ZOONOSES – an infectiously delightful exhibition
You’ll be green with envy if ZOONOSES is not on your school holidays to-do list. This major touring exhibition by Dr Nicola Hooper is the perfect outing for kids to enjoy and become educated about zoonoses (animal diseases that can infect humans).
Dr Nicola Hooper has taken the darker side of nature and turned it into exquisite, thought-provoking art.
Kids will be thrilled with our hands-on activity space where they can make their own fly sculpture or contribute to the zoonotic wallpaper wall! Also on offer is our popular Great Art Detective, where kids can hunt for clues around the exhibition to receive their very own limited edition exhibition badge.
ZOONOSES Exhibition dates: 2 September – 5 November 2023
ZOONOSES is a touring exhibition of works by Dr Nicola Hooper presented by Logan Art Gallery, Logan City Council, in partnership with Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program and is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Proudly sponsored by Haymes Paint.
Discover the gothic tones of Jane Burton: Returning
Jane Burton: Returning includes newly commissioned works by nationally renowned photographer Jane Burton taken at Brighton’s historic mansion ‘Billilla’. Also featured is an important recent series of ambrotypes exploring St Kilda’s Luna Park as a key site within our collective memory.
Jane Burton: Returning exhibition dates: 2 September – 5 November 2023
Bayside Local – applications now open
We are seeking applications from professional artists with a connection to Bayside for our annual showcase of local talent.
Each year Bayside Local celebrates our artist community and presents a curated selection of high-quality works in a variety of mediums.
Exhibition dates are 16 November 2023 to 25 February 2024, and applications close Sunday 8 October.
To apply, register your work below.
We look forward to seeing your application and encourage new artists to apply!
Key dates:
Applications close Sunday 8 October 2023
Exhibition dates 16 November 2023 – 25 February 2024
Jane Burton brightens Billilla gardens with lightbox installation project
The lightboxes feature commissioned works by Burton, capturing inside Billilla Mansion.
With an art career spanning more than 30 years, Melbourne-based artist Jane Burton (born 1966 Brisbane) is regarded as one of Australia’s major photographic artists. Holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours from the Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, Burton has held 39 solo exhibitions since 1991 and her work has been included in well over 100 group exhibitions throughout Australia.
Jane Burton’s work will be on display from 1 September – 31 October 2023 at Billilla Mansion gardens, 26 Hallifax Street, Brighton VIC 3186.
PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
Meet Dr Nicola Hooper – the creator of ZOONOSES
Join Dr. Nicola Hooper at Bayside Gallery as she discusses her works in the exhibition ZOONOSES.
The ZOONOSES exhibition stems from Nicola’s doctoral research and provides insightful observations into our contradictory perceptions of animals in relation to fear of disease.
Date: Saturday 23 September 2023
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Where: Bayside Gallery, Cnr Carpenter and Wilson Street, Brighton VIC 3186
Cost: FREE
Ages: All ages
School holidays sorted with ZOONOSES kids’ printmaking class
Join ZOONOSES artist Dr Nicola Hooper for this immersive printmaking workshop at Billilla these school holidays. Participants will learn how to create their own print, using a polyester plate to transfer an image to paper. Encouraging experimentation, risk taking, and generating ideas and solutions, the workshop aims to introduce new skills, build confidence and extend creative thinking. Participants will create their own take home piece with guidance by Nicola.
Date: Friday 22 September 2023
Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Where: Billilla Mansion, 26 Halifax Street, Brighton VIC 3186
Cost: $30 (all materials included)
Ages: 8+
Adult lithography workshop
Encouraging experimentation, risk taking, and generating ideas and solutions, this three-hour printmaking workshop aims to introduce new skills and extend creative thinking. A unique opportunity to create a take home artwork with guidance by Nicola.
Date: Friday 22 September 2023
Time: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Where: Billilla Mansion, 26 Halifax Street, Brighton VIC 3186
Cost: $50 (all materials included)
Ages: 16+
JANE BURTON: RETURNING PUBLIC PROGRAMS
In conversation: Jane Burton
Join artist Jane Burton and Bayside Gallery curator Joanna Bosse and for an exclusive insight into her work and our current exhibition, Jane Burton: Returning.
Date: Saturday 7 October 2023
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm
Where: Bayside Gallery, Cnr Carpenter and Wilson Street, Brighton VIC 3186
Cost: FREE
Ages: All ages (some nudity – parental guidance is advised)
UPCOMING EVENTS IN BAYSIDE
Take a trip down Advantage Road, Highett
Discover one of Bayside’s hidden gems…a thriving community of artists and makers in Advantage Road, Highett.
This industrial street is a treasure trove of more than 20 creative spaces, hosting painters, printmakers, textile artists, milliners, ceramicists, sculptors, and more.
Come along to Advantage Road Open Studios and meet the artists, hear their stories, and learn what makes this community so special. Plus, there will be food, entertainment and creative fun for the kids.
When: Sunday 22 October 2023
Time: 11am – 3pm
Location: Advantage Rd, Highett
Say Enough is Enough this Gambling Harm Awareness Week
Enough is Enough, written and directed by award-winning playwright Kieran Carroll, is a six actor drama about problem gambling across all socio-economic areas of society. The play tells the stories of four troubled characters who frequent a bayside hotel at a time of easy access to all forms of gambling. Their lives unravel. Some find help. Some fall further. The statistics are terrible but there is a way out.
Guest speakers and light supper to follow the performance.
This free community event is proudly presented by Bayside Council in acknowledgement of Gambling Harm Awareness Week.
Bookings essential.
When: Friday 20 October 2023
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Hampton Community Centre
14 Willis Street, Hampton VIC 3188
Image/art credits in order of appearance:
- Installation views, ZOONOSES, Bayside Gallery. Photos: Mark Ashkanasy
- Installation views, Jane Burton: Returning, Bayside Gallery. Photos: Mark Ashkanasy
- Bayside Local 2023, installation view. Photo: Mark Ashkanasy
- Jane Burton, Child of Dust #1 2023, pigment print, 110 cm x 110 cm. Courtesy the artist
- Dr Nicola Hooper, The Giant Flea (detail), 2017, digital print of hand-coloured lithograph on foam board, 100 x 100cm and Ode to Morris Zoonotic Wallpaper, 2017, digital vinyl print of hand coloured lithograph, image courtesy the artist
- Dr Nicola Hooper, Install of The Giant Horse Fly, 2018, digital print of hand-coloured lithograph on foam board, 120 x 100cm in front of Tularaemia Zoonotic Wallpaper, 2017, digital vinyl print of hand coloured lithograph, image courtesy the artist
- Dr Nicola Hooper, Love Potion and Methodology (detail), 2019, hand-coloured lithographs, and Lady Wildes Toxoplasmosis Wallpaper, 2017, digital vinyl print of hand coloured lithograph, image courtesy the artist
- Installation views, Jane Burton: Returning, Bayside Gallery. Photos: Mark Ashkanasy
- Jessica Watson-Thorp, artist at the JWT Art Studio and curator of 26 Advantage Art Gallery. Image credit: Jessica Roberts of The Who.
- Provided by artist.
