I have been looking forward to writing this post, as it means the Uchiwa Fan Exhibition is finally here! And I am so excited to have been one of the selected 50 artists to participate in this wonderful show.
Here is the official facebook invite, And the press release with all the information:
Espionage Gallery in collaboration with That Fresh have joined forces to help the people of the Tohoku region of Japan in the wake of the recent Disasters which have befallen Japan. In an effort to raise money in help of support for disaster relief, Espionage Gallery and That Fresh purchased 50 blank Japanese Uchiwa Traditional fans and gave them out to 50 artists from accross Australia and New Zealand.
These 50 fans were painted or decorated by some of Australia’s leading artists in an effort to help raise funds. The fans will be for sale for 1 week at Espionage Gallery for the set price of $60 per fan. 100% of the funds raised from the sale of the fans will be donated directly to the Japanese Red Cross in an effort to fund disaster relief.
The Exhibition will run from the opening night on Thursday the 5th of May at 6pm until the following Thursday and the gallery will be open from 12 noon – 6pm everyday.
some of the artists in the exhibition include:
APESEVEN, KITTY HORTON, AIDA SABIC, BEC WINNEL, KAITLIN BECKETT, JACK DOUGLAS, DRYPNZ, REBECCA MURPHY, ARAMAS, JOSHUA MIELS, JOEL VDK, DAN WITHEY, ARISA YAMAMOTO, MAT HEDE, REM, KATE KOWLAND, DANIEL PURVIS, GENEVIVE DAWSON SCOTT, MADISON BYCROFT, CIARNE BRAES CHAPPELL, MATT WALKER, ELISA MAZZONE, SUSAN CATT, DAYBOT, GREG EDEN, FRUZSI KENEZ, KATE GAGLIARDI, DANIELA CATALANO, STEVE O CONNOR, JOHN WILLANSKI, ASHOWKA CHOWTA, MATT HEALEY, NISH CASH, SALLY JO COOK, STACIE REEVES, HALEY ROBERTS, ELYSE WILLIAMS, RACHEL STRZELECKI, SEBASTION BLAZELY, HANNAH PEDLEY, STACY ALEXANDROU, OLIVIA ANDREULA, DONOVAN CHRISTIE, CHRISTINE SMITH + MORE
6 comments:
good luck! x hivenn
thank you! the opening was really great! I will post photos shortly.
Would love to see photos, a great lineup of artist included!
Yes indeedy! From Australia AND New Zealand! I'm waiting for some more professional shots to come through and you will be the first to see them x
It sounds like such a great event and cause. I couldn't make it to the opening night but will definitely try to make it in there before it closes. Well done you for getting in!
Hi Sundari, thank you :) yep just keep in mind its a one week long exhibition. it closes next thursday!
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