Visitors from far and wide descended on the Mount Alexander Shire last weekend for the opening weekend of Arts Open 2022 – Meet the Makers.
Don’t be alarmed if you missed it as the good news is the event continues this weekend – March 19 and 20!
Arts Open 2022 sees more than 120 artists and organisations open their studios and host exhibitions, workshops and shows.
Designed to promote regional visual arts on Dja Dja Wurrung country in the historic townships of Castlemaine, Newstead, Maldon, Taradale, Chewton and beyond, the event offers a rare opportunity to engage with artists and their work in their natural habitat, explore the cultural tourism of the Mount Alexander Shire and celebrate the truly awesome arts and culture the region is renowned for.
Among the artists to be featured are ‘The Granite Girls’.
Whilst being restricted from meeting indoors during the pandemic the group of local artists – Zoe Amor, Hilary Finch, Sue McLeod, Denise Martin and Catherine Pilgrim – gathered amongst the granite boulders to talk art, creativity and inspiration.