Enjoy something a little different in July and join Art & Culture for a visit to the Hazelhurst Gallery and Arts Centre for a tour of the gallery’s current exhibition that colourfully charts the work of Marion Hall Best, whose interior decorating style vibrated with colour through her signature glazed painted finishes on walls and ceilings. On display is original furniture, fabrics, furnishings and fashion over the four decades from the mid-1930s. Described as ‘electrifying, vital and avant-garde’, Best’s interior decorating schemes were unashamedly modern at a time when other interior designers preferred a subdued palette and period furniture. Best was inspired by the modernist movement and colour theory of artists of the interwar years. She is attributed with introducing international modernism to the Australian market through importing furniture and furnishings from all over the world including: textiles by Marimekko, Jim Thompson Thai silks and Indian cottons, French wallpapers from Nobilis and Follot, furniture by Knoll, Herman Miller and Cassina, lighting from Flos and Iittala.
DATE: Tuesday 17 July 2018
TIME: Meet at the Gallery at 10.50am for our tour that commences at 11.00am
VENUE: The Hazelhurst Gallery and Arts Centre, 782 Kingsway, Gymea NSW 2227
The Gallery is situated on 1.4 hectares of landscaped grounds. Please join us for lunch at the delightful Hazelhurst Café. Lunch is at your own expense.
COST: Optional donation on the day at the Donation Box at the entry
RSVP TO: Alison Ross by Email: [email protected] or Mobile: 0405 541 921
RSVP BY: Tuesday 10 July 2018
Please indicate if:
- you are travelling by train with the group
- if you will be joining us for lunch
TRANSPORT:
Drive: Hazelhurst is only 40 minutes’ drive from Sydney’s CBD. The gallery has a free car park for visitors. The entrance to the car park is located at 782 Kingsway, Gymea.
Train: Hazelhurst is a five minute walk from Gymea train station, which is on the Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra line. Trains run roughly every 15 minutes from Sydney.
Please Note: For those wishing to travel by train we plan to travel as a group from Central. Details will be provided to those members who RSVP and indicate ‘train travel’.