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

Right: 'Evil Bunny' - painted wooden box by Alison Rose

'Spirit in any Form' - Ceramic, by Ray Moller;

'Madness' - Lino Cut, by Kate Hay;

'Catastrophic Thoughts' - Lino Cut, by Kate Hay.

'What the Stork Brings' - Mixed media,

by Claire Chatfield

'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