Photography Exhibition
When: Beginning Fri 3rd until Thurs 16th April 10am – 4pm Daily
Tickets: Free Event – Not ticketed
Where: Puffing Billy Visitors’ Centre, Emerald Lake Park
Ted Krzywokulski Solo Exhibition
When: All of April during cafe opening times
Tickets: Non ticketed event
Where: The General Foodstore 377 Belgrave-Gembrook Rd, Emerald
Born in Germany in a refugee camp in 1947, John Krzywokulski came to Australia when he was 3 years old with his Russian mother Alexandra, Polish father Peter and brother Tadek, a family of displaced people. John’s life in Australia started at the Bonegilla migrant camp in Northern Victoria.
The family was fortunate enough to be taken in by the Irving sisters who ran the Mount Waverley Riding School, a premier establishment covering all aspects of horsemanship and eventually gaining an international reputation. Life with the Irving sisters enriched the family immensely. Surrounded by beautiful country, animals, art and sculpture, the Krzywokulski family was able to experience a lifestyle and culture presumed impossible for a refugee family at that time.
Throughout John’s school life his main interests were art and theatre. His high school art teacher Peter Ralph (Dandenong High School) was a profound influence, with art exhibitions and performing arts becoming regular extra curricular activities which introduced John to the real art world. Following high school, John studied at Caulfield Institue of Technology (now Monash).
During his second year in 1967, he was approached by Sweeney Reed who saw John’s work at a student exhibition. At this time Sweeney was directing the gallery Strines, one of the most progressive and avante garde galleries in Melbourne. Sweeney introduced John to the John and Sunday Reed circle at Heide. John K’s first ever sale was made to John Reed, John and Sunday’s passion for his work sustained a friendship and patronage that lasted until their deaths.
John Reed wrote about John K’s work, probably the longest article on a single artist ever written by John Reed. This article was published in Art In Australia with the added coup that John’s work was reproduced on the front cover. The Reed collection eventually held over two dozen pieces of John’s artwork. However, a large portion of the collection was dispersed prior to their deaths, leaving a core of only nine examples. With the deaths of Sweeney and John and Sunday Reed, an extraordinarily enriching personal, professional and historical era ended.
John K. has continued to pursue his personal visions in relative isolation from the general art world. Difficult to label and associate with any particular contemporary movement; he has remained a maverick. His homage to both the spatial concepts and the enigmatic concepts of Surrealism are clearly evident, but John has extended these into a very personal idiom.
Art in the Park
When: Beginning Sun 11th April – 18th April 11am – 4pm
Tickets: Entry is free but a donation is always welcome 🙂
Where: Emerald Lake Park, Emerald Lake Rd, Emerald, VIC 3782
Free Activities on Sunday 12 April – Henna Art Decorations & Leaf Rubbing
A Community Art Gallery and Shop to display and sell works for established and emerging Cardinia creatives. A diverse collection of artworks by 60 artists to delight and inspire. The shop sells bespoke merchandise by participating artists.
If I knew you were coming, I’d have baked a cake
When: Open Monday – Friday 9:30-2:30pm until June
Tickets: Free Event – Not Ticketed
Where: Hills Hub, 400a Belgrave – Gembrook Road, Emerald, VIC 3782
An exhibition of vintage objects held by the Museum around the theme of home baking. This display will continue until approximately June. Items in this display have been donated by local people over the years and thus add to our understanding of the everyday lives of people of the Emerald district and the stories that were important to them.
The Insects & Botanicals – Paper Sculpture Artist Ray Besserdin
When: Beginning Saturday 11th – 18th April until late
Tickets: Free Event – Not Ticketed
Where: Gemco Foyer and Bar, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald, VIC, 3782
Debra Ferry Acrylic Artist Solo Exhibition
When: Beginning Saturday 11th – 18th April until late
Tickets: Free Event – Not Ticketed
Where: Gemco Hall and Bar, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald, VIC, 3782
Debra Ferry is a unique, local artist exhibiting her work for the first time, publicly. Watch Debra painting a smaller canvas live to see her fascinating technique to arrive at these beautiful pieces.
Debra will provide a piece of artwork as a silent auction item. Half the proceeds of artwork will be donated to the PAVED Festival to assist with ongoing festivals. This will be drawn at the end of Saturday 12th April. Other originals and prints will be available for purchase and viewing.
A rare opportunity to see and own an exquisite work.
From Home to the Front: Memories of war
When: Sunday 12 April 10.00am – 3.00pm & Wednesday 15 April 10.00am – 3.00pm
Tickets: Free Event – Not Ticketed
Where: Emerald and District Musem, 5 Crichton Rd, Emerald, VIC, 3782
A special display for the month of April focusing on objects and memorabilia relating to World War 1 and World War 2. Young visitors are especially welcome at the Museum – they can do scavenger hunts inside and outside brush up on their typewriting skills and complete worksheets on a vintage school desk.
