Australian String Quartet returns to USC
The internationally-acclaimed Australian String Quartet will perform at the University of the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday 5 August.
This special Sunshine Coast performance is part of the quartet’s 2008 Australian Concert Series and will feature selections from Haydn, Miriam Hyde and Beethoven.
The annual concert, now in its seventh year at USC, is a prestigious calendar event for music lovers.
Tickets are A$30 and include the concert and refreshments. They can be purchased through the University Foundation office. Tel: +61 7 5430 1104.
Proceeds from the concert will go towards USC’s Health and Sport Centre. For more information about the musicians visit www.asq.com.au.
Gallery exhibitions
Dryland: Pamela Kouwenhoven
17 July–17 August
This exhibition features multi-layered and richly-textured collages constructed from metals and malthoid (the bitumen-coated material found on the bottom of old rainwater tanks) which provide a wry look at the Australian landscape.
Pamela Kouwenhoven is an award-winning artist who often trawls through rubbish tips and discarded industrial material in the name of art to create her artworks.
In this series, her work focuses on restricted water supply and how we are literally “scraping the bottom of the tank”.
The artist will present a floor talk on Friday 18 July at 10.30am. Bookings are essential—contact the Gallery Tel: +61 7 5459 4645; gallery@usc.edu.au.
Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design—Sunshine Coast Regional Exhibition
21 August–6 September
The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design recognise and promote excellence in senior visual arts education throughout Queensland secondary schools.
Previously known as the Education Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Art, this program has been conducted annually since 1990.
It has helped raise community awareness about the degree of sophistication in concepts, diversity of technical competence, and the standard of arts education in high schools.
A Second Home by Lisa Williams 
Soul Connect by Heidi O’Sullivan
11 September–11 October
TWO Sunshine Coast photographers, Lisa Williams and Heidi O’Sullivan, will present a varied exhibition of images journaling the way we now live.
Williams’ “A Second Home” is a black and white photographic project exploring the lives of the East Timorese community in Brisbane.
O’Sullivan’s “Soul Connect” is an exposition of joy and fulfilment in the everyday as she presents colour portraits of her subjects pursuing happiness.
The artists will be available for a floor talk at the USC Gallery on Saturday 13 September at 10.30am.
Bookings are essential—contact the Gallery Tel: +61 7 5459 4645; gallery@usc.edu.au.
The University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery 2008 Exhibition Program is proudly supported by major sponsor Coastline BMW.
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