[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”1166″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Artist Talks 6, 13, 20 March 2pm Juniper Hall: 250 Oxford St, Paddington NSW Free Come along and hear Tom Bass Prize Finalists talk about their work. The artists will also be taking questions. Sunday 6 March Carol Crawford Jenny Green Kym Frame Bridget Nicholson Alma Studholme Sunday 13 March Christine Crimmins Eden Plaisted Sal Yates Sunday 20 March Sach Catts Gillian Hodes Freya Jobbins Louis Pratt[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”1166″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] We are pleased to announce that 38 finalists have been chosen for the Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture. The Judges and organising committee were thrilled with the number of entries (close to 250 Australia wide) and quality of works. The finalists’ exhibition will be held at Juniper Hall and open to the public from 4 March 2016. The Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture Finalists’ Exhibition 4 – 20 March 2016 Juniper Hall, 250 Oxford St, Paddington, NSW Gallery…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”733″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Can you spare some time and lend a hand? We’re looking for volunteers to help with the Prize in 2016. Who we’re looking for: – A team to help with install on Wed 2 March and Thur 3 March at Juniper Hall, Paddington. – People to help mind the exhibition at Juniper Hall from Fri 4 March – Sun 20 March. The exhibition will be open Wed – Sun, 10am – 5pm. – A team to help with de-install on…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”1417″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Please join us at the opening of Simon Gandevia’s exhibition Evolving Forms on Wednesday 11 November 6 – 8pm.  All welcome! About Simon Gandevia: Simon has been a doctor and medical researcher for about thirty years. He took sculpture classes at the Waverley Woollahra Art Centre some years ago and, since 2011, has been attending Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School.  At TBSSS, he has mostly carved in sandstone.  Simon also participated in TBSSS workshops on limestone carving with Paul Hopmeier and…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”1398″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] We’d love to give a very warm welcome to our new Thursday morning and afternoon teacher Dan Dominguez who will be joining TBSSS starting in January 2016. Below he recounts learning from Tom and his time at the school: Dan Dominguez: An Association with the Tom Bass Sculpture School Over the five years I attended the Tom Bass Sculpture School (1994-1998), the most fundamental thing I learnt was how to express myself through the language of sculpture. Tom introduced me to a language that…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”1254″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Please join us at the opening of Sallie Portnoy’s exhibition Go Figure this Saturday 17 October 3 – 5pm, all welcome! About Sallie Portnoy: Internationally recognized award winning multimedia artist Sallie Portnoy (BFA, MSA) now works mainly in cast glass crystal creating abstract figurative sculpture. Prolific and diverse, she is also known to work in clay, bronze, cement, polyurethane, glass mosaic, and stainless steel. Portnoy has had numerous solo exhibitions and been the recipient of several major awards and public art…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”698″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Drum roll please………. The winner of the People’s Choice Award for the 2015 Annual Studio Exhibition is: Rhonda Cooper. Congratulations to Rhonda, she receives a $150 gift voucher towards a 2016 TBSSS Workshop of her choice. Rhonda’s winning sculpture ‘Still Allaine‘ is pictured left. And the winner of the Voter’s Prize is Michael Bell, please get in touch with the office to claim your Sculpture in a Day Workshop place or your merchandise package. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”1213″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] The Annual Studio Exhibition opens this Sunday 20 September at a brand new time of 3-6pm with official speeches at 4.30pm. Sydney sculptor and TBSSS guest teacher Paul Hopmeier will offfically open the exhibition. The exhibition is a showcase and celebration of the work created at TBSSS over the last 12 months. Everyone who has taken either a term class or a holiday workshop is invited to submit their work and will be included in the show. Everyone is most welcome to attend the opening…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”1166″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] In March 2016 an exciting new art prize – the Tom Bass Prize for Figurative Sculpture – will have its inaugural exhibition and will run every two years from then on. The Exhibition will be held in Sydney to mark the centenary of the birth of Tom Bass AM (1916-2010) acknowledges the influence of Bass as one of Australia’s pre-eminent public sculptors. Tom Bass had a particularly close affiliation with the figure and it is with this in mind that we have…

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”5″ el_class=”sub”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_gallery type=”flexslider_fade” interval=”3″ images=”1151″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Congratulations to Reuben Young and Oliver Tanner – alumni of TBSSS, who both have light sculptures as part of this year’s VIVID Festival in Sydney. Working collaboratively with Japanese artist Masakazu Shirane, Light Origami invites viewers to explore the nature of reality by entering a giant 3D kaleidoscope. Collaborators ARUP (Tim Car / Neelam Gopalani) and Inge Liljestrom helped bring Reuben and Masakazu’s sculpture to life. Click here to read more about Light Origami. This work can be found at Alfred St, Circular Quay. Oliver’s sculpture titled Lux Forma presents the organic form of an…