Showcasing the creative talents of Highlanders is one of the many things that has had to undergo a reinvention during the current COVID-19 restrictions.
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The region's artists have well and truly risen to the occasion.
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While they would usually embrace the opportunity to meet face to face with people who attended exhibitions across the region, the artists are now sharing the creative visions online.
'Return to nature' a solo exhibition by Penny Simmons is one virtual show well worth putting on your calendar.
Penny is a Maker/Sculpture/weaver living and working in the Southern Highlands of NSW with a studio at the SHAC in Robertson.
One of the founding partners of "Cloth", Penny's work blends the eclectic disciplines of weaving, biodynamics, design, art and craft.
Her sculptures capture the vulnerability, beauty and essence of nature.
Penny works as a "rural artisan" resurrecting the age-old traditions of whittling, weaving, foraging and resourcefulness.
In this way the works are created from materials sourced in the local countryside and resonate with the spiritual and healing qualities present in our natural world.
Return to Nature will be launched online on June 2 at 8pm. This will include interviews with Alison Renwick (Art consultant) and Penny Simons as well as an exhibition video and catalogue, music and poetry.
The virtual opening is titled SHAC Solo Exhibition Penny Simons: "RETURN TO NATURE".
The online link is www.theshac.co m.au/exhibitions
The exhibition will continue from June 3.