MAPP Up in Lights

Moorabool Art Pathway Program (MAPP) are two outdoor galleries, at AA McLean Reserve Ballan and the Bacchus Marsh Village Green.  They are designed to put artists on the MAPP! The galleries support artists to exhibit in lightboxes of various dimensions. The light boxes are double sided and can be used for small 3D works, or back to back 2D displays.   Expressions of interest are now open.   

Locations:

• MAPP Up in Lights Ballan - AA McLean Reserve, Fiskin Street, Ballan
• MAPP Up in Lights Bacchus Marsh - Village Green, 197 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh

Dimensions: Ballan: Five in total
4 light box spaces @ 340mm x545mm x 220mm deep
1 light box space @ x 340mm x 340mm x 220mm deep

Dimensions: Bacchus Marsh: Nine in total
6 light box spaces x 340mm x 545mm x 220mm deep
3 light box spaces x 340mm x 340mm x 220mm deep

Thank you for your interest in exhibiting works in one or both of the outdoor gallery spaces.  Please complete and submit the following expression of interest form.  Once received, the Arts Activation Events Officer will be in touch with you to discuss possibilities.  Exhibitions are expected to be for a duration of two to three months for specific dates as agreed to with Moorabool Shire Council.  Exhibitors will be remunerated for their expenses as agreed with Moorabool Shire Council.  

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Current Exhibits

Jane Gardner, Seed Stories

“ … feeling a part of nature has been shown to significantly correlate with life satisfaction, vitality, meaningfulness, happiness, mindfulness and lower cognitive anxiety.”     www.bbc.com/earth/story

The Seed Stories Exhibition is about life cycles and the language of nature. The different patterns, forms and shapes nature produces are a reminder to us all of the diversity of life. There is subtle beauty around us. We sometimes just need to change the way we look at things.

Jane Gardner has been collecting bits of nature since childhood, all in the hope of one day creating art, inspired by the natural environment. Finally, with the slower pace of life that came during the pandemic, Jane’s lifelong dream became a reality. Jane’s first (solo) exhibition was a sell-out! Together with other local creatives, Jane has since gone on to open the Bar Room Gallery, attached to Gordon’s at Gordon Café in Gordon. She also regularly exhibits at the Ballan Art Space and the Art Trax Gallery in Beaufort.

Jane’s artwork focusses on diversity and simplicity. She works from the belief that it’s always possible to change the way we see things. We all interpret life differently. Jane’s art is about turning off the plastic, electronic, mass-produced world and quietly appreciating the ongoing, ever-changing beauty of Mother Nature. If we focus on the rhythms and patterns in nature, it raises our vibration, bringing joy, connection and healing to us all.

Jane lives in Gordon with her husband and two sons, where she is surrounded by beautiful bush, wildlife and her much-loved community.

List of works on display in Ballan

List of works on display in Bacchus Marsh