Mangroves from the Water Exhibition photos

On August 17, 2021August 22, 2021 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

It’s with great pleasure that we are able to share these images with you from our official opening on Saturday 14 August 2021.

Thanks to the Gordon Gallery, the City of Greater Geelong, Sharjah Institute of Heritage, , the Barwon Estuary Project and Humans of Geelong for their support in realising this show.

The opening began with a Welcome to Wadawurrung Country by Elder Nikki McKenzie, supported by Norm Stanley on the didgeridoo; a ceremony we all acknowledged as befitting the themes and depth of our project and our regard for the mangrove landscape.

We were honoured that Libby Coker MP officially opened the event and we’re grateful for her important words and interest in our project.

Curator Zahidah Zeytoun Millie acknowledged the support of our partners and introduced the work of our 13 artists, all focused on raising awareness of the beauty and importance of mangroves.

To Peter Martin, thank you for presenting the opening oration so eloquently.

The afternoon gave our 50 visitors (we were restricted by Covid 19!) a fascinating range of perspectives that included a human element in addition to the multi media artwork. Choreographic artist Jacqui Dreessens performed a sensorial interpretation of mangroves in dance with video, and Richard Collopy presented a passionate talk on a traditional owner’s perspective of mangroves. Viewers were enthralled by the depth of thought and detail presented in the multi media Mangroves from the Art exhibition.

We are very grateful to everyone who came out to support us, especially during this difficult time with lockdowns. We were sad to miss a few of the artists not being able to attend – some stuck locally (Nicola Cerini and Kerrie Taylor), and some abroad (Geraldine Chansard in Belgium, Stephanie Neville in the UAE and Alexis Gambis in France).

Credit for all images goes to photographer Phil Hines. Our thanks to MC Daniel Zeytoun Millie.

Libby Coker MP, Richard Collopy, Deb Taylor, Zahidah Zeytoun Millie, Helen Martin, Enrico Santucci

The beautiful paintings of Helen Martin

On August 6, 2021August 5, 2021 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

The beautiful paintings of Helen Martin conveys a touching fondness for her husband by translating his deep-rooted connection to the mangroves, Her skill as a painter is evident in the atmospheric depictions of mangrove trees as seen in the images below, manifesting the vibrancy and liveliness through brush strokes and play of light.

Helen’s artist statement:

For the Mangroves from the Water Exhibition, Helen is collaborating with her husband Peter Martin, who has a deep affinity with mangroves having grown up playing and exploring them on the shore in front of his family home at Peek’s Point, East Gosford in New South Wales – on Darkinjung Country.

Her works for the exhibition draw on recent images of a small stand of white mangroves planted in the early 1960s by the five Martin boys at shoreline of Broken Bay. These young boys were motivated to plant mangrove seedlings they had found nearby in response to the degradation and destruction of the local mangroves, their playground, caused by unabashed urban development. The mangroves were seeded in the rocky foreshore among the clusters of native oysters, and over the past 50 years thrived, creating a new habitat.

Helen Martin’s paintings: ‘Mangroves at Peek’s Point, Darkinjung Country: a Martin Legacy I-V’, 2021.

Introducing Helen Martin

On July 1, 2021June 30, 2021 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

Helen Martin

Helen Martin gives us a glimpse into her studio with her work in progress. She explains her mediums – which includes homemade beeswax- and the inspiration she draws from the mangroves from various sites in Australia. She particularly appreciates the inter-tidal moments when you can spot all the little creatures roaming their habitat.

Please enjoy the video and pass by the Mangroves from the Water exhibition to view her work!

Watch the new videos on our YouTube channel!!

On November 26, 2020 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

Our YouTube channel has been updated with two informative videos by participating artists Helen Martin and Nicola Cerini.

Both artists introduce their work and share their nature -inspired processes.

Happy International Mangroves Day!

On July 26, 2020 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

‘Mangroves from the Water’ is a group multimedia art exhibition that would have been opening today in Geelong, Australia, to celebrate the Mangroves Day 26 July, https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/mangroveday.

Due to the Corona virus pandemic the exhibition has been postponed to 26 July, 2021.

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In celebration of the upcoming Mangroves Day, ‘Mangroves from the Water’ committed International artist Stephanie Neville has designed our poster.

In collaboration with the Mangroves Fosters Community, Ocean Tree Studio (Maya Greven) in Florida who have designed a poster for the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem.

Mangroves from the Water artists and quest speakers are artists are:

Alexis Gambis, Nicola Cerini, Enrico Santucci, Deb Taylor, Richard Collopy, Jacqui Dreessens, Geraldine Chansard, Helen and Peter Martin, Malcolm Gardiner, scientist Oskar Serrano and Zahidah Zeytoun Millie

We are all excited to share this special day with fellow international eco-warriors passionate about the preservation of the mangroves!

Schedule of events

On April 7, 2020February 17, 2021 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

Here is the schedule of talks, events and performances during our exhibition:

Mangroves from the water

Gordon Gallery, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

26 July – 15 August

The exhibition will provide viewers with a range of media to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The artists also hope to see discussions occurring throughout the exhibition in a series of colloquia.

The artists are:

Alexis Gambis, Nicola Cerini, Enrico Santucci, Deb Taylor, Richard Collopy, Jacqui Dreessens, Stephanie Neville, Geraldine Chansard, Peter & Helen Martin, and Zahidah Zeytoun Millie.

The exhibition event will open on International Mangroves Day, 26 July, and end on 15 August 2020 during National Science Week (15-23 August). Workshops on weaving, printing and painting will run during the multimedia exhibition and guest speakers will present related talks on mangroves and the Barwon region.

Guest speakers:

Date/Time

Guest Speaker

Location

Title

15 Aug,

1000-1100

Oskar Serrano

Deakin University

Coastal wetlands as weapons for climate change mitigation and time capsules of the human past

15 Aug, 1100-1200

Peter Martin

Deakin University

For the Beauty of the Earth

Workshops schedule:

Date/Time	Presenter	Workshop	Location	Materials
31 Jul, 1000-1200 14 Aug, 1000-1200 7 Aug, 1000-1200	Zahidah Zeytoun Millie	Kayaking/water colour sketching.	Barwon River, Barwon Heads Hovells Creek	Water colours, sketch book, kayak (self provided)
1 Aug, 1000-1600	Helen Martin	Eco printing	Point Lonsdale
2 Aug, 1000-1200	Deb Taylor	2 hour collage and paint workshop	Project Space Gallery
26 Jul, 1400-1500 8 Aug, 1400-6500 22 Aug, 1400-6500	Jacqueline Dreessens	Environmental Dance Interpretation	The Project Space Gallery Hovells Creek School theatre TBC
15 Aug, 0930-1230	Nicola Cerini	Interpreting the mangroves: printing on plywood	The School of Lost Arts

Live Performances

Date/Time

Presenter

Performance

Location

Live music

Project Space Gallery

26 July

1400-1500

Jacqueline Dreessens

Environmental Dance Interpretation

The Project Space Gallery

Appreciating nature’s beauty – Helen Martin

On March 21, 2020 By Stephanie NevilleLeave a comment

During this universally uncertain period, it helps to take time for reflection and appreciation.

Being in isolation doesn’t mean one can’t still enjoy nature’s beauty. Helen Martin sent us these pictures from her visit to Warneet, Victoria, taken at the top of the bay where the Rutherford Creek flows into Western Port. (Photo taken by Helen Martin, with IPad).

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