Effie is pretty stoked to find out that two of her portraits – of Cris Brown and Rick Amor – have been selected for the finals of the Percival National Portrait Prize. These are on their way to Townsville where they will be exhibited from May until June 2016.
Rings Road Art Studio is proud to see one of our students, Elsie Preston, selected in this years Top Arts exhibition at Federation Square in Melbourne. We wish her the best of luck in her studies at VCA.
On behalf of the staff and students at Rings Road Art Studio thank you for attending last night exhibition opening. Thank you to Kingston Art Centre for hosting our annual exhibition and for all your support. A big thank you to Justin, Dale and Antonietta for helping me set up this show. It looked very [...]
Congratulations to Elsie Preston for being accepted at VCA to further her studies in Fine Art. To Chezla Spina and Sienna for successfully completing VCASS. Chezla for deciding to take the year off to travel and work on her art outside of university. We wish these girls all the best and look forward to seeing [...]
Congratulations to our ongoing student Zach for being awarded the best Graphic Design Graduate and completing his Bachelor of Graphic Design at Monash University.His lecturers mentioned that he has a strong drawing background which contributed greatly to his folio. So we must be doing something right! We wish him all the best in the years [...]
Congratulations to artist and teacher at Rings Road Art Studio, Effie Mandalos, as it was announced that her portrait "The Wrestler Chris Brown" was shortlisted in this years Doug Moran Portrait Prize. Below is a little piece written by Amelie Scalercio of her own personal impression of Effie's painting. "The Wrestler seems to evoke an [...]
Great energy, wonderful turn out at our Rings Rd Life Drawing Symposium at the Kingston Arts Theatre. Looking forward to the next one at the Kingston Arts Centre! Photo by Monin Sak
Thank you for all those who came to support our students at the Kingston Arts Gallery tonight. Exhibition was a success and so were all the drawing completed by our students. Congratulations to our students who worked hard, its shows in your drawings. Exhibition will run until the 29th September. Opened daily from 9-5pm.
Day 2 of our intensive workshop is now complete. Students did an amazing job working with the figure in space today. Exhibition opening this Monday 14th from 6-8pm. All welcome to show your support for our Rings road students. Students include: Chezla Spina, Louisa Petti, Sophie Wright, Breanne Keane, Haoyi Li, Zach Beltsos-Russo and Ashley [...]
Day 1 of workshop complete.Students focused on relating objects in space. We looked at perspective; how to create depth and composition. For 5 hours students were challenged by the constant shift and relationship between objects. Great job. Works are hanging for viewing all week. Students will be back at their easels next Saturday to finish [...]
