The F Project in Warrnambool, Victoria | Art gallery

The F Project

Locality: Warrnambool, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5562 1109

Address: 224 Timor Street 3280 Warrnambool, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.thefproject.org.au

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25.01.2022 Open Friday - Sunday (10am-4pm) "Botanica Extincti" an exhibition by @marion.manifold on now. Drop in to see the incredible story told by this print series. . #print#printmaking#art#sketch#warrnambool#draw#portfairy#contemporaryartist#contemporaryaustralianart

23.01.2022 Great news! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT!! @carolinehealeyart @timfreemancreative and I are having a joint exhibition at @thefprojectarts opening 25th March 2021. I am so excited at the prospect of seeing our wildly different interpretations of our local landscape in the same room. It's going to be amazing!! #freemanhealey #exhibition2021 #carolinehealeyart #timfreemancreative #thefproject #warrnamboolart #warrnambool #portfairy

22.01.2022 #Repost @warrnambool.region_arts with @make_repost WATER : 12 South West Printmakers is now showing at @thefprojectarts in Warrnambool until October 18th The Virtual Tour is now live on their website ( link in their insta profile ) or current exhibition at www.thefproject.org.au ... You can also book for a private viewing appointment & gallery hours will be updated as restrictions are updated . WATER includes works by Ben Fennessy @ben_fennessy Andrea Radley @radleyaj Maree Stewart Jodie Honan @jodiehonan Liza McCosh @liza.mccosh Des Bunyon @printedimages Marion Manifold @marion.manifold Britt Gow @brittgow Jean Gleeson @jeangleeson Sue Ferrari @sueferrariart Delia Crabbe Helen Fitzhardinge #water #printmaking #printmakers #southwestvictoria #artists #exhibition #thefprojectarts #thefprojectgallery #artgallery #virtualtour #warrnambool #warrnamboolregionarts

22.01.2022 Being creative has always provided an outlet for Chrissy LoRicco but her latest endeavour has been the most cathartic of her life. The Colac South West TAFE vis...ual arts (textiles) student’s 2.7-metre high Linton Wings was inspired by her brother Matthew Armstrong’s death while volunteering as a CFA firefighter during the Linton fires in 1998. Linton Wings is on display at the F Project gallery in Warrnambool as part of the South West TAFE Colac Diploma of Visual Arts’ Braided textiles exhibition. It’s for sale but Mrs LoRicco doesn’t really mind if it doesn’t sell. Creating it felt like a load was off my shoulders, Mrs LoRicco said. I’d carried this thing inside me and needed to do something to express my feelings. This was a way for me to remember Matt and enjoy my life to its fullest and be thankful that I’m here. I’m not fussed if it sells; it was more about the therapeutic process of making. Linton Wings has already made its mark, winning the COPACC 2020 CrossXpollinatioN Adaptation Life Art prize. It will be on display at the F Project as part of Braided until November 22. On December 2, 1998, Matthew was one of five CFA volunteers killed near Linton when two tankers were trapped by a sudden wind change. One tanker successfully evaded the fire but Matthew’s Geelong West tanker was engulfed and destroyed. He was just 17 at the time. Mrs LoRicco said her artwork honours the memory of the fallen firefighters as brave angels weaved into its wings. It shows the tenuous relationship between life and death, she said. The black wing symbolises the loss of lives and Geelong West truck and the white wing symbolises the Geelong City truck that survived. The black wing is shielding the white wing in protection. Mrs LoRicco said doing the course at TAFE had given her confidence to do the piece. She has completed her certificate courses and is in the first year of her Diploma which she will complete in 2021. I have a side business, Wallknots Macrame, and saw an ad for the Visual Arts and Textiles course and thought it would be a good fit to expand on my own arts practice, she said. I absolutely love it. It was the best decision I've ever made for myself. This year has been a bit harder because we were working remotely but it has been my most successful year. It has given me a lot of creative confidence and my textiles teacher Sue Ferrari and my fellow students have been huge role models for me. Sue and the class are always inspirational and we have the best conversations and share ideas. Linton Wings was done as a 3D sculptural assignment at TAFE. I’ve always had this thing about my brother being an angel and I wanted to make some wings and thought of him and the whole story of Linton and it seemed to fit. At the time of the fire, Mrs LoRicco collected pieces of metal from the floor of her brother’s truck and has incorporated metal into the base of Linton Wings. I remember going a couple of days after it happened and there was all this metal; you can have a three-tonne fire truck and then it’s just ashes and melted metal. Mrs LoRicco describes herself as a busy mum, business owner, photographer, fibre artist and full-time student. She works in the family engineering business with her husband Travis who helped prepare the metal for the base and with moving the heavy artwork. I wasn’t going to enter it in CrossXpollinatioN and it wasn’t going to go to Warrnambool because I felt it was a bit of a hassle to cut the steel and reconstruct it so it could be pulled apart to transport. About two hours before entries closed, I decided to enter and see what happens. I’m pleased I changed my mind. Despite the tragedy, Mrs LoRicco remains a staunch supporter of Victoria’s CFA volunteers. She joined the Geelong West brigade as a junior when just 11. She moved to Colac in 2003 and joined the local volunteer Colac Fire Brigade about seven years ago. My dad, uncle, grandfather and brother were all CFA volunteers and I’ve always liked serving the community and volunteering, she said. Mrs LoRicco was initially attracted to junior competitions. I liked the running side of it, she said. I was a junior state champ with Matthew. We still hold a record to this day for the four-man striking first and second disc in 1995. Since starting the TAFE course, Mrs LoRicco has had to step back from her commitments and has been helping the Colac brigade as an operational support member in the background. Now Linton Wings is completed, Mrs LoRicco is philosophical about its future. It has already served its purpose. If it doesn’t sell, I might put it in the front paddock at our workshop and set it on fire and create photographic works of it. I’ve got nowhere to keep and store it but it was special experience just to create it. The exhibition is open Friday-Sunday 10am-4pm and online at www.thefproject.org.au.

21.01.2022 Open from Friday ‘An Excellent Adventure’ with @hyunjukim82 and @Damon kowarsky at @thefprojectarts Warrnambool. See you Saturday at 4pm for the opening. The level of the exhibtions just keep astounding us here at the f project!

21.01.2022 Love this painting of one of our stellar and regular volunteers! Give him a follow :) #Repost @paul_burman with @make_repost I painted Port Fairy Crash Repairs because I like the cracked, stepped façade of the building and the way the turquoise door pops out against the pinkish render; the broken pavement and stained bitumen, the grass and weeds asserting themselves on the nature strip. But most of all, I loved capturing the wonderful shadow thrown against the building b...y a concrete power pole. A matter of discovering the beauty in utility, perhaps. 'Port Fairy Crash Repairs', acrylic on board, 45 x 34 cm. $600 unframed. #art #painting #artistsoninstagram #artoninstagram #paulburman #author #artist #windeye #portfairy #lowsun #longshadows #lowsunlongshadows #morninglight #crashrepairs #picturesforanexhibition #portfairypics #buildings #turquoise #door #garage #gallery #artgallery #countrytown #victoriaaustralia #victorian #sunlight #shadows

20.01.2022 Opening this weekend - with an actual opening event! We can only allow 14 people in the gallery at the one time. There will be more room outdoors and in our Garden! #Repost @hyunjukim82 with @make_repost ‘Damon Kowarsky and Hyunju Kim : An Excellent Adventure’ opens Saturday 28 November at @thefprojectarts Warrnambool. Official opening by @vanessagerrans, Director @warrnamboolartgallery. Exhibition continues until 10 January 2021. We are exhibiting prints and drawings. @damonkowarsky #warrnambool #artexhibition #thefproject #print #drawing #art #life #saturday

19.01.2022 You all know Helen and Des, did you know they run their own little gallery? #Repost @customshousegallery Shaun Tan limited edition giclee print ''Fox' from his book 'Tales from the Inner City', just one of many prints available by this amazing artist at Customs House Gallery. @shauncytan @warrnambool.region_arts @cbca #shauntan #artist #art exhibition #artgallery #talesfromtheinnercity #hawkesdaleartgallery #dunkeld #hamilton #portfairy #koroit #warrnambool #beautifulsouthwestvictoria

18.01.2022 Braided open now! Friday to Sunday 10 - 4 @thefprojectarts #Repost @wallknotsmacrameco with @make_repost Hey friends, You may have noticed I’ve been a bit quiet on my page this year, I’ve been working hard behind the scenes juggling life, art and Tafe studies. Well I’ve got something cool to share with you all. ... My work Linton Wings was selected as a finalist for the @copacc_colacotway 2020 CrossXpollinatoN Adaptation Life Art prize. I was very excited to just be a finalist, however on Friday 6th November it unexpectedly won the major art prize, I’m still pinching myself. Linton Wings is currently on display right now for our end of year @swtafe exhibition BRAIDED at @thefprojectarts gallery in Warrnambool and can be viewed Friday to Sunday from 10am till 4pm. Congratulations to everyone in the arts community that entered work and were selected as finalists, many of them wonderful friends and colleagues who also have work featured in BRAIDED. Artist Statement There is a tenuous relationship between life and death. During the evening of 2 December 1998 two CFA tankers became trapped by fire. One successfully took survival action. The other was lost, engulfed and destroyed. Five volunteer firefighters died in their fire truck in the Linton bushfire in Victoria 22 years ago, lives were changed forever. The story of these brave angels is weaved into the wings, honoring my brother, one of five Geelong West firefighters who died after becoming entrapped by a wildfire after a change in wind direction on 2 December 1998.

18.01.2022 Another of our talented F project members @kalm_klay Don’t forget to tag us @thefprojectarts if you are a current member (exactly like that) so we can share your amazing creations #Repost @kalm_klay with @make_repost... I love a bit of colour ..... oh & spots too This funky little vase was snapped up by a gorgeous friend x . . . . . #clayart #pottery #ceramicsculpture #handmadeceramics #sculpture #artist #ceramics #contemporaryceramics #contemporaryart #ceramicdesign #ceramicart #ceramist #contemporaryartist #warrnamboolregionarts #towerhill #towerhillartist #kalmklay #australianceramics

18.01.2022 Have you seen the show we have on now? Amazing works! Open Friday - Tuesday 10 - 4

17.01.2022 Nice weather today? Did you get to the water? DId you know our current exhibition is called 'Water'? (Did I just do the worst segway ever? If you can't make it in to see the show - it's on our website. . These magnificent artists have done sucha great job, have a wander through or book in an appointment to have a look yourself! WATER includes works by Ben Fennessy @ben_fennessy... Andrea Radley @radleyaj Maree Stewart Jodie Honan @jodiehonan Liza McCosh @liza.mccosh Des Bunyon @printedimages Marion Manifold @marion.manifold Britt Gow @brittgow Jean Gleeson @jeangleeson Sue Ferrari @sueferrariart Delia Crabbe Helen Fitzhardinge See more

17.01.2022 More of these magic works on their way to us at the shop Get in quick! The last ones sold out fast #Repost @damonkowarsky The F Project... Four new brooches are on their way to @thefprojectarts in Warrnambool. Hand coloured etchings with homemade beeswax finish. #brooch #artbrooch #architecture #rooftops #fproject #warrnambool #handmade #southwestvictoria #art #artinthetimeofcoronavirus

17.01.2022 The F Project is a self-funded, volunteer run, not for profit organisation in Warrnambool, dedicated to arts development and advocacy. The F Project includes a...n Art Gallery showing 12 exhibitions annually, and a Retail Shop offering original works from over 50 local artisans, writers and musicians. The F Project has Studio spaces for artists and a workshop space for artists to teach regular art classes. We also run a film society, workshops, artists’ markets and an annual outdoor Christmas Party! The purpose of the F Project is to support contemporary art practice, the development of local artists through professional development, and the creative exploration of social issues and engagement with our diverse community through challenging, meaningful arts projects that contribute to individual and community development. To become a member or to find out more visit: https://www.thefproject.org.au/ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/thefprojectarts/

16.01.2022 Know the spot? If you’re from Warrnambool... you should . Last days of the Views from the West by @kathrynryanartist & @harley_manifold_artist @thefprojectarts You can visit the show if you make an appointment, or view it online on the f project website. Or through the link in our bio @thefprojectarts

15.01.2022 Want to see this show? It's magic stuff. This is Maree Stewart's "Ceramic Wanderers"! View it online on our website https://www.thefproject.org.au/current-exhibtion Or book an appointment to come see some of these fabulous affordable works, in time for Christmas :) "WATER" includes works by... Ben Fennessy @ben_fennessy Andrea Radley @radleyaj Maree Stewart Jodie Honan @jodiehonan Liza McCosh @liza.mccosh Des Bunyon @printedimages Marion Manifold @marion.manifold Britt Gow @brittgow Jean Gleeson @jeangleeson Sue Ferrari @sueferrariart Delia Crabbe Helen Fitzhardinge See more

15.01.2022 Wow The F Project is looking better than ever, thanks to our new doors from Merri Aluminium & Auto Doors. It makes it easier to see the artworks that are up during our Stage 3 closure! We’re very grateful to the South West Community Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Family Foundations for giving us a much needed facelift! Foundations like these are invaluable to our community. . Look at the difference! It feels really light-filled and open now!!!! Thanks everyone!!!

15.01.2022 Isn’t this incredible? One of our amazing new artists, in our amazing show on now! #Repost @wallknotsmacrameco with @make_repost I am thrilled to introduce you to my latest works Rock Stars and to let you know that it was selected for this years CrossXpollinatioN Adaptation textile fibre art exhibition at @copacc_colacotway COPACC. ... The link to vote for it in the Peoples Choice Award is in my bio, or online https://www.copacc.com.au//Life-Exhibition-a/PeoplesChoice #6. Name of works: Rock Stars David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse. Music gives me life, my soundtrack is wildly varied. Learning to sew and listening to their music, inspired me to create intuitively and channel my mood into bringing to life a series of Machine Embroidered portraits that documents and celebrates the most famous, flamboyant and larger than life greats of our music history. To this day their iconic status captures their image, style and stage presence, forever unique and instantly recognisable. Their music plays on long into decades and generations to come. Chrissy's first experience using a sewing machine was in September 2019. It’s also currently on display at @thefprojectarts art gallery in Warrnambool for @swtafe Diploma of Visual Arts end of year exhibition BRAIDED.

15.01.2022 @brittgow gorgeous work Little Penguins is part of the South West Printmakers show on now @thefprojectarts this little work is very affordable!!! . Have a browse of the other works through the Virtual tour on our https://www.thefproject.org.au/current-exhibtion . #art#print#draw#warrnambool#portfairy... . See more

13.01.2022 Do you know where this is? I think I do... On now, till this Sunday.

12.01.2022 @nate_sew_fast and crew down @thefprojectarts till 7pm tonight making beautiful art on the walls

12.01.2022 Kathryn talking to us about the inspiration for her works that are in the show "Views from the West" on now at the gallery!

10.01.2022 It's been up and down hasn't it? We've got a new great show on though :) . Open Friday - Sunday (10am-4pm) "Botanica Extincti" an exhibition by @marion.manifold on now. Drop in to see the incredible story told by this print series.... . #print#printmaking#art#sketch#warrnambool#draw#portfairy#contemporaryartist#contemporaryaustralianart See more

08.01.2022 How much fun was last years Plein Air Painting at the Gardens? You still have time to enter!!! Have you started? FIRST PRIZE $1000 SECOND PRIZE $500 THIRD PRIZE $250 YOUTH PRIZE U18 $250 -----... Pleasant Hill Plein Air Painting Prize & Exhibition ** FINAL DAYS TO ENTER : BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NOV15th 2D artworks to be done onsite at Pleasant Hill Gardens , Fletcher Jones .. then submit your entry via email by Midnight Sunday Nov 15 Submit your paintings digital image and Free entry form to E: [email protected] Entry Forms & full details on The F Project website & The F Project Community FB www.thefproject.org.au The big twist with this Plein Air Art Prize is that it will then be exhibited by AUGMENTED REALITY on site at Pleasant Hill! The F Project will arrange for all entries to be viewed in this way and works can be available for sale through The F Project website . AUGMENTED REALITY EXHIBITION Means ... through our smart phones ( no app required ) we can stand close to where the paintings were made & view them ‘exhibited’ on our screens ... walking around the gardens to designated points you can then see all artworks on your screen ! Jump on board , get your paints & crayons and head to the Pleasant Hill gardens to participate .. send in your entry by Sunday 15th midnight ! FIRST PRIZE $1000 SECOND PRIZE $500 THIRD PRIZE $250 YOUTH PRIZE U18 $250 #thefproject #pleasanthill #fletcherjones #pleinairpainting #pleinairpaintingprize #pleinairartprize #pleasanthillgardens #warrnambool #2dartwork #painting #drawing #onsite #artprize #augmentedreality #augmentedrealityexhibitions #warrnamboolregionarts @thefprojectarts @printedimages @assemblagearts19 @harley_manifold_artist @gareth_colliton @carolinehealeyart

06.01.2022 Isn't Jane amazing too? #Repost @janedowningart H E R E, T H E R E and E V E R Y W H E R E... . This little piece puts a smile on my face, light, cheery, careless, fun filled. . acrylic on board 30 x 30cm available with thanks . #acrylicpainting #painting #funfilled #joyous #lightandairy, playful #artgallery #pink #contemporaryart #artheals #peaceful #art #australianart #artistherapy #abstractart #flaming_abstracts #abstractpainting #todaysartreport #gratitude #artist #painting #artcurator #modernpainting #spiritspeaks #intuitiveart #gallery #originalpainting See more

04.01.2022 The store is full of goodies right now! Come in and do some shopping for Christmas if you're like me you might be running a little bit behind

01.01.2022 Just some of the fab creations in-store now