Opening Night 2024 OS Art Expo
This is the 21st year of the Ocean Shores Art Expo, and this year we have a total of 452 entries on display over the weekend. This exhibition offers fantastic Christmas presents for friends and family.
Included in the exhibition are 145 Primary school entries from 6 schools; 152 High School entries from 3 schools; and 155 Open entries from the Community.
The judges Simon Wright & Madeleine Kelly were greatly impressed with the high standard of artistry and creativity in our local community.
Considering the inclement weather, we had an excellent turnout for Opening Night with many artists commenting on the high quality of their colleague’s works and the smooth curation. It was a joyful evening with great community engagement.
Unfortunately, after 8 years Elizabeth Tomlinson the residing President, Secretary and Curator has resigned and will no longer be available from the end of this exhibition. She has relocated out of the Byron Shire.
We are looking for volunteers from the Northern Rivers to continue to assist with the running of the Ocean Shores Art Expo.
2024 Theme: Myths and Stories
With the recent Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon celebrations, we began to consider the myths and stories we live by.
In Korean culture, the Dragon is a deity presiding over water, ocean embodying the water or rain god. In our Indigenous Culture, the Rainbow Serpent represents one of the great and powerful forces of Nature and Spirit.
We live in a multicultural community with many myths and stories as the basis of our everyday lives. This year the OSAE invites you to contemplate these stories. This is only a guideline to provide some direction for your creativity and artistic talent.
We were not asking for art works of dragons and serpents, but a life story behind these myths as these stories can be represented in many ways.