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Gallery Sunshine Everywhere
Dozens of schools and hundreds of students have been involved in the many exhibitions and other activities, Gallery Sunshine Everywhere has conducted since it was established in 2007. Most of the exhibitions have been held at the Granary Cafe in Sunshine and will be again this year. The exhibitions mainly feature the work of pre-primary, primary and secondary school students and sometimes , local artists as well.
This website tells the story of Gallery Sunshine Everywhere from its establishment in 2007 until the completion of the exhibition program in 2023. It includes an archive of the exhibited art work mainly of kindergarten and school students, annual reports, details of other projects undertaken by Gallery Sunshine Everywhere and in full all the publications we produced.
The section “What Maureen Did Next” includes a taste of my latest venture.
Happy Days
Maureen Ryan
What we do
The purposes of Gallery Sunshine Everywhere are to promote engagement with art-making and art education among pre-primary, primary and secondary school students and their schools and families, and business and the broader community of the Western suburbs of Melbourne, through:-
– Exhibiting and valuing the art of pre-primary, primary and secondary school students.
Celebrating the talents of young artists and enabling community access to the art of pre-primary, primary and secondary students.
– Extending the involvement of families, schools, business and the broader community with youth oriented art activities.
– Increasing community understanding of the art of pre-primary, primary and secondary school students.
– Developing art-focussed partnerships with schools and other organizations.
– Mentoring young and emerging artists.
– Undertaking collaborative projects to raise the status, accessibility and visibility of visual arts for young people in the Western suburbs of Melbourne.
– We aim to engage schools, families, business and the broader community with the art of pre-primary, primary and secondary school students.
– Exhibit the art of pre-primary, primary and secondary school students.
– Value the art of pre-primary, primary and secondary school students.
– Celebrate the talents of young artists.
– Extend involvement of families, schools, business and the broader community with youth oriented art based activities
– Enable access to the art of pre-primary, primary and secondary school students.
– Increase understanding of the art of pre-primary, primary and secondary school students.
– Develop partnerships with schools and other organisations
– Mentor young and emerging artists
Exhibitions
Gallery Sunshine Everywhere coordinates at least ten curated exhibitions each year in Sunshine in Melbourne’s west. There are no costs to families or schools. Grants and Sponsorship are always welcome to support each of the exhibitions. We collect the work, frame and hang it on the walls at the Granary Cafe, organise opening events there for students, families and friends and return the work at the end of each exhibition. Gallery Sunshine Everywhere liaises with all schools that register for each exhibition and selects work for exhibition and for the on line Art Gallery on its web site. All work is photographed and added to the on line Art Gallery on this site. The work selected for exhibition is framed or otherwise prepared for exhibition. Each exhibition period of three or four weeks commences with an official opening. An identifying card listing the artist’s first name, year level and school is displayed with each art work. Where enquiries are made about purchasing (framed or unframed) any work on display, Gallery Sunshine Everywhere follows up with schools, families and potential buyers.