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McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery

Locality: Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9789 1671

Address: 390 McClelland Drive 3910 Langwarrin, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mcclellandgallery.com

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24.01.2022 As part of McClelland’s education initiatives this year, we set up a relationship with RMIT University Media undergraduate students over a 16-week period in Semester 2, 2020. The partnership aimed to develop our hybrid programming capacity into an online space. Unable to visit the gallery and sculpture park due to the second lockdown in Melbourne the RMIT students worked with staff virtually on getting an understanding of our unique Australian bush environment and the sculptu...re collection. After an unusual, limited, yet productive year working remotely, we are now excited to share a group of selected video works from RMIT students with you this week. -- Tianjin Shi produced this video work. The concept focused on exploring the texture of the sculpture. The aim was to reveal the whole sculpture at the end and create an element of surprise and mystery for the audience. Drone footage recorded by Vaughan Laws. Featured artwork: Andrew Rogers, 'McClelland Labyrinth' 2010. Audio ‘Stone grind’ byThalamus_Lab (License Free Copyright). #rmitmediastudio #mediarmit #mcclellandsculptureparkandgallery

24.01.2022 We are excited to announce that McClelland will be re-opening its gates for visitors on Wednesday 2 December. We are looking forward to finally sharing the much-anticipated exhibition ‘Inside Out: Space and Process’ with you, presenting the practices of Anne-Marie May and the late Erwin Fabian; along with the initial outdoor instalment of ‘Site and Sound: Sonic art as ecological practice’, an exhibition that invites audiences to consider the importance of listening as a means... towards a better understanding of the urgent and complex environmental issues facing our planet. To help visitors navigate the sculpture park and gallery safely, we will be introducing some important measures to support public health and the safety of visitors, volunteers, and staff, including timed-entry booking to McClelland, maintaining a rigorous cleaning schedule, and limiting numbers within the galleries. We will also be asking visitors to wear a face mask, practice social distancing, and encouraging cashless payments. Further information about McClelland’s reopening is available on the McClelland website. Timed-entry bookings will be available to book online from 25 November. We look forward to enjoying the summer with you at McClelland! #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #WelcomeBack #SummerAtMcClelland Image: McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, Photo Mark Chew See more

21.01.2022 Happy National Volunteer Week! We are so grateful for the wonderful team of volunteers that currently support us at McClelland, and all of those who have supported us in the past. We could not do what we do without them! Since McClelland's inception, 50 years ago, volunteers have played a vital role in the development, maintenance, and day to day running of the sculpture park and gallery.... You will see our dedicated volunteers assisting across McClelland's front of house, with education programs and groups, events, and tour guiding in the sculpture park. This week we especially celebrate and thank them for their generosity, time, knowledge, and experience! #NVW2021

21.01.2022 On this day in 1969 the first foundation stone for McClelland gallery was laid. Designed by architects Munro and Sargeant, the gallery building took two years to build, with much hard work and toil by many volunteers to clear the land of weeds, rubbish and scrub. The Premier of Victoria at the time, Sir Henry Bolte, officially opened the completed building on 3May 1971. The Gallery underwent significant changes in 1997 when it closed for two years for extensive refurbishment.... The architects Williams Boag designed the new exhibition spaces, loading and storage facilities, study and conservation areas, administration and catering services. They maintained the integrity of the original Munro and Sargeant design, and the extensions mesh seamlessly with the original modernist building. Most recently, architect Kerstin Thompson designed the Sarah & Baillieu Myer Education Pavilion and Graham Family Terrace, and these additions opened in early 2019. Images: McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, McClelland Archive. #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #McClellandInsights

21.01.2022 Don't miss your chance to view 'Inside Out: Space and Process' now open at McClelland until 3 January 2021. The exhibitionpresents the practices of Anne-Marie May and the late Erwin Fabian, two Melbourne sculptors born 50 years apart, who evidence an enduring concern with material, process, and abstraction. Both artists use a range of found and fabricated media to explore the poetic correlations between surface, substance and space through intuitive and experimental process...es. Bookings are essentialand are available through the link in the bio. #insideoutspaceandprocess #erwinfabian #annemariemay #McClellandsculptureparkandgallery Images: Inside Out: Space and Process, Erwin Fabian and Anne-Marie May, Installation Views, Photo Christian Capurro.

21.01.2022 The countdown is on! Just five more days until McClelland re-opens and we are so excited to welcome you back! Don’t forget to book in advance for your visit to McClelland this summer. Our eight hectares of bushland have been left to the wildlife over these past nine months and are now waiting to be explored by you! Book now through the McClelland website. ... #SummerAtMcClelland #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery Artwork featured: Peter Corlett, ‘Tarax play sculpture’ 1969 Video: Drone footage courtesy Vaughan Laws Photography. Audio record 'sounds of Australian bush' from freesound.org and recorded by kangaroovindaloo

20.01.2022 Peter Schipperheyn’s large scale figurative sculpture ‘Torso Femminile’ is carved from white Carrara marble, representing the enduring classical carving tradition of the Mediterranean region through the depiction of the human form. The large sculpture presents associations of antiquity through its form and material. The raw edges and untouched underside of the sculpture give a sense of power within humanity. Schipperheyn speaks of sculpture as ‘the feeling for the pur...pose of form’, and comments that ‘tradition is the conversation which stretches across time; it is a conversation about what it is to be a human being’. Through the means of classical sculpture, Schipperheyn transcends time, bringing the vitality of the classical era into the contemporary. Image: Peter Schipperheyn, ‘Torso Femminile’ 1995-2000, carved white Carrara marble, 280 x 160 x 120 cm. McClelland Collection. #McClellandInsights #PeterSchipperheyn See more

20.01.2022 Take a trip to McClelland this weekend! We are open to welcome you both Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm, with the current exhibition celebrating our 50th year anniversary, 'The McClelland Collection: 50 Years'. Book your visit online through the McClelland website!... Image: Akio Makigawa 'Untitled I (Circle of Water)' 1995. Collection McClelland. Photo Christian Capurro. #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #50YearsofMcClelland

20.01.2022 We are looking forward to welcoming visitors back to McClelland from next Wednesday 2 December, after many months. Some important changes have been made to the way we are welcoming visitors. To assist McClelland with the costs of implementing a safe and welcoming environment, adult visitors will be charged a $6 Booking Fee. McClelland Members and Children up to 18 years are exempt from the Booking Fee. As a not-for-profit organisation, McClelland relies largely on the donat...ions of visitors to help us do what we do: conserve and build the collection, curate inspiring exhibitions and public programs, and care for the beautiful sculpture park and bushland setting for all to enjoy. The $6 Booking Fee will help alleviate the additional costs of operations implemented for McClelland’s re-opening and is expected to apply for the next twelve months. For more information, please see details on our website. If you have any questions, or would like information on becoming a Member, please contact us on [email protected] Drone video by Vaughan Laws Photography. Audio record 'sounds of Australian bush' from freesound.org and recorded by kangaroovindaloo #McClellandSculpturePark+Gallery #WelcomeBack #SummerAtMcClelland

18.01.2022 A reminder that McClelland’s indoor galleries are closed for the installation of the indoor component of current exhibition ‘Site & Sound: Sonic art as ecological practice’. While the indoor installations are not open for public view until 27 January, we invite you to explore the sculpture park where you can experience the initial outdoor instalments of the exhibition, and of course the permanent outdoor collection of over 100 sculptures. A creative summer program for a...ll ages and abilities also commences this week. View the summer program on the McClelland website and be sure to book early for an inspiring and connected start to 2021. -- ‘Site & Sound: Sonic art as ecological practice’ invites audiences to consider the importance of listening as a means towards a better understanding of the urgent and complex environmental issues facing our planet. Whether it be the roar of bushfires; the creak of fragmenting glaciers; silence where there used to be bird song; or the hum of cicadas, our comprehension of sounds can lead to an intuitive understanding of the ecological issues confronting us. Image: Philip Samartzis, recording at Watts Hut, Eastern Antarctica, 2010. Courtesy the artist #SiteandSound #SonicArt #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery See more

18.01.2022 Gary Wilson’s sculpture'Untitled' 2003was created for the McClelland Survey and Award exhibition in 2003, and has remained in McClelland's permanent outdoor collection since.The sculptureinvites the viewer to physically enter and explore the combination of colour and optical illusion within the space. Gary Wilson, 'Untitled' 2003. Collection McClelland. #garywilson... #mcclellandinsights See more

18.01.2022 Join collector and architect Corbett Lyon for an illustrated talk presenting the thirty-year story of the Lyon House museum and its collection of Australian contemporary art. Guests are invited to arrive at 12noon for a private guided tour of the current exhibition ‘The McCleland Collection: 50 Years’ followed by a 3-Course lunch accompanied by wines from our wine sponsor Elgee Park Vineyard. The following menu will be prepared by our catering partner Clover.... ON ARRIVAL: Wild mushroom, sage, lemon & spinach arancini, truffle mayo Roast duck sausage rolls, caramelised shallots, orange zest, thyme, blood plum & star anise sauce MAIN COURSE: Corn fed crispy skin chicken, sweet corn puree, wilted garlic greens & charred pearl onions Roasted dutch cream potatoes, whole roasted garlic, rosemary Noisette breads, pink river salt & local olive oil SWEET BITE: Glossy citrus meringue, whipped vanilla cream, pot roasted quince, lavender flowers All bookings can be made online through the McClelland website! #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #CorbettLyon #LyonhouseMuseum @lyonhousemuseum @cloverculinaryprojects

17.01.2022 Happy New Year! McClelland is open today! - As part of McClelland’s education initiatives this year, we set up a relationship with RMIT University Media undergraduate students over a 16-week period in Semester 2, 2020. The partnership aimed to develop our hybrid programming capacity into an online space.... Unable to visit the gallery and sculpture park due to the second lockdown in Melbourne the RMIT students worked with staff virtually on getting an understanding of our unique Australian bush environment and the sculpture collection. After an unusual, limited, yet productive year working remotely, we are now excited to share a group of selected video works from RMIT students with you this week. -- Zhiying Lin produced this video work. The concept focused on exploring the texture of the sculpture. The aim was to reveal the whole sculpture at the end and create an element of surprise and mystery for the audience. Video drone footage recorded by Vaughan Laws. Featured artwork: Dean Colls ‘Rex Australis: The king is dead, long live the king’ 2012. Audio: ‘Cavern Ambience Droning’ by loscolt890 (License Free Copyright).

16.01.2022 We are thrilled to be re-opening our gates this Wednesday! Don’t miss out on seeing the exhibitions ‘Inside Out: Space and Process’ presenting the practices of Anne-Marie May and the late Erwin Fabian, as well as the initial outdoor instalment of ‘Site & Sound: Sonic art as ecological practice’. Head over to the McClelland website to find out more about the current exhibitions, all the info on how we will be welcoming you back in a safe manner, and book your timed-entry ticke...t today! #SummerAtMcClelland #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery Artwork featured: Ken Unsworth, ‘Annulus’ 2007 Video: Drone footage courtesy Vaughan Laws Photography. Audio record 'sounds of Australian bush' from freesound.org and recorded by kangaroovindaloo

16.01.2022 Spoil Mum this Mother’s Day with a unique gift from the McClelland Gallery Shop. We have a range of bespoke pieces from local artists and artisans of the Mornington Peninsula, as well as jewellery, accessories, homewares, and handwoven scarves. Photo Mitch Pelns Ross... #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery See more

15.01.2022 Join collector and architect Corbett Lyon on Sunday the 6th of June at McClelland for an illustrated talk presenting the thirty year story of the Lyon Housemuseum and its collection of Australian contemporary art. Guests are invited to arrive at 12noon for a private guided tour of our current exhibition, 'The McClelland Collection: 50 Years', with Curator Simon Lawrie. For all bookings head over to the McClelland website!... Image courtesy the Lyonhouse Museum #McClelland50Years #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #LyonhouseMuseum #CorbettLyon @lyonhousemuseum See more

15.01.2022 We are open! Book your visit online now! We were so pleased to begin welcoming the community back to McClelland today and look forward to spending the summer with you! Before you visit please note some important changes that have been made to the way we are welcoming visitors, including the introduction of a $6 Booking Fee which assists McClelland with the costs of implementing a safe and welcoming environment.... Adult visitors will be charged a $6 Booking Fee. McClelland Members, Circle donors, and Children under 18 are exempt. As a not-for-profit organisation, McClelland relies largely on the donations of visitors to help us do what we do: conserve and build the collection, curate inspiring exhibitions and public programs, and care for the beautiful sculpture park and bushland setting for all to enjoy. The $6 Booking Fee will help alleviate the additional costs of operations implemented for McClelland’s re-opening and is expected to apply for the next twelve months. For more information, to book online, or to become a McClelland Member, head over to the McClelland website: links in the bio ^ If you have any questions please contact us at: [email protected] We look forward to seeing you! #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #WelcomeBack #SummerAtMcClelland

15.01.2022 Louise Paramor was the recipient of the The McClelland Award for her work 'Top shelf' in 2010 and the sculpture remains a vibrant part of McClelland's permanent outdoor collection today. Paramor explained that: In my sculptural work of recent years, I have been preoccupied with industrial plastic objects, and have presented them in a variety of assembled structures, each with the linking title, 'Jam Session'. In 'Top shelf' the arrangement of the plastic objects has bee...n formalised through the addition of a large steel platform to contain and elevate the ensemble. Standing tall, loud with saccharine colour and packed with ubiquitous form, the 'Jam Session' has evolved into a compilation where architecture and sculpture collide. Image: Louise Paramor, 'Top Shelf' 2010. Collection McClelland. Photo Mark Ashkanasy . #louiseparamor #mcclellandinsights See more

13.01.2022 From the whole McClelland Team, we wish you all a happy and safe new year!! We look forward to seeing you at the sculpture park in 2021, in our 50th anniversary year. A creative summer program for all ages and abilities commences in January, to kick off a year filled with onsite visitation at McClelland all the details are available for booking on the McClelland website for an inspiring and connected start to 2021.... We look forward to sharing more information about the full 50th year program soon and we encourage you to become a member and contribute to supporting us for the next 50 years! See the links in the bio on how you can support McClelland into the future! #2021 #summeratmcclelland #mcclellandsculptureparkandgallery Image: Darren Davison 'Homespace' 2005. Photo John Gollings See more

10.01.2022 Thanks Kerrie O'Brien for this fabulous story, - we're so looking forward to welcoming the community back to McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery from today! Bookings essential - www.mcclellandgallery.com

10.01.2022 Keep warm this winter with the beautiful handmade scarves by the talented women from the McClelland Spinners and Weavers Guild, now available in the gallery gift shop! The McClelland Spinners and Weavers are one of four community lead artist guilds that are found in the sculpture park. They produce bespoke scarves, cushion covers, table runner, purses and more! See the current selection in the gallery gift shop or pay them a visit next time you’re at McClelland!... Photo Mitch Pelns Ross #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery #SpinnersandWeaversGuild

08.01.2022 This year has been so challenging for us all in Victoria, so it is with great excitement that our state’s restrictions are finally beginning to ease. While the gallery sector continues to await further announcements regarding reopening, we are hopeful that it will not take long! The exhibition ‘Inside Out: Space and Process’, presenting the practices of Anne-Marie May and the late Erwin Fabian, remains installed in the galleries; the sculpture park is lush and bursting with l...ife this Spring; and we look forward to welcoming you back to McClelland when we can! Until then, please continue to explore the McClelland website and stay tuned! Image: 'Inside Out: Space and Process' 2020, Erwin Fabian and Anne-Marie May, Installation view, photo Christian Capurro. #InsideOutSpaceAndProcess #AnneMarieMay #ErwinFabian #McClellandSculptureParkAndGallery See more

07.01.2022 Next Sunday 16 May, join Choir Patrons Tamie Fraser AO and Baillieu Myer AC for an afternoon performance by the Australian Welsh Male Choir and the Mornington Peninsula Welsh Ladies Choir in the Sarah & Baillieu Myer Education Pavilion. The performance will be followed by afternoon tea and a glass of Elgee Park sparkling overlooking the tranquil setting of the sculpture park. As the first Welsh choir in the country, the Australian Welsh Male Choir was formed in Frankston, Mel...bourne in 1974 and achieved the distinction in 1983 of being the first choir outside Wales to be invited to join the Association of Welsh Male Choirs. A rare opportunity to hear the choir in all its glory. Bookings essential and numbers are strictly limited. Head over to the McClelland website to book. Image courtesy the Australian Welsh Male Choir. #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery

07.01.2022 The new-look café at McClelland will be offering beautiful baked items from Miller’s Bread Kitchen, Dromana. Come in from Wednesday to Sunday to try the new menu which will include: pies (duck and pinot; chicken, leek and chardonnay; lamb and rosemary; haloumi and spinach) and a daily pizza focaccia. The delicious sweets available will include chocolate brownie, lemon and polenta cake, and carrot cake. We will also be firing up the coffee machine with fair trade organic... coffee from Jasper, and milkshakes, cold drinks and a variety of wines by the glass and bottle will also be available. Advance bookings for groups of 8 or more are required. Get in touch with foh@mcclellandgallery to organise your booking. The McClelland café is open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am 5pm. We look forward to seeing you! #McClellandCafe #SummeratMcClelland #MillersBreadKitchen @millers_bread_kitchen See more

06.01.2022 Victorian sculptor and printmaker Geoffrey Ricardo incites humour in his art by using a menagerie of actors, often in animal costumes, to play with and comment on the absurdities and vanities of life. Ricardo’s characters come from distant naïve memories, childhood misunderstandings and simplifications, slowly recollected for their graphic sense of parody. He inverts, reverses and stylises these memories into dreamlike puns on reality where recognisable stereotypes and arc...hetypes, such as the kangaroo from the Australian Coat of Arms, engage in grand comic melodramas. 'Anno Domino' is a life-sized Rhinoceros constructed from malleable sheets of copper that share an uncanny likeness to the leathery skin of a Rhino. Many of Ricardo’s sculptures represent the bodies of animals often depicted as costumes inhabited by humans. However, in this work the magnificent Rhino is depicted as itself, the only sign of human intervention or presence is through the blanket placed upon its back. Ricardo has used the image of Anno Domino since the mid-1990s in both his sculpture and etchings. The earlier etchings often featured dotted patterning across the Rhino’s body suggesting, as the title alludes to, the tiles of a ‘Domino’ game, which act as a metaphor for the pressure placed by humans upon the Rhino’s existence, its hierarchy in the animal kingdom and its survival. Photo Mark Ashkanasy. #geoffreyricardo #mcclellandinsights See more

05.01.2022 Apply now! The $20,000 Rick Amor Drawing Award is open for entries until 28 May 2021! Held at McClelland for the first time in 2021, we are delighted to be showcasing the medium of drawing with this acquisitive award, thanks to the generous support of Rick Amor. Rick Amor was born in Frankston and has drawn and painted the area many times over the course of his artistic career. In 2021 this acquisitive award will be granted to an outstanding original drawing, which wil...l become part of the McClelland collection. Please download the application form and apply through the McClelland website or the link in the bio. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Image: Rick Amor, ‘The Dog’ 1990, charcoal on paper. Collection McClelland. #rickamor #applynow #rickamordrawingaward2021 #mcclellandsculptureparkandgallery See more

04.01.2022 ‘Inside Out: Space and Process’ was installed in McClelland's galleries in March 2020, and has remained installed at McClelland during the nine month closure. It is now, with great pleasure, that the exhibition will have its days in public view. The exhibition presents the practices of Anne-Marie May and the late Erwin Fabian, two Melbourne sculptors born 50 years apart, who evidence an enduring concern with material, process, and abstraction. Both artists use a range of fou...nd and fabricated media to explore the poetic correlations between surface, substance and space through intuitive and experimental processes. The exhibition will remain on view until 3 January 2021. Bookings are essential and are available through the McClelland website. #insideoutspaceandprocess #erwinfabian #annemariemay #McClellandsculptureparkandgallery Opening image John Gollings. Images Christian Capurro. Audio record ‘Abstract industrial music’ from freesound.org recorded by Svegvari.

03.01.2022 *Please note that from May 17 June 17 roadworks are being conducted on the Skye Rd/McClelland Drive roundabout. For best access to McClelland during this period please use the Cranbourne/Frankston Road exit from the Peninsula Link.

02.01.2022 McClelland is seeking casual customer services staff for the McClelland Cafe and Front of House! Are you committed to service with a smile, and have a passion for arts and culture? McClelland Café and Customer Service is looking for you, send your two page CV to [email protected]... #ApplyNow #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery

02.01.2022 McClelland is seeking friendly customer service staff for the McClelland Café! Are you committed to service with a smile, and have cafe experience? McClelland Café is looking for you, send your two page CV to [email protected]... #ApplyNow #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery See more

02.01.2022 The McClelland labyrinth captured from above. We are so fortunate to be located amongst the bush land of Langwarrin. As the area urbanises, we are reminded of the respite found in the sculpture park, even if only experienced digitally for the moment. Image: Andrew Rogers, ‘The winding path, the search for truth’ 2010. Photo Vaughan Laws. #McClellandSculptureParkandGallery... #AndrewRogers #McClellandCollection See more

01.01.2022 Come get active in the sculpture park every Wednesday at 5pm and Friday at 9.30am from 27 January to 3 March 2021! Guided by a mindful-fitness instructor, explore a range of practices that will connect your body and mind, in a unique art and nature setting. Activities are different every week and infused by yoga, pilates, fitness, dance, and mindfulness. ... Suitable for all levels. Please wear comfortable clothes and you are welcome to bring your own yoga mat. Book your sessions via the McClelland website! #InspiredMindsandBodies #Yogainthepark #McClellandsculptureparkandgallery See more