Sole Sisters Collective

Southern Life Magazine

2010-12-16T21:04:00.004+10:30

The Sole Sisters were recently interviewed by new local magazine Southern Life which hit the shelves yesterday! Featuring a little bio on each of us. Click on the images to view larger version.

Not long now!

2010-11-12T11:14:00.004+10:30

Well tonight is the big opening for our exhibition! We are all very excited and really pleased with how the gallery looks.

After tonight's opening, the exhibition can be viewed at The Little Goat Gallery until 8 January 2010. Susie has the gallery open on Thursdays and Fridays from 10am-5pm.

We will post some photos from the night very soon.

Sneak Peek!

2010-11-05T20:39:00.004+10:30

Hi peeps! Well our exhibition is coming up VERY soon and we have been busy getting our final pieces printed and framed ready to hang next Tuesday.

Thought I'd give you a little sneak peek of one of my pieces, hot off the presses! This photo is courtesy of Nick from PanelPop. If you haven't heard of PanelPops, well, hold onto your hats! They are a pre-framed surface that you can work directly onto with pencil, paints etc. or (as in my case) you can have your work printed directly onto them. The surface kind of reminds me of porcelain - it's very cool! The materials used have been rescued from their fate at the tip, so they're eco-friendly too!

I can't wait to see mine up close and personal when they arrive back next week!

First Fridays at Molten Cafe

2010-09-02T19:21:00.005+09:30

Well it's been a long time between posts! We've all been flat out with various things, but tomorrow night (Friday 3 September) our exhibition at Molten Cafe opens as part of the Riddoch Art Gallery's First Friday series.

This is also serving as a preview for our major exhibition in November. Tomorrow we'll be showcasing our collaborative artworks plus individual pieces by the 5 of us and our two lovely guest "sisters", Susie Clarke and Ben Hood.

The night kicks off at 5.30pm, and the exhibition will run throughout September. Here's a sneak preview of some of the artwork.....

Our five collaborative artworks

Bianca wins design prize

2010-06-01T21:12:00.006+09:30

Bianca receiving her prize along with some fine wine from Kate and Mel Hollick

CONGRATULATIONS (again) go to Miss Bianca Gillin, who has taken out the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival Design Prize - for the second year in a row!!
Bianca's winning entry from last year formed the graphics for this years festival promotion (programme, poster, flyers, website, TVC) and next year we will once again see Bianca's handiwork when it is used to promote the 2011 festival.
Bianca was rewarded with a $1000 voucher from Next Byte Apple Centre for her efforts.

www.artsfestival.com.au

Art Lessons

2010-06-01T21:04:00.003+09:30

Recently the Sole Sisters tried their hands (well... brushes) at painting - venturing along to an art lesson with Susie Clarke at 'Little Goat Gallery'.

Susie took us through some basics skills using acrylics and we learnt some techniques on how to handle the paint and how to use tone and colour. In the process each of us created our own patchwork fruit masterpiece!

Thanks Susie for a fun night!

Sole Sisters have an exhibition at Little Goat Gallery in November - stay tuned!

A little sole brother...

2010-06-01T20:57:00.003+09:30

Congratulations to Sole Sister Simone and her husband Justin on the arrival of their first child George Colin Mark Kain. Born on Wednesday the 7th of April, weighing a healthy 7 pounds 12 ounces. George came into the world complete with a full head of dark hair and both Simone and Justin are over the moon with their new little man.

Digital Artist Magazine

2010-05-06T14:40:00.012+09:30

We finally got our hands on the latest edition of UK magazine Digital Artist that Bianca featured in.

Here are some scans of the magazine where you can see some of Bianca's work and read the article about artist collaborations (click on images to view full size). Well done Bianca!

Bianca features in UK based magazine Digital Artist

2010-04-01T21:44:00.006+10:30

Our very own Bianca was contacted by a journalist early in February for an interview on working in collaboratives for UK based magazine 'Digital Artist'.

Bianca was lucky enough to be included within the eight page spread of Collectives and Collaborations in the current issue amongst many other great designers. Images of her Seasons girls were included plus some thoughts on working in a group such as the Sole Sisters.

Issue 5 was released on the 25th of March so should be hitting our shores soon. Stay tuned for some scans - watch this space!

Kristyn wins Photographic Art Show!

2010-04-01T20:08:00.001+10:30

The winning portrait

The 2010 Millicent Photographic Art Show was opened on 26 March 2010, with over 275 entries from all across the country. Melbourne photographer Anthony McKee opened the night and was one of the judges.

Kristyn took out the Grand Prize Mayoral Award with her portrait of her daughter, Ava. She was awarded $1500 for her efforts!

Kristyn is hoping to continue working on her portrait series throughout the year.

Kristyn and her daughter Ava

Our plans in 2010

2010-04-01T16:21:00.000+10:30

The Sole Sisters Collective's next exhibition is planned for 5th - 30th November 2010, to be held at The Little Goat Gallery in Mount Gambier. The Sole Sisters are pleased to announce the inclusion of two local artists in this year's exhibition, artist Susie Clarke who owns The Little Goat Gallery and designer Ben Hood from Hello Friday.

The beautiful surrounds of the Limestone Coast that we reside in provides the theme for the exhibition 'Of Beauty Rich and Rare'. The theme will entwine with the collaborative artworks which will explore the five c's of the Limestone Coast. Caves, Craters, Coast, Coorong and Coonawarra.

The Sole Sisters will also be exhibiting work at Molten Cafe in September as part of the First Fridays series run by the Riddoch Art Gallery. Be sure to pop in on the opening night to view a preview of the exhibition.

In the meantime we will be posting progress of our exhibition and workshops we do in preparation for November in our blog which you can view here.