"Community connection” has been the recurring theme running through every art show
"Community connection” has been the recurring theme running through every art show
Founded by six local artists, and operating since 2002, the Yarra Glen Art Show, now rebranded as the Yarra Glen Arts Show, is a major community biennial art event for the Yarra Valley.
The Yarra Glen Arts Show promotes the Yarra Valley, and Yarra Glen more specifically, as a friendly and accessible place to visit with an enriched and diverse cultural lifestyle. The Arts Show has had a successful track record over the past 17 years of drawing people together from different backgrounds to view and enjoy art. The Arts Show delivers quality artworks across its exhibits of painting, photography, sculpture, textiles and metal works, capturing themes from realist to impressionist and contemporary abstract to traditional landscape. All artworks are on sale during the show. Judging is done by well-known artists and one prize is dedicated to the People’s Choice Award, chosen by visitors, all of whom are encouraged to vote for their favourite work. "Community connection” has been the recurring theme running through every art show, to which the dedicated and passionate committee has added "sustainability” to our planning for 2019. |
With revitalisation in mind, we have created new artist awards to reflect the greater diversity of media we will now accept at the show. There is always an activity for children to participate in creating an art work during the two-day event.
We have also redesigned our logo to represent the familiar landscape of Yarra Glen: sky, vineyards, valley, and river. The new logo captures the meandering river while hinting at billabongs and wetlands, which for us also represents the story of the event flowing from a small beginning to a larger show in Yarra Glen. Our 2019 show is sure to be an enjoyable and varied experience for all with the opportunity of buying a work of art by local and Victorian artists to enjoy for many years and remind them of the Show. Bronwyn Ward Yarra Glen Arts Show Coordinator Read more about our history here.
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