By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n
A new art exhibition is coming to Ballan, with the opening day this weekend to feature dancing, music, and food.<\/p>\n
The Ways of Resonance exhibition will be held at the Ballan Art Space at 117B Inglis Street, with the opening night to run from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm on Saturday 25 March.<\/p>\n
Featuring the works of Singapore\u2019s Ayob Ismail, the Netherlands\u2019 Barbara Henkes, and Bulgarian-born local artist Velislav Georgiev, the exhibition\u2019s opening night will also include a performance from Bulgarian folk dancing group HORO.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll be running until Easter Sunday, we\u2019ve left the date kind of open, the gallery is booked until then. It\u2019ll be an international exhibition which is also travelling \u2013 Ayob Ismail is a senior lecturer of industrial design in Singapore. He\u2019s interested in bamboo as a sustainable exhibition, in both industrial interior design and also artwork,\u201d Mr Georgiev told the Moorabool News.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m also a sculptor, I do mainly public art and architectural details. I\u2019m presenting a series of models for larger sculptural work, which could be taken up and scaled up as big as a budget allows. And Barbara Henkes from the Netherlands is mainly a painter, she provides two dimensional works for the walls, mainly pastels but also on metal plates, copper and aluminium.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Georgiev urges lovers of art and culture to get to the exhibition at 5.30pm, or they may miss the extra fun planned. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a very interesting guest appearance from HORO on our opening night, who do Bulgarian folk dancing. They\u2019re coming specially from Melbourne for the opening, so be there at 5.30 or you\u2019ll miss it. They\u2019ll be dancing on the street too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s something that is unusual and unique in our exhibition, a live performance. They\u2019ll bring music, costumes, everything. The reason for that is, we contacted SBS\u2019 Bulgarian language program, they spread the word in the community, and the group said \u2018Hey, we haven\u2019t been to the area for a long time\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cSBS will be coming as well to interview people, opening speeches around six o\u2019clock, and little nibbles from foreign cultures\u2026I\u2019m asking the artists to present some dishes from their areas of origin. It\u2019ll be an unusual, but fun event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pastel and bamboo workshops are also planned, with spots still available \u2013 contact Velislav on 0490 455 429 to book.<\/p>\n
For more information on everything happening at The Ballan Arts Space, visit \u2018The Ballan Arts Space\u2019 on Facebook, or email ballanartsspace@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Lachlan Ellis A new art exhibition is coming to Ballan, with the opening day this weekend to feature dancing, music, and food. The Ways of Resonance exhibition will be held at the Ballan Art Space at 117B Inglis Street, with the opening night to run from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm on Saturday 25 […]<\/p>\n