CAN. Inc News & Events

CLAIRE WATSON was awarded an artist-in-residence as part of the international programe of the Saksala ArtRadius Art Centre in Haukivuori Finland in the European Winter of 2008.  "Cabbage Series" an installation by Claire Watson in a wintery street of Vanha Sahantie in Haukivuori, Finland. Ephemeral Works 2005 - 08:  Claire Watson Now Showing @ Counihan Gallery 233 Sydney Rd, Brunswick Friday 24th October - Sunday 16th November Gallery Open:Wednesday to Saturday 11am - 5pm, Sunday 1pm - 5pm Claire thanks Monash University Travel Grant and the Gippsland Gallery Sale for there support and assistance in enabling her to take up this residency.

INTERSPACING: A Next Wave Project with Arts Victoria Funding creating Support for a Young Regional Curator, CLAIRE WATSON, to receive mentoring to devise and manage a project for the Next Wave Festival 2007-08. Claire has selected three young regional Gippsland Artist and three metro Melbourne Artists to forge new partnerships and traverse new geographical and ideological terrain.  The participating artists work across diverse media and it is through a process of workshops and visual communications, that the paired artists will create new collaborative works exploring their relationship to their socio-cultural landscape and notions of territory, boundary and environmental politics. The pairs selected for the project  are: Karen Heath & Kylie Ligertwood Brodie Ellis  & Maria-Luisa Marino Rehgan De Mather & Simon Pericich (featured in the Australian Art Collector July-Sept 2008) Exhibition Hockey Plot Tour Itinerary: West Space, Melbourne:                         23 rd May  to 14th June 2008 Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale:                   5th July to  3rd August 2008 Cowwarr Art Space, Cowwarr:               9th August to  9th September 2008

 

Slow Food East Gippsland Event Italian Smallgoods Production, Demonstration and Tasting by the Marino's DATE:           SATURDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2007                                VENUE:         COWWARR ART SPACE Italo-Australian, Vince Marino, demonstrated the family tradition, of producing classic Italian Smallgoods. Nonna & Nonno and Uncle Tony got into the act with Hand Made Cheese, Pasta and the classic Home Baked Bread.   The day was topped of with tastings of the completed produce washed down with liberal amounts of Local Gippsland Wines from; Narkoojee, Tyler and Holley Hill Wineries. The capacity crowd were totally enthusiastic about the event.   I was going to try and get some written instruction for the various recipes.   But I discovered, it is a hands on process.   All done by feel on the day.   You will all have to wait for the next Slow Food Event.  For more information on other events in Gippsland and Victoria visit the   Slow Food Web Site

The Phonos Project: Performance Saturday April 1 2006 The Cowwarr Art Space and CAN Inc had great delight in presenting a performance of the Phonos Project.   This was a unique opportunity for the region to see what has sparked the national interest in the unique work of The Phonos Project; a contemporary chamber ensemble that specialises in new works, where dance and theatrics are regarded as equal elements to the overall art form that is choreographic music. It is even more exciting to know that these young artists forging a career in the contemporary classical music scene all originated from Gippsland. The performance was supported by GAL 1. Regional Arts Victoria

Phonos Project: Karen Heath, Chris Lane & Susan van den Ham