General News
22 April, 2024
Exploring one hundred faces
Talbot art store Playing In The Attic is once again hosting its popular one hundred faces exhibition, displaying the talents of 36 local artists. The exhibition, which is entering into its fifth year, involves participating artists illustrating...
Talbot art store Playing In The Attic is once again hosting its popular one hundred faces exhibition, displaying the talents of 36 local artists.
The exhibition, which is entering into its fifth year, involves participating artists illustrating their concept of a face on a four by four canvas.
The selected paintings are then displayed collectively at the front of the store by owner Trudy McLauchlan, who said the idea for the exhibition came from wanting to support talented locals.
“Being creative myself I just think that there has got to be more avenues for people to showcase their work,” she said.
“Some of the artists we have had have been a part of the exhibition from the start, so they really look forward to the exhibition every year.
“I try to keep it inexpensive for the artists because a lot of artists would have to hire a space, buy all the materials, and have advertising to usually participate in an exhibition so I try to help them out with that.
“I love it when the artists bring their work to me and see what they have come up with and I enjoy arranging those 100 paintings in a pleasing to the eye order.”
The exhibition usually runs as part of the Tiny Towns Art Trail, an artist run open studio event which was forced to be cancelled this year due to lack of funding.
While Ms McLauchlan is disappointed not to see the event return in 2024, she said there are still great exhibitions locally for the community to enjoy.
“The Tiny Towns Art Trail was an amazing event that brought people to the area and there are a lot of people that would look for all those art trails in Victoria and go through them,” she said.
“My worry is that people will know that the art trail is not on and therefore they will think there is nothing happening.
“The exhibition is still a great chance for all the artists and hopefully the people in Talbot and outlining areas can come and support local artists.”
The one hundred faces exhibition officially opens this Saturday, April 27 at 2 pm. The showcase will run until the end of May, with artworks available for purchase through the Playing in the Attic store with prices set by the artists.
For more information, visit the Playing in the Attic Facebook page.