veryAbility
Community and RED Inc Artists - veryAbility
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009:
RED Inc in partnership with RealArtWorks Inc present the
veryAbility Arts Festival
featuring workshops, the awarding of
the Macushla Doyle Art Prize,
a film festival, performances and The Ball of Love.
The veryAbility Arts Festival creatively explores
the role love plays in everybody’s lives.
Serpentine Community Gallery will be one of the venues exhibiting artworks submitted for the
Macushla Doyle Memorial Art Prize,
created in memory of Macushla Karen Darling Doyle - an artist with a disability who inspired and pioneered development and access to the arts for people with disabilities in the Northern Rivers region.
With a first prize of $500, entries close November 20 and everyone is encouraged to enter.
For full festival info, contact RED Inc/RealArtWorks
on 6633 1441 or 0431 734 732.
Image: The Northern Rivers Echo
Getting ready for the Macushla Doyle Memorial Art Prize
- Natasha Ulyatt with her painting which recently won first prize in the Contemporary Living Issues section of the Lismore Show art competition;
Cassie Parsons; Amy Serone and her painting which took out first prize in the Lismore Show Landscape section; and Christy Parker.
“It’s great that they won the open section of the Lismore Show art competition, not a youth or special needs section,”
Kerrie Divett,
RED Inc art organiser,
“they won because they take themselves seriously as artists and keep working at their art practice.”
Visit www.realartworks.org
and follow the links to
veryAbility
 Macushla Doyle
Memorial Art Prize
17th November – 5th December 2009
Art Works from Artists
of Varying Abilities
In Memory of Macushla Karen Darling Doyle.
A young woman
who’s dedication and participation in arts practice was an inspiration to many.
'Macushla the Mermaid' by Macushla Doyle
And from the show...
'Spirit in any Form' - Ceramic, by Ray Moller;
'Madness' - Lino Cut, by Kate Hay;
'Catastrophic Thoughts' - Lino Cut, by Kate Hay.
'Shane, Aaron Wars after 2009' - Computer
Graphic Image, by Shane Aaron Little;
'AFL Player' - Acrylic on Canvas,
by Selwyn Crock.
'Sunset A Painting' - Photograph, by Wally Rudder; 'Seals Photos'
- Mixed Media by Wally Rudder;
'The Amazing Adventures of Elvis Leatherjacket & Friends'
- Mixed Media, by Faith Thorley
'Apples and Wine' - Oil painting by Ian Morrison
Painting from Natasha Ulyatt's
True Blood inspired series
'John' - Mixed Media, by Amanda Rice; 'Steven is an Evil Genius' - Mixed Media,
by Tim Thompson; 'Jenny' - Texta, by Amanda Rice
'Hi 5'
(Pictured from 2nd left: Luke, Matt, Amy and Theo.)
Also on exhibit was a collection of photographic works by Michael White
documenting the veryAbility mentoring workshops.
