes an ephemeral art class project. Click on the URL to find out more and download your Education Kit. https://www.hadleyshotel.com.au/sweetwater
23.01.2022 Only two weeks left to enter! Entries to the Hadley's Art Prize close on the 6th of April, 5pm (AEST). Click on the link to enter. https://www.hadleysartprize.com.au/entry-2021/
21.01.2022 Hadley’s Orient Hotel is proud to present Sweet Water, an exhibition by Tasmanian artist, Caitlin Fargher. Held within the historic walls of Hadley's Orient Hotel, Sweet Water reimagines the Hadley’s of the early 1800s, which included a pastry shop, Victorian fountain and lush gardens. Where there is light, there is shadow, and the exhibition also explores Hobart’s dark colonial history, investigating themes of takeover and invasion. ... With its raw and sweet materials, the installation speaks of Hobart’s past while also representing hope for a sustainable and engaged future, a paradise to be. Sweet Water will open on the 25th of September until the 24th of October. Open 7 days. See more
21.01.2022 Looking back on 2019 events Last year we hosted a panel to discuss how travel affects the way we view landscape and experience place. Held within Gallery One, amongst an array of landscape art, this panel brought together film, literature, and tourism scholars to explore these questions. We would like to thank the University of Tasmania for hosting the panel and can’t wait to ask more big questions during the exhibition in 2021.... Photo credit: Jessica King
20.01.2022 From the guest book: Fabulous to have a guided tour, made viewing the art so much more meaningful. One of the things we missed most this year was talking to visitors at the art prize. We love giving guided tours, and we’re glad you enjoy them as much as we do. ... Pictured: 'Westall's Entrance of Port Lincoln 1802' by Nicola Dickson and 'Native' by Kylie Elkington from the 2019 Hadley's Art Prize.
20.01.2022 Keeping art alive at Hadley's | Floral inspiration Dripping hot toffee is transformed into deep red sculptures, reminiscent of the Tasmanian Waratah Telopea truncata and the carpets at Hadley’s Orient Hotel. Photo credit: Jessica King
19.01.2022 Looking back on 2019 events The Hadley’s Art Prize is more than an art exhibition, it is also an opportunity for us to host art-related events at Hadley's Orient Hotel. Last year, we ran a professional development weekend for teachers to engage with science and sustainability through art. We had such a wonderful time, and would like to thank Professor Margaret Baguley and Dr Abbey McDonald from Art Education Australia for your incredible work, as well as the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, Detached, Artery, the University of Tasmania, Julie Gough, Jan Hogan, Penny Jones, Jane Polley, James Riggall, Jane Giblin, James Hattam, Margie Jenkin, Theresa Sainty, Kartanya Maynard and Sietske Hunn. We’re already looking forward to 2021.
19.01.2022 Keeping art alive at Hadley's | Transient delight Fire and flower. Sugar and water. These delicate, transient toffees draw upon place, time and memory to represent what is, what was and what could be. Photo credit: Jessica King
18.01.2022 What does landscape art mean to you? Oxford’s definition of ‘retrieval' refers to a plane-wreckage and the action of recovering its parts. For myself, ‘landscape art’ is made possible by the wreckage and ruin of the bush, and my practice seeks to retrieve its scattered remains. Our discarded waste forms a crucial part of the environment, and therefore the landscape's structure. The waste becomes a tool that fuses the space, instilling it with memories, associations, and fragm...ents of the past, and scattered traces of human presence. The landscape succumbs to a continuous cycle of ruination and restoration that humans play a key role in sustaining. I hope for ‘landscape art’ to question our position within a landscape of constant flux. Tim Coad, 2019 Hadley’s Art Prize finalist. Tim currently has an exhibition on at Town Hall Underground in Hobart, presented through the Contemporary Art Tasmania COBRA Program. Make sure to be following @tim_coad on Instagram for details and updates. Photography by David Lennon.
16.01.2022 You have three days left to enter your artwork! Entries to the Hadley's Art Prize close on the 6th of April at 5 pm sharp (AEST). Head to our website to enter now.
14.01.2022 Keeping at alive at Hadley's | A sweet exchange. Creating art can be a delicate process. Transporting and installing it is often just as precarious; especially when the medium is lightweight, brittle and delicious. Photo credit: Jessica King
12.01.2022 Come to the school holiday Mad Hatter’s Bush Party. Make treats for a bush tea party in the ballroom at Hadley's Orient Hotel. Led by Sweet Water installation artist Caitlin Fargher, you will use clay to make mud cakes, ash-drops, upside-down gumnut cakes, sheoak sherbet, and drink berry tea! It's sure to be a delicious (muddy) spread! 2nd & 9th October 11-12.30. For ages 6-12.... Children under the age of 6 welcome with a parent/guardian. Materials included. Dress up if you like. Lucky door prizes to be won. Proudly supported by Hadley's Orient Hotel, Events Tas, The Mercury Newspaper, Artery and Art Education Australia. Head to our Facebook event page or click on the link below to book now. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/mad-hatters-bush-party-tick
10.01.2022 What does landscape art mean to you? Australia has a strong lineage of artists, indigenous and new of place, who have sought to communicate their experiences of landscape, and I see myself as another artist in that chain of history. The challenge I currently, mostly, set myself is to depict the landscapes of plants endemic to Tasmania, which have been constantly making their presence felt to me since relocating to Tasmania four years ago. To communicate my own experience of... encountering landscape, I tend to focus on the minutiae of nature, filling every millimetre of a canvas with it, hopefully investing the essence of the life of the plants in the paintings, something that the pre-Raphaelites strove for. Although I admire and apply some of the techniques and vision of pre-Raphaelites, such as the application of several layers of transparent oil glazes to create depth, the landscapes I depict are often seen from above, the picture plane may also be afocal and increasingly often, circling back to the littoral and are equally indebted to the terrain maps of indigenous artists, sacred, increasingly known and better understood. It is an ongoing challenge to convey my experience of encountering nature in places like Cradle Mountain, Hawley Beach and Narawntapu, all in Tasmania’s north. Kylie Elkington Kylie currently has an exhibition on at Colville Gallery that closes on the 23rd of November. You can also view Kylie's latest exhibition online, just click the link in bio. Photograph by Richard Dunlop.
10.01.2022 We talked to last year’s judges about what makes the Hadley’s Art Prize significant. It’s a life-changing experience for artists. Landscape plays a significant role in Australian art and the Australian psyche. Australian art was really founded in the landscape, from Indigenous, colonial and contemporary art. The Hadley’s Art Prize contributes to the growing Tasmanian cultural scene." 2019 judges: Raymond Arnold, Jane Clark and Susan McCulloch OAM
08.01.2022 The artist revealed: Caitlin Fargher Caitlin Fargher is a multi-disciplinary artist based in nipaluna/Hobart. Caitlin works in sculptural installation and her practice explores history, place and memory. Caitlin has been working on an exhibition titled ‘Sweet Water’. This exhibition will transform part of Hadley’s into an oasis that merges the past with the present, the seen with the discovered, and the pastry shop with the fernery. A place where clay and toffee sculptures co...exist in a sweet, constructed reality. We can’t wait to share more information about this intriguing exhibition. Photo credit: Jessica King
08.01.2022 Looking back on 2019 events Last year we held an immersive evening of music and art in the Hadley’s Art Prize galleries. The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra provided us with a unique ensemble performance, adding an aural component to our art experience. We would like to thank the TSO and musicians Jenny Owen (violin), Martin Pennicka (cello) and Douglas Coghill (viola). We hope to bring more beautiful music to the exhibition in 2021.... Photo credit: Jessica King
07.01.2022 Looking back on 2019 events Last year we invited much-loved, Logie-winning Comedian Luke McGregor to talk with Curator Amy Jackett about last year’s artworks. It was such a fun evening and we hope to bring some comedy back to the Hadley’s Art Prize very soon indeed. Photo credit: Jessica King
07.01.2022 The Sweet Water exhibition by Caitlin Fargher is now live.
07.01.2022 The Hadley's Art Prize journey Although the Hadley’s Art Prize has only been around a few years, Hadley's Orient Hotel has a long history with art. From art collector landlords in the late 1800s to exhibitions in the 1920s and 1930s, Hadley's has seen many artworks adorn its walls over the years. One of the early landlords, Howard Hadley, actually won a landscape art prize in 1895, before running Hadley’s Hotel after his father. Current majority owners of Hadley’s Orient Ho...tel, Don Neil and Annette Reynolds (pictured), dreamt up the idea on the 90th anniversary of the first solo exhibition held at the hotel a series of landscape paintings by John Eldershaw. Don grew up on a farm in rural Victoria and worked in a shoe factory, cutting leather patterns. When his manager had a sporting injury, Don was promoted from the factory floor and told to buy a hat for his first trip interstate. That trip was to Hobart to sell shoes in one of the rooms at Hadley’s. Years later, after much success in the shoe business, Don purchased Hadley’s Orient Hotel from receivers and employed an expert team to sensitively restore the historic hotel to the special place he remembered. For Don Neil, Hadley’s Art Prize is about giving back to the art community. Artists and art-loving tourists have been flocking to Hobart and filling local hotels ever since the opening of MONA, so it has been a great joy to bring art back to the historic walls of Hadley’s Orient Hotel. To pay homage to the landscape artist and previous hotel owner Howard Hadley, it only seemed fitting to host an art prize that celebrates the work of contemporary Australian landscape artists. The prize exposes artists to new audiences and enables emerging artists to be shown alongside established artists. Being held just after the Festival of Voices, the art prize contributes to Hobart’s winter calendar of events and encourages cultural tourism.
06.01.2022 An art installation in progress. The Leadlight Room at Hadley’s Orient Hotel has two beautiful original stained-glass ceiling pieces, in intricate floral patterns. The windows throw colourful light onto the decorative Victorian carpet, making the whole room dance. Victorian Era (1860-90s) design was ornate, intricate and inspired by the natural world, embracing new technologies in glass, cast iron and moulding manufacturing. ... Photo credit: Jessica King
05.01.2022 Entries to the Hadley's Art Prize have now closed. Thank you so much to all those who have entered. This year, we received a record-breaking 721 entries from across Australia! Finalists will be contacted in May as soon as the judging is complete.
05.01.2022 What does landscape art mean to you? I am personally vested in and reactive to the Tasmanian landscape. Maybe it’s my longstanding connection as a fifth-generation Tasmanian. All I know is that I have a visceral reaction to the raw beauty of the alpine area and the silence of the rainforest. Being in the presence of a pencil pine in the highlands, that is over a thousand years old and still alive is humbling, to say the least. I find myself feeling enveloped and saturated by the quiet depth and simultaneous vulnerability and resilience of the rainforest. These responses drive my work. I hope for ‘landscape art’ to question our position within a landscape of constant flux. Nigel Hewitt, 2019 Hadley’s Art Prize finalist.
03.01.2022 Without being able to reflect on this year’s exhibition, and being limited by travel restrictions, our curator worked with Tasmanian scientist Dr Penny Jones to focus on something which dominated the Tasmanian finalists’ works last year: the 2019 summer bushfires in Tasmania. Like many events in this strange new world, National Science Week is online this year. Featuring some of the 2019 finalists, ‘Beauty from the Ashes’ is a short film about how artists and scientists res...pond to burnt landscapes. It’s to be aired this Thursday 20th August at 6 pm and to be followed by a short panel discussion chaired by Dr Penny Jones with 2019 finalist Dr Megan Walch, fire expert Professor David Bowman and scientist at the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, Rowena Harmer. Click on the link to get your free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scipubnatsciweek-beauty-from-t. Pictured: Artist Tim Coad in his studio.
02.01.2022 Exhibition opening Artist Caitlin Fargher is putting the finishing touches on the exhibition ‘Sweet Water’, which is opening on the 25th September. We would love to thank our sponsors: Events Tasmania, The Mercury Newspaper, Jansz Tasmania, James Boag, Scene Change, Artery and Art Education Australia.... Photo credit: Jessica King
02.01.2022 Come along to hear installation artist Caitlin Fargher talk about her exhibition ‘Sweet Water’. The artist talk will be held from 11-12 on the 26th September at Hadley’s Orient Hotel. This will be an informal and free event, but we do ask that you register to help us with seating. Click on the URL to register your attendance. https://www.hadleyshotel.com.au/sweetwater... Photo credit: Jessica King
01.01.2022 While the rest of Australia is enjoying the end of their Easter long weekend, it's the artists who are hard at work. We've witnessed a surge in entries over the weekend, and with only one day left to enter, we encourage you to hop to it.
