EXHIBITIONS 2022
the CORRIDOR project - exhibition series 2022 - partnered with Argyle InnStore, Argyle Inn
Curation of three exhibitions during 2023 presented at the Argyle Commercial Inn Store.The CORRIDOR project [TCP] curated three exhibitions involving seven artists in the beautiful regional town of Taralga during 2022. The new partnership was initiated by Phoebe Cowdery partnered with the Argyle Commercial InnStore, and Argyle Inn supported by the RAF — Tourism Accelerator and Galah Press, focusing on new ways to activate tourism through arts and culture. The CORRIDOR exhibition series intended to promote and support artists with opportunities to exhibit new work in non atypical gallery environments providing a platform for new audience engagement and tourism activation.
ALCHEMY A SEEMINGLY MAGICAL PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION, CREMATION, OR COMBINATION
AUGUST 5 - 6: ALCHEMY
OPENING ADDRESS: The Hon. Wendy Tuckerman, MP
Floor talk Sat 10.00am BOOK HERE
ARTISTS: Rebecca Dowling Anja Gower
[Ceramics]
Floor talk facilitator - Phoebe Cowdery
Rebecca Dowling - @rebecccadowlingpottery
‘Nestled between the sheep yards and the tractor shed on the banks of the Lachlan/Galari River. Downstream from Cowra is where you will find Rebecca Dowling. Rebeccas pottery studio for the past 20 years has been a hive of activity with many a mud slinger. As an artist, mentor and educator Rebecca identifies mainly as a Craftsperson by throwing pots on the wheel while also delighting in the alchemy of glaze. Every act is from the Earth’ - RD 2022
Rebecca has exhibited in numerous galleries and participated with the CORRIDOR project on COOL BURN, BIG little histories of Canowindra, and Star Picket [exhibited at Orange Regional Gallery]
Anja Gower - @arniespots
‘From a young age, Anja has been interested in exploration. Post graduating from high school in 2021, Anja is currently taking a gap year off to potter in ceramics and other design-based disciplines, building a body of work for her portfolio. Anja's use of materials and methodologies are influenced by textures, fibres, the physiology of plants and seasonal change. Participating in the National Art School HSC intensive ceramic program - 2021, has further developed an interest in possibilities of mud and kiln firing. Under the mentorship of ceramicist Rebecca Dowling [2015-present], Anja has developed studio skills building on the early foundations of design thinking, structural building, glazing and firing taught by Rebecca and influenced by daily observations.’ AG - 2022
Literary Sphere an area of activity, interest, or expertise; a section of society or an aspect of life distinguished and unified by a particular characteristic
“My artistic experience this year with collaborating and being supported by the CORRIDOR project to bring together our group exhibition called SPHERE with artists Bill Moseley and Parris Dewhurst at the Commercial Store Taralga was exceptional, not only with my arts practice but mentoring emerging artist Parris Dewhurst.
The mentoring program allowed a full concentration in time of encouraging and teaching new creative techniques that Parris could build on. It enabled Parris to develop her fine art printmaking into a multi discipline practice by bringing in concepts of collage, painting, composition and ideas around her inspiration the love of bushwalking. One of the exciting outcomes was that it brought for her new ways of seeing her process being developed for future exhibitions, which was very rewarding for both of us.
For my own art, the exhibition inspired me to question how I saw drawing and how I would love to convey it in my own practice. It led me to experiment with ink, textiles and sewing that I have wanted to do for some time and this exhibition encouraged it and also planted ideas for future drawings.
The outcome of our exhibition was incredibly enriching on many levels such as artistic connections, passing on valuable experience that flows into a mature studio practice, learning new confident curatorial practices with the CORRIDOR project and the Commercial Store and being so kindly looked after with superb food and accommodation by The Argyle Inn”
SEPTEMBER 16 - 17: SPHERE
Opening and Floor talk Sat 10.00am BOOK HERE
ARTISTS:
Genevieve Carroll
Bill Moseley
Parris Dewhurst
[Multi disciplinary]
Floor talk facilitator - Phoebe Cowdery
Genevieve Carroll - @carroll.genevieve
‘Genevieve grew up in a creative home within bush land north of Sydney and had regular holidays on the family farm. This balance of being nurtured between nature and creativity set a path for an artistic life with developing ideas around memory, interior and exterior environments in a humorous exaggerated way. After completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School, Genevieve moved to the remote village of Hill End NSW in 2005 and set up Hill End Press with partner Bill Moseley. Her work is held in private collections and public institutions including the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and the National Library of Australia, Canberra’ Genevieve has participated as artist & educator with the CORRIDOR project on COOL BURN, BIG little histories of Canowindra, Star Picket [exhibited at Orange Regional Gallery], CORRIDOR air + PD Lab, and science/arts workshops.
Bill Moseley - @bill_mosely_artist
‘In a darkly romantic narrative, Moseley utilises antiquarian processes that straddle photography, printmaking and video. He majored in printmaking at the National Art School in 2004, having previously held exhibitions of silver gelatin based photography that is represented in collections in Sydney, Berlin and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and residency at the Bemis Centre, Omaha, America. Based in the Central West Tablelands village of Hill End, NSW, Moseley was drawn to Wet Plate Collodion photography by the intriguing record of the 19th century goldrush compiled by Beaufoy Merlin in and around Hill End during the gold rush years of the 1870’s. Recent exhibition and catalogue was on at Orange Regional Gallery January- February 2020 called A lake, a Forest and the Dark Voice Of the Sea with a series of tinypes and 3 channel video. Moseley is in partnership with Genevieve Carroll for Hill End Press and an educator.’ BM - 2022
Bill has participated as artist & educator with the CORRIDOR project on COOL BURN, BIG little histories of Canowindra, Star Picket [exhibited at Orange Regional Gallery] and science/arts workshops.
Parris Dewhurst - @misspdew
‘Parris Dewhurst is an art educator and emerging multidisciplinary artist who explores sociology, ecological concerns and personal perspectives in her practice. She expresses herself through kinetic installations, texties, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. Parris’s visual language spans from bright and colourful to a more minimal palette. Her work is characterised by playful exuberance, yet upon closer inspection conveys darker and more serious undertones. After graduating from Sydney College of theArts in 2008, she developed her practice through international artist residencies at Takt Berlin and Sim Residency, Iceland. Parris has been involved in local and international exhibitions including Articulate Project Space, Renew Newcastle, Sim Gallery, Reykjavik, M2 Gallery, ESD Gallery, The Cell Block Theatre and Sydney College of the Arts’ [PD - 2022]
OCTOBER 7 - 8: ROADIE
Floor talk Sat 10.00am
ARTISTS:
Steven Cavanagh
Ned Henderson
[Photo media]
Floor talk facilitator - Phoebe Cowdery
Steven Cavanagh - @cavanagh_steven
Steven is an artist and curator who works primarily with photography, moving image and installation. His art explores identity and place with a deep understanding and connection to the environment through lived experience. Steven is a lecturer at the National Art School with an MFA in Photo media. He currently sits on several Sydney and regional arts advisory panels. He has received numerous art residencies, been a finalist in national photographic prizes and exhibits regularly. Recent exhibitions include While the World Waits: Tremains Mill Gallery, I want a future that lives up to my past: National Art School Hoff Space, DARK: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Plant + Human: Australian Centre for Photography. Steven will be exhibiting new work created from the CORRIDOR air - PD lab at Orange Regional Gallery and Schmick Contemporary Sydney in 2022.
Ned Henderson - @ned_hendo
‘Ned completed HSC in 2020 and is currently enrolled at UNSW Art and Design studying Media Arts, he is a freelance videographer and photographer. During high school Ned attended multiple workshops with the ACP, Head On Photo Festival, and National Art School to advance both artistic and technical capabilities. Raised in Sydney, Ned’s appreciation for landscape and wildlife photography was cultivated during his frequent work experiences to a family farm in western NSW, giving him a foot in both worlds to explore what each offer. Ned has been involved in NAS HSC intensive led by Steven Cavanagh and has found success in the Blue Mountain Culture Centre’s 2020 Out Of The Fire exhibition, as well as being a finalist in the Global Oneness Earth Rise competition with the image ‘Unsettling Evidence’, taken during the black summer. Currently Ned is in the outback on a ‘Roadie’ travelling around Australia’ NH - 2022
“TESTIMONIAL
Sphere exhibition in Taralga. Saturday 17th September 2022
Being involved in the Sphere exhibition and mentorship program with The Corridor Project has pushed my art practice into new directions, and opened up new audiences. During the mentorship with Genevieve Carroll and Bill Moselesy, I developed new skills in printmaking, painting and relief collage, which culminated in a series of resolved works for the Sphere exhibition. It gave me the invaluable and rewarding experience of researching, developing and deepening my art practice in a professional studio setting with technical and creative support and guidance. I now have momentum and more ideas for my art practice that has been nourished by this project.
Being involved in discussions with Genevieve and Phoebe about my resolved artworks in the lead up to the exhibition gave me the confidence to articulate my ideas in a meaningful way to an audience during the public artist talk. Whilst working with the Commerical Store and the Corridor Project I learned new skills in curating, pricing works, promoting my own art, packing and transporting works safely, communicating and reaching out to new audiences. Selling my artwork has given me new ideas to create marketable artworks for future audiences and to start generating an income from my art practice.
The food and accommodation provided by The Argyle Inn was generous, inspiring and of a high quality; we were looked after so well by them. I will recommend them to friends and family to visit Taralga. Thank you for this wonderful and enriching experience..”
Phoebe Cowdery - Creative Producer/Curator @thecorridorprojectcowra
Creative Producer; Director; and founding member of the CORRIDOR project [TCP], a regionally based NFP arts and cultural organisation located in the Central West, NSW, Australia. Phoebe has over 30 years experience in arts and cultural practice, studying Sculpture at East Sydney Technical College [now National Art School] and University of Technology Sydney [UTS] - Bachelor of Design. In her role as Creative Producer she delivers an annual program delivering residencies, exhibitions, and public program of workshops, professional development, events and presentations relevant to multidisciplinary arts practice, science, history, culture and education.
Phoebe has positioned TCP in the sector as an innovator of regional non-gallery practice curating exhibitions within unlikely sites from railway corridors, to agricultural infrastructure. Past curated exhibition examples include COOL BURN, Star Picket, Big Little Histories of Canowindra, CORRIDOR AIR + PD lab. Current intiatives include Inspiring Australia - Science and Arts Hub, TfNSW - Site Activate, MOVE - Museum of Vast Exchange, TCP annual program.