Drysdale Artists/Studios
Home of the festival of glass and the Springdale Art Show.
Sitting in the centre of The Bellarine puts this destination at a distinct advantage. It's in the middle of lush farmlands planted with vines, olives, fruits and vegetables. Beaches and bays are nearby and the open spaces are home to loads of family activities and attractions.
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Drysdale is named after Anne Drysdale who, with her partner Caroline Newcomb, established a property named Coriyule near the town in 1843.
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The 16 km Bellarine Peninsula Railway is run by the Geelong Steam Preservation Society. It has a number of vintage steam locomotives and carriages which take passengers on return trips from Drysdale to Queenscliff.
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Drysdale is an artist's hub with a number of galleries and a yearly Springdale art show.
ARTISTS/STUDIOS
Effie Iliopoulos
Effie Iliopoulos teaches art at Artisans of Australia in Drysdale. Effie lives in St Leonards.
Email: dollsden@hotmail.com
Phone: : 0403353114
Glenda MacNaughton
I’m an Australian glass artist who is mesmerized by creating with glass in all its forms - from tiny glass seed beads woven into wearable art, shimmering glass mosaics forming wild garden sculptures to hot melted glass blown and pulled into elegant shapes and producing intriguing organic patterns for jewellery and small sculptures.
Email: idaxdesign@bigpond.com
Phone: : 0408 597 782
Elly Smits
Elly Smits is an Artist. Elly's studio is at Artisans of Australia in Drysdale
Email: ellysmitsart@hotmail.com
Phone: : 0416768985
Pip Williams
Pip Williams is a printmaker who enjoys Linoprinting, Dry point etching & Monotype Prints. She aims to capture specific moments in time by using striking colours & underlying patterns
Email: pip@135studio.com
Phone: : 0478 614 214
Artisan Gallery - Studios
Email: info@artisansofaustralia.com
Phone: : 03 5292 2181
Artisans of Australia has a number of in house studios where people can hire out space to work in. There are various artists working in these studios where you can come along and view them at work on the 3rd weekend of each month.
Artisans Gallery - Art Sudios
Artisans of Australia has a number of in house studios
where people can hire out space to work in. There are various artists working in these studios where you can come along and view them at work on the 3rd weekend of each month.
Email: info@artisansofaustralia.com
Phone: : 03 5292 2181
Artisans Gallery
Artisans of Australia has a gallery where over 40 artists of various mediums exhibit their art work. There is also a Gallery that changes once a month with an individual art work. You can come along and view the artwork and enjoy some lunch or coffee at our cafe.
Email: info@artisansofaustralia.com
Phone: : 03 5292 2181
Glenda MacNaughton
I’m an Australian glass artist who is mesmerized by creating with glass in all its forms - from tiny glass seed beads woven into wearable art, shimmering glass mosaics forming wild garden sculptures to hot melted glass blown and pulled into elegant shapes and producing intriguing organic patterns for jewellery and small sculptures.
Email: idaxdesign@bigpond.com
Phone: : 0408 597 782
Deborah Young-Monk & Melinda Clarke
City Maps Illustrated create awesome maps that celebrate and document your favourite places. Designed and hand-drawn in Australia, we are passionate about our craft and making products that become your keepsakes for decades.
Email: melinda@themelbournemap.com.au
Phone: :0408 539 668
Diane Schofield
a range of mosaic items, functional, sculptural and decorative, using various tesserae
Email:pa.humphries@outlook.com
Phone: 0437 817 986
Festival of Glass
The Festival of Glass Inc. is a community based, non-profit, charity based in Drysdale. It aims to:
1. To enrich the local community via glass art exhibitions, glass installations, demonstrations, and classes.
2. To promote the region’s glass artists and establish a community studio
3. To create networks of individual, community groups around the uniqueness and versatility of Glass
4. To fund youth mentorships and school projects to foster vocational pathways.
Email: festivalofglassdrysdale@gmail.com
Phone: :0418 899 863
Terry Bridges
Having originally specialised in Landscape and flowers I am concentrating on Australian Birds. I use oil paints in all my work. I also make my own shadow frames of Tasmanian Oak. My other activity is woodwork Dining Tables, Coffee Tables, Violins from Nth Qld Silky Oak/Hoop/Pine/Kauri Pine/and Qld Maple. Using coloured resin in coffee tables called River Tables
Email:wynterhaven1@bigpond.com
Phone: 0401 819 187
