The Icon Centre for Contemporary Art

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The Icon Centre comprises a number of elements dedicated to providing a complete Arts experience.

Due to open in June 2011 , The Icon Centre for Contemporary Arts
Will host changing shows, both indoors and outdoors.
With a focus on Contemporary object art, Icon will add a new dimension to the art experience of the top of the south region. Able to host works from monumental to miniscule the Icon mix of spaces are first and foremost about the art.

Icon offers a 10 acre Sculpture Park with mature trees, water and open spaces for larger outdoor works. There is a second Sculpture Garden comprising of a 1/2 acre native bush block with walks and central lawn, offering outdoor show places for midsized and smaller sculpture pieces.

One of the144sq meter buildings house 2 gallery spaces,the other, is divided into studio spaces and teaching spaces.

Separate stone carving and pottery studios are also located in the centers grounds.

Icon is owned by Neville Parker . A multi media Sculptor, Product Designer and Illustrator Neville works in 9 different media.
Icon has been designed to fulfill his desire to be able to show one of his 5 plus meter tall steel pieces and or one of his hand bound books. And to have both shown in their ideal environments.

The studio spaces include separate engineering, wood, stone and clay workshops as well as a book binding,printmaking and painting studios. Neville hopes to include a jewellers studio to the mix as well in the near future.
As with a work of art the Icon Centre will evolve into a working space that reflects the need of the artistic community of the region.

As we get nearer June 2011 a call out for artists and affiliates will be posted on The Big Idea...watch this space.

Big Idea

Our Big Idea is deceptively simple.

To offer a Space and a Place where Visual / Performing and Commercial Arts can be represented and hosted in a dedicated Arts environment.

Icon aims to offer the Nelson Bays region a venue and a resource centre that has Arts as its base business.

Working studios and a wide range of media and scale will offer the public and the creative community a chance to see and experience many diverse forms of visual art. And, following in the footsteps of the wonderfully supportive vineyards of the region Icon will endeavour to blend the performing arts into the mix with a wonderful out door performance space and court yard area specifically designed with music in mind.

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Organisation name: The Icon Centre for Contemporary Art

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