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On the trail of unique artAn exciting component of the Southern Highlands Wine, Art and Roses Festival for 2008 will be the Art Studio Trail. During the first weekend in November, local artists and artisans will be opening their studio doors to the public. Now in its third year, the trail has expanded thanks to the support of Tourism Southern Highlands and the Wingecarribee Shire Council Arts and Culture Board. The Southern Highlands is home to a large community of highly talented artists. Squirreled away in rural sheds, garden studios and village workshops are a group of specially skilled people quietly making beautiful objects in an extraordinary range of media. Thesee artists make work which is keenly sought around Australia and some are represented in collections around the world. Many artists have left the big smoke in search of open space and tranquility and an inspirational natural landscape. There can be no doubt that the Southern Highlands is an environment conducive to creativity. Participating artist, Celeste Coucke, agrees: "The cherished image of the artist: a beret bedecked, paint spattered bohemian, struggling away in a cold garrett somewhere in the inner city is a wonderful myth... but I think that most artists would rather make art in a quieter more introspective place. In the country there is less to compete with and more to stimulate a creative thought or mindful action." The Southern Highlands Art Studio Trail will involve some 19 open studios and will include the work of more than 30 local artists. The work is diverse, including textiles, ceramics, mosaic, sculpture, painting, wood turning and jewellery. Each studio will be flagged and well marked with bright "Art Studio Trail" signs. An arts trail map which lists all the studios and participating artists will soon be available. Jenny Kena, Wingecarribee Council's Community and Cultural Development Officer and one of the arts trail organisers says: "The Southern Highlands Art Studio Trail gives the public a unique chance to meet the makers, to see their work in the environment within which it was created and to buy direct from the studio door. I think the Trail will help put the Southern Highlands on the map as a premier destination for those interested in buying exceptional Australian art and craft." The Southern Highlands Art Studio Trail is supported by the Arts and Culture Board Working Group of Wingecarribee Council and is being organised in conjunction with Tourism Southern Highlands. For more information about the Southern Highlands Art Studio Trail , please contact Jenny Kena on 4868 0855 or by email: jenny.kena@wsc.nsw.gov.au Contact details |
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