June 16, 2015
A kitchen is usually a place where only culinary artists perfect their craft. But in the South Burnett, one woman’s kitchen led to the creation of an arts group instead.
It all began a few years ago when Andrea White began inviting friends over to her kitchen for soup and a chat.
One of them was award-winning South Burnett artist Gary Eyre, and during the course of a few meetings he suggested they all get together to learn from and inspire one another.
The Soup Kitchen Art Group was born out of that.
And this month locals can get to see a wide range of artworks created by the group’s members.
“Flights Of Fancy” is a collection of works on display at the Kingaroy Art Gallery this month.
Most of them have never been seen before, but a few paintings which won awards at last year’s Nanango Art Show will be familiar to some.
The exhibition opened earlier this month, and had its official opening on Saturday.
This month the Gallery is also displaying “Mermaids and Monsters” in Gallery 3, a photographic exhibition created by Brisbane-based photographer Meg Green.
Meg is the daughter of Cr Garry Green and his wife Mary, and grew up in Nanango.
Her underwater shots capture everything from seals to whales – sometimes with whimsy, sometimes with drama.
And in the Youth Gallery, students from St Mary’s Catholic College have a small selection of works on display as well.
- “Flights of Fancy” and “Mermaids and Monsters” will remain on display at the Kingaroy Art Gallery in Haly Street, Kingaroy from 9:00am to 4:30pm on weekdays and 10:00am to 4:00pm on weekends until Saturday, June 27. Admission to view the exhibition is free.
