Symposium 2 Schedule Workshops 4 Think Symposium 5 Events Vendors 7 Speakers and 9 Beyond Presenters Venues and 12 Locations AGM Notice 12 the Contact 12 Information Square Thursday 17th August - Monday 21st August 2017 Hobart Function Centre Hobart, Tasmania Page 2 Thursday 2.00 pm Exhibition Floor Talk with Caitlin Hughes 17th August Salamanca Arts Centre Long Gallery 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm Early Registration Evening Gretel/Marina Rooms 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm Not Salamanca - Vendors’ Market Gretel Room Friday 8.00 am – 8:45 am Registration and Brown Bag Check in Gretel Room 18th August 8.00 am – 5.00 pm Vendors’ Market Gretel Room All events are at the 9.00 am Welcome and Introduction to Symposium 2017 Hobart Sovereign Room Noula Diamantopoulos, Pamela Irving, Sue Leitch Function Keynote Speaker Centre un- Toyoharu Kii My Mosaics and Japanese Mosaic History less stated otherwise 10.45 am Morning Tea Gretel Room 11.15 am Presentations Sovereign Room Rachel Bremner Music and Mosaic Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger Beyond the Idealised Mosaic: stepping out side the comfort zone Marian Shapiro Adventures in Italy: 2nd international symposium of contemporary mosaic Kate Jenkins Inspiration Exploration Reciprocation Collaboration: a creative journey 1.00 pm Lunch Gretel Room Submit your questions for Saturday’s panel to the registration desk 2.00 pm Presentations Sovereign Room Kelley Knickerbocker The Collaboration Equation: E(volution) = M(odulation) x C(reativity)2 Cetta Pilati If it Doesn’t Challenge You, it Won’t Change You Kate Butler Mosaic Art Scholarship 3.15 pm Afternoon Tea Gretel Room 3.45 pm - 4.45 pm Presentations Sovereign Room Helen Bodycomb The Material and the Immaterial Program Bev Plowman Making my Marks times may be subject to 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Exhibition Openings and Cocktail Party change Salamanca Arts Centre National Exhibition, 30: 30 and Tessera Page 3 8.15 am – 8.45 am Registration and Brown Bag Check in Saturday Gretel Room Last chance! 19th August 8.00 am – 5.00 pm Vendors’ Market Gretel Room 9.00 am Welcome to Day Two Sovereign Room Noula Diamantopoulos and Pamela Irving 9.20 am Presentations Sovereign Room Sandy Robertson On Location with Sandy: Community art and storytelling in mosaics; Can I use that image; Mosaic design quickie! John Sollinger Thinking Outside the Square Wendy Edwards Making of Sam’s Swan 10.30 am Morning Tea Gretel Room 11.00 am Panel Discussion Ask the Panel Sovereign Room Helen Bodycomb, Caitlin Hughes, Pamela Irving, Kelley Knickerbocker Facilitated by Noula Diamantopoulos 12.00 noon Brown Bag Exchange Gretel Room Followed by Lunch 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm Workshops - See schedule on page 4 2.00 pm Exhibition Floor Talk with Caitlin Hughes Salamanca Arts Centre Long Gallery 4.30 pm - 5.15 pm Annual General Meeting Marina Room 7. 30 pm Evening Event - Formal Dinner Sovereign/Marina Rooms 9.00 am – 3.00 pm Vendors’ Market Sunday Gretel Room 20th August 9.30 am -12.30 pm Workshops - See schedule on page 4 12.30 pm - 1.00 pm Lunch Break Sample the local eateries and/or browse the vendors’ market 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm Workshops - See schedule on page 4 4.30 pm - 5.15 pm Registration for Mosaic Art Salon Exhibitors Marina Room Program times may be 6.00 pm – 7:30 pm Mosaic Art Salon and Silent Auction subject to Marina Room change Page 4 Saturday Afternoon Workshop Sessions 19th August Hobart Function Centre 1.00 - 4.00 pm Presenter Workshop Room Rachel Bremner Looking at Andamento Norfolk Wendy Edwards Design and Construction of Sculpture Sovereign Toyoharu Kii The Kii Mosaic Style Mawson Cetta Pilati Essential Tips to Create in Marble Iluka Marian Shapiro Bend, Fold and Undulate Marina Sunday Morning Workshop Sessions 20th August Hobart Function Centre 9.30 - 12.30 pm Presenter Workshop Room Helen Bodycomb Contemporary Interpretation of Classical Mosaics Marina Wendy Edwards Design and Construction of Sculpture Sovereign Lea Kannar-Lichetenberger Inspiration from the Microscopic World Norfolk Toyoharu Kii The Kii Mosaic Style Mawson Kelley Knickerbocker Give Me Room! Iluka 1.00 - 4.00 pm Afternoon Workshop Sessions Hobart Function Centre Presenter Workshop Room Kate Jenkins Discover Your Visual Language Norfolk Toyoharu Kii The Kii Mosaic Style Mawson Kelley Knickerbocker Give Me Room! Iluka Bev Plowman Mosaic Murals Sovereign A Sandy Robertson Fantasy Mosaic Leaves Sovereign B Page 5 Mosaic Exhibitions Presentations and Award Night 6.30 - 8.30 pm Friday 18th August Salamanca Arts Centre, Long Gallery Join your host MAANZ president Noula Diamantopoulos and the curators of the exhibitions; Fiona Tettman, Bev Plowman, and Donna Ritchie for the official opening and awards night. Our thanks also to Kaye Gilhooly who curated the Tessera exhibition. The Presentation and Awards night is open to all symposium delegates and guest ticket holders. Page 6 Detail Mother and Child Brown Bag Exchange Gretel Room 12 noon Saturday 19th August Join in this fun and free exchange with other symposium delegates. Check in your brown paper bag of some of your favourite tesserae as a gift to another delegate when you register and receive a raffle ticket in exchange. On Satur- day, hand in your raffle ticket, pick a brown bag and enjoy! Mosaic Art Salon and Silent Auction Marina Room 6.00 pm - 7.30 pm Sunday 20th August Don’t miss out on this exciting action-packed event. MC’d by one of our speakers, Kelley Knickerbocker, this is your chance to bid for a unique piece of mosaic art for your own collection and own a little something from someone you admire. Open to all sympo- sium attendees and paying guests. Cash bar and canapés. Exhibition Floor Talks Salamanca Arts Centre Long Gallery 2.00 pm, Thursday 18th August and Saturday 20th August Join MAANZ Education Officer Caitlin Hughes in a floor talk of the exhibitions. Gain insight and observe the diversity in contemporary mosaic practice through the discussion of the exhibited works. Listen, contribute and ask questions as we look at the making of mosaics through discussing different approaches to subject matter, conceptual resolution, material choices and technical application. Page 7 Tours Monday 21st August 9.30 am Both tours depart from Brooke Street Pier The MONA tour is by ferry and the Castle Phoenix tour goes by coach. Symposium Delegate Bags All delegates will receive a MAANZ symposium bag filled with awesome products, sample tiles, pens, mosaic postcards, mosaic advertising material, Tasmanian tour- ist Information and this brilliant special edition printed MAANZ program detailing everything about the symposium. A special thank you to our supporters* for their contributions to the MAANZ symposium bag. Artefact Mosaic Studio Oz Mosaics Artopia Print Tasmania Helen Bodycomb Marian Shapiro Rachel Bremner Mosaics Smalti Australia Wendy Helleman Glass Tasmanian Perspectives in Mosaic Exhibition Hughes Studio Tess-Array Mosaic Art School of Sydney Wagner Framemakers Mosaic Bazaar Winter Creek Mosaics * Information correct at the time of going to print Vendors - Not Salamanca Gretel Room Thursday 17th August 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm Friday 18th August 8.00 am – 5.00 pm Saturday 19th August 8.00 am – 5.00 pm Sunday 20th August 9.00 am – 3.00 pm Welcome to the Not Salamanca Vendors’ Market, Thursday night shopping fun and early registra- tion. Register before all the activity starts on Friday and get a first look at the goodies on the ven- dors’ stalls. We are pleased to announce the following vendors stocked with a colourful and exten- sive range of products that will be available through the symposium. You will find an exciting se- lection of mosaic goodies. Artopia Wendy Helleman Glass Mosaic Bazaar Smalti Australia Winter Creek Mosaics Our vendors support MAANZ - show them your support! Page 8 Speakers’ Websites Helen Bodycomb www.helenbodycomb.com Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger www.leakannar.com Rachel Bremner www.rachelbremner.com Toyoharu Kii www015.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kiiing Kate Butler www.katebutlermosaics.com Kelley Knickerbocker www.rivenworksmosaics.com Noula Diamantopoulos www.spontaneouscreativity.com.au Cetta Pilati www.cetta-pilati.com.au Wendy Edwards www.wendyedwards.net.au Bev Plowman www,bevplowman.com Caitlin Hughes www.hughesstudio.com.au Sandy Robertson www.ozmosaics.com.au Pamela Irving www.pamelairving.com.au Marian Shapiro www.dariandesign.com.au Kate Jenkins www.barossamosaic.com John Sollinger www.roguemosaics.com Page 9 Toyoharu Kii - Japan - Keynote Speaker This year’s keynote speaker Toyoharu Kii is based in Tokyo, Japan. In June and July of this year he exhibited in Chicago and taught at the Chicago Mo- saic School. He works mostly in marble and produces monochromatic works showing interesting textures and andamento. Helen Bodycomb - Australia Helen Bodycomb has been a full-time mosaicist and a specialist in the con- temporary interpretation of classical mosaics for more than 20 years, and is currently completing a PhD in visual art by practice-led research with La Trobe University. Helen’s PhD research project is titled The Material and The Immaterial and is an investigation into the application of classical mosaic methods in contemporary works, with particular focus on memento mori. Rachel Bremner - Australia Rachel Bremner is a Tasmanian mosaic artist with a studio-based practice at her home in Oyster Cove. She is well known both in Australia and inter- nationally for her contemporary abstract mosaics made using traditional tools, materials and techniques. Rachel’s studies have included courses with the finest artists in Italy, France and the US. She has exhibited interna- tionally and in Australia and has gained many prizes and awards. Her work has been featured in Craft Arts International and Mosaique magazine. Kate Butler - Australia Kate is a mosaic artist living in Bungendore, Southern Tablelands in NSW.