Registrations  for artists are now open for the Colac Otway Arts Trail over April School Holidays 2022 April 9-18th
Register online.
​ www.colacotwayartstrail.com/register-online.html
Launching on  9 & 10th April 2022 at the Art Expo @ COPACC you can register your venue, studio or workshops. 
On registration form choose Easter or enter the dates you wish to be open.

The Acconia sponsorship program will support the Creative Otways Inc -Art Expo to engage guest speakers and deliver some exciting workshops as part of the 2022 Art Trail. Pictured Jan Verouden- Treasurer, and Deb Gartland -Secretary of Creative Otways  Inc.  #lovelocal #livelocal #supportartists #openstudio #artgallery #colacotwaylocals #southwestvictoria #artexpo #visitcolacotway #colacotwaytourism #visitvictoria #mtgellibrandwindfarm
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Online registrations for Colac Otway Arts Trail 2022 will open in September 2021.

In the meantime you're invited to follow COAT on Facebook or here on our NEWS blog
 
We look forward to having you on the trail.

​To register you will need to provide the following

• a statement about your studio, gallery or yourself and your work, 
• a credit card as a method of payment
• a good quality image of your work
• for studios and venues a copy of your PL Certificate of Currency 
• for studios and venues a copy of your COVID safe plan

​​TO REGISTER BY EMAIL.
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Please download the registration form HERE and when completed email it,  with images of your work and a copy of your PL insurance (if required)  to colacotwayartstrail@gmail.com.

• Artists listing on website and in brochure $25
• Spot in the Arts Expo @ COPACC $35
• Sole Trader Venue or Studio $65
• Community Venue $150
• Public Art Free

Payments will only be accepted by prepaid direct credit to
Account Name: Creative Otways
BSB: 033217
Account No: 375672

Six Birregurra and district artists will have their work on show at the Birregurra Hall on April 10  and 11 as part of the 2021 Colac Otway Arts Trail.  
The group includes mix media artist Deb McSephney, felting expert Pam Fyfe, mixed media  artist David Lancashire, painter Inge O’Leary, illustrator and painter Lea Barker, and painter  Bonnie McLaren. 
Birregurra’s arts trail event will showcase a spectrum of local creativity and include oil,  watercolour, acrylic paintings, ink drawings, felting, collage, and mixed media works.  
Felting artist Pam Fyfe says it’s good to have events back in the hall after not being able to get  together at all last year.  
She said the Birregurra Community Arts Group has had a lot to do with the hall’s renovations so  it’s great to put it to use for events such as this.  
“Having a group of artists together like this makes the event more interesting for people coming  along as they get to see a range of different works.”  
Fyfe has been felting for more 18 years and will demonstrate the art of felting as part of the  event. She works with wool and silk and said what she loved about felting was the feel and  texture of the wool.  
Deans Marsh artist Lea Barker will have drawings, etchings and paintings in ink, oils and  acrylics on show inspired by her surroundings and her travels. She said the group exhibition  allowed for a shared focus and thought the artists’ works would complement each other.  
Birregurra’s David Lancashire is a mixed media artist creating collage and acrylic works on  paper. Lancashire studied fine art in England and has run a design practice professionally for  more 50 years. He said all his life he had worked creatively and his works for the Birregurra  exhibition were inspired by the Australian landscape. 
Pennyroyal’s Deb McSephney will conduct book binding demonstrations using eco-dyed printed  materials as well as displaying her abstract acrylic and gouache paintings. Gouache, a more  traditional form of watercolour, appeals to McSephney and she likes the matte finish it creates. 
“The book binding will show what you can do with eco-dyed materials. It’s a more artistic  application for the eco-dyed fabrics including linen, cotton, wool, silk and paper,” she said.
Birregurra’s Inge O’Leary creates watercolours on paper and acrylics on canvas and will have a  mixture of her work on show. 
O’Leary a professional painter for more than 20 years regularly exhibits her work locally with her  husband Dominic. She has a creative space set up at home where she paints and said what  she loved about it was the feel of it and how it’s very absorbing.  
She has regularly exhibited her work in the Birregurra art show and said she loved being part of  the local artistic community.  
Watercolour artist Birregurra’s Bonnie McLaren has previously displayed her work as part of the  2019 Year 12 Top Arts exhibition at Melbourne’s NGV. And as an establishing artist she’s set up  a website to sell her work and plans to design t-shirts to sell online.  
In addition to the works on show at Birregurra on April 10 and 11 as part of the second weekend  of the trail people can also see art works on show at the Colac Otway Arts Trail Art Expo in  Colac at the COPACC.  
Dates and locations:  
• 2-4 April 2021 at Apollo Bay and Forrest 
• 10-11 April 2021 at Colac Art Expo at COPACC and Birregurra 
• 7-18 April 2021 at Gellibrand and Lavers Hill.  
Full details on the Colac Otway Arts Trail website https://www.colacotwayartstrail.com/  Or follow the trails Facebook page or find them on Instagram @colacotwayartstrail

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 Studio Forrest  will be open in Forrest  over Easter for the Arts Trail
1-6 April, Forrest Community Hall
Locked down - Resilience & Fragility
An exhibition of work completed during 2020 lockdown when Studio Forrest artists were physically distanced.
Supporting each other and combatting isolation by keeping connected through zoom, the artists were able to complete a range of works including a postcard project.
Also incorporating a display of 'Out My Window' small canvas community competition.
They will also have an outside display "Going with the flow"


You can also see Studio Forrest at the Arts Expo @ Copacc on 10th &11th April
Studio Forrest is an arts initiative aimed at developing collaborative and individual artwork on selected themes. 
The group is predominately peer led, focusing on skill sharing rather than a teacher/student model although some workshops relating to the theme may be offered.
Participants have the opportunity to explore different mediums and be involved in group exhibitions and activities and work from a studio space at the Community Hub precinct in Forrest.

.Elaine will be opening her pottery studio each weekend of the arts trail.
Elaine's  work can also be seen in the window space  at  Bromfield street Colac  near  Super Cheap auto
Venue-135 Everett Crescent, Barongarook West

The Colac Makers Space will be open 10th & 11th April with demonstrations and displays.
Come and visit. learn about what is on offer or offer some suggestions . See the new printing pres sand displays.

Otway Dreaming  by South West Tafe
Venue- 95 Bromfield St, Colac
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