It's our Birthday! GSI turns 20

Welcome Geelong Sculptors to a new and exciting year planned for you all!

Your committee has spent some time organising some fabulous Professional Development Events/Artist Presentations, our new logo and a new venue to launch a bit of a ‘Renaissance’ for our annual show at Eagles Nest Fine Art Gallery, Aireys Inlet. Keep your fingers crossed for a COVID free event, where we can showcase your wonderful work to a broader viewing audience, so please spread the word.

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​Lucy McEachern : Bronze

28 March 2021 1-3pm 
 
Join Lucy at her magnificent home studio/gallery in Hesse for a unique insight into her bronze sculpture practice. Learn about the method of practice she uses to create stunning pieces, from meeting the birds to casting the piece. Lucy will also share why she has chosen to work in bronze and how she successfully turned her sculpture making into a successful career. Excitingly, we will be the first to be introduced to one of her new works. Lucy’s work can be found in a number of Galleries around Australia and she has also gain success around the world. 
For further information and to book your ticket visit:   
Lucy McEachern : Clay to Bronze

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Caroline Hawkins : Ephemeral Art

2 May 2021 2-4pm

Does nature inspire your art?
Ephemeral Art is all about immersing yourself in nature and using nature itself for creative expression. It's a fascinating art form to engage with and has the capacity to enhance any artists existing practice.
 
Spend an afternoon in the extensive Drolkar Buddhist Centre gardens; the site of Caroline Hawkins  project Natural Connections.

• Exclusive viewing of works created for the project.
• A presentation on the appeal of Ephemeral Art as a practice.
• Suggestions on how to incorporate this art form into your own work.
• Afternoon tea

To book: Caroline Hawkins: Ephemeral Art

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Northern Bellarine Arts Trail

Be sure to hit the Northern Bellarine Peninsular Arts Trail April 10 and 11.  
Amongst the list of artists are a number of members opening up their studios, local cafes, galleries and halls for a spectacular visual ex travaganza!  
Maps will be available after the long  weekend.

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Eagle's Nest Gallery

Some sculpture exhibitions coming up at our new annual show venue,  be sure to get in there and support our sculptors and other artists. 

April 3-May 30 
Things of Steel, Stone + Wood  furniture and sculpture by Darren  Matthews 
Distorted Sand - glass sculpture by Jan Verouden 

June/July  
Up-cycled material sculpture by Brendan Merriman.  
Visit.www.eaglesnestgallery.com.au for more info

Things of Steel, Stone + Wood

Join our Vice President Darren Mathews for his Solo Show at  Eagles Nest Gallery 

April 3-May 30 
Foyer Gallery  
Furniture and sculpture by Darren Matthews 
Darren Matthews has been sculpting and manufacturing unique furniture for 30 years  
with an avid passion for crafting wood. 
Best know at the gallery for his unique hall tables created from beautiful salvaged timbers featuring unusual combinations of steel and stone. 
Darren has been exhibiting with us for more than 20 years and  this will be his second exhibion.