THE clubroom of a lifestyle estate in Ballarat\u2019s west is being transformed into an exhibition space from tomorrow until the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n
Nearly 50 creatives will go on display at the Lucas Lifestyle Estate, with the opening event taking place tomorrow evening.<\/p>\n
Since promoting the event to outside artists back in July, Lucas Lifestyle Estate\u2019s residents\u2019 committee chair Graham May said the number of participants has exceeded his expectations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe probably have half a dozen artists within the village and the rest are from the Ballarat area and as far as Clunes, down in Geelong, Skipton, and Beaufort,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were looking to get around 60 pieces of art and we now have in excess of 100 to go on display. There a mixture of mediums and a number of photographs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe interest has been enormous, and with the recent renovations to the clubroom the area we\u2019ve got is an amazing space to display art.\u201d<\/p>\n
The exhibition was initially born out of the committee\u2019s desire to showcase the creatives living at the lifestyle estate.<\/p>\n
Belinda Magnano is one of the roughly 40 exhibiting visual artists not attached to the group and she said she\u2019s excited to bring her art to into a new space.<\/p>\n
\u201cExhibiting is fairly new for me,\u201d she said. \u201cBut this is local, and I want to do it as much as I can and display my art wherever I can.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve only been painting for about four years and doing online art courses since I had to stop working due to a neurological condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d always been creative since I was a child but I\u2019ve found painting to be a real passion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Magnano is displaying three mixed media abstract works called Cloudy, Misty, and Dusky in the event.<\/p>\n
Following its opening tomorrow night from 6pm to 8pm, the Lucas Lifestyle Estate Art Show will be open Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.<\/p>\n
Though the exhibition is free, attendees are encouraged to donate a gold coin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE clubroom of a lifestyle estate in Ballarat\u2019s west is being transformed into an exhibition space from tomorrow until the end of the weekend. Nearly 50 creatives will go on display at the Lucas Lifestyle Estate, with the opening event taking place tomorrow evening. Since promoting the event to outside artists back in July, Lucas […]<\/p>\n