Visit the 2024 Remagine Art Prize exhibition to explore the ‘Crossroads of Consumption’
Over 60 unique artworks focusing on sustainability, waste and the environment have been shortlisted in Hornsby Shire Council’s 2024 Remagine Art Prize. The finalist works of Digital Art Stills, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Drawing, Ceramics, and Printmaking will be on exhibition at the Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby from 10 May to 26 […]
Archibald Artists Talk at Windsor
The 2023 Archibald Prize exhibition is currently in Windsor, from March 15th to April 28th. If you missed the exhibition in town, this is a chance to see 57 remarkable portraits and to hear from three of the artists. Catherine McGuiness, local artist from Cherrybrook was a finalist in the Archibald with her portrait of […]
Wild@art Show
The Ferry Artists are having a special opening for their upcoming art exhibition. Wild@Art on Saturday, 23rd March from 3pm to 5pm. The Wild@Art exhibition is The Ferry Artists response to a collaboration with Macdonald Valley Association’s Valley for Wildlife Project when Ferry Artists worked with the community to create recycled satellite dish wildlife awareness signs followed […]
Learn to Paint Clouds and Reflections
Castle Hills Art Society presents April 21 workshop: Clouds in the landscape with ground and water reflections (oils or acrylics). Chris Vidal is a Sydney artist who loves to paint the landscape in oils and acrylics. His style of painting is contemporary realism influenced by classical painters and by recent impressionists. Chris will provide artists […]
Inside/Out: Maide and Chris Welch Exhibition to Open 5 March
Art enthusiasts are invited to enjoy an exciting local exhibition presented by Hornsby Shire Council, with the winner of the 2022 Wallarobba Outstanding Local Artist Award set to unveil an impressive collection of her works next month at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby. Maide Welch won the 2022 Wallarobba Outstanding Local Artist Award and […]
Castle Hill Art Society
Art Demonstration – 6th March, 2024 Jacqueline Balassa – Gouache Painting Jacqueline is a Contemporary Landscape painter who is based in Sydney. Her gouache practice begins with plein air sketches, then she creates images that are delicately balanced between observation and imagination, expressing her visual and emotional response to particular places. Visitors are welcome to […]
Entries Now Open For Remagine Sustainability And Environmental Art Prize 2024
Hornsby Shire Council’s sustainability and environmental art prize Remagine is again open for entries with $11,000 in total prize money. Hosted by Hornsby Shire Council in partnership with the Hornsby Art Society since 2009, the Remagine Art Prize challenges artists to create works in response to the waste and overconsumption crises. This year’s theme, Crossroads of Consumption, invites […]
Luke Kelly the Mural Guru
Originally from the UK, Luke Kelly came to Australia in 2002 and has lived in the Hawkesbury area since 2011. As a self taught painter, Luke is inspired by Australia’s natural beauty and has an ongoing obsession with capturing our unique birds and wildlife through his art. His passion for teaching and creating public art […]
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
A FAR FROM ELEMENTARY COMEDY – CASTLE HILL PLAYERS PRESENTS BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY AT THE PAVILION THEATRE FROM 17TH NOVEMBER – 9TH DECEMBER (WRITTEN BY KEN LUDWIG AND DIRECTED BY JASON SPINDLOW) Get your deerstalker cap on—the play’s afoot! Comedic genius Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Shakespeare in Hollywood) transforms Arthur Conan […]
2023 Hornsby Art Prize Winners
The winners of the 2023 Hornsby Art Prize have been announced, with Ryan Daffurn from Brisbane, taking home the top prize for his painting, Proposition 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! — an oil on linen depiction of a young musician described by judge James Powditch as “an accomplished painting with a subdued yet resonating power”. Daffurn’s artwork […]
