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Announcing Our FINAL Art Exhibition Of 2019 – ‘Art&Artefact’

TDF Collect

We like to end the year with a bang, not a whimper… and so we’re celebrating the end of 2019 in true TDF style! We’re closing the year with a group exhibition in two weeks time (!), and we have invited 21 of our very favourite local artists and creatives to participate. It’s called Art&Artefact, and it’s opening on Saturday December 14th with celebratory drinks, & an epic grazing table from Firecracker – please join us!

Fifteen painters, and six sculptors/ceramicists have been selected for this jaw-dropping show. Dive into the rusty oranges, subdued pinks, ashy glazes, and dusty olive greens of Art&Artefact!

2nd December, 2019

Lucy Feagins

Monday 2nd December 2019

Just when it’s time to start winding things down… we are amping it up! Yep, thats right… we still have ONE more art exhibition to share with you before this month it out… and it’s a big one!

Art&Artefact celebrates some of our favourite local artists and makers, with an emphasis on emerging and early career artists – making this show one of our most affordable yet. The exhibition opens Saturday December 14th, so if a ceramic vase, landscape painting, still life, or portrait has caught your heart, please get in touch via art@thedesignfiles.net – presales are open now!

Enjoy scrolling through the brilliant works of Caroline Walls, Maggie Green, Emma Fuss, Emma Lipscombe, Stephen Baker, Emma Currie, Hannah Nowlan, Jesse Dayan, Katie Daniels, Lucy Roleff, Bec Smith, Rachel Castle, Bugai Whyoulter, Cameron Gill, Claire Johnson, Asobimasu Clay, Tantri Mustika, Kirsten Perry, Jessica Tremp, Mark Alsweiler and Anna Varendorff.

AND please join us on opening day for a drink, a chat, and decadent snacks from Firecracker – this is one exhibition not to be missed!

Art&Artefact
Opening Saturday December 14th
Drinks & Snacks from 2pm-5pm
14 Little Oxford Street
Collingwood
Melbourne

GALLERY HOURS
Saturday 14th 10:00 – 5:00pm
Sunday 15th 11:00 – 3:00pm
Monday 16th CLOSED
Tuesday 17th 10:00 – 4:00pm
Wednesday 18th 10:00 – 4:00pm
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