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Facing Coronavirus 

A collection of portraits of people as they face the coronavirus pandemic.

I started drawing portraits to connect with others. Life got busy answering emails, texts, responding and updating social media platforms, travelling long distances to work, I no longer had time to connect with friends. The coronavirus lockdown offered an opportunity which provided time and space in my life to reconnect with what is important to me.

My connection and relationship with others.

Jody Graham in the studio with Facing Coronavirus Portraits and Home Series.

Photo credit – Graeme Wienand

Facing Coronavirus Portraits are a way to connect and explore creativity with others.

If you would like to know more please contact me on enquiries@jodygraham.com.au

Links to online expressive portrait workshops.

Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

Grafton Regional Gallery

Studio Tour – Trashed

In January 2020, I went to BigCi Artist Residency to create artwork about the mega-blaze that swept through the mountains in December 2019 and January 2020.

This is a studio tour of work I am preparing to show when the pandemic settles down, in an exhibition titled – Occupied at The Blue Mountains Cultural Centre.

‘Haunting’ selected as one of the finalist for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2020.

The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing is a $25,000 acquisitive art award among the most significant of its kind in the country.

Named in honour of respected painter, printmaker and draughtswoman, Miss Adelaide Elizabeth Perry  (1891-1973) who taught Visual Arts at PLC Sydney from 1930 to 1962, the Prize attracts submissions from around the country.

The judge for the 2020 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing is Dr Felicity Fenner, Associate Professor, UNSW Art & Design.

The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Exhibition of Finalists 2020 will commence on Friday 28 February and run to 27 March 2020.

Adelaide Perry Gallery – Corner Hennessy and College Streets, Croydon NSW.

Open on Weekdays from 8.30 am – 4.00 pm and Saturdays from 11 am – 4.00 pm.

At the close of the exhibition a people’s choice award of $2,000 will be awarded to the finalist’s work voted favourite by Gallery visitors. Voting slips will be available online.

For more information about the Adelaide Perry Prize

Solitude  Charcoal and Sap on paper

Fun, Expressive, Informative Creative Workshop.

21 Saturday & 22 Sunday November 2020 – 9.30am – 4pm daily

Unleash your inner artist by securing a place in this two-day expressive landscapes workshop. Under the direction of Jody Graham, you’ll work with charcoal and mixed media, explore techniques to extend and develop your creative visual voice and learn the art of self-expression, ultimately bringing life and energy to your work.

For bookings and more information 

A Blue Mountains City Art Gallery Exhibition

Exhibition Opening Friday 24 January 2020 6-8pm.

Join us for the opening launch of Blue Mountains Portraits.

Trish Doyle – MP Blue Mountains

Free event: Cash bar.

RSVP to info@bluemontainsculturalcentre.com.au or 02 4780 5410

On exhibition from 25 January – 22 March 2020

Blue Mountains Portraits is the Cultural Centre’s annual celebration of the local community and its diverse members. The exhibition artistry portray the unique people that make up the cultural fabric of the Blue Mountains and tell stories behind the person. Over forty artworks in a broad range of styles and media such as printing, photography, drawing, collage and mixed media will be exhibited together with a selection of local student work.

Image: Blue Mountains Portraits People’s Choice Winner 2019 Mathew Lynn, Aunty Mary King (study) 2010, conte crayon on brown paper, 17 x 91cm

Birdland II

A group exhibition of artworks depicting Australian Birdlife

hosted by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Blue Mountains Heritage Centre.

Curated by Miriam Williamson.

Official Opening:

2-3.30pm Saturday 8th February 2020.

Guest Speaker Trish Doyle MP, Member for the Blue Mountains, Shadow Minister for the Emergency Services.

Exhibition:

The exhibition runs from the 2nd to the 29th of February 2020.

Open daily fro 9am to 4.30pm.

Location:

Blue Mountains National Heritage Centre, Govetts Leap Road, Blackheath.

Birdland has been funded by the Blue Mountains City Council of Arts Trust.

For information on the exhibition contact Miriam Williamson: thealtitudeprojectbm@gmail.com.

Image Credit:

Artist Jody Graham. Title: Escape. Size 36 x 28cm. Medium: Drawn with burnt sticks from NSW 2019/20 fires. Date: January 2020. Photo credit: Graeme Wienand.

Expressive Drawing in Charcoal and Mixed Media

Thursday 30 & Friday 31 January 2020, 9.30am – 4pm – $190

Jody Graham George St, Sydney 140 x 114cm Mixed Media on Paper

Two-day workshop using a range of techniques to expand your knowledge of mark making in a variety of mediums. You can expect to develop drawing skills including the refining of your composition, become more familiar with using charcoal and loosening up methods that help to promote individual expression.

The Creative Summer School will be held at the Nepean Arts and Design Centre, located at TAFE NSW Nepean.

All workshops are located in Building P (enter via Gate 2) 2-10 O’Connell St, Kingswood NSW 2747.

To enrol, please call TAFE NSW on 131 601 or search course number 800-000312 at tafensw.edu.au