Eastern Suburbs Art Group

That heading shouls also say more photos of the pilot performance. But the time is here for all good art patrons to do their best. The Bondi Pavilion ticketing site for Sketch On Stage is now live go here to book . Here the actors (see below) rehearsing for the pilot show. And below two shots of the actors (first shot) in the drama for the pilot show. Then (below) a shot of the audience sketching. Unfortunately the audience had only coloured markers, but for Bondi Pavilion show we'll definitely have pencils and/or charcoal too. We have a new press release coming down the production line to so will be making that public soon. The marker issue was because of time constraints. It seems pretty obvious that you'd want to have pencils for  sketching. But there you go. We got one thing wrong. Outstanding performances by the cast, and the crew supporting them made for a productive evening.

Now that the pilot show went off without a crisis we're focusing our attention on the Christmas Special at Bondi Pavilion on 21 November. We discussed these things in  a marketing meeting today in Sydney via Zoom.  Some more photos from the Redfern show on Sunday. First, two photos of performers. Below two photos of audience members sketching. Here they are. Next show is later this month, as mentioned. The show later this month will be in Bondi. Deciding how to leverage our advantages to make the most of the opportunities presented to us. The Bondi show is possible with the cooperation of the Bondi Pavilion. We will be adopting a tagline to use in future materials, "Draw your Way to Wellness". Sketch On Stage is an immersive art class but we know from studies that art is good for you. What I mean is that making art increases your wellness. I expect tickets to the Bondi show will be on sale tomorrow, probably in the afternoon.

On the night (Sunday past) I had to go home to eat having brought the photographer from his home, but by all accounts the perofmrnace went well. After it was over I was outside when the guests left the theatre. They looked like they were out for a nice evening. We'll be having a follow-up meeting this Friday to discuss the event and to plan for the future. The forst photo above shows the actors on stage. The second photo shows the audience members sketching. 

A very Sydney difference, the variety encompassing WestWords at Parramatta and Petersham Bowlo. To get to the former a quick trip under the inner suburbs, then emerging in the air around Homebush. To get to the latter a struggle in heavy inner city traffic. They are at different distances from the centre but it takes about the same amount of time to get to both by car. The difference is the massive Westconnex tunnel system, a huge spider of motorway under expensive real estate.  I read two poems at WestWords last night, poems I had been planning to read at Petersham Bowlo the week prior. What stopped me the first time was the stuffy interior of the pub basement. WestWords is a dedicated spacious building just for poetry. An interesting night with some works better than others, the earlier ones better the later ones not so much. There was also classical music (Bach recorder). I didn't check how much the trip cost on the motorway app. Why would I and spoil a nice evening.

Some weeks ago I went down to this gallery to see the spring show. I don't remember exactly when but I think it was two weekends ago. For some reason a different Kate with the same glasses as the usual Kate was in the back room doing something. Show comprised works by recent National Art School graduates. I liked the paintings by Janine Matthews. I seem to recall that all of her works were sold. I might be wrong.

Hot baths are a fact of life in Japan and public baths are commonplace. "Sento" means bathhouse but in Italian it means "I feel" so there is a hybrid signification in the show's name. All of the paintings in the show depict bathhouses. I bought one. I had been to a show of Harnett's work before and at that time the works were small and sort of flat-surfaced. In xthe new show the paintings are bigger and more expansive. I went to the show with Virginia and it was cool outside the front door of the gallery, where we talked with other people. 

Natasha had a pair of paintings in this show so this afternoon I went.  It's a pleasant campus. Inside there were two hallways of works by people living with mental illness. I bought one painting, not the one in the picture below, by Neville Dawson. I didn't capture the name of the painting below, which is also good. I had a scone with jam, presumably to commemorate the king's visit, which wrapped up today. There was a talk, or rather a scripted oration type of thing. The person who did the oration was inspiring.