What's the POINT

A big well done to everyone for their efforts to put on an excellent end of year show!

Don't forget to finish off your blog postings for the final chapters of our reading and reflections on that as we discussed in class.

Please check the timetable and be available to take your work home on Monday Nov 9.

many thanks

Julie

Minutes from End of Year Exhibition Meeting – 22 October 2009

Staff Present: Sarah Pirrie, Carole Wilson, Peter Houtmeyers, Bobbie Ruben, Leon Stainer, Marlene Kranz, Katherine Racines

Students Present: Amy

Discussion Points:

• High School Group e-mail invitations – Katherine to draft e-mail
• Three POINTS:
• See the Exhibition (tours by Staff)
• Meet the Artists (student floor talks and demonstrations)
• Creative Arts courses and careers (speak to lecturers)
• POINT web banner to be e-mailed to art organisations for distribution to their mailing lists. This includes:
• DVAA
• 24 HR Art
• Arts NT
• Ausdance
• Northern Editions
• Community Arts
• Tracks
• Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre
• MAGNT
• Prizes – Staff to confirm prizes and winners
• On opening night:
• Associate Professor Bill Wade – Introduction and Welcome
• Karen Brown from Karen Brown Gallery – Guest speaker
• Marlene has been contacted by ABC. They will film a documentary on shoe making, hopefully on opening night.
• Professional photographer to be hired to capture photos of artwork, exhibition spaces, etc.
• Catering is confirmed. This includes a paid bar.
• Students to do poster and flier runs around campus and around town.
• DVAA logo was left out of marketing material, however will appear in the NT News advertisements this Saturday and next Wednesday.
• All tracking well!

Next Meeting: 12pm, Thursday 29^th October

Countdown to the exhibition...

It’s show time and as you will all be aware we are going to need a concerted team effort to complete the last assessment item of the year – the successful design, production and execution of the end of year exhibition. We will need to use all our skills in collaboration to achieve a successful end result

Individual activities and things we need to do

Personal content for the graphic design exhibition – Bill Wade, our head of school is asking for 7 individual portfolio pieces from which we can select content for the show. These 7 pieces need to come to class Tuesday October 20.

Here are a few key dates

Thursday 15 October – Deckchair cinema advertising delivered

Friday 16 October – Shane / Peter / Julie – start banner printing, priority to pieces that need finishing for installation

Monday 19 October – A3 posters arrive – students will need to take some, individually, and start putting them up

Tues 20 October – collaboration class, last chapter of reading and wrap up of the blog / reading – students bring in initial selection of work for show

Wednesday 21 October – Brochure/poster delivered to CDU office – sent out to invited guests. Students to pick up an amount to distribute to their friends, potential employers and guests

T- shirts to be screen printed – we need volunteers to help – see Tim or Bobbie

Thurs 22 October – ­3D / content ­ - finalise and publish content for web – including Bee/Bec documentary trailer, print, finish and begin installation of banners

Friday 23 October – Photography exhibit installed upstairs hallway

Tuesday 27 Oct – install banners, navigation system, material, lanterns …

Wed 28­ October all students to finish installation of personal artwork for display in studio

Thurs 29 – We open at 6:00 – you all need to be here by 12:00 to finish off anything that remains

Monday 2 November ­ - 12:00 GD/MM workshop and discussion in Design studio – all students will need to be here for lunch hour to meet potential students and be available to talk about their work.

Friday November 6 – 5:00 pm Take down work/banner/navigation system and remove from CDU - all students will need to be here to help

Monday November 9 ­ - assessment finalised

Have we forgotten anything.. please tell us!

Cheers julie and peter

END OF YEAR EXHIBITION OVERALL SCHEDULE

TUESDAY 20TH OCTOBER	-Printmaking Assessment 9-4pm - removing rubbish and excess furniture from building
WEDNESDAY 21ST OCTOBER	-Fibre /Textiles assessment 1-4pm -T-shirt printing 9am-12 (volunteers needed) - removing rubbish and excess furniture from building
THURSDAY 22ND OCTOBER	-Sculpture painting gallery and installation -Invitations to be delivered to venues around town (volunteers needed) -T-shirt printing 9am-12 (volunteers needed) - removing rubbish from building
FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER	-Photography installation - All student artwork not in exhibition should be removed from buildings
MONDAY 26TH OCTOBER	-Printmaking clean up and painting -Architecture installation of panels in theatre
TUESDAY 27TH OCTOBER	-Printmaking installation
WEDNESDAY 28TH OCTOBER	-Fibre/Textiles installation in theatre -Architecture installation in sculpture studio NB All exhibitions should be installed

Minutes from End of Year Exhibition Meeting – 15 October 2009

Staff Present: Bobbie Ruben, Carole Wilson, Julie Fairless, Peter Houtmeyers, Sarah Pirrie, Marianne Dyason, Katherine Racines

Students Present: Amy

Discussion Points:

· Catering numbers reduced to 250 people, based on number of students + 2 guests each

· Invitations will be ready by next Wednesday 21^st October

· Invitations to be sent ASAP – to be received by businesses Friday 23^rd or Monday 26^th

· 2000 invitations/posters to be distributed and 500 posters to be posted

· Label template – completed

· T-shirts have arrived for screen printing

· Security cameras in Orange 11 – Katherine to confirm with Security that they are working

· Opening Speaker – Potentially Karen Brown from Karen Brown Gallery

· Website – progress is slow – behind schedule – but it will be up by the start of the exhibition

· Lanterns on order – due to arrive next week

· Last minute sponsors will need to be acknowledged

· Work installation and clean-up dates:

o Thursday, 15^th Oct – Sculpture studio clean up

o Tuesday, 20^th Oct – Printmaking clean up

o Thursday, 22^nd Oct – Sculpture

o Friday, 23^rd Oct – Photography

o Tuesday, 27^th Oct – Printmaking

o Wednesday, 28^th Oct – Fibre/textiles

· Lynley to contact schools

· Need student “runners” to post up posters and a list of places

· Prizes – staff to meet next week to discuss

Next Meeting: Thursday, 22^nd October, 12 noon – 1pm

Brochure / Poster

The artwork for the brochure and poster is complete and is being sent to Uniprint.

Thank you all for your individual and collective contribution to getting this out the door and onto the press.

Third year Fine art brochure

Jo Green has designed the following brochure for the third year fine art catalogue.