Wollongong Botanic Garden 6 February – 14 March Welcome
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Wollongong Botanic Garden 6 February – 14 March Welcome It is particularly heart-warming to welcome back our Wollongong Acquisitive Sculpture Award (WASA) in 2021 after having to delay last year’s event because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This biennial exhibition at Wollongong Botanic Garden was launched in 2016 and has grown into one of the most popular events on our creative city’s cultural calendar. This year sees a record number of artists selected from all around Australia and New Zealand and showcases a diverse range of mediums and artistic expression. Our beautiful Wollongong Botanic Garden was established 50 years ago and there is much to be proud of with its important conservation and collection work. What better way to celebrate the beauty, creativity and diversity of our garden than with the addition of this year’s WASA sculptures. With an array of unique pieces, more and more artists each year are recognising the importance of respecting and caring for our environment. This kind of thought-provoking art is important as both a conversation starter, and as a way for us to make sense of the world and our place within it. The real beauty of the WASA is that it takes art outside the traditional gallery and museum setting and allows our community, including younger children, to experience quality art as part of their every day. This year’s exhibition again arrives with a creative community access program, jam-packed with related events co-produced by our Cultural Development and Garden teams. This year’s program is for everyone and has a focus on accessibility and cross generational arts and environmental education and play. The eighteen WASA finalists have responded directly to the Wollongong Botanic Garden’s unique site and I know you will enjoy both the inspiration and the inventiveness of these sculptures as you wander through the Garden. Running alongside the main competition and the announcement of the Acquisitional Award winner will be the ‘People’s Choice’ award, with voting opening on 13 February 2021 and closing 7 March 2021. Check the signs around the Garden or Council’s website for details on how to vote and please share your creative snaps on your socials using the #sculptureinthegarden, #wollongongbotanicgarden. Wollongong City Council aims to support community participation in creative life while celebrating our unique places and spaces. See you in the Garden. Lord Mayor Councillor Gordon Bradbery AM 1 Sculpture Location Site Map GreenplanGreenplan Nursery Nursery Entry Entry NorthfieldsNorthfields Avenue Avenue Administration Administration Entry Entry PedestrianPedestrian Entry Entry AustralianAustralian Open Open Forest Forest GreenplanGreenplan GreenplanGreenplan & Grasslands& Grasslands NurseryNursery Artists AdminAdmin OfficeOffice TemperateTemperate Palm Palm 1 Robyn Rumpf OperationalOperational Area Area TempleTemple GardenGarden CollectionCollection GardenGarden 2 Bryn Jones Sir JosephSir Joseph KooloobongKooloobong Oval Oval BanksBanks 3 Mark Cuthbertson Towri Towri GlasshouseGlasshouse CentreCentre 11 SandstoneSandstone Collection Collection 4 Sam Crosby MercuryMercury Lawn Lawn Entry Entry Towri TowriBush Bush 5 MercuryMercury Deborah Redwood TuckerTucker Garden Garden DrylandDryland Collection Collection 10 FountainFountain 6 John Fitzmaurice 8 7 Fleur Brett 9 12 SucculentSucculent Collection Collection 8 David Doyle 7 DiscoveryDiscovery Madoline Street Madoline Street RainforestRainforest Collection Collection DiscoveryDiscovery CentreCentre 9 Laura Nolan RainforestRainforest KitchenKitchen Entry Entry CollectionCollection 13 GardenGarden Herb GardenHerb Garden 10 Ian Mitchell Scott 6 11 Terrence Wright Pedestrian Pedestrian AmphitheatreAmphitheatre 12 Orlando Norrish 13 Leon Lester 5 14 Fatih Semiz FloweringFlowering Trees Trees& & ShrubsShrubs Collection Collection Robsons Road Robsons Road 15 Nicole Allen 14 4 16 Victoria Monk AzaleaAzalea Bank Bank& & JapaneseJapanese 17 Delene White GazeboGazebo MiddleMiddle Tea HouseTea House CreekCreek SorensenSorensen Street Paulsgrove Street Paulsgrove GardenGarden 18GardenGaryGarden Christian GazeboGazebo 3 WoodlandsWoodlands GlenifferEventGleniffer Brae location Brae sites ManorManor House House PublicPublic Parking Parking GardenGarden Fig LawnFig Lawn 16 Rose RoseGarden Garden BBQ BBQ Discovery Centre RestrictedRestricted Parking Parking Fig Lawn KawasakiKawasaki 15 BridgeBridge Main Mainfootpath footpath Duck Duck2 EdibleEdible Food / Coffee Feeding Feeding MinorMinor footpath footpath / tracks / tracks Herb Herb Area Area GardenGarden All AbilitiesAll Abilities Japanese Tea House BubblersBubblers ConiferConifer Lawn Lawn PlaygroundPlayground Towri Centre RotundaRotunda 17 Duck DuckPond Pond Towri Centre Lawn LawnLawn Duck DuckPond Pond 1 18 MurphysMurphys Avenue Avenue GlenifferGleniffer Brae BraeEntry Entry PedestrianPedestrian Entry Entry Murphys Murphys Avenue Avenue Main Main Entry Entry 2 3 Cultivating arts, culture and community within the Garden Sculpture in the Garden 2021 has grown a series of playful public workshops, talks, walks and events to coincide with this year’s exhibition. There’s an eclectic mix of free and affordable events blooming across February and March with something for everyone. Play with local sculptors and visual artists, theatre performers, poets, musicians and more! Guided Tours, Walks and Performances: Enjoy a guided walking Garden Discovery Tour amongst the sculptures every Wednesday and Sunday from 10am – 12 noon (departing from the duck pond). For those with restricted mobility, two free mobility scooters are available to hire from the Garden’s Administration Centre for the Wednesday walks (bookings recommended on (02) 4227 7667). Experience the Garden after dark on the Nocturnal Walk (one night only Wed 10 March) or join the famous Italian sculptor, Signor Michaelangelo for an interactive performance along the sculpture trail. Help Create A Growing Sculpture: Sculptor in Residence, Greer Taylor will lead anyone and everyone in the building of a growing, collaborative environmental sculpture titled ‘ghost trees’ between 10 February and 13 March with a free artist talk. Poetry & Creative Writing: We’ve partnered with Red Room Poetry to bring local poets Ali Image: Angela Forrest Jane Smith, Emily Crocker and Anne–Marie Te Whiu to deliver ps creative poetry workshops in response to the sculptures in situ, rksho inspiring new imaginings and botanical connections. ve wo FREE creati Artist Talks Meet the artists at our Sculpture in the Garden 2021 free talks and tours. For the full program visit wollongong.nsw.gov.au/sculpture Image: Greer Taylor Image: Greer 4 PEOPLE’S CHOICE About Sculpture in the Garden AWARD Now in its third iteration, the Wollongong Acquisitive Sculpture Award, known locally as Sculpture in the Garden Wollongong has built momentum and grown through both visitor numbers and the talents of the artists vying for their spot amongst the Garden’s diverse and unique collections. In 2021 we have a record number of finalists exhibiting in this unique location; a mix of local, national and overseas artists. Vote for your favourite The 18 Sculpture in the Garden artists have responded directly to the Wollongong Botanic Garden’s beautiful site and the inspiration and inventiveness of this suite of works will captivate sculpture for a chance and intrigue as you meander through the exhibition trail (follow the path arrows or check the maps). to win a $200 voucher From Orlando Norrish’s curving reflective stainless steel homage to the ancientness of flora, to Laura Nolan’s delicate but strong glass spheres and their poetic reason for being - ‘from its Simply visit Wollongong Botanic Garden between 6 February place in the earth’, to Leon Lester’s weird and transcendental and 14 March 2021, check out the Sculpture in the Garden signposts, the breadth and diversity of the works on show is exhibition and vote for your favourite sculpture. apparent. How to vote As with all the best exhibitions, these finalists have achieved what they set out to do, to start conversations, inspire new ways Online at wollongong.nsw.gov.au/sculpture or using the of thinking and create fresh perspectives and connections. The QR code below which is also found on the A frame signs at works on show will also divide opinion (that’s why we’ve brought Murphys Ave and Northfields Ave entrances. back the People’s Choice Award) and provoke and charm in the Voting closes 7 March. The People’s Choice Award winner best possible way. The Garden’s audience is a diverse one and the will receive $1,000 and all eligible voters will go into the beauty of Sculpture in the Garden, as always, is its ability to take draw to win a $200 voucher. art out of the gallery setting, to ‘earth it’ and make it live with us. For terms & conditions, visit We encourage you to share your creative snaps on your socials wollongong.nsw.gov.au/sculpture using #sculptureinthegarden #WollongongBotanicGarden, when you visit. VOTE HERE 6 7 1 Robyn Rumpf Robyn Rumpf is a member of the Sculptors Society NSW and the Callemondah Sculptors Group, Calderwood. After initial carving courses and study at Carrara Sculpture Studio, she took on weekly classes under the tutorship of sculptor, May Barrie between 2000 and 2010. Robyn progressed to larger pieces, conquering scale with the use of power tools under May’s mentorship. This enabled the production of larger pieces using a variety of hard stones such as marble, granite and epidote. Robyn continues to exhibit with the Sculptor’s