Exposure Photographic Program: Open-air displays at Terrigal and The Entrance
OPEN-AIR photography exhibitions will be held to showcase amazing work of the Central Coast’s photographers.
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OPEN-AIR exhibitions will be held to showcase the amazing work of emerging Central Coast’s photographers.
Central Coast Council will hold exhibitions at Terrigal and The Entrance next months as part of its 2018 Exposure Photographic Program.
The annual program gives photographers across the Coast opportunities to enhance their technical and creative skills.
Every two years, the council hold a coast wide competition for amateur and emerging photographers. This year, in the interim, a festival of photography will take place.
The program focuses on skills development for photographers of all ages, with a series of workshops on location, school-based mentoring and an artist-in residency program. Public art displays and the exhibition trail will complement the program.
Council’s director of connected communities, Julie Vaughan said Exposure had grown from a grassroots competition to a comprehensive program which encourages tourism and the use of open space.
“The 2018 Exposure program offers capacity building for local photographers, which will enable them to submit a very high standard of entries in next year’s Exposure photography competition,” Ms Vaughan said.
“Exposure competitions will now be held every second year, with a focus on skill development in the alternate years.”
Free and paid workshops include astro photography, darkroom magic (for children aged 6-12), landscape masterclasses for adults and children, digital editing and post production, on-location workshops and sun prints (for children aged 3-6).
The open-air exhibitions will launch at The Entrance on June 2 and Terrigal on June 16 and run for two weeks in each location. The launches will include a celebration with jazz music and digital projections.
A wheat paste mural will be displayed on Coral St in The Entrance from June 22. Professional photographers Hilda Bezuidenhout and Edwina Richards will mentor 100 students from five local schools to create this artwork.
Throughout June, visitors will also be able to see iconic images of Central Coast landscapes at Terrigal’s Glenn McKimmin Gallery and Erina Heights’ Ken Duncan Gallery.
A social documentary series, held at The Erina Centre Foyer Gallery, will showcase stories of the families, carers and friends of people experiencing mental illness. The exhibition was produced as part of an Artist-in-Residence program with photographer Danielle Minnett at ARAFMI’s Lerida House. Visit: centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/exposure.