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MSWPS

Locality: East Melbourne, Victoria

Address: MSWPS 41/43 Gipps Street 3002 East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.mswps.com.au

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25.01.2022 Creative Recovery Project The third article of the Lockdown Series by members is written by Janine Good regarding involvement after bush fires with the Creative Recovery Project. Read more about it here: https://mswps.com.au/creative-recovery-project/ #mswps #bushfires #creativerecoveryproject #suejarvis #louisefoletta #janinegood #buxton #marysville #narbethong #artrelief #lockdown #covid19 #painting #artwork

25.01.2022 On Friday 6th November MSWPS launched the inaugural online virtual exhibition. The Launch was via Zoom and the presentation can be watched at: https://youtu.be/Z72Q4imyCcc #mswps #changingperspectives #womenartists #femaleart #mswpsexhibition2020 #mswps_exh_20

25.01.2022 Susan O'Brien 'Incoming Tide' Highly Commended at the 110th MSWPS Annual Exhibition.

21.01.2022 When the yearly calendar offers five Thursdays in a month, MSWPS endeavours to plan a Member outing. April has five Thursdays and on Friday 30 April members are invited to attend the Flora Exhibition in the City of greater Dandenong. Flora: Celebrating the World of Plants... Exhibition Dates: 25 March 1 May 2021 Flora is an immersive art program that explores the importance, beauty and fragility of nature and the plant world. Through a series of exhibitions, installations and events across the City of Greater Dandenong, Flora will offer new perspectives and renew our wonder for the plant world. Venues include: Walker Street Gallery, Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens, Garnar Lane Display Boxes, Alex Wilkie Reserve, Connection Art Space. Five MSWPS Members are currently participating in Flora at Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens at 66 McCrae St, Dandenong, Opening Hours: Friday: 10:00 am-4:00 pm Exhibition Entry is FREE. Steffie Wallace Nos. 105 and 117/Louise Foletta Nos. 40 and 87/Jo Reitze Nos. 2 and 77 Marion Chapman Nos. 143 and 144/Denise Keele-bedford Nos. 135 and 136 For more information on the program of events visit: https://www.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au/flora Heritage Hill Museum and Historic Gardens is 32 minutes from the Ola Cohn Centre and members may like to carpool to the exhibition. Dandenong offers many eateries and close to Heritage Hill Museum are Beetle Cafe and Beletti Restaurant.

21.01.2022 Reconciliation week, held on 27 May 3 June, marks the anniversary of the Australian referendum in 1967, celebrating the culture and history of the Indigenous people in Australia. MSWPS wishes to acknowledge with respect and continuing spiritual connection to All Women of Good Will who have gone before us on this land. To acknowledge indigenous women artists at this time, this news item features the artwork of MSWPS Member,Mandy Brown.... See the full post at: www.mswps.com.au

21.01.2022 CHANGING PERSPECTIVES 2020 MSWPS Inaugural Virtual Online exhibition: Currently showing 94 artworks by MSWPS Members WINNER of the Inaugural MSWPS SCULPTURE AWARD BEATRICE MAGALOTTI, with her Bronze 'Stormy Passage'... See the artwork here: https://mswps.com.au/exhibition-entry/43-stormy-passage/ #mswpsexhibition2020 #mswps_exh_20 #femaleart #ChangingPerspectives #womenartists #mswps_exh_20 #sculptureartist #beatricemagalotti #bronzesculpture

19.01.2022 MSWPS FEATURED ARTIST is Sylvia Isaac At the Annual Changing Perspectives exhibition, Judge, Amanda Hyatt awarded That Night....Remember a Highly Commended. The Judge's Comment: It’s difficult to paint ‘night scenes’ obviously because of the lack of light. This painting captures both a sense of restricted light, mystery, intrigue (why is the bird bath important? It could have been a seat or a statue to create a similar effect) and a sense that something has gone on. Did some...one disappear stage left behind the bushes suddenly? Paintings usually work because they are ‘memorable’ and apart from the reduced and themed colour palette and the juxtaposing of different tonal values, the artist has captured a difficult ‘time of day’ painting. This is a good example of tonal Impressionism. https://mswps.com.au/exhibition-ent/33-that-night-remember/

18.01.2022 NOTE TO MEMBERS: Remember to check the Member Area of the website for updates: https://mswps.com.au Check the President's latest message

17.01.2022 2020 Judge: Amanda Hyatt selected No. 43 Stormy Passage by Beatrice Magalotti as recipient of the MSWPS Sculpture Award Winner. Stormy Passage is currently the Featured Artwork on the MSWPS website. Judge’s Comment: This section was difficult because as a sculptor myself, one who builds rather than cuts away, I understand the complexities of such work. The bronze ‘boat’ is a compilation of, please pardon my puns, what looks like a cut in half squashed up leather football stuf...fed with paper and tied up with barbed wire but the magic happens when the entire thing is bronzed. And suddenly it is beautiful. The artist consequently has to have a preemptive vision of what they want the final result to look like and this sculpture works well as it has a statement value of mystery, a bit of trauma and intrigue. Plus working with barbed wire is no mean feat! Well done. See more artworks at this direct link to the exhibition: https://mswps.com.au/exhibition-entry/43-stormy-passage/ #changingperspectives #mswpsannualexhibition #changingperspectives111thannualexhibition #mswpsexhibition2020 #mswpsannualexhbiition #mswps_exh_20 #sculpture #beatricemagalotti See more

16.01.2022 Changing Perspectives 2020 is the Melbourne Society of Women Painters & Sculptors (MSWPS) 111th Annual Exhibition and its first Online Virtual Exhibition. Annie Davison Oliver Award.... 2020 Judge: Amanda Hyatt selected No.41 In the Studio Gwendoline Krumins as recipient of the Annie Davison Oliver Award Winner. Her Comments on the artwork:... No.41 In the Studio Gwendoline Krumins The winning painting is a very well executed interior en plein air and looking at it, the viewer feels like they are in the same studio. The main subject is completely recognisable as Ray Hewitt and the other person in the painting could even be one of the MSWPS. The artist has captured a ‘moment in time’ with a good colour palette, good composition, an excellent play of light, confident and spontaneous brush strokes, lost and found edges and sets a sense of immediacy and concentration of the subject attending to his work. She has included a perfect balance of items, not too many and not too few but enough for the eye to ‘wander’ through the painting in exploration and intrigue at ‘ what’s going on’. The artist has ticked all the boxes and has created a very ‘memorable’ piece of art. An excellent example of traditional tonal impressionist realism. Well done. SEE THE EXHIBITION HERE: https://mswps.com.au/changing-perspectives-2020 #mswps #changingperspectives #gwendolinekrumins #inthestudio #painting #womensartists #womensartwork #amandahyatt

13.01.2022 The launch of the inaugural online virtual exhibition for Changing Perspectives, 111th Annual Exhibition; was held on Friday November 6th. the launch can be viewed on the link. #changingperspectives #mswps #annualexhibition #womenartists #femaleart #onlinexhibition #111thannualexhibition #gwendolinekrumins #beatricmagalottis #margaretpicken #evamiller #ericawagner #sylviaisaac #lucyfekete

13.01.2022 In the Second of the Lockdown Series of articles by members we discover Annee Kelly’s re-evaluation of what she loves about art making. Read the article at: https://mswps.com.au/annee-kelly-in-lockdown/ Meeting with the Government restrictions during the Covic19 Lockdown and staying at home, has enabled me to pursue my love of painting, particularly Watercolour, in a more intensive way and endeavour to further myself in my artistic journey. The lockdown has encouraged me to r...e-evaluate what I love in my art making process, experiment and play. #mswps #anneekelly #watercolour #lockdown #covid19

12.01.2022 Smoke and Dust December 19 by Margaret Picken is the current featured artwork on The Website Homepage and Facebook Page. Margaret’s painting was awarded Highly Commended at the 111th MSWPS Annual Changing Perspective exhibition, judged by Amanda Hyatt. The judge’s comment: In this case tone does all the work and the artist uses a reduced colour palette. The dimensions of the painting measure up into fifths horizontally and create the balance for the painting to work. There ...is a sense of calm, mood, atmosphere and mystery. A minimalist painting with sufficient punch to compel the viewer to look more closely at ‘ what isn’t there’. A nice piece of minimalist, realist, romantic art. ‘What isn’t there’ is as important as what is. https://mswps.com.au/featured-artist-margaret-picken/ #mswpsmembers #mswps #margaretpicken #oilpainting #smokeanddustdecember19 #changingperspectives See more

11.01.2022 The fourth article of the Lockdown Series by members is written by Jo Reitze: Isolation a period of creativity. The period of enforced isolation has been good for me. After the initial shock of the potential severity of the COVID19 crisis and the realization that my planned exhibition, ‘Celebrating Life in Gouache, Oil and Pen’ at The Victorian Artists Society would not go ahead in July, I accepted that this would be the opportunity for me to get my life sorted. Read the ful...l article here: https://mswps.com.au/isolation-a-period-of-creativity-jo-r/ #mswps #joreitze #isolation #lockdown #gardens #mswpsbulletin #painting See more

10.01.2022 The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors are pleased to support the women's Art Register initiative. THIS IS W.A.R! #womenartists #womensartregister #mswps #femaleartists #womenpainters #womensculptors #femaleartwork #womensartwork

09.01.2022 From the excellent submissions for the Winter Bulletin and Members articles about being in a COVID 19 world, a series of posts will follow the complete articles sent in by several members who had to have abridged versions in the Bulletin. The first is the Series is by Ev Hales, whose article featured in WATERMARK, April-June 2020. With Thanks to Ev and Brenda Innes for permission to present the Full version. Go to: https://mswps.com.au/drawing-from-life-ev-hales/... #evhales #mswps #covid19 #drawingfromlife

09.01.2022 ******I'm sharing this post from elsewhere, you will need to contact them directly. I am not affiliated :)***** Hey folks, over at Versus Merch HQ in Murrumbeena we have a hidden cafe called The Alleyway Cartel. We have some shelves where we display and sell local crafts and artworks to sell on your behalf. We want to put up another rack specifically for art prints, with an initial focus on works by women or indigenous artists. You can also hit us up with links to art pages o...n Instagram @theallewaycartel Let us know if you’re keen to trial some pieces!

07.01.2022 Front Garden Winter by Jo Reitze is the current featured artwork on The Website Homepage and Facebook Page. Front Garden Winter was selected for a Highly Commended at the 110th MSWPS Annual Exhibition. Judged by Lesley Harding, Artistic Director at Heide Museum of Modern Art. Her words: Front Garden Winter reminds me of the work of a favourite artist, Grace Cossington Smith who also managed to always keep her eyes fresh and revel in the messy busy activity of plant life which is always in flux. This is the quiet narrative of the garden, a clipped slice of its marvellous patterns and shapes and colours.

06.01.2022 MSWPS FEATURED ARTIST is Lucy Fekete. At the Annual Changing Perspectives exhibition, Judge, Anmanda Hyatt awarded Painting While Waiting by Lucy Fekete a Highly Commended. The Judge's Comment: A huge statement painting and an excellent piece of graphic art. One can almost feel (from experience) the level of apprehension of what is to come. A combination of technical skill in its photo realism with a complete emotional outpouring. There is only a small reference to the fact t...hat it was painted as a mirror reflection. The design element is good and the thin transparent layering of paint suits its modern feel. I hope the artist paints the ‘after the event’ picture! Read Lucy's Artist statement Here: https://mswps.com.au/exhibition-/15-painting-while-waiting/ #mswps #lucyfekete #ChangingPerspectives #womensart #femaleartist #paintingwhilewaiting #mswps2020exhibition #womenpainting #onlineexhibition See more

03.01.2022 MSWPS Member Jo Reitze is delighted to be a Finalist in the Southern Buoy Portrait Prize 2020. This exhibition can be viewed at www.southernbuoystudios.com.au. Click on the SBS Portrait Prize with the red door and you can see all paintings, statements and vote for People’s Choice Award if you wish. ARTIST STATEMENT: JO REITZE Self-Portrait with my Painting... I rarely paint portraits but last year was challenged to paint this gouache self-portrait. I painted myself seated, reflected in the wardrobe mirror of my study/spare room with my large oil painting, ‘Front garden in Spring’, placed behind to fill the background. The vibrancy of the background contrasts with my black art shirt, apron and glasses. However, like the Impressionists, I do not use black paint. I have created the illusion with dark hues mostly mixed with phthalo blue, raw umber, violet or ultramarine. I like that the background, rather than being incidental, is as important as my image - painting gardens is what I do. Jo Reitze paints your garden www.joreitzeartist.com.au

02.01.2022 MSWPS Current Featured Artist: Susan O'Brien Incoming Tide Acrylic Susan O'Brien was awarded a Highly Commended at the 110th Annual MSWPS Exhibition in October 2019.... The exhibition was judged by Lesley Harding Artistic Director at Heide Museum of Modern Art. Her words: Susan O'Brien's 'Incoming Tide' I enjoyed for its lovely coloration, confident brushwork and sharp composition - this is a balanced and beautifully executed painting, alert to the wild and dynamic nature of the subject which is articulated boldly and with gusto. See more

01.01.2022 Saw this great painting by MSWPS member Margaret McLoughlin today. Wonderful to see the painting alongside the sculpture that Ernst Fries was creating in the Portrait. #ernstfries #artatlindengate #margaretmcloughlin #sculpture #painting #femaleart #portraiture #archibaldprize2012