COFAspace
Gallery History & Vision
COFASpace provides a flexible and professional venue where students of the College can showcase their work and gain experience in gallery procedures. The gallery and foyer supply public spaces for viewing recent works by COFA students currently undertaking studies in undergraduate BFA, postgraduate MArt, MA (Course work), MFA and PhD (Research).
COFA provides this gallery as a valuable asset and educational resource, to encourage discourse and support between students, staff and the general public and to develop curatorial and management skills for Master of Art Administration students.
The Gallery offers practical experience in exhibition design and management, curatorial care, installation and promotion. It is a venue for annual events such as; ARTEXPRESS, The Jenny Birt Award, Fowlers Gap Field Trip exhibitions, The Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society Scholarship exhibition and The COFA Annual Graduate Exhibition.
Occasional national and international touring exhibitions displayed in the venue provide an invaluable experience for cultural exchange.
The COFAspace program mirrors the concerns and interests of emerging artists. Exhibitors are rostered to staff the gallery, to provide information and stimulate feedback from visitors. Students are encouraged to support each other through interaction with exhibitors.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Cross-Pollination
and RED OBJECTS website launch
June 5 – June 8
The design research group RED OBJECTS presents, Cross-Pollination, a selection of work by post graduate students from the School of Design Studies, curated by Katherine Moline and Wendy Parker.
The exhibition explores cross-pollination in the fields of visual art, craft and design. The show includes works by: Alana Clifton-Cunningham, Lynda Draper, Nikki Di Falco, Paula Do Prado, Brenda Factor, Trent Jansen, Mark Ian Jones, Guy Keulemans, Barbara Martusewicz, John Henry Martin, Jesse O’Neill, Susanna Strati and Bic Tieu.
RED OBJECTS is comprised of School of Design Studies staff members: Roderick Bamford, Karina Clarke, Jacqueline Clayton, Katherine Moline, Wendy Parker and Liz Williamson.
RED OBJECTS is also launching its new website at the opening event.
Following the success of the Collaboration in Experimental Design Symposium and inaugural exhibition of 2011, RED OBJECTS now offer the design community a new research and information hub, linking established and emerging design researchers.
Opening & website launch:
Tues, June 5, 6 – 8pm
When: June 5 – 8
Where: COFAspace
COFA, E-Block
Cnr Napier & Selwyn Streets, Paddington, NSW
Hours: Mon to Fri, 10am – 5pm
Tel: (02) 9385 0643
Web: www.redobjects.unsw.edu.au
Email: Alison Groves
