Seldom Seen is an East Gippsland Arts Trail  

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30 October – 3 November 2009. Melbourne Cup Weekend

Seldom Seen is a remote,  iconic, and  aptly named place in the heart of East Gippsland.

Seldom Seen is now  also the theme of an East Gippsland Arts Trail being created specially for Melbourne Cup weekend.

A trail designed to make our artspaces and gorgeous places … less seldom seen.

 the seldom seen trail mud map

click on the image to download the mud map: 1.02 mb pdf

the seldom seen weekend

The Seldom Seen project has brought together East Gippsland’s most creative talents, funkiest artists and some of our ‘rare’ gippsland experiences   [ gorgeous places, local stories, special sheds,  and friendly, friendly people]  – all on one trail, for one weekend. And it’s all about  … seldom seen.

Right now, we are in the process of creating a fairly divine alternative to the Melbourne Cup rat-race. OK. the Cup’s fun for some. Well, lots actually.  But for the rest of us – the ones who love discovering fresh art; undiscovered artists; real people; gorgeous wild places; the Seldom Seen Arts Trail could be a better bet.

The Seldom Seen project began with a ‘speed-dating’ session to match six artist-mentors with six artspaces. Then we added plenty of local practising artists, a great ‘concept’ and a tight deadline. The result is a fabulous, slightly competitive, but fun, trail of artworks. Some of this art is serious. some frivolous. some ephemeral. some challenging. some have been major, major undertakings.

All   venues are open for the 4-day  weekend, but each one also  has its moment ‘in the sun’. Most are free. The line-up now looks like this:

Fri 30 Oct. 6.30PM: Buchan: @ the Black Marble Hut: Buchan Mega Fauna & Distinguished Heroic Ladies  & an Extraordinary Video Installation. Mentors & Artists: Dore Stockhausen, Marcus Foley, Michael Woodburn, Evelyn Schmidt.

Sat 31 Oct. 9AM: Bairnsdale: Seldom Seen Art Walk along the Mitchell River with brekkie at the East Gippsland Art Gallery. Mentors & Artists: Jenny Toye,  Heather Oak. Sue Patton. Tony Power. Phillip Capadonna. Rosemary Hepworth.  Michelle Deb Armstrong.

Sat 31 Oct. 2PM: Nowa Nowa: The Hole Truth + Devil’s Hole (in-one) + Ice Bait & Tackle. A totally artist-made mini-golf installation. Art Markette. EGTAFE Seldom Seen Installation. Picnic & Music ‘til the sun goes down. Mentors & Artists: Gary Yelen. Heather Johnson. Cynthia Boyle. Colin Brimblecombe. Daniel Jenkins. Gary Belskyj. Cameron Robbins. Richard Cooke. Chris Ciemcioch. Ruth Fitzclarence. Shane Fitzclarence-Goold.

Sun 1 Nov. 9AM: Marlo: Who are THEY? – Creative people, Wild Places – Wilderness Coast Artists. ART on EASELS @ Marlo foreshore. Mentors & Artists: Catherine Larkins and the Wilderness Coast Artists.

Sun 1 Nov. 1PM: Metung: Nuart Gallery. ‘Til 6: Shooting Tracey. Drinks, music, artists & model on the lawn. A lavish affair. Art in the gallery. Mentors & Artists: Daniel Jenkins, Norm Neilson. Kate Shone. Dore Stockhausen. Melinda Dawson. Amelie Boucher. Cassandra Rijs. Peter Duggan. Annie Richardson. Tracey O’Brien.  

Sun 1 Nov. 2PM: Orbost: Orbost Exhibition Centre. ‘Til 8. The Void. Orbost Millennium Singers & Fabulous Felt Exhibition. Then music & films. Mentors & Artists: Josephine Jakobi, Bronwen di Bari. Marion Dawson. Vivian Young. Gwenneth Poore. 

Mon 2 Nov.12Noon: Lakes Entrance: East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporation. Jumbi’s Gendook [Brother-in-law’s canoe]. Sculptural work by traditional hands. Printmaking. Mingling. Being seen. It’s in the beautiful Slipway sheds on the Esplanade. (opposite the Entertainment Centre).  You can’t miss it. Mentors & Artists: Gary Yelen, Frances Harrison, Lennie Hayes, Lana Gordon, Rita Farell, Robbie Farnham, Manfred Ratzman, Gillian Kline.

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We know that some visitors will only see some parts of the Trail – but we really encourage you  to take it all in if you can.

The complete trail – from Buchan on the Friday night and looping back to Lakes Entrance on the Monday is a reasonable distance [ around 250 km all up].  But you can spread it over the 4 days. Do it in chunks. Drive some. Walk some. And don’t forget to check out the cycling and canoe options.

And for the really adventurous – make THE real Seldom Seen  your ultimate destination. Snowy River Cycling  offers a fully supported ride from Seldom Seen to McKillops Bridge – plus a range of other rides that will help you discover our seldom seen artworks in our far too seldom seen places.

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 Download the Media Release: seldom seen media release 4 september 2009r

This project has been funded by the East Gippsland Shire Council through its Community Development & Arts Alliance (Economic Development ) teams.