News Archive
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Chroma Prize Award - Mitchell School of Arts
Dian Coker has been awarded the Chroma Art Award for The Art Scene Mitchell School of Arts.
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Lismore Art Club 50th Annual Exhibition.
Lismore Art Club has been a significant force in the development of the arts in Lismore NSW over the last 50 years. The club celebrated with its annual exhibition opened at the Lismore Worker’s Club by Major Jenny Dowell on Thursday 5th August, this year. It was judged by Brett Alington new director of the Lismore Regional Gallery. Chroma sponsored 3 prizes of in kind paint product.
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Normanhurst West Public School Art Exhibition
Here are some wonderful images from Normanhurst West Public School’s recent Art Exhibition sponsored by Chroma Australia.
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Mural Sponsorship Raffles College of Design and Commerce
In September Chroma sponsored the creation of a fabulous mural at the Raffles College of Design and Commerce in North Sydney, Australia. Raffles is the oldest private design college in Australia. The mural was a class project as part of the Certificate 4 in Art and Design program. This group, a second tier 2D Studies class, pooled their ideas and effort to create a dynamic mural on level 12 of the Raffles College building, situated at 99 Mount St., North Sydney.
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Chroma Sponsors Artists Society of Canberra- Spring Art Exhibition 2010
Chroma once again sponsored the Acrylic Painting Prize in the Artists Society of Canberra- Spring Art Exhibition. It took place over the NSW & ACT long weekend of 2nd- 4th October, including the opening on Friday night 1st October. It was opened by local Canberra identity Genevieve Jacobs of 666 ABC radio.
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Chroma - Keith Norris Memorial Scholarship at Grafton Artsfest
Artsfest takes place in the lovely North Coast NSW town of Grafton for a week of intensive visual arts tuition in autumn and spring each year.
Keith Norris was a long standing tutor and supporter of Artsfest who sadly passed away in August 2009. In his honour, Artsfest and Chroma have established a memorial prize for accommodation and tuition at the festival worth $1500. The inaugural Chroma Keith Norris Scholarship at this year’s spring event in September has been won by Cassie Pagett from Mallangee, NSW with Tarnie Fischer of Victoria Point, Queensland awarded second place.
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“Our World (Heritage) Through Children’s Eye” - Part 2 The Peruvian Projects.
Nazca Dreaming traveled to Cusco in Peru during August collaborating with the CREES Foundation, to implement the program with children and communities living within or next to the Manu National Parks ( Atayala, Gamitana and Salvacion). The project was exchanged over a six day period with three communities living alongside the Madre de Dios River, the buffer zone for the Manu National Park. UNESCO has declared this site and the Greater Blue Mountains to have international significance and is to be protected for present and future generations under the World Heritage Sites Treaty
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“Our World (Heritage) Through Children’s Eye” Projects - the Nazca Dreaming Society
Phil Pittman’s interest is in community facilitation and is Executive Officer of Nazca Dreaming. Phil first became involved in community regeneration projects as National coordinator of Kids Earth Fund, an International organisation established in Tokyo in 1988 and then in Sydney in 1998, where he held the post from 2000 to 2007. His current projects enhance children’s ecological consciousness and creative expression whilst also showcasing Peruvian and Australian cultures. They involve three small rural NSW schools and two schools in Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains NSW in an exchange with Peruvian Communities. Chroma has been proud to be involved with these projects through donation of paint, making the art production possible.
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A simple approach using Interactive Acrylics
A new DVD, titled ‘Painting with Acrylics – A simple approach’ has been released by Australian artist Richard Rogers. Rogers is a painter of landscapes with 25 years painting and exhibiting experience. He also teaches at various workshops and from his studio in South Australia.
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Melbourne Craft Fair- July 2010
The Melbourne Craft Fair ,which ran for four days from the 22nd – 25 of July, was fantastic! Four artist who are part of Chroma TAPP (Teacher and Artist Partnering Program) took part. Libby Richardson (textile artist), Anna Martin , Rachel Baker and Lee Clements, conducted demonstrations at the Bauernmalerei Folk & Decoarative Art stall at the fair.
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