The gallery is a space you’ve set up yourselves?
Yes, we have opened it ourselves! It’s a co-project with myself and my partner, Jonathan Hardy. The gallery is called Tetch Gallery, located at 245 Parramatta Road in Annandale. Our hours are not set yet, but will be via inspection, and when we have an exhibition on.
A gallery for all kinds of visual art?
Yes. Tetch will be hired out for multi-purpose use. We will cater to all kinds of artists – sculptors, photographers, designers – as well as offering rehearsal space, pop-up business and online store space, and space for corporate meetings. The application process will involve potential artists/creatives coming along to meet Jonathan and myself so we can support them in establishing what they hope to get out of hiring our space, and putting on a show they feel really happy and inspired about.
The opening on March 12 will feature works by …?
Our official opening featured a solo exhibition by co-owner Jonathan Hardy. Jonathan is an exhibiting industrial artist who creates his figurative and abstract artworks with an angle grinder and various other industrial objects on household doors. Jonathan has exhibited in Sydney and Newcastle and will be the artistic director and liaison of Tetch Gallery.
You and Jonny were inspired to set up a gallery because …?
Our main objective for setting up Tetch Gallery is to support our local art and creative community to exhibit their hard work! We are really looking forward to meeting potential artists who wish to exhibit with us and welcome all members of our creative community to pop in for a chat, and discuss how we can assist them in celebrating their creative talents.
