The STA BOX Gallery @ Yass Library
The Yass Valley Libary is the home of the STA Box Gallery in Yass Valley. Enjoy the online gallery below and visit STA Box Gallery in Yass at 88 Comur St.
BOX Gallery exhibitions are available to STA Members on application. Members can apply for an exhibition in one or more BOX Galleries. If you would like to register an interest in a BOX Gallery exhibition email us for more information.
Conviction by Bill Dorman, Spring 2024
I call on the provenance of the vessel’s material – the original brass of Goulburn’s courthouse roof – to critique the systems that have both historically and contemporaneously created and controlled a dominant narrative of lawfulness. In this work I am extending my sculptural investigations of empathy for displaced and subjugated peoples.
Find out more about Bill at his website www.billdorman.com.au
Conviction 2024
Old brass from the original Goulburn Courthouse roof dome, steel, brass, copper,
1070mm wide- 1220mm high- 140mm deep
$5800
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Previous Exhibitions
Erased : Lost. by Lea Durie Autumn 2024
Ceramic works by Lea Durie from Braidwood.
I create works using ceramics, found materials, textiles and paper. My practice is concerned with our natural and built environment and how we can bring care to the forefront of our thinking. I am interested in places and materiality that is connected to that place, sometimes working with wild clay. Working with the materials of a place I explore the impact of extreme weather and a changing climate.
I explore land, maps and changes to the landscape through land use, with climate change as a point of reference.
Find out more about Lea at her website leadurieceramics.com.
Instagram @lea_durie and facebook.com/lea.durie
Purchase enquires are directly to the Artist [email protected]
Excised 2024
Wild Braidwood Clay, Stoneware Clay, slips and underglaze 15 x 17 x 11 cm
$300
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House 2024.
Wild Braidwood Clay, Stoneware Clay, slips and underglaze 14x 9 x 9 cm
$200
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Town 2024
Wild Braidwood Clay, Stoneware Clay, slips, decals and underglaze
30 x 12 x 12 cm
$450
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Gaping 2024
Wild Braidwood Clay, Stoneware Clay, slips, decal and underglaze
12 x 9 x 9 cm
$200
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Cutout 2024
Wild Braidwood Clay, Stoneware Clay, slips and underglaze
12 x 10 x 6 cm
$200
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Landmarks 2024
Wild Braidwood Clay, Stoneware Clay, slips and underglaze
5 x 16 x 13 cm
$300
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Marquettes by Neil Dickinson Autumn 2024
Small-scale marquettes or models by Queanbeyan Artist Neil Dickinson.
Neil is a figurative sculptor who created these works as art of the process to larger public sculptures installed in various locations throughout the region.
Neil graduated from the Canberra School of Art in 1983 and received a Postgraduate Diploma (Sculpture) from the University of Tasmania in 1985.
‘Central to my work is a belief in the nobility of the human form and the celebration of the constant struggle with all forms of oppression – the philosophy of inner spiritual growth in the face of materialist aggression.’
With the exception of the bronze of the Artist’s Grandma, you can find each of the final public works using the interactive map to navigate online at the STA website. Each Marquette gives us a unique insight into the Artist’s process and vision during the creation of a major piece.
Works on display are not for sale.
Neil can be contacted about commission work via his social media accounts.
Instagram – @neildickinson.sculptor and Facebook
And his page at DeviantArt
Nellie’s story – Queen Nellie Hamilton was a Ngunnawal Elder, truth teller and community leader who was born around 1830 at Ginninderra and spent most of her life in the Queanbeyan-Braidwood area. SHe died in 1897 at the Queanbeyan Hospital and is buried outside the Riverside Cemetery. It is hoped that a statue befitting her extraordinary life will help more people hear about her and her story.
The final life size sculpture of Queen Nellie Hamilton is envisioned to be installed within Queanbeyan and will highlight Queanbeyan and the Limestone Plains as Aboriginal places with a rich and ancient history. In the marquette Queen Nellie wears a woollen rug. She is bare footed with her son Eddie and dog Jerrabung by her side.
There are several versions of the following quote of Nellie’s which captures the essence of a Queen.
I no tink much of your law. You come here and take my land, kill my possum, my kangaroo. Leave me starve. Only gib me rotten blanket. Me take calf or sheep, you been shoot me, or put me in jail. You bring your bad sickness ‘mong us.
As recorded in Canberra: Its History and Legends by John Gale, John. Published by A.M. Fallick and Sons. Queanbeyan, 1927.
Sculptures by Walter Brecely Winter 23
Artist Walter Brecely’s diverse education, spanning Fine Arts at Illawarra Institute of Technology (1993-95) and a Bachelor of Creative Arts majoring in Sculpture from University of Wollongong (2000), complements his proficiency in engraving, stone setting, and metal casting.
His work has earned acclaim including the 2008 Goulburn Regional Art Award, and finalist positions in several art prizes including the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize and the Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Prize. His latest accolade is the 2023 BOCCA Sculpture Prize. Walter was also the Lead Illustrator for the VR project Inanimate Alice: Perpetual Nomads from 2016 to 2018, a coproduction funded by Screen Australia and the Canada Media Fund. The project secured the 2020 Reader’s Choice Prize at Woollahra Digital Literary Awards and an Honourable Mention in 2017’s Turn On Digital Literature Prize.
You can contact Walter directly through his website to chat about any of the works. All are for sale.
www.walterbrecely.com
Facebook:@BrecelyStudios
Instagram:@walterbrecely
Trembler, 2014.
Wood (elm), stainless steel, recycled diesel engine filters.
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Organically Challenged, 2013.
Recycled lawn bowls, copper, recycled goblets.
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Lawn Weeds, 2013.
Recycled lawn bowls, copper.
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Saplings, 2018.
Copper, stainless steel, sterling silver, recycled glass.
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The Walkers, 2012.
Recycled cutlery, stainless steel, sterling silver.
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Glass Birds by Peter Minson Autumn 23
Peter Minson is one of the STA region’s most accomplished glass artists with a career spanning six decades as a lampworker.
This exquisite family of six glass birds were created by Peter for an exhibition in the UK and showcase his mastery of glass as an artistic medium. The works form part of the Artist’s private collection and are not for sale.
Visit Peter Minson Glass Art online. The galley is a great destination in Binalong (Yass Valley) is open Friday-Wednesday 10am-5pm call ahead on 02 6227 4312
Ceramic works by Robyn Booth
Summer 2022-23
Robyn is a ceramic artist living in the Yass Valley. She works in porcelain creative elegant pieces that are both functional and beautiful with a clean aesthetic inspired by nature and organic forms. Describing the work in the exhibition, Robyn said: ‘I have explored many of the possibilities of working with clay and now make hand built functional ware in porcelain.
I use ceramic stains to hand colour the clay and processes of laminating the colour into the surface of the work or throughout the whole piece. Some of my recent work is inspired by the borer beetle patterns found on tree trunks on our property. I have used these to make surface texture.
Follow Robyn on Instagram @robyn_booth_ceramics Robyn’s work is available from the Sutton Village Gallery
Vessel, large
hand built porcelain, Inlaid colour, clear glazed interior
39.5 x 20 x 9.5
NFS
Vessel, tall
hand built porcelain, Inlaid colour, clear glazed interior 44 x 14 x10
NFS
Vessel, tall
hand built porcelain, Inlaid colour, clear glazed interior
38 x 14 x 10.5
NFS
Vase, Burleigh Landscape
hand built coloured porcelain, clear glazed interior
22.5 x 11 x 10.
$220
Bud Vase |
Vessel, large
hand built porcelain, Inlaid colour, clear glazed interior
39.5 x 20 x 9.5
NFS
Vessel, tall
hand built porcelain, Inlaid colour, clear glazed interior 44 x 14 x10
NFS
Vessel, tall
hand built porcelain, Inlaid colour, clear glazed interior
38 x 14 x 10.5
NFS
Vase, Burleigh Landscape
hand built coloured porcelain, clear glazed interior
22.5 x 11 x 10.
$220
Bud Vase |
Vase, Borer Beetle Texture
hand built porcelain, clear glazed interior
19.5 x 19.5 x 12
$140
Bowl, salad
hand built porcelain, inlaid colour, clear glaze
6 x 31.5 x 27
$160
Beaker
Slip cast and decorated porcelain, clear glazed interior
9 x 6.5 x 5.5
$45 each
Glass Works by Peter Crisp OAM Spring 2022
Peter Crisp is an internationally established Glass Artist living and working in Bowning, Yass Valley. He has been commissioned to design exclusive pieces for royalty and for some of the most famous retailers in the world such as Harrods. His creativity, achievements and impact has now been recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia.
The pieces that form this Box Gallery exhibition have been selected to represent the depth of Peter’s practise and mastery across various techniques and periods in his career.
The Yass Valley STA BOX Gallery
Located in the entry foyer of the Yass Valley Library, showcasing local and regional art.
Enjoy this online gallery of works to compliment a visit to see the exhibition at 88 Comur St, Yass.
Exhibitions change seasonally.
This November, Peter is reopening The Crisp Galleries in Bowning where you can view an extensive display of the glass art and well as enjoy the magnificent gardens and surrounds. The Crisp Galleries also hosts regular musical performance and special events.
Please visit the Crisp Galleries website for more information and sales enquires.
The STA Box Gallery is supported by our venue partner Yass Valley Library a service of Yass Valley Council.
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