Gallery’s 30th anniversary celebrations shine light on Logan
Images from Logan Art Gallery’s collection will be brought to life through a night-time lighting spectacular to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
The images will be projected on the front of the gallery on Friday, 18 July, and Saturday, 19 July, as Logan City Council marks 3 decades of presenting art to the community.
The gallery opened in Logan Central in 1995 as a community-based initiative to provide a dedicated space to showcase local artistic talent.
The building had previously been home to the local library but has since shared the diverse practices of visual artists, craft workers and designers.
Mayor Jon Raven says Logan Art Gallery has cemented itself as a hub of creativity in the City of Logan over the past 30 years.
‘Our gallery has exciting art on display, showcasing the best of local and touring artists,’ Mayor Raven says.
‘We’ve also built up an amazing permanent collection that reflects the diversity of Logan.’
Mayor Raven says Council’s commitment to culturally-focused programs have been recognised by 6 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards over the years.
‘Last year we hosted a major exhibition from the Art Gallery of New South Wales focused on one of Australia’s most celebrated artists, Brett Whiteley,’ he says.
‘We were the only Queensland gallery – and one of only 4 in Australia – to host this exhibition.’
The 30th Anniversary Spectacular is happening from 5 pm to 8 pm on the Friday and between 10 am and 8 pm on the Saturday, featuring a full program of creative activities for people of all ages, and especially families.
Friday’s program celebrates the opening of 5 new exhibitions, the spectacular outdoor projection and courtyard light installation, with lantern and bead making workshops available for the kids.
Saturday’s program will offer hands-on opportunities for participants including workshops in lantern making, tote bag printing, Love Logan canvas painting, snow globes and kaleidoscopes.
An entertainment program will also run with performances by musicians, DJs and experimental sound artists including the local musical duo Edgy and Hedgy.
ABOVE: From left, Jessica Skeen-McKinnon (Muralappi), Richard Blundell (centre) and Jun Chen with examples of their work held in the Logan Art Galley collection.
The next series of gallery exhibitions featuring Ex libris (from the library of) by Christina Lowry, The Piano keys of humanity by Wu Zhipeng, and Love Logan, will open on the Friday night alongside the light show and run until Saturday, 6 September.
Logan Art Gallery is on the corner of Jacaranda Avenue and Wembley Road, Logan Central.
It is open from Tuesday to Saturday between 10 am and 5 pm.
For more information visit Logan Arts – https://www.loganarts.com.au/event/30-year-spectacular/
Background of featured artists:
Jessica Skeen-McKinnon (Muralappi) is a Greenbank-based First Nations artist. Jessica, who comes from a highly artistic First Nations family, is also the artist behind the designs featured at Logan Gardens water play area. Her father, Uncle Joseph Skeen, is a renowned artist and second-generation Aboriginal artefact maker.
Woodridge artist Jun Chen is one of a small number of Queensland artists whose work has been accepted into the prestigious annual Archibald Prize Exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The Chinese-born artist’s painting of the late art dealer Ray Hughes was named as the runner-up in the 2017 competition. In China, Jun was a brush and ink painter, but in Australia he has reinvented himself as an oil painter.
Daisy Hill contemporary artist and arts educator Richard Blundell is a long-term Logan resident whose works have been displayed on numerous occasions in Logan Art Gallery. Richard is a prolific painter, graphic designer and printmaker whose works explore modern life and the natural world.
PHOTO AT TOP: From left, Jun Chen, Richard Blundell (standing) and Jessica Skeen-McKinnon (Muralappi) at the Logan Art Gallery ahead of 30th anniversary events.