Timeline
2023
Watercolour workshop with Ev Hales
October | Photo by Katya Mortensen
It was a very successful and productive two day workshop with Ev Hales - a wonderful watercolour artist and art teacher. Full article and photos in November newsletter.
Life Drawing Session
October | Photo by Katya Mortensen
The November Life Drawing Session was attended
by 6 of our members. Our model was a man
from Canberra. See more photos in our November newsletter.
Annual Art Prize 2023
October | Photo by Sue Maas
Our Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize was very successful with 223 art works including Photography entered. There were many visitors over the long weekend. We sold 14 paintings all up which was very exciting. See more photos and info in October newsletter.
Stavros Papantoniou's Exhibition
June | Photo by Katya Mortensen
In Crookwell, on Saturday afternoon, 17th June, Margaret Kearns, Stavros's partner of 27 years, welcomed a large gathering of invited guests to the opening of the Exhibition to celebrate the life of Stavros Papantoniou. Carol Divall, from Gallery on Track was first to speak saying Stavros's life was a "Life well lived". See full article by Sue Maas and more photos in our newsletter
Great GDAS participation in Taralga Exhibition
June | Photo by Katya Mortensen
There was a great participation from members of our art society. Congratulations to those who sold their works! Donald De Jonge sold all of his woodturning entries. See more photos in our newsletter
Chan's Watercolour Workshop
April 28 | Photo by Katya Mortensen
This was well attended by 14 artists wanting to expand their watercolour skills. Here are some comments from participants... See full report in our Newsletter May 2023
Oils Workshop with Mark Redzic
March 25 | Photo by Katya Mortensen
It was disappointing that only 7 of us took up the opportunity to participate in Mark's workshop - and at such a low fee as with all our workshops this year. It's the first time any of us had been to one of Mark's workshops and we considered it to be time very well spent under his tuition... See full report in our Newsletter April 2023
VALE STAVROS PAPANTONIOU
March 25 | Photo by Katya Mortensen
On our painting days for the past few months there has been an empty space near the roller door, the spot where Stavros liked to sit and paint. That is going to remain as an empty space as our friend and member, Stavros, passed away at the end of his battle with cancer on Saturday 25th March, 2023... See full article in our Newsletter April 2023
March Meeting: Guest Speaker -
Ian Henderson
March 9 | Photo by Katya Mortensen
See full report in our Newsletter March 2023
Quick Acrylics Workshop
with Katya Mortensen
March 4 | Photo by Katya Mortensen
See full report in our Newsletter March 2023
February Meeting with Mayor
Peter Walker as Guest Speaker
February 9 | Photo by Katya Mortensen
See full report in our Newsletter February 2023
From the Archives
1904
First Annual Exhibition
Goulburn Evening Penny Post, Saturday 19 November 1904, page 3
"First Annual Exhibition, November 22-26, 3-5.30pm daily. Thirty pictures by Sydney artists, thirty pictures by local artists. Publicly opened by the Mayor (W. R. Costley Esq.) London Bank Chambers, Auburn St."
Source:www.trove.nla.gov.au
Image source: Ziegler, O.I. 1946. Goulburn - Queen City of South.
1904
First Meeting place of Art Society of Goulburn
Goulburn Herald Friday 3 June 1904, p2 | Photo: Pinterest by Sammy Leigh Interior Design
"A meeting of persons favourable
to the formation of an art society
in Goulburn was held at the Town
Hall yesterday afternoon. The
mayor presided and there were
present about 20 persons.
The chairman, after explaining
the objects of the meeting, called
on Archdeacon Bartlett to move
the first resolution.
Archdeacon Bartlett said he came there to see whether he could do
anything in the way of a Phillistine, and he hoped they would not
consider it cheek on his part as he could not paint a haystack to save
his life. But he could tell a good picture from a bad one, and he hoped
he would be excused for what he was going to say now regarding the
pictures he had seen in Goulburn..."
Full text at
www.trove.nla.gov.au
1897
First Art Classes in Islington House
Photo from Photograph Town and Country Journal, 1899 courtesy of Goulburn Historic
Society
"First organised art classes in Goulburn were commenced above Foxall's Music Warehouse in Auburn St, opposite Belmore Park in 1897 - the beginnings of forming our Art Society in Goulburn." Newsletter April 2019