Maleny Image 11: making music

The Collaboration of Maleny Artists

 present their first exhibition for 2012 ...

Artists were given the challenge to produce works on a theme - Making Music in Maleny - to fit on a 12" x 12" canvas in any medium they choose - and thirty two of our finest  have come forward with a great exhibition. Subject matters vary from leaves to barbed wire and brass gongs. Each artwork has a story attached - so not only is the exhibition pleasing to view, but is also a good read into the minds of the artists as to what inspires their arts practice.

The exhibition is at one of Maleny's leading cafes - Maple 3 - and runs for four weeks until 30 April. The cafe is open 7 days from early morning to 5pm - at number 3 Maple Street ... so when next in town please drop in for a coffee and slice of their famous cheese cake and a wander around this exciting exhibition.

Enjoy ...

 Fiona Dempster - Wire Music

 Barry Smith- Harmony

 Lynn Cran - Finbars

Gaynor Hardinge - Medley in Yellow

 Gaynor Hardinge - City Gig

 Helga Nehrkorn - G Clef Unfurled

 Katie Wells - Happy Days

 Jo Murray - Painting on Silence

 Megan Bice - Consonance

 Janice Scullion - The Fiddle Player

 Dianne Brown - Echo of a Landscape Muse

 Helen Campbell - Serenade in the Paddock

 June McCotter - Rhythm of Art

 Jinty Stockings - The Dawn Chorus

 Rosemary Almberg - Blackboard

 Carol Jackson - Home among the gum trees

 Helen Campbell - Cacophony in the Forest

 Mieke van Sambeeck - The Cellist

 Helen Almberg - Pete's Bass

 Sue Gilmour - Jam Session

 Sally Fisher - I Play Myself

 Deann Cumner - Jazz Club Jam

 Penny Rogan - The Music of Italian Bells

 Marianne Osborne - Close Harmony

 Marianne Osborne - Choir Practice

 Jenni Dimsey - Solo for Mandolin

 Stephanie McLennan - The Singing Lesson

 Christine Elcoate - Just Hanging Out

 Tory Richards - Alter-ego

 Ken Munsie - Autumn Leaves

 Noela Mills - Ozboppin

I do hope you have enjoyed this on-line exhibition and you will return to my blog for regular up-dates ... or you can visit my web page ... http://www.kenmunsie.com/ ... 

The Collaboration of Maleny Artists ...

COMA is a register of visual artists residing in the Maleny district and beyond ... Currently there are over 200 artists on the database. These artists represent a diverse range of genre and arts practices.

COMA organises regular meetings for its members to interact with their peers, holds professional development forums and plans future development of the arts community in Maleny. Members are kept up-to-date with arts information through a weekly e-newsletter and are invited to exhibit in twice yearly themed commercial exhibitions.

for all enquiries regarding COMA membership

contact Ken Munsie – t. 07 5494 2882

mailto:malenyarts@hotmail.com

http://www.malenyarts.com/

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ChainMail hits the road ...

My artwork "ChainMail" was last year selected for the 2011 Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition, and this week I have been preparing him for his 12 month trip around Queensland, Australia. He will be travelling from one end of the state to the other, appearing in exhibitions at six locations. To make his trip secure and comfortable, I have hammered together a very attractive personalised timber travelling case and next week they are off to Brisbane to start their epic journey of about 10k kms.

The exhibition will be launched at the Cooroy Butter Factory on 03 February - from there it travells to Cooktown in tropical Far Northern Queensland, then to Cloncurry and Mt Isa - way out in the dry Western reaches of the state - then back to Brisbane to the State Library of Queenland for the four weeks of October, and finally to Ingham on the mid-North coast ... returning home in January 2013 - none the worse for wear I hope ... 

Click on the link below to view the travelling show ...
http://www.flyingarts.org.au/Connection-an-exhibition-of-the-2011-Queensland-Regional-Art-Awards-ga2086.html

 ChainMail

 Travelling case

 ChainMail and his travelling case

This work is part of my ‘Evolution’ series of small and medium sized assemblage sculptures. I use a combination of timber, rusted metal and hand-made paper. The materials have been discarded, found, rescued and assembled to create individual and unique artworks. They have been resourced from derelict farm buildings near my studio, and represent connectedness of a shared history from an era when, as a society we were more connected and in-tune with each other and the land we share. The work reflects my on-going fascination with life, death and rebirth and my interest in the traces of past existences. I start with a pile of un-related materials and slowly re-connect them into an artwork that can be read with imagination.

The last of my gardenias for this summer ...

Thank you for visiting my blog ...

for more of my artworks please go to

http://www.kenmunsie.com

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

عيد سعيد 圣诞快乐 Veselé Vánoce God jul

Glædelig jul Maligayang Pasko Hyvää joulua

Frohe Weihnachten Laimīgs Ziemassvētki

חג שמח! Boldog Karácsonyt Selamat Natal

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year …

Joyeux Noël ハッピークリスマス

Buon Natale Nollaig Shona Milied kuntenti

کریسمس مبارک Счастливого Рождества

Lycklig jul ความสุขวันคริสต์มาส

Mutlu Noeller Giáng sinh vui vẻ

Nadolig Llawen מזל ניטל Срећан Божић

Furaha ya Krismasi Giáng sinh vui vẻ

whatever your language the message is the same

peace and goodwill ...

 

cheers - Ken

 



Maleny Image #10

COMA's end-of-year exhibition opens this week at Maple 3 Cafe in Maleny, and continues until 28 December.

The exhibition is themed on the song "The Twelve days of Christmas" - and artists were asked to select one of the verses and create an artwork with a Maleny inspiration.
Here are the entries ... all very quirky and colourful - makes for a super exhibition ...

 Helen Campbell

 Helen Irving

Ken Munsie

Elsie Brimblecombe

 Barry Smith

 Deann Cumner

 Fiona Dempster

Gaynor Hardinge 

Helen Almberg  #1

Helen Almberg #2 

Helga Nehrkorn 

 Janice Scullion

Jim Cox 

Jinty Stockings 

Jo Murray 

Marianne Osborne 

Mieke van Sambeeck 

Noela Mills 

Penny Rogan 

 Rosemary Almberg #1

Rosemary Almberg #2 

Stephanie McLennan 

 Una Robinson



I hope you have enjoyed this posting ... more information about COMA the Collaboration of Maleny Artists can be found at < www.malenyarts.com >