John Ryrie
Mercury and the Sculpture
Courtesy: Chrysalis Publishing
SAPF thanks National
Art School teachers and students for
presenting demonstrations.
Demonstrations,Talks & Tours
Thursday 31 July
Friday 1 August
Saturday 2 August
Sunday 3 August
| Thursday 31 July | |
| 11am-1pm | Demonstration:
Etching National Art School BFA Hons student Grant Parke employs a variety of printmaking techniques to produce his reflective observations of the natural world. |
| 2pm | Floor
Talk: Lesley Harding Lesley Harding, Curator of Visual Arts, Victorian Arts Centre, has curated five exhibitions which explore contemporary art practice on and with paper, including the currently touring Act XII: new works on paper, showing at UTS Gallery from 29 July. |
| 2-4pm | Demonstration:
Woodblock Printing National Art School BFA Hons student and SAPF Emerging Artist Selina Woolcott employs woodblock printing techniques to produce her subtle and sophisticated prints. Selina will be demonstrating the 'hand printing' of woodblock prints. |
| 3pm | Artist's
Talk: Dianne Longley Dianne Longley will talk about her exhibition Tracing the Echo: artist books and folios 1978-2002, a SAPF satellite exhibition at Manly Art Gallery and Museum. |
| 4pm | Panel Discussion: Emerging artists Anne Ryan, Assistant Curator of Australian Prints, Drawings & Watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, will chair a panel discussion with SAPF Emerging Artists. |
| 5pm | Artist's
Talk: Michael Leunig (Chrysalis Publishing) |
| 6pm | Floor
Talk: David Forrest and Janis Nedela (Gallery East) The directors of Gallery East will discuss Japanese prints of the Edo period (1600-1868): the extraordinary culture that gave rise to them and which they vividly illustrate and why they were so influential on Western Art. |
| 6:30pm | Tours
of the Fair with Akky van Ogtrop, SAPF Executive Director and Lorraine Reed, of Lorraine Reed Old & Rare Books. |
| Friday 1 August | |
| 3pm | Floor
Talk: Vivienne Webb Vivienne Webb, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, presents an introduction to and discussion of the ideas behind the exhibition The Stage of Drawing: Gesture and Act. Selected from the Tate Collection. This exhibition, on view at the MCA from 5 June until 24 August 2003, presents 148 works ranging from the mid-18th to 20th century by 69 artists from USA, Britain and Europe. |
| 4pm | Floor
Talk: Anne Virgo Australian Print Workshop |
| 5pm | Floor
Talk: Basil Hall Basil Hall is a printer, artist and teacher and the director of Basil Hall Editions, where he continues to collaborate with both indigenous and non-indigenous artists in the making of etchings, silkscreens and relief prints. |
| 5-7pm | Demonstration:
Artist Books National Art School lecturer and COFA MFA candidate Joseph Harb utilises traditional bookbinding techniques to produce his intricate and often confronting artist books. Joseph will demonstrate some of the traditional bookbinding techniques associated with the production of artist books. |
| 6:30pm | Tours
of the Fair with Akky van Ogtrop, SAPF Executive Director and Paul McGillick, editor of Indesign and art critic, who has written extensively on works on paper. |
| Saturday 2 August | |
| 11am-1pm | Demonstration:
Monotype Printing Jennie Crombie is the Fine Art Demonstrator and Resident Artist for Eckersley's Arts, Crafts and Imagination, the largest Fine Art and Graphics retail group. |
| 12pm | Artist's Talk: Michael Kempson (Michael Nagy Fine Art) |
| 1pm | Tour
of the Fair with Bronwyn Clark-Coolee, Coordinator, Public Programs, AGNSW. |
| 2pm | Artist's
Talk: Bruce Petty Artist and cartoonist Bruce Petty (Damien Minton Gallery) in conversation with Ward O'Neill (cartoonist, The Sydney Morning Herald). |
| 2-4pm | Demonstration:
Colour Etching National Art School lecturer Andrew Totman employs a variety of etching techniques to produce his colourful and complex evocations of the human spirit. |
| 3pm | Tour
of the Fair with Craig Judd, lecturer Sydney College of the Arts and Manager, Education and Public Programs, Biennale of Sydney. |
| 4pm | Artist's
Talk: Joshua Yeldham (Art House Gallery) |
| 5pm | Floor
Talk: Sandra Byron Sandra, the director of Sandra Bryon Gallery will talk about the history of photography. |
| Sunday 3 August | |
| 11am-1pm | Demonstration:
Lino Engraving and Intaglio Printing Geraldine Berkemeier, artist (The Independents). |
| 12pm | Artists'
Talk: Michel & Sheyne Tuffery Artists and brothers Michel Tuffery and Sheyne Tuffery (The Lane Gallery) will discuss their works. |
| 2pm | Floor
Talk: Sandy Edwards Sandy Ewdwards, Director of Stills Gallery, will talk about collecting photography. |
| 2-4pm | Demonstration:
Wood Engraving National Art School MFA candidate Lawrence Finn employs traditional wood engraving to produce his painstaking and wry observations of the contemporary Australian cultural condition. |
| 3pm | Floor
Talk: Michael Reid Michael Reid is the Art Market Analyst for The Australian newspaper. As a consultant, he advises corporate and private clients on the formation of their art collections. Michael is heard regularly on ABC radio and has recently co-authored a book on one of Australia's most significant private art collections. |
| 4pm | Raffle
Prize Draw In support of the Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick. |
| 5pm | Moccona
People's Choice Award Presentation for the Best Stand 2003. |
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Program may be subject to change without notice.
