Australia in Yasni Exposé of Jane Bennett

When Oct 29, 2010 from 07:00 PM to 12:30 AM Where Inovation Plaza, Australian Technology Park, Locomotive Street, Eveleigh Contact Name Juliet Suich - Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce Contact Phone (02) 9202 9100 Help capture the history of the Eveleigh Rail Yards. Tell us your story, hear from others. RWA invites you to share your passion for Sydney's industrial heritage and be part of an exciting opportunity to shape the Eveleigh Rail Yards Interpretation Plan. * Stories professionally recorded * Rail Songs and Films * Creative Soundscapes in an old workshop * Heritage Artist at Work * Lunch provided Tell us more about your participation at Eveleigh - Your experience matters! RSVP ESSENTIAL to reception@rwa.nsw.gov.au or 9202 9100 Juliet Suich Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce Programme also Includes: * Wrought Artworks Blacksmithing demonstration. * Installation artist Nigel Helyer’s “Ghost Train” soundscape – a collaboration with the Performance Space and part of a bigger idea for interpretive multimedia art in Eveleigh. * Sydney painter Jane Bennett who specializing in Sydney’s industrial heritage. Jane will be on site painting Eveleigh and adding to her substantial collection of evocative paintings of the Rail Yards, some of which will be on display.

Member Jane Bennett is fast gaining international recognition for her sensitive paintings that chronicle “Pyrmont's 30 year metamorphosis from industrial wasteland to media and entertainment hub.” “I’ve been granted unprecedented access to residences & businesses, painting panoramas of the changing urban landscape from rooftops, chimneys, demolition sites and even the summit of the half completed Anzac Bridge!” she says. Many of her early paintings of Pyrmont were on display at two venues as part of the 'Sydney Open' on 7 November. Bennett_2_Barangaroo_MayIf you missed them, she’s also involved in an art exhibition 'Beyond the Sea' by the Australian Society of Marine Artists. One of the featured artists, she will be showing some of her recent Barangaroo paintings, and is donating a painting “The Tall ship at Darling Harbour" for auction on the opening night. Works of the second featured artist, 'Sculptor in Residence' Col Henry, and other members of the Australian Society of Marine Artists, who include Ian Hansen, John Downton & Christine Hill, will also be on display. The exhibition will benefit the Sydney Heritage Fleet. Where: Sydney Heritage Fleet headquarters, Wharf 7, Pirrama Road, Pyrmont, When: 26 November to 12 December. Opening night: Friday 26th November, 6-8pm, bookings essential. by Friday 19th November (02) 9298 3888

This blog is an in-depth painting diary. The backstory of how my paintings from "The Hungry Mile" & Miller's Point ,East Darling Harbour Wharves to " Barangaroo" are created. I was "Artist in Residence" at the "Hungry Mile", East Darling Harbour Wharves during its last 5 years as a working port. I painted on the wharves; in the midst of the bustle of cars,trucks & forklifts, from the top of the Harbour Control Tower & even from the bridge of the ships. After the last cargo ship sailed, I painted the demolition of the wharves & preparations for World Youth Day 2008. Now I am painting the demolition of the last wharves & the construction of the controversial new Barangaroo precinct. This $6 billion project is one of the largest & most important developments in the history of Australia. Join me as I explore the hidden side of Sydney through my art.

Artist Jane Bennett has 14 works listed in the Australian Art Sales Digest. Full details of each work, including title, medium, size, signature and sold price are available to subscribers.

THE Maritime Centre at Honeysuckle has a large exhibition of paintings of ships and ports until October 25 by members of the Australian Society of Marine Artists. The paintings are divided into works where a passion for sail and steam has fuelled the creation of detail. This is often a recreation of the historical record of famous ships and significant voyages. Warwick Webb depicts the paddle steamer Newcastle, which carried passengers between Newcastle and Sydney until 1928. Bruno Wein celebrates the Pasha Bulker, fast becoming as legendary as the coal-carrying sailing ship Balclutha. Other works are inspired by the busy port. Jane Bennett depicts the drama of the nocturnal steelworks. Gwendoline Lewis has a fine pastel of Newcastle Harbour, concentrating on colour and light. Will this be a regular annual event?

My painting of the 'Papuan Chief' on the home page of the Maritime Union of Australia The working harbour : Jane Bennett has been artist in residence on the Hungry Mile for the past 5 years, documenting the end of an era with the closure of our working harbour (Click Link to view Paintings on Picasaweb album)

Bennett, Jane artworks: Bennett, Jane P216C Closing t... $10,000 Bennett, Jane CK77 Dawn Fitzr... $12,500

Awarded Diploma of Arts in 1982, & Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies at C.O.F.A., University of N.S.W. in 1983. Has held 26 solo exhibitions since 1986,& been included in many selective group exhibitions. Jane received the prestigious Marten Bequest Travelling Art Scholarship for Painting in 1996 & was also awarded the 1996 Dyason Bequest by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of N.S.W., enabling her to travel & paint extensively throughout Europe & the U.S.A. for 2 years. In 1997 the Trustees of the Art Gallery of N.S.W. awarded Jane a residency for 3 months at the Moya Dyring Studio of the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, & she received a further residency at the Studio of the American Academy in Rome. Jane has been a finalist in the 1986 & 1997 Sulman Prize for Genre/History Painting, 5 times a finalist in the Dobell Prize for Drawing & 6 times a finalist in the Wynne Prize for Landscape, winning the 1990, 1995 & 1996 Pring Prize for Watercolour & the 1995 Trustees’ Prize for Watercolour in the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W. Jane is also the recipient of over 80 art prizes, & has completed many major commissions for government & corporate clients. Jane’s work is represented in the collection of Artbank; the National Trust; Department of Defence; University of N.S.W.; University of Sydney; Kedumba Contemporary Drawing Gallery; many Regional Gallery & Municipal Council Collections; many corporate & private collections throughout Australia, the U.S.A., the U.K., Hong Kong & Japan.

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Crowds pay homage to Queen of cruisers NATALIE SCHEMBRI February 26, 2009 The Queen Mary 2, all 151,000-plus tonnes of her, eased majestically into a berth at the Garden Island naval base at first light on Thursday, watched by hundreds of spectators. On its second visit to Australia, the Cunard liner - measuring 345 metres long, 62 metres high and carrying more than 2,600 passengers - didn't fail to impress. Lots of locals got up early to see the ship, following her traffic-stopping maiden visit in 2007. Sydney artist Jane Bennett sat patiently waiting for the weather to clear so that she could capture the scene in oils. She watched as the passengers disembarked, observing that it was "a wonderful way to be introduced to Australia". "Sydney is the best destination for a 'monument' such as this," she said. The Queen Mary 2's colourful livery - deep red, royal blue and white - made it "fun for a painter", she said. The liner is making only a brief stop in Sydney, leaving for Tokyo at 1am (AEDT) on Friday. But she will visit again next year.

Explore the places, structures and the people behind our unique industrial heritage during the National Trust Heritage Festival 1 – 16 April 2006. Under the theme Industrial Heritage – Our Working Lives, over 400 events will be held across NSW, including architectural discovery walks, exhibitions, talks on our changing urban landscape, tours of underground and hidden sites, plus events at some of our iconic thriving industrial regions. Key events at the National Trust Centre, Observatory Hill, Sydney, include: the Jane Bennett: Sydney’s Disappearing Industrial Treasures exhibition and an evening lecture, Our Working Heritage Under Threat, featuring eminent speakers including renowned heritage activist, Dr Jack Mundey AO. Jane Bennett, Pyrmont Goods Yards, 1990, oil/board, 23.5 x 46cm

Past issues of Australian Sea Heritage from 2007 Issue 91:- * Recording each passing "I seem to have an uncanny knack for selecting subjects to paint which are about to vanish." Cover of Australian Sea Heritage No. 91 Australian Sea Heritage Number 91, 2007 Detail from a painting by Jane Bennett who has spent 20 years recording the passing of Sydney's industrial heritage. Painted at East Darling Harbour, the picture shows the Spirit of Tasmania III's lines being let go on her last departure from Sydney.

Camden Fine Art Gallery is a regional gallery in Camden, NSW, Australia, south west of Sydney. We have four major exhibitions a year, as well as continuous display of Australian artists.

Friday 20 November 2009 - Jane Bennett Sydney artist Jane Bennett, speaks about her work capturing threatened urban landscapes. The Rocks Discovery Museum is currently showing the projected exhibition History in the making: A working harbour no more featuring the work of Jane Bennett. This series of images contrasts the modern, picture-perfect destinations of The Rocks and Millers Point against the machinery of gritty, inner city industrial areas. Award-winning artist Jane Bennett is best known for her paintings of Sydney's urban landscapes. She has held 26 solo exhibitions since 1986, and has been included in many selective group exhibitions. Bennett has won more than 120 art prizes, including the Pring Prize for Watercolour in 1990, 1995 and 1996, and the Trustees' Prize for Watercolour, Wynne Prize in 1995. In 1996, Bennett received the prestigious Marten Bequest Travelling Art Scholarship and Dyason Bequest, enabling her to travel, paint and exhibit extensively throughout Europe and the US for two years. In 1997 the Trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW awarded her a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and she received another residency at the American Academy in Rome. Renowned for her portrayal of Sydney Harbour, it was appropriate that in 2004 Bennett received the inaugural Sydney Harbour Week Award for artistic achievement. A major retrospective of Bennett's work was the signature event of the 2006 Industrial Heritage Festival of the National Trust of Australia. Bennett's work is represented in Artbank, many regional gallery and council collections, the Department of Defence, University of NSW, University of Sydney and corporate and private collections throughout Australia, the US, Europe and Asia.

The section winners were: Integral Energy Challenge (``Shades of Illumination'' theme): Blacksmith, Eveleigh by Jane Bennett; Bruce Ferguson Open: Gallery Slaves by Georgina Trout; Representative/Tradit ional: The Long Yard III by Steve Underwood; Local Artist Liz Kernohan Memorial Acquisition: Shadowland by Ian Buckle; Watercolour: Relics of Farina by Brian Stratton; Works on Paper: Dreamstitcher by Madeleine Szymanski. The exhibition is on at the Camden Civic Centre and is open 12.30pm-5pm today, 12.30pm-6pm on Thursday and 12.30pm-4pm on Friday. Art Prize Committee chairwoman, Gaylene Feld, said artists had come from far and wide to enter this year's exhibition, including from Queensland and South Australia.

National Trust of Australia (NSW) - Community heritage organisation. ... Well-known Sydney artist Jane Bennett will be exhibiting her latest show Trains, ...

My solo exhibition of paintings of Sydney's rapidly disappearing industrial heritage :"Trains, cranes & ships" held in 2007 at the headquarters of the National Trust of Australia (N.S.W.)