We are proud to have the following sponsors for 2019,  please support them as they have supported us.

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J H Cuthbertson has been our major sponsor for a number of years.
Suppliers of crushed rock and fill for construction sites, roads, driveways and cow lanes 
(03) 5628 5461 195 Old Telegraph Road Jindivick 

  

 

Graeme Arthurson Real Estate are not only sponsors, Helen Arthurson volunteers  on Ficifolia Art Show Committee, meetings are held in their offices.  
Whether you are Selling, Leasing or Buying, they have local real estate expertise, to boast excellent service and commitment to your investment. Small enough to offer unbeatable selling commission rates, big enough to offer the most innovative selling tools to sell your property.

 

 

Baw Baw Shire Council sponsor us  financially and support us with mentoring by Cultural Development officer Karen Whitaker-Taylor

 

 

 

 

Conveyancing Today from Drouin are new sponsors for 2019  -  Are you looking to buy or sell a property in Gippsland, Melbourne or regional Victoria? You’ll be needing professional conveyancing services to help you through the legal process of transferring property ownership. At conveyancing.today, that’s what we do best. We remove all the guesswork and uncertainty from transferring property by guiding you step-by-step through the transaction process, assisting you from start to finish. Being unfamiliar with the required paperwork and legal procedures can cause delays. Working with us will save you both time and money

 

Drouin Football Club not only host our show but sponsor us for a prize
 

Did you realise you could book the wonderful football club rooms for your next event? It could be a community event such as the art show or it could also be a special family occasion such as a significant birthday!  Have a talk with Trish Lewis 0407811297

 

 

 

 

 

Drouin and District Community Bank are new sponsors for 2019
"We have made a commitment to the people of Drouin to provide them with banking products and services to meet their personal‚ and business‚ banking needs"

 

 

 

Fibre Arts Australia sponsor us with a generous scholarship.
A 5-day creative residential workshop is a memorable, life-affirming experience. Whether you’re someone who would like a break to focus on learning from the best, the most popular and the most interesting artists and craftsmen from around the world, or you simply want to chill out with interesting and like-minded people whilst learning something inspirational and creative, you’ll find the venue and the ambiance at a Fibre Arts Australia event just fabulous!

 

 

 

Kay Lancashire - Artycles sponsors us with the donation of a raffle prize 
Creating one of a kind Artycles of adornment for you to wear.

 

 

 

Lyrebird Villages for the Aged in Drouin sponsor us with an Acquisitive award.
Lyrebird Villages established in 1973 is community owned and operated delivering care for the residents in the Drouin & Warragul district of West Gippsland. Only 90 minutes from Melbourne, Lyrebird Villages offers 112 permanent and 3 respite rooms.

 

McFarlane Criminal Lawyers are new sponsors for 2019
42 Albert Street Warragul  Ph: (03) 9088 4782

 

Gary Miles Art Studio  joins forces with Baw Baw Arts Alliance to sponsor a prize. 

Gary Miles usually works in a series. His approach is to set up camp in remote areas of Australia for up to six weeks at a time in an attempt to “capture split moments of thought”. His landscapes are unmistakably Australian, but as interpreted through his minds eye.Gary's paintings are a dance of line, marks and colour.  A thorough language from one artist.  Gary's work wants to give that impression of being in it, to live and to observe, to watch the way this land is created and watch how the landscape moves and changes with time visit his studios at Old Telegraph Road West, Drouin West,

 

 

Morwell Art and Framing sponsor a prize plus act as a depot for artists to book in and drop off/collect work for the exhibition.
Gippsland's leading suppliers of art materials for novice up to the professional artist & with state of the art equipment to manufacture framing on site.
49 Chickerell St, Morwell 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rotary Club of Warragul sponsor us by the loan of their Art Screens

 

Roylaines of Warragul sponsor two prizes
2 stores,  16 Smith Street Warragul and 148 Main Street Pakenham Photographic & Electronics Goods and Services. Jaycar Stockist 

 

Town and Country Gallery 111 Princes Hwy Yarragon
The relaxed ambiance of the gallery creates a respectful freedom for customers to interact with the artworks, books and jewellery.  Niches have been created – to read, to touch, to ‘try on’, to view or to just sit and absorb the beauty.

 

Tritec Art Supplies 2/101 Princes Highway Yarragon 
At Tritec Fine Art Supplies we want to help people foster their creative passions by providing a space in which to explore art supplies. Look at them, touch them, try them and learn how to use them through workshops run by local artists. Connect with people through shared passions and indulge in things that bring you joy.

 

 

 

 

 

V/Line are new sponsors for 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For CONDITIONS OF ENTRY for the 2019 Ficifolia Art Show please view the PDF .

 

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JANICE APPLETON

As a practising artist living in Melbourne, working at Lygon Street Studios, I love to see well crafted art representing the makers strong voice.
A quote from artist Ema Tuki Ika from Easter Island has become my personal mantra “Artists can confront and educate by (1) challenging the construction of otherness (2) debunking the myths about difference (3) encouraging the celebration of the differences.” My current art project is called “117,000,000 girls gone”  drawing attention to the estimated number of girls lost through infanticide, neglect and more recently sex selected abortion mainly from China and India. With the help of many kind folk I have collected over one million tea tags and am working on making images with them drawing on inspiration from embroidered patterns on ethnic clothing. I am delighted to be involved in the Ficifolia Art Show and am very excited to see the art works created for it by the talented artists who have entered.

follow Janice's work on https://www.facebook.com/117000000girlsgone/

 

KATHRYN TILLEY

Kathryn has been a practicing artist in many disciplines, the two main ones being painting and textiles. She has an Education degree in both as major study areas.

She has shown in numerous exhibitions both locally and abroad over many years and has been teaching for 50 years. She has taught both painting and textiles to all age levels from every school level  both Primary and Secondary, Tertiary Institutions, Art and Textile Guilds and private lessons to mature students in her home studio. Her art work has been purchased by The Anglican Church, has several pieces in the collection of The Jewish Museum of Victoria and The Embroiderers Guild of Victoria and has been on tour around Japan with DMC Threads and is in private collections in Australia, America and Europe. 

For many years she worked out of Jakarta, Indonesia, as a mural painter in government and private dwellings. Travelling back and forth from Melbourne to Jakarta and then onto Singapore and all over Indonesia was a wonderful experience. Her latest mural can be seen in the Austin Hospital in Melbourne which she completed recently. It spans 9 meters and is housed in the courtyard of the Mentally ill unit. The subject is of the Yarra Valley and has brought pleasure to those in an otherwise bleak environment. 

Kathryn has taken groups of painters to Europe, Rome to Sienna and Paris to Provence. On these leadership roles she has given history of art lessons as well as hands on painting workshops. 

Her entire life has been devoted to her passions for learning, painting and studying art history. At present she is studying the medieval period of Italian Art and is learning to paint Icons in the traditional method of painting on old wood with ground pigments, 24 carat gold leaf and egg tempera. In 2019 she is off to Umbria to study technique in depth.

Her website can be found at http://www.kathryntilleyartist.com/