Kelpie Roundup
On the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, here in Casterton, visitors would be hard put to not see a Kelpie or fifty. With an influx of people for the annual Kelpie … Continue reading
Art Celebrates Poetry
The recent 2016 John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive Art Prize saw group members challenging themselves with mediums and interpretations of their selected poem/s written by the celebrated South Australian poet. Some … Continue reading
The Marriage of Poetry and Art with John Shaw Neilson
The legacy of the poet John Shaw Neilson, born in 1872 in Penola, South Australia, lives on. Each year, as part of the Coonawarra Arts Festival, reading his poetry is a … Continue reading
Art and Religion in the Twenty-First Century
The Bi-annual Needham Religious Art Prize 2015 inspired several of our members to set to with paint and canvas. This year’s judge was Gordon Morrison, the Director of the Ballarat … Continue reading
Members’ Works Selected for Cultural Heritage Collection
The recent Artists of the Valley exhibition at Portland, Victoria, and sponsored by the Glenelg Shire Arts Program, proved very successful. The exhibition ran from December 2014 until the end … Continue reading
Painting Words – Celebrating John Shaw Neilson
This year’s John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive Art Prize inspired several members of Artists of the Valley to produce some evocative works. All met the challenge of interpreting the poetry of … Continue reading
Patricia O’Connell Takes Out Prize
This year’s John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive Art Prize was won by our own Patricia O’Connell. Her painting (seen above) entitled The New Year came with heat and thirst and the … Continue reading
Artists of the Valley & Gorman's Art Gallery - Casterton 