Awarded! The Whittlesea City Council Community Development Grant 2014-2015

Thanks to generous funding from Whittlesea City Council, through the Community Development Grant, Queens Lodge SRS Studio will partake in an exciting new project called "Connecting to Country".

Artwork by Queens Lodge participants 

The scenic Darebin Creek is located close to Queens Lodge and will become the muse for the group through out this project. The artists will meet with Wurrundjeri Elder, Ian Hunter, and Darebin Creek Management Committee, from whom they will learn about local flora, fauna and indigenous history. 
Nature studies created by the group will be made into a publication. 

Nebula

Original artworks will be exhibited and the publication will be launched at Nebula, Arts Access Victoria's fully accessible mobile art space, at the Whittlesea Community Festival in March 2015.

Royal Avenue SRS Studio

Here's a little film of fun times and creativity had at Royal Avenue SRS Studio. Special thanks to Lea Czikowski for the photos and videos used to create this. 

Feature Artworks by David Smyth, Northern Terrace SRS Studio

David has been participant of Northern Terrace SRS Studio since 2012. David’s charcoal illustrations and delicate water colour paintings have shown at the Skin Gallery Summer Group Show 2013-14, which was officially opened by the Hr Cr Heidi Victoria. David’s work is in private collections across Victoria. 

The to works shown below are currently on show at the ACCESS ALL AREAS exhibition at The Sandpit gallery space in St Kilda.

Elephant 2013 by David Smyth, charcoal on paper A4 size.

Monkey 2013 by David Smyth, charcoal on paper A4 size

ACCESS ALL AREAS Exhibition @ The Sandpit Gallery, St Kilda

 Arts Access Victoria invites you to this exciting group exhibition. Come meet the artists, including Artstop SRS Studio artists, Giovanni Dimase and Stefano Conti.

Reservoir Dogs Project - Awarded the Darebin Community Support Grant 2014 - 2015

We are pleased to announce that Arts Access Victoria's application to Darebin City Council's Community Support Grant was successful. The grant will support The Reservoir Dogs Project  - a proposed Reservoir venue - a studio, gallery and shop, for local  artists with disability / mental illness; a hub of creativity for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our society, a safe place, an empowering place, a place of belonging and of employment. 

The Reservoir Dogs Project will provide a safe, dedicated art space for local artists with disability and a venue to create, show case and sell their work, in doing so, creating professional pathways, supporting community capacity building and contributing to the rich cultural fabric of Darebin. The project will provide pathways to employment, community engagement and opportunities for meaningful social inclusion.  

BOLT a short animation by Sydenham Grace SRS Studio

BOLT is a short animation work by Sydenham Grace SRS Studio. This work maps the creation and sounds of an ad hock musical instrument made using found objects. 

Richard Phelan's Solo exhibition at Skin Gallery

Richard Phelan and Aliey Ball (Skin Gallery Curator) at the launch of his solo exhibition at Skin Gallery

Life got me down.

Dark times for many years.

Then ART ! I began to draw.

Colour and creation .

Challenge and reward.

I fell in love --- with art .

and now (after a scratchy start )

it is a life joy .

The other world you see on 

paper is the reflection of the

inner artist, who is also my inner child.

Art has brought grace to my life by

revealing hidden dimensions of the true self .

These dimensions are as essential to me

as the outer world and all its people and

allows me to see what is really going on inside .

I ask you, in the moment , to consider your 

own reality even as you contemplate these

works from "the other side " of my being .

RICHARD

Richard Phelan is a participant of the Artstop21 Open Studio, a weekly Arts Access Victoria and The Olive Way arts initiative located in Brunswick. This exhibition will be the inaugural public display of Richard’s work.

Richard Phelan and SRS Studios Support Artist Celeste Abell

Richard Phelan and SRS Studios Support Artist Celeste Abell

SRS Studios Lead Artist Elise McLeary and Richard Phelan 

Richard Phelan with his beautifully surreal work "Counting Clouds Before Sleep 2012"