4-22 Wilmot Street Burnie / pataway
Now Open Thursday – Monday, 10am – 5pm. Closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays.
How does converting an empty shop space into a pop up gallery for three months sound to you? Sounds like something we might see on the CBD streets of Melbourne or Sydney, maybe even New York. How about Burnie?
With the operational hiatus of the Burnie Regional Gallery for renovations as part of the new cultural precinct, Business Northwest wanted to create a space where art could still be enjoyed and practised. Drawing from our experience with the Renew Burnie program, we felt an opportunity might exist to use one of the empty shop spaces as a gallery space. Happily, Ten Days on The Island had a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition looking for a home – a match made in heaven! The Burnie City Council came on board to help secure the property for a three month period, and cover the fit outs needed to bring this space to a quality proposition. Contemporary Arts/Research, also working in the unique micro gallery space, were able to complete the team to transform the old Dick Smith building, into a quality art space.
Would you like to get involved volunteering your time to help intersection art space come to life? Register your interest by getting in touch with intersection art space gallery manager and curator Scott via email Arts.Research@yahoo.com or 0490249362.
Current Exhibitions
NatureNurture
Curated by Scott Campbell from Contemporary Arts/Rsearch
28 April – 15 May 2022 10am – 5pm
Free Entry
Lex Palmer Bull & Anna Van Stralen
An intriguing dual survey exhibition of Academic Landscape Art by Launceston-based Artists Anna Van Stralen and Lex Palmer Bull. NatureNurture features new paintings accompanied by works from collections across Tasmania. Anna Van Stralen is a UTAS Launceston PhD Visual Arts candidate, who has notable history in Burnie. She is represented by Gallery Pejean, Launceston.
Lex Palmer Bull is an accomplished contemporary print media artist who has previously exhibited in the Burnie Print Prize. She is represented by Handmark Gallery, Hobart. Their works in NatureNurture reflect upon human architectural structures and the chaotic environments they often inhabit. The Artificial and The Natural meet unexpectedly in these pieces, giving viewers a chance to inhabit unusual places often unconsidered.
Events
Artist Walk and Talk
Sunday May 15th 2.30-3.30
Intersection Art Space welcomes you to an afternoon with Artist Anna Van Stralen in conversation about the exhibition NatureNurture. Anna will talk about her works in the show but also answer your questions on the whos, whats, whens, wheres and whys of her art practice. Light refreshments brightly provided.
RSVP to Scott Campbell: 0490249362 or Arts.Research@yahoo.com.
Artist Internet Workshop
Wednesday 4th May at 6pm
Free
Intersection is overjoyed to be hosting Switch Tasmania for a workshop that will give practical knowledge about how to use simple techniques to get your creative works to market using the internet.
Numbers are limited, so don’t delay – RSVP Here
Artists talk this Sunday 1st at 2:30pm
Lex Palmer Bull is an accomplished contemporary print media artist who has previously exhibited in the Burnie Print Prize. She is represented by Handmark Gallery, Hobart.
Her works in NatureNurture reflect upon human architectural structures and the chaotic environments they often inhabit.
The Artificial and The Natural meet unexpectedly in these pieces, giving viewers a chance to inhabit unusual places often unconsidered.
10am – 5pm. Closed Tue/Wed. 4-22 Wilmot St, Burnie.
See you at Intersection on Sunday!
Steel & Water
5 -24 April 2022 10am – 5pm
Exhibition Finished
Michael Muruste
Curated by Scott Campbell from Contemporary Arts/Research
We are delighted to have a wide solo exhibition of new works by accomplished abstract painter Michael Muruste. Steel & Water takes a deep look at the relationship between our dedicated industrial port and the ever-changing waters of the Bass Strait.
Michael has been working on this extended series right here in Burnie for the last two years. An artist focussing on one subject for an extended period of time always produces results. Steel & Water shows how important the documentary side of visual arts actually is.
Represented by Colville Gallery in Hobart, Michael’s works are held in numerous public collections including TMAG, Charles Darwin University and our own Burnie Regional Art Gallery’s permanent collection. Michael’s paintings talk about the interplay of Industry and the Aquatic, Geometry and the Organic, The Resolved and the Right Now. Michael is broadly recognised as an accomplished and highly regarded painter. His works are deeply fathomed but bright and playful.
The exhibition opens on the 4th of April and continues until April 24th.
Events
Master Class – Crafting collaborations that deliver real outcomes.
Thursday April 21st, 6-7.30pm
FREE
Presented by leading industry expert Ali Uren – thinker, facilitator, designer and activist.
In this MasterClass Ali will help guide our discovery of the valuable collaborations that exist in today’s market. We’re going to dig deeper and uncover how ready we are to take advantage of the opportunities around us. Through taking part in this experience, you’ll be confident in not just saying “we need to collaborate”, but you’ll also have the insights to make it a reality.
Book Now to avoid disappointment as places are limited for this event. RSVP: Scott Campbell 0490249362 or email: Arts.Research@yahoo.com
Opening Event – Event Finished
Steel & Water
Tuesday 5th April 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Come and enjoy a celebratory evening with the artist at the opening of Steel & Water. Tickets are limited, so don’t leave it too long! RSVP HERE
Artist Walk & Talk
Sunday, 10 April 2022 | 02:30 PM to 03:30 PM – Event finished
Brush up your art knowledge by listening to the painter Michael Muruste talk about his series of works “Steel & Water”, a two year collection of abstract paintings observing Burnie’s working industrial port and its aquatic partner, Bass Strait. Michael will give insights into his work and answer questions regarding the whos, whats, wheres and whys of his art practice.
Entry Free!
RSVP: Arts.Research@yahoo.com
Intersection Art Space. 4-22 Wilmot St, Burnie. 7320
Living Memory
4-27 March 2022 – Closed
Curated By Joanna Gair – Ten Days on the Island
The Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia’s aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects. This edition of the prize incorporates a year like no other: 2020. Accordingly, the title – Living Memory – acknowledges the period’s seismic events. The winner for 2021 is Joel B Pratley.
Image Sourced: National Portrait Gallery