Sanctum Theatre’s

Conservatory of Singular Specimens

Thursday 16th February – 25th March 2012

Gaia Night Opening, 6-8pm, Thurs 23rd Feb
Art Trail and Exhibition Floor Talk,3 - 4pm Sunday 26th February

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Sandra Bain, Colleen Burke, Michael Camilleri, Avis Gardner, Jodie Nunn, Melissa Osborne, Lachlan Plain, Meredith Plain, Giuseppe Raneri, Carmen Reid. Lucia Rossi, sue.k.

Stroll across the lawns and detour down the leafy cul de sacs of Sanctum Theatre's Conservatory of Singular Specimens. The Conservatory is an ark upon which Sanctum and BAAG artists rescue some of our most singular specimens - whether they be arboreal, bestial or purely alchemical.

Installed in the Bolin Bolin Gallery at BAAG The Conservatory celebrates biodiversity and plurality in every sense.

There is be a display by Sanctum Theatre, including puppets used in previous productions. Artworks  include drawings, prints, sculpture, textiles, installation. And the artists include both artists who have been associated with Sanctum Theatre and artists involved with creating the permanent artworks around Bulleen Art & Garden

Just a few images from the exhibition...

The Sanctum Theatre Cabinet and marionettes used in "The Plains" 2008

Exhibition with Creaks and Sighs, by Carmen Reid in the foreground


Michael Camilleri
mushroom man and bird girl
from Martin Martini's album "Vienna 1913"
photocopy enlargements of biro drawings
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Pedro Piscator (Original mural design), and charcoal pastel drawing by Lachlan Plain, ceramic boats by Meredith Plain and pencil drawings by Sandra Bain

Ceramic Sculpture by Giuseppe Raneri

Quilt by Jodie Nunn

Sanctum Theatre’s

Conservatory of Singular Specimens

Thursday 16th February – 25th March 2012

Artists include: Sandra Bain, Colleen Burke, Michael Camilleri, Jody Nunn, Melissa Osborne, Lachlan Plain, Meredith Plain, Giuseppe Raneri, Carmen Reid. sue.k

Stroll across the lawns and detour down the leafy cul de sacs of Sanctum Theatre's Conservatory of Singular Specimens. The Conservatory is an ark upon which Sanctum and BAAG artists rescue some of our most singular specimens - whether they be arboreal, bestial or purely alchemical.

Installed in the Bolin Bolin Gallery at BAAG The Conservatory celebrates biodiversity and plurality in every sense.

Artworks will include drawings, prints, sculpture, textiles, installation. There will be a display by Sanctum Theatre, including puppets used in previous productions.


 

 

This exhibition will be opened by Jason Smith, CEO Heide Museum of Modern Art, as a part of Gaia Night

6-8pm, Tursday 23rd February

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It will laso include

  • Launch of "The Final Journey of Pedro Piscador" a mural by Lachlan Plain;
  • Exhibition Opening by Jason Smith, CEO Heide;
  • Jane Edmanson, garden personality;
  • puppets, performance by Sanctum Theatre.
  • Music
  • Refreshments

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Sustainable Gardening Australia All commissions from the sale of artworkswill go to supporting SGA. SGA is a not-for-profit, non-government organisation established in 2003 and dedicated to changing the way Australians garden. SGA envisages a world where people cultivate their gardens in sympathy with the natural environment by following the seasonal rhythms of the land, its ecology and its climate. www.sgaonline.org.au

The exhibition, and Gaia Night are Part of Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival http://festival.slf.org.au/

 

Art Trail and Exhibition Floor Talk

3 - 4pm Sunday 26th February
at Bolin Bolin Gallery, Bulleen Art and Garden

Enjoy a talk about the exhibition Sanctum Theatre’s Conservatory of Singular Specimens with Sanctum Theatre Director, Lachlan Plain and  Bolin Bolin Gallery Manager, Meredith Plain.

And a walk along the BAAG Art Trail – including the new mural, The Final Journey of Pedro Piscator and the other artworks at Bulleen Art & Garden.

 

This event is part of the City of Manningham's Healthy Lifestyles Week

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Sanctum Theatre's Cabinet of Antiquated Recording Devices

7:30pm 3rd March
at Montsalvat 7 Hillcrest Ave Eltham.

Sanctum Theatre and The Montsalvat Collective invite you to ‘buck the inevitable march of time’ and join us for our Cabinet of Antiquated Recording Devices – a hoge-podge of vague memories and hazy recollections, grainy photographs and crackly recordings

One night only at Montsalvat, 7:30pm, Saturday 3rd March 2012.

entertainment, screenings, La Bande di Sandro,dancing & merriment

Montsalvat,

7 Hillcrest Ave Eltham MEL21A8,bookings/enquiries: 9439 7712

http://www.sanctumtheatre.org/thecabinet.html

 

 

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