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Term 3 Is Nearly Upon Us

With so many wonderful things coming up I’m not sure where to begin?

So I will present according to the date:

A DAY AT THE CEDARS

To celebrate the much-anticipated opening of the new Heysen Art Gallery, I am delighted to offer art enthusiasts A Day at The Cedars on Wednesday, 15 July 2026.

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A NEW ‘LIVE’ ONLINE PORTRAIT PAINTING COURSE

A new winter art class option. Stay home and save travel time … and keep out of the weather!

7:00 to 8:30pm Tuesday evenings, 21 July to 22 September

We will all be painting LADY AGNEW by Sargent. I will be painting the image with you in real time giving a step by step guide toward a professional study of Sargent’s most celebrated portrait.

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A GROUP SHOWING OF VARIOUS THEMED WORKS FROM PAINTERS MENTORED BY LIANA VARGAS

OPENING With Bubbles & Nibbles 2-4PM SATURDAY AUGUST IST

THE WOMEN

MARTHA AUGOUSTINOS - DEB BARNES - KYLIE BRUNNER - BRONNIE BURGE - ROS CAMERON - LYNDA DEMAAGD - ROSALIE FITZSIMMONS - THELMA HARVEY - RACHEL HOWE - SERENA KWONG - JAYNE LONG - ANNE MCDONALD - CATHERINE MCGREGOR - GILLIAN MILLER - SUSAN MOSS - YULIYA NANCARROW - CELESTE RUNDLE - PAULA SCHETTERS - CORALIE TALBOT - GABBY KINNEAR ZAMEL

DETAILS

Venue: Duthy Street Art Supplies, 6 Duthy St, Unley

Contact: art@duthystreetartsupplies.com.au

info@lianavargas.com / www.lianavargas.com

Phone: Duthy St 8373 3314 / Liana 0408136466

Monday Mornings 10 - 12:30pm, Wednesday Afternoons12 - 2:30pm, Saturday Afternoons 2 - 4:30pm

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Monday 4:30 - 6pm, Tuesdays 4:30 - 6pm, Thurdays 4:30 - 6pm, Fridays 4:30 - 6pm

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Lastly I’ll be showing some paintings from my Sun Blessed collection here. Love you to come along

Preparing for an Exhibition is more than making paintings...

Arranging a group exhibition takes quite a bit of preparation … this messes with my studio time where I’m actually creating the work for the exhibition ! Is it worth it? We will see. Here’s a brief list of what I can think of that needs to be done. I’m sure there will be more but …..

Trying to choose an image and style for a group exhibition - so tricky.

When organising a group I’ve had to ask each painter to send through;

JPEG pictures of their paintings that are clear, taken straight-on, and cropped to show only the paintings - no backgrounds. Make sure each image is a decent-sized JPEG. And label jpegs with your name and the title of the work.

Wall Labels: Each painter needs to send through the name of the painting, the size (height and width in cm) of each piece and price. 

Descriptions of paintings.

I need to';

Purchase Public Liability Insurance for the exhibition

Fill out the contractual agreement for the venue; it's a long and complicated form

Apply for a liquor license; the form is long and complicated

I have to design and arrange postcards and posters

Create Wall pricing cards that include artist information for each painting

Do online promotions and arrange any other advertising

Set up a page on my website where people can see all the paintings for sale for MESMERISE EXHIBITION

+ complete my own paintings for the show.