[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=”815″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]On Friday 13 March we welcomed a crowd of about 50 people to the 2015 Tom Bass Memorial Address given by writer and artist Kim Mahood. You can watch the film of the Address below and here are some reflections about the evening from Margo Hoekstra, Chair of TBSSS. Kim Mahood’s entrance into Sydney in the early 80’s to develop her art is remembered with a tinge of the romance akin to another world that you only read about in books about…

[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=”925″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]It’s a small world,  Tony Wong Hee  mu studio gallery 7 March – 28 March Be sure to make a trip to the Headland Park Artist Precinct this March to check out TBSSS Baord Member and sculptor Tony Wong Hee’s latest exhibition. The show features a series of assemblages inspired by favelas, Middle Eastern villages and other organic human habitats. Have a read of Tony’s artist statement to learn more: “Each of us lives in our own personal world. 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=”863″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Our Art Month Exhibition Pieces of Eight, was officially opened on Thursday 5 March by TBSSS friend and Defiance Gallery Director Campbell Robertson-Swann. We had a terrific turnout for this event, with five of the eight featured artists present on the night. Visitors to the exhibition also got to see the Studio in action, as the Thursday Evening students were hard at work. A special thank you to Campbell for his lovely words in his opening speech, the artists for their inspiring…

[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=”704″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Last month, the wonderful people at Broadsheet visited our Studio. They wrote about their visit and took some great photos of our unique space. We’d like to thank Broadsheet for featuring the work we do. Special thanks to the writer Sammy Preston and the photographer Rachel Kara. Click here to read the article.[/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=”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]A huge congratulations to TBSSS friend and guest teacher – artist Ingrid Morley on winning the 2014 Sculpture Forbes $20,000 acquisition prize. Ingrid’s sculpture pictured “Shadows on the Landing”, is an evocative response to the site which was home to the Albion Hotel, destroyed by fire. Ingrid will be teaching a special workshop this summer at TBSSS in January 2015 – ‘After the Life Study’. Using previous life study sculptures or life drawings as a reference and starting point, Ingrid will…

[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]The TBSSS Emerging Sculptor Scholarship Program 2012 gave Susann Taylor and Peter Lewis the opportunity to embark on a public art project funded by the City of Sydney for a ceremonial sculpture to be installed at Green Square School, Waterloo. The sculpture was unveiled by Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney on Friday, 19th September 2014. Standing 3.5m tall, the stainless steel sculpture entitled ‘TRANSITION’ creates a place of ceremony, where milestones of the student’s journey and their aspirations are publicly…