Opening Night 13th October

Mt Perry Community Hall full of Beautiful Art from 13th October until 21st October
Dont Miss out on Seeing this 23rd Annual Exhibition
Dedicated to our past President Shelley Kelly
"Our Region Our Arts Our Craft"

Opening Night 13th October Exquisite Art, Beautiful Craft displays, Orchids, Quilts, Woodwork, Spoon Art, Destash,
Workshops

Girls find the bench Remembering our friend Shelley

2017 Mt Perry Annual Art Exhibition

"Our Region, Our Art, Our Craft"

Winners Announced

Section 1 - PASTEL

1st- Gail Thomas

2nd -Suzanne Robinson

HC-Sue Capewell

HC- Carmel Birchley

Section 2- GRAPHITE/CHARCOAL

1st- Brett Jones

2nd-Jake Thompson

HC- Ray Sparks

HC-Jake Thompson

Section 3 - LANDSCAPE - Acquisition- North Burnett Regional Council

1st -Betty Searle

2nd- Sue Lederhose

HC- Sue Lederhose

HC- Alice McLaughlin

Section 4 - ABSTRACT

1st- Karen Betts

2nd-Llewellyn Swallow

HC-Karen Betts

HC- Alice McLaughlin

Section 5 - MT PERRY MEMBERS

1st - Patty Klaassen

2nd -Karen Betts

3rd - Sue Draney

HC- Karen Betts

HC- Sue Capewell

Section 6- WATERCOLOUR

1st- Sue Lederhose

2nd- Cliff Dullaway

HC- Beryl Home

HC- Colleen Helmore

Section 7- OILS & ACRYLICS

Acquisition First prize Evolution Mining Mt Rawdon Mine

1st- Sue Draney

2nd- Sue Draney

HC- Betty Searle

HC- Joy Davern

Section 8- OPEN

1st- Jake Thompson

2nd- Vanessa Allegra

HC- Llewyn Swallow

HC- Gail Thomas

Section 9- CREATIVE TEXTILE

1st - Ruth Wagner

2nd- Kerry Bettiens

HC- Ruth Wagner

HC- Ailsa Koloi

Section 10- SCULPTURE

1st- Alice McLaughlin

2nd- Tim Caflisch

HC- Yvette Stephensen

HC -Peter Mann

Section 11- REFLECTIONS OF MT PERRY

Acquisition First Prize-EVOLUTION MINING

1st- Vanessa Allegra

2nd Kylie Carmen

HC- Ray Sparks

HC - Joy Davern

Section 12- WILD CARD - Big Art Flower

1st- Lyn Wright

2nd- Yvette Stephensen

HC- Marsha Johnson

HC-Yvette Stephensen

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD- Pam Bryant - Cow Calf

PAT AUGUSTINE MEMORIAL TROPHY - Sue Lederhose- Early Rain

UNPACKERS  PRIZE- Betty Searle - Gum Leaves in Spring

Thanks to the Generosity of our Sponsors

2017  

23^rd Annual Arts Exhibition

Our Region Our Arts Our Craft

Evolution Mining Mt Rawdon Mine

 Bendigo Bank 

 North Burnett Regional Council

Noel Kelly and Family

Art Plus - Bundaberg

 Mt Perry Mechanics 

Chroma Australia

John Bowen

Spitfire Constructions

 Murph's Place 

Karen Betts

Adrienne and Murray Williams

McKays Fuel and Rural supplies

Jess Herbert

Betty & Noel Mooney

Noela Clarey

Arthur Dingle

Jazzy Greig

Marchioness B&B 

Bob Gilbert - Federal Inn

Travelling Lite

Mt Perry Caravan Park

Mingo Crossing Caravan Park

and MOST important of all

Our ART Group Members, Volunteers and Friends who work long hours and dedicate their time and money for the

 Love of Art

ARt Heading to the Perry

Hope you are as excited as me, we have all this beautiful Art flooding into Mt Perry. Wednesday 11th October the rest will arrive and then the hang ...............and we get to see first hand the Talent we have in our district and the wider community, and a few hops, skips and jumps away to Brisby, Russel Is and beyond our local community. What a great way to meet some beautiful people.

Workshops are starting to overflow. Get in quick only a few spots left.

Our Art Judge Tricia Taylor Master Pastellist is coming from Sydney to the hard task of picking winners for the Prize Money.

Our Talented Photography Judge Sue McLaughlin is coming from Monto

Our Sponsors have been Generous to us and we will make them proud sharing ART

Evolution Mining Mt Rawdon Mine

 Bendigo Bank 

 North Burnett Regional Council

Noel Kelly and Family

Art Plus - Bundaberg

 Mt Perry Mechanics 

Chroma Australia

John Bowen

Spitfire Constructions

 Murph's Place 

Karen Betts

Adrienne and Murray Williams

McKays Fuel and Rural supplies

Jess Herbert

Betty & Noel Mooney

Noela Clarey

Arthur Dingle

Jazzy Greig

Marchioness B&B 

Bob Gilbert - Federal Inn

Travelling Lite

Mt Perry Caravan Park

Mingo Crossing Caravan Park

and hope I haven't forgotten anyone

and MOST important of all

Our ART Group Members, Volunteers and Friends who work long hours and dedicate their time and money for the

 Love of Art

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Big Day in the Perry 14th October 2017

23rd Annual Art Exhibition " Our Region Our Art Our Craft " opens on Friday night 13th October 7pm in the Community Hall, do come along, as your invited. 

Saturday 14th October is a must go to Mt Perry to see 

Annual Art Exhibition in the Community Hall, with displays of orchids, woodwork, metal work, jewelry, quilts.

 Jack of All Trades Exhibition in the Shelley Kelly Gallery,   from 0830 till 1630 hrs. 

Out side festivities of painting in the Park, Africian drumming at 1100- 1145, destash stall of Arts and Craft. 

The Axeman and Sawers Woodchop from 1000 till 1730 at the Grand Hotel - featuring The Morris Dingle Memorial Chop.

 Rodeo at the show grounds from 1800-2200. with free camping to Rodeo goers.

Love to catch a workshop then why not stay over and see the local sights, the art exhibition  runs till 21st October. check out the mtperryfinearts.blogspot.com to see what workshop you would like to join in.....

Mention your coming to the Art exhibition to the Accommodation houses and you may be supprised with a  discount.

Marchioness B&B Homestay 41563116

Mt Perry Federal Inn 41563059

Mt Perry Caravan Park 0427563271

Murphy's Place Accommodation 0409627861 or 039698469

Travelling Lite B&B 0407622922

Mingo Crossing Caravan Park 41616200

Workshop Week

Jack of All Trades Exhibition by Susie Capewell

Councillors John Bowen and  John Zahl with Susie Capewell after the unveiling of Susies beautiful Portrait of  Shelley Kelly, kindly donated to the  " Shelley Kelly Gallery "

We gathered to Name our Gallery in Honor of our Arty Friend Shelley Kelly for her hard work wisdom and devotion to the Arts.

Shelley Kelly Gallery

On 23rd September 2017 Councillor John Bowen Officially Named the Mt Perry Gallery, to Honor our Past President of 19 years.
                                                        " Shelly Kelly Gallery"

It was a lovely afternoon with Beautiful People and Beautiful Art Works.

The First Exhibition in the Shelley Kelly Gallery was opened by Councillor John Zahl. Our Very Talented Artist Susie Capewell      "  Jack of All Trades "   Exhibition. Susies Art will be on display until 5th November. Do drop in and see her beautiful work.

At the opening, Susie unveiled and gifted a portrait of Shelley to the Gallery. Now Shelley will always be there in spirit watching over the gallery.

Look out for the "Red Rose Print" of a favourite Painting from Shelley's  " My Art Journey " exhibition that ran from January till April 2017.
This print  reproduced with permission from the Kelly Family, photographed by Adrienne Williams, framed by Art Plus is on display at the Gallery.
 A great gesture to remind the Art Group and friends of the

                                                               " Joy in Art "

You are Invited!

Upcoming Art Exhibition

Please join us at our 23rd Annual Art Exhibition - 13th-21st October 2017 

Click HERE to access the full Entry Form.

This years Exhibition will be in honour of our Past President, Shelley Kelly. 

Please help us celebrate her life - we would love to see you there.

We have a date!

 The Mt Perry Arts Group Inc. would like to announce that we have a date for our 23^rd Annual Exhibition “Our Region, Our Art, Our Craft” from the 13-22 October. Our 2017 Annual Exhibition will be dedicated to our past President, Shelley Kelly. Shelley was our fearless leader and worked tirelessly with her small team to bring the previous 19 festive annual exhibitions to life in the Perry. Shelley has left us far too soon ­– of the many things that remain is the wonderful legacy of the Mt Perry Arts Group Inc. We hope we can do her proud with this years exhibition.

We invite you to be part of this event, enter to win our prizes of over $6000. The “Reflections of Mt Perry” section has a first prize of $2000. We’ll have more information for you soon. If anyone would like to support or sponsor our Art Exhibition please make contact with us.

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