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Mt Wilson & Mt Irvine
Locality: Mount Wilson, New South Wales
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25.01.2022 Get ready people......
25.01.2022 Applications for October 2021 to June 2022 Artist in Residence program at the Old School Mt Wilson are closing soon on 7 June, 2021 at 5pm. The program provides residency, accommodation and studio for one month, for both emerging and established artists and suits visual artists, writers, musicians/composers and textile artists. For more information and to apply:... https://www.mtwilson.com.au/mt-wilson-/artists-in-residence
25.01.2022 Applications for November 2020 to June 2021 Artist in Residence program at the Old School Mt Wilson are closing soon, on Friday 17 July 2020 at 5pm. The program provides residency, accommodation and studio, for one month for both emerging and established artists and suits visual artists, writers, video artists, musicians/composers, and textile artists. For more information and to apply go to: https://www.mtwilson.com.au/mt-wilson-/artists-in-residence
25.01.2022 The rose blooms are magnificent. The perfume is sublime.
24.01.2022 One great thing about a wet nut picking weekend is the beautiful light you can get after the rain !! We hope to see you at Nutwood this weekend - just please bring wet weather gear, including waterproof closed shoes - and drive carefully on wet roads !
24.01.2022 Perfect weather for a stroll through the garden at Bebeah this weekend.
23.01.2022 Tristan Coelho has written a lovely article about his and Emily Granger’s residency at the Old School for the Australian Music Centre magazine ‘Resonate’. It includes a beautiful recording ‘Du Faurs Rocks Lookout’ from their Mt Wilson soundscape walk. Follow the link below. https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au//our-residency-in
23.01.2022 Due to the threat of the Corona Virus and likely low visitor and volunteer numbers, Mt Wilson Mt Irvine Rural Fire Brigade has decided to postpone our Easter Sausage Sizzles.... Thank you to all of you who volunteered and watch this space for news of our next fundraising activity.
22.01.2022 Someone Must Pay. Lynne was Artist-in-Residence at the Old School during August. With a working title of Someone Must Pay, Lynnes memoir formed the basis of an inspirational writers workshop held in Mt Wilson last weekend. Someone Must Pay opens with Lynne assuming responsibility for the cultural integration of a Chinese-US joint-venture located in a remote region of China. Then, in the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis of 2009 Lynne is left to close a bus...iness. During this time Lynne receives threats to her personal safety and a bodyguards is assigned to keep her safe while she attempts to navigate her way through a maze of foreign legislation and legal matters. During the workshop, Lynne related her own writers journey while also offering great advice on writing our own memoir Lynne says, Everyone has a story to tell. See more
22.01.2022 Liesl Mott produced stunning landscape paintings that captured the unique rainforest, garden and bush environs of Mt Wilson during her time as Artist in Residence at the Old School. These were presented in an impressive exhibition at the Rex-Livingston Gallery in Katoomba and were also on view at the Mount Wilson Village Hall for the community to enjoy at the 2019 Christmas Party.
22.01.2022 Mt Wilson, a beautiful place to escape from the everyday and have time to focus on your creative project. Explore the opportunity for an artist residency at The Old School, Mt Wilson https://www.mtwilson.com.au/mt-wilson-/artists-in-residence Photography by Bev Woodham, Anne de Salis and iRIS real estate
22.01.2022 This weekend is perfect for chestnut picking. Great chestnuts are in abundance throughout the farm. Some walnuts fell on Friday night because of the rain and ...wind, they should keep on falling throughout April. Our web site is a reliable place to go to for all sorts of information to help you plan your visit. www.kookootonga.com.au. Hope to see you soon! See more
21.01.2022 Jane Guthleben recently completed her residency at the Old School with a well-attended exhibition of her works in the Village Hall. Jane gave a fascinating talk providing a brief history of still life art, from Ancient Rome in 200BC, through the religious paintings of da Vinci and onto 17th Century Holland. It is this final era that fascinates Jane as her work reinterprets Dutch still life art in an Australian context. She paints Australian flora, in the Australian light, using Australian insects and birds as accents. A beautiful selection of works produced during her stay will be exhibited at M Contemporary Gallery, Darlinghurst on 13-28 February, 2021. The images below are: i) Phoenix arrangement; Regeneration after the fires ii) Mt Wilson arrangement with Turkish Bath and a cicada.
21.01.2022 renovations are underway in preparation for the re opening of Ambermere Inn. We have stripped back the building to its original roots of 1845 and are excited t...o be offering a new Public Bar in the old tap room along with a more casual dining experience. #comingsoon #rediscoveringoldtraditions #countrypubfeel #oldpublicbar #food #beer #beergarden #wevebeenbusy #historicpub #bluemountains See more
19.01.2022 Spring is in the air in the beautiful cool climate gardens of Mt Wilson! Artist residencies continue at the Old School, more news to come soon...
19.01.2022 Jane Guthleben is our current Artist in Residence in the Old School. Here are two of her paintings freshly painted this week of local flora, as well as her portrait of Annabel Crabb which was a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize. You can see more of her work at Instagram at @jane_guthleben and her website janeguthleben.com
18.01.2022 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, MOUNT WILSON, BLUE MOUNTAINS NSW Beauty, diversity, tranquility An opportunity for visual artists, writers, video artists, musicians/composers, textile artists, offering free accommodation and studio space in The Old School, Mount Wilson for one or two months. Applications close on 12 June 2019. Further information and how to apply in the link below. www.mtwilson.com.au/mt-wilson-study-ce/artists-in-residence
17.01.2022 Autumn has arrived at Mt Wilson and applications for our Artist in Residence Program are opening soon. Keep in touch
17.01.2022 Jane Guthleben, our Artist in Residence at The Old School in November, 2020 will present a solo exhibition at M Contemporary Gallery, 8/15-19 Boundary Street, Darlinghurst, 11 - 28 February 2021. A month spent in historic Mt Wilson is the focus of Jane’s latest suite of 52 paintings, which celebrates the regeneration of indigenous flora and fauna after last summer’s devastating bushfires. Her paintings reflect her daily encounters with wildlife that emerged from the blackened... earth, tree trunks and rock faces after the fires. Jane is fascinated with Dutch still life painting and reinterpreting it with Australian flora and fauna. The burnt out landscape and its regrowth provided plenty of subject matter for her many small studies and larger works. The unique adaptation by native flora to bushfire and cultural burning is of particular interest. See more
17.01.2022 Here are some more beautiful images of work produced by our current Artist in Residence in the Old School, Jane Guthleben, freshly painted in the last week. For more details of her stay in Mt Wilson and her work go to Instagram at @jane_guthleben and her website janeguthleben.com
16.01.2022 Bebeah Gardens are open this weekend. Enjoy the perfect weather for a stroll through the glorious garden.
16.01.2022 Welcome to Leah Bullen, our current Artist in Residence at the Old School. This beautiful gardenscape won the Stanthorpe Art Prize a few months ago. You can view more of Leah’s work at her website http://www.leahbullen.com and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/leah.bullen/
16.01.2022 Our current Artist in Residence, Jody Graham held a workshop in the Village Hall where she taught an enthusiastic group how to draw local birds using burnt wood from the recent fire, as well as charcoal and pencil. Under Jody’s capable guidance an impressive collection of drawings was created during the workshop. Later in the day Jody hosted an artist’s talk and open studio at the Old School. She gave a very interesting talk about her work and what she hopes to achieve during... her residency, and exhibited beautiful artwork that she has made for her Wildfire collection. Jody says ‘My purpose while at Mt Wilson is to conserve valuable stories and contribute creatively to the Australian bushfire history’. You can see more of Jody’s work at her website and Instagram page. www.jodygraham.com.au https://www.instagram.com/jodyagraham/
15.01.2022 Cathedral Reserve Camping Ground Now Open from 26 June. We have just been notified that BMCC will be opening Cathedral Reserve for camping from this weekend. There will be a range of social distancing requirements and one predominant requirement of the "Conditions of Entry" is that people email their contact details to a designated Council email address - for future contact tracing if required.
15.01.2022 Jody Graham has an upcoming exhibition of works inspired by her residency at the Old School Mt Wilson. 'Somewhere to Land' opens at the Nanda/Hobbs Gallery, 12-14 Meagher St, Chippendale, on 27 May - 5 June 2021.
14.01.2022 Looking for glorious places to walk next weekend? Mt Wilson and Mt Irvine are lovely even in winter with many easily accessible tracks. Use this link for more information https://mtwilson.com.au//things-to/mt-wilson-village-walks #walks#hikes
13.01.2022 Such a fun weekend ! Thank you to everyone who came & picked our delicious fresh nuts this weekend. We so enjoyed meeting you. Nutwood is next open from 9am to ...4pm on SATURDAY APRIL 13 & SUNDAY APRIL 14 (ie weekends only) - except Easter, when we are open all four days - Good Friday to Easter Monday. Have a great week and we hope to see you next weekend at Nutwood. We have tons of lovely fresh chestnuts - and some walnuts, both priced at $10 a kilo. We hope to see you next weekend. The team at Nutwood See more
13.01.2022 Our most recent artists in residence, harpist Emily Granger and composer Tristan Coelho, presented a magical performance in the Mt Wilson village church. A full house enjoyed the beautiful sounds of their new works created during their time in Mt Wilson and an interesting commentary about their work and the harp. Emily and Tristan have also produced a Mt Wilson Music Soundscape Walk, a collection of pieces inspired by sites such as Du Faurs Rock Lookout and Pheasants Cave, to listen to as you walk around Mt Wilson.
12.01.2022 Do you love fresh walnuts and chestnuts, fresh air, green paddocks and day trips with family and friends? If so, come and join us this autumn at Nutwood Farm. ...Bring a picnic rug, snacks and some walking shoes to enjoy a day in the mountains whilst picking some fresh nuts. We are set to open weekends starting from the second weekend of March! The nuts only usually last for around 6 weeks so we suggest planning your day trips now!
11.01.2022 Following the success of the inaugural Mt Wilson Artist in Residence program last year, applications for the 2020-2021 Residency will be opening soon, in late May. Visit the Mt Wilson Mt Irvine community website for details. https://www.mtwilson.com.au/mt-wilson-/artists-in-residence To date the 2019 program has hosted two visual artists and one pair of musicians. LeAnne Vincent produced some exquisite cyanotypes during her residency, and provided a fascinating workshop to teach participants the art of cyanotype, a photographic printing process using found objects to produce cobalt blue prints.
10.01.2022 Welcome Emily. Good to have you and Tristan here as artists in residence at The Old School
09.01.2022 Congratulations (again!) to Leah Bullen on winning the 2021 Pring Prize for her work ‘Arid Garden, Wollongong’. The Pring prize is awarded for the best watercolour by a female artist from works submitted for the Wynne Prize.
09.01.2022 Jody Graham, our December 2020 Artist in Residence is presenting, with Mark Cauvin "Sound Drawings, an innovative dialogue between the creative disciplines of sound and drawing. It will be held at BigCi, Bilpin on; Saturday, 30 January 2021, 7.30pm for 8pm start and Sunday, 31 January 2021, 1.30pm for 2pm start. Jody Graham and Mark Cauvin perform a duet responding to each other’s creative practice. Mark is an improvisor and composer who will be playing the double bass, and Jody is a multidisciplinary artist who will be drawing. For more information: https://bigci.org/new-news/
09.01.2022 LeAnne Vincent's cyanotype workshop at the Old School, Mt Wilson. Cyanotype is a photographic printing process using found objects to produce beautiful cobalt blue prints.
08.01.2022 Lots of chestnuts this year.
08.01.2022 Our current artist in residence, Leah Bullen, led a monotype print making workshop in the Mt Wilson Village Hall on Saturday 22 May. Leah talked about the history of this type of printing, explained the technique, how to prepare a plate and showed us some of her work. Then the creative fun started as we all had a try making our own prints. There were lots of ‘oohs and aahs’ as the print was revealed after being put through the press.
08.01.2022 Our final Artists in Residence at the Old School, Mt Wilson for 2019 were Amelia Besseny and Cooper Bowman from Troth. They created ethereal soundscapes from field recordings using vocals, electronics, zither and taped loops. Their work, featuring ambient soundscapes and experimental song, was presented in a magical concert at the Old School that was well attended. Performance Day.
08.01.2022 The chestnut and walnut crop are ripening and loving the summer, things are looking good for Autumn in the orchard. Kookootonga is opening for pick your own chestnuts and walnuts starting on 9th March. www.kookootonga.com.au
08.01.2022 The chestnuts are fabulous and ready to gather this weekend.....when is the best time......from NOW and through April... Walnuts will need a few more weeks to be ready. www.kookootonga.com.au
08.01.2022 This weekend a few chestnuts will just be beginning to fall and walnuts will start to fall later in the month and throughout April. So in fact not many nuts available yet. C'mon Mother Nature, its Autumn, bring it on please!
07.01.2022 Exciting news, LeAnne Vincent, the first ever Artist in Residence for the Old School Mt Wilson has just won the Queensland Regional Art Awards with her cyanotype artwork ‘Flourish’. The work was made using a cyanotype fabric technique that she developed during her Mt Wilson residency. https://flyingarts.org.au//queensland-regional-art-awards/
06.01.2022 TWO WEEKS TO GO! Can't wait to see you all for our 2019 nut season starting on the 9th and 10th March. Please see our website for more details www.nutwoodfarm.com.au
05.01.2022 Congratulations to Leah Bullen, our latest Artist in Residence at the Old School on being selected as a finalist in the 2021 Wynne Prize with her work 'Arid Garden, Wollongong’. The Wynne Prize was established by a bequest in 1897 of Richard Wynne of Mt Wilson. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/wynne/2021/30336/
05.01.2022 Welcome to Jody Graham, our current Artist in Residence at the Old School, Mt Wilson. Jody plans to create a collection of artworks which reflect how wildfire touches individuals, the community and the environment. She has recently been nominated as a finalist for the 2020 Blake Prize with her work Trashed. Images; i) 'Somewhere to Land’ Artwork drawn with burnt wood from the Blue Mountains bushfires in December 2019... ii) ’Trashed’ (detail) 2020 Blake Prize finalist.
04.01.2022 On the road to recovery, repair and rebuilding at "Wedgwood" Mt Wilson.
03.01.2022 Colour has started ......
03.01.2022 This beautiful cyanotype artwork was created by LeAnne Vincent, one of our 2019 Artists in Residence at the Old School, Mt Wilson. To see more of LeAnnes stunning work and read about her experience as an Artist in Residence at Mt Wilson, see the following links; http://www.leannevincent.com.au/mt-wilson-scholarship.html... https://www.facebook.com/LeAnneVincentPhotographer/ https://www.instagram.com/leannevincent_photographer/
03.01.2022 The Old School, Mount Wilson
02.01.2022 Jody Graham has just completed her residency at the Old School and says she returns home brimming with work and ideas. Jody is now working on creating a mixed media art installation that embraces recollections from the community of the fires of December 2019.
01.01.2022 This bread is top notch......savour every bite
01.01.2022 Album no. 1 of photos taken during the Bushfire
01.01.2022 Dear all, with the start of Autumn imminent, we have launched the new Nooroo Garden website. We will be using the website to tell more about the history of th...e garden and the day to day events and in the activities in the garden. Please check out www.nooroomtwilson.com.au. We look forward to receiving your feedback! Best wishes Nooroo Gardens See more
