Sunday, May 26, 2013

Thru the Lens Our next Head On Show!

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The Diploma of Photo Imaging class of 2012/2013, from TAFE NSW, Western Sydney Institute's Nepean Arts and Design Centre, will be graduating mid year.

To celebrate their course completion, they are holding a Graduation Exhibition called ‘THRU THE LENS’, which opens on Tuesday the 18th Of June at 6:30 and runs will to 28th of June. The exhibition will show case the skills acquired by the students during the course. Each student will have four images on display.

THRU THE LENS is an associated show of the prestigious Head On Photo Festival. “Head On Photo Festival, Australia's largest photo festival and the world's second largest festival. Heading into its fourth year, Head On celebrated a wide range of photography across all genres from photojournalism and reportage through commercial to fine-art. With over 200 events at 100 venues, the 2012 festival was a resounding success for everyone who participated: galleries and other venues, photographers, Head On partners and the viewing public. The 2013 festival is already looking like being even bigger!” -from the Head On Web site.

 You can preview the work and find out more details at the exhibition website:

http://www.thruthelens.com.au/
We hope you can join us for this exciting exhibition.

THRU THE LENSOpening Tue 18th June at 6:30pm
Concluding 28th June 2013.

Trapezium Gallery, P Block.
TAFE NSW- Western Sydney Institute
Nepean College (Kingswood Campus)
12-44 O’Connell St Kingswood NSW 2747
Enter grounds via gate 2.

Gallery Hours 9am-4pm
Enquiries: Regina Cooper
Ph: (02) 9208 9484

Monday, May 20, 2013

Our Head on Finalists!

'Reclining Baby'  by Jodi McConaghy

Nepean Arts and Design Centre are thrilled to announce that we have two finalists in the 2013 Head On Portrait Prize. This highly competitive prestigious photographic award has 35 selected finalists from thousands of entries and is currently on display at the State Library of NSW.

Pictured above, is 'Reclining Baby 'by Jodi McConaghy. Jodi is one of our current Diploma of Photo Imaging students.

Also included as a finalist is Jacqui Dean, who teaches Photo Imaging at NADC.Congratulations to Jacqui and Jodi on their fantastic achievements.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Jacqui Dean's Solo Show

NADC Photo Imaging teacher Jacqui Dean is holding a solo show as part of the Head On Photographic Festival. Jacqui was selected as one of the prestigious featured exhibitions for Head On this year.  Congratulations to Jacqui on this fantastic achievement. Her work is a series of still life images of flowers, captured in a combination of science and art. The resulting images are elegant and poignant.

Jacqui's show will be opened by Robert McFarlane, photographer and writer at 7pm on May 28th. For full details, see the invitation below. We hope to see you there!

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