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Uchiwa Fan Exhibition & Fundraiser

• 3rd May 2011
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Here’s a couple of pics of my fan for the exhibition and fundraiser at Espionage Gallery, in Adelaide. All funds raised from sales will go to the people of the Tohoku region of Japan.

My fan was a little rushed, so it could have been a lot better! Yes, I’ve gotten myself too busy for my own good, again! After July I will be able to breathe a bit easier. I just have to learn to take on what I can handle, and no more! I guess you live and you learn.

It was a challenging surface to paint on as well, so considering these two hurdles, time and surface, I’m reasonably happy with how they turned out. If I had more time, I would have added more detail and perhaps a pattern around the outside. Hopefully someone will love it enough to buy it and give to charity at the same time.

The press release reads…

Espionage Gallery in collaboration with That Fresh have joined forces to help the people of the Tohoku region of Japan in the wake of the recent Disasters which have befallen Japan. In an effort to raise money in help of support for disaster relief, Espionage Gallery and That Fresh purchased 50 blank Japanese Uchiwa Traditional fans and gave them out to 50 artists from accross Australia and New Zealand.

These 50 fans were painted or decorated by some of Australia’s leading artists in an effort to help raise funds. The fans will be for sale for 1 week at Espionage Gallery for the set price of $60 per fan. 100% of the funds raised from the sale of the fans will be donated directly to the Japanese Red Cross in an effort to fund disaster relief.

The Exhibition will run from the opening night on Thursday the 5th of May at 6pm until the following Thursday and the gallery will be open from 12 noon – 6pm everyday.

some of the artists in the exhibition include:
APESEVEN, KITTY HORTON, AIDA SABIC, BEC WINNEL, KAITLIN BECKETT, JACK DOUGLAS, DRYPNZ, REBECCA MURPHY, ARAMAS, JOSHUA MIELS, JOEL VDK, DAN WITHEY, ARISA YAMAMOTO, MAT HEDE, REM, KATE KOWLAND, DANIEL PURVIS, GENEVIVE DAWSON SCOTT, MADISON BYCROFT, CIARNE BRAES CHAPPELL, MATT WALKER, ELISA MAZZONE, SUSAN CATT,  DAYBOT, GREG EDEN, FRUZSI KENEZ, KATE  GAGLIARDI, DANIELA CATALANO, STEVE O CONNOR, JOHN WILLANSKI, ASHOWKA CHOWTA, MATT HEALEY, NISH CASH, SALLY JO COOK, STACIE REEVES, HALEY ROBERTS, ELYSE WILLIAMS, RACHEL STRZELECKI, SEBASTION BLAZELY, HANNAH PEDLEY, STACY ALEXANDROU, OLIVIA ANDREULA, DONOVAN CHRISTIE, CHRISTINE SMITH + MORE

Live DJ’s on the night and wine supplied by Parri Estate Wine.

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