Husband and wife team, Gordon &
Madeleine K Snow, plan to use their residency at Gunyah to reinvigorate their creative life...
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| Madeleine K Snow, Study in Pink and Blues, photograph |
As busy yet creative parents it is rare to have an opportunity to focus on art making and art writing - our residency at Gunyah would provide stimulus for that. As we surface for air now that the children are no longer preschool age, we aspire to have more time to explore our artistic pursuits at Gunyah and into the future.
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| Gordon Snow, Anzacs, painting |
Gordon Snow is a painter, sculptor
and installation artist. Rarely without a sketch book in hand, Gordon has
recently been working on a series of portraits based on images of ANZACS. He has an abiding interest in the environment,
climate change, and alternative energies.
Based in suburban Newcastle, he’s a keen planter of trees and this residency, in Gunyah’s bush setting, will provide an opportunity to refresh and
inspire his works. Whilst at Gunyah he
plans to work on a series of sketches with a view to creating a suite of
paintings.
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| Gordon Snow, Lismore Hills, painting |
As well as being an artist, Gordon works part-time as an Emergency
Room Doctor at Maitland Hospital. He
completed a Masters of Art through UNSW College of Fine Art and in 2003 had
a residency in Paris at the Cite Internationale des arts. In 2004 he exhibited in Sculpture By
the Sea and later in Marrickville City
Council’s Chrissie Cottier Gallery.
Between exhibitions and hospital work, he has been raising children and home renovating; ironically submitting his work The Great Australian Deck
for entry in last year’s Sculpture by the Sea (but it didn’t make it!). His work is held in private collections nationally.
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| Gordon Snow, Garden - work in progress, drawing |
Madeleine K Snow currently teaches
art history through the Hunter TAFE Newcastle Arts School and also writes art education resources for online delivery. Previously Madeleine has worked for the AGNSW
as a teacher lecturer and the MCA in museum education. She has produced education resources for a
range of galleries including Campbelltown Arts Centre C’Town Bling,
DLux MediaArts The Garden of Forking Paths and Face to Face, Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers
Bequest and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre Anita amongst
others. Whilst at Gunyah Madeleine
plans to draft a children’s book, with the help of the creative and vivid
imaginations of Louis and Hannah Snow aged seven and five.
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| Madeleine K Snow, Nasturtiums, painting |
Madeleine
has over ten years arts industry experience beginning as a Teacher Lecturer at
the Art Gallery of NSW and Museum Educator at the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Sydney in 1997. She was the Curator
Education & Public Programs across the two venues of Casula Powerhouse Arts
Centre (CPAC) and Liverpool Regional Museum (LRM), and prior to that Education
Officer at Penrith Regional Gallery & the Lewers Bequest. At CPAC and LRM she worked on community
cultural development projects and public relations within the position of
Audience and Media Manager. Currently she teaches at the Newcastle Arts School
Hunter TAFE and works in a freelance capacity as writer art education
resources, editor and artist advocate.
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| Madeleine K Snow, Untitled, watercolour |
For more information about the art practices of Gordon and Madeleine K Snow please see artinfoink.blogspot.com.au and Madeleine K Snow's new pop-up gallery www.madeleinekelman11.com
