CreativExchange @ Lismore Show '12

18th to 20th OCTOBER 2012: Serpentine Community Gallery

CreativExchange and Arts Cafe @ Lismore Show

daily, Thursday to Saturday, from 9am until midnight.

The North Coast National Agricultural and Industrial Society has invited the Serpentine

Community Gallery to host our 3rd creative arts space and cafe at the Lismore Trade Show.

Serpentine artists, members, volunteers and friends have had lots of fun at the last two shows,

and some great works have been created in our open and inviting public arts space.

We aim to represent the arts community of the region, and to offer a relaxing hands-on experience

to members of our broader community who might not usually have access to the arts.

This year to share with and enrich our community,

Serpentine's CreativExchange @ Lismore Show will offer:

In celebration of 2012 Australian Year of the Farmer the good people at the Lismore Show

have asked us to run a Scarecrow Making workshop,

and one of our artists has kindly donated the idea and materials for

a Paper Pot Making & Flower Seeding workshop.

Other free arts activities provided by Serpentine members will include

group mandala and mural painting, clay creations, screen printing and a Kids Art Club.

We'll also set up a temporary gallery at the show, with paintings, ceramics, installations,

sculptures and a great selection of other styles of creative works by local artists, to inspire,

and to be admired, discussed and maybe find a new home.

Try this link to view a program of the free arts workshops Serpentine will hold at the show

What's On at the North Coast National - CreativExchange

CreativExchange @ Lismore Show 2012

Visitors to the CreativExchange enjoy the chance to kick back and experiment with art.

All hands in as Dawn Thirlaway leads a Clay Creations workshop,

which soon has participants lost in worlds of their own imagining

as they concentrate on bringing the clay to life.

Look what we made - Chris Bell (centre) displays his first bead

Janelle Buckley and friend Nigel demonstrate the innovative use of monstereo delicio leaves

(Monstera deliciosa), with other found objects and wire to conjure up a selection of bugs.

They, joined by Jess (below), also used plastic piping, wire, paper and paste

to shape an extra-large, articulated ladybug.

The finishing touches and a coat of red paint find some more willing bug-makers.

Anyone for a scarecrow? Materials ready and waiting for the

Scarecrow Making Workshop

A mural celebrating '2012 Australian Year of the Farmer' by Chang (below centre) and show-goers.

Chang murals under construction: A colourful spot out of the sun,

a place to test your colour mixing skills and share with a friend,

and a place to lose yourself in painting

Brightening our area: Ray Parry artworks - 'Make an Offer', and a Chang mural

Once again Lismore Show provided much inspiration for artist Ray Parry.

Ray is pictured here hard at work: with Anthony Eden the new owner

of a Ray Parry artwork, and with his twin brother Alan Parry.

His poetry also found an appreciative and increasing audience, with

2NCR DJ Margy Alexander recording Ray's poem "Bullshit" to play on air.

Serpentine Arts Cafe - the perfect shady place on a hot show day.

Kane Bowman and Ray Moller on cafe duty, and taking in the stage show.

Helping out with Arts Raffle ticket sales, Emma Burrows take a turn behind the counter.

Getting in the mood for The Serpentine Masquerade Ball,

photographer Rachael Windress hosts a

Mask Making Workshop. 

Feathers and a selection of sparkly 'sequins' prove popular with mask-makers.

Camera in hand, it's time for a pic of that happy 'elephant'

Paper-Pot Making and Flower-Seeding Workshop

Rolling newspaper strips around small tins to shape pots, adding potting mix

and then sunflower seeds, was the simple gardening technique shared with show-goers.

  Sue Alford demonstrated the technique and then assisted eager 'gardeners'

as they made pots and seeded themselves boxes of sunflowers to take home.

Each participant also received some seedling samples for their garden.

'The thing I enjoy most about the Serpentine's CreativExchange @ Lismore Show

is seeing the smiles appear on people's faces,' - Sue Alford, October 2012

Coconut pots and Ray Moller's ceramic sculptures

Daytime sights: Stilt-walkers and acrobats,

and some show-goers trying to work out just where to look!

After dark coloured lights illuminate the CreativeExchange & Arts Cafe,

(top L) Ray Moller and (bottom L) Chris Bell staff the cafe, inspiration keeps

artists (top L) Ray Parry and (bottom L) Heron Lee going, while stall patrons

take time to enjoy a cuppa, and the stage and/or circus action next door.

Who could resist some fun with this colourful glowing butterfly?

Certainly not Remy, nor her dad Anthony Eden.

Outside it's different sorts of glows that draw the attention:

Light shows accompany the performers onstage to the right...

... fire-sticks bedazzle under the big-top to the left ...

The lead-up to the show

14 October 2012: Freshly painted by Serpentine volunteers, the pavilion prior to becoming our

CreativExchange @ Lismore Show 2012,

the first load of supplies arrives, and screen-printed Serpentine flags go up.

17 October 2012: The day before the show, and Serpentine's arts-hub-cum-cafe has 'magically' appeared,

providing a peaceful spot to view the opening and award ceremony for the annual Tursa Art Competition,

taking place next door under The Ashton Circus 'big-top'.