#GreatNewsThursday: ARTBOX second exhibition ‘Open Space’ launching at the end of July

A new exhibition will launch in ARTBOX – Council’s travelling exhibition space – featuring artist Ann Cremean’s ‘Open Space’.

It is the second artist to exhibit in the space after it was launched last month.

Strathbogie Shire Council Mayor Cr Laura Binks said Council was looking forward to welcoming Ann and her exhibition which will also be accompanied by an original nature inspired soundtrack by Sam Cremean.

Open Space is a series of works created in 2022/23 in response to the natural environment.

Artist Ann Cremean said she had always loved the bush and all the details in it.

“The shapes of rocks, colours of fungi, mosses small details of plants,” she said.

The works in ‘Open Space’ are abstracted shapes taken from and inspired by the bush.

“The granite outcrops of the nearby hills around Euroa are of particular interest to me,” Ann said.

“I have been walking in and around the Strathbogie area for a few years now and this show is a response to all the subconscious ideas and shapes that have settled in my mind.”

A love of colour is also most evident in the show.

“Painting is a process that I enjoy almost as a type of meditation. And an emptying of the mind,” Ann said.

“The square form of works allow for flexible displays of the work which is a way of reminding myself that art can, and should be, fun and playful.”

Open Space will show at ARTBOX in the Seven Creeks Park, Euroa which can be viewed by the public 24/7 through the glass pane windows.

The exhibition’s soundtrack loop will be accessible by QR code on a window decal. So viewers will be able to interact by playing this through their own device.

Mayor Binks said there was also still a chance to view the current exhibition Gaanbona by Taungurung artist Aimee McCartney of Luruk-In.

To find out more about ARTBOX or to express your interest in using the space, visit https://www.strathbogie.vic.gov.au/community/arts-and-culture/artbox/

ARTBOX is being brought to Strathbogie Shire with Creative Victoria grant funding.