metamorph-ish: change of art
Exhibition runs: 15 – 21 September 2025
Seven artists interpret transformation using their own unique mediums: including photography, paint, print, charcoal and mixed media.
A NEW SIDE VIEW an exhibition by Isabella & Daniel Wickham. Official Function Saturday 23rd August 3-6pm.
A NEW SIDE VIEW
Isabella & Daniel Wickham
On view 18 – 31 August
Official Function Saturday 23rd August 3-6pm.
Conceptual artists who have abandoned the traditional canvas, choosing instead a bespoke medium to challenge and expand the boundaries of painting. Their work offers a fresh perspective on the discipline, reimagining what a painted surface can be. Serious in craft but playfully irreverent in spirit, they don’t take art too seriously—only seriously enough to reinvent it. As a systematic subversive, they disrupt expectations with intention and clarity. Rather than serving a new dish, they introduce an entirely new cuisine to the art world.
Seal
My ‘Seal’ Painting was Inspired by a photograph I was drawn to from a calendar. I used the clear canvas to represent the crystal clear ocean waters and I used a solid base to create the look of a white sandy ocean floor for the happy seal to rest on.
Ocean
My Painting, ‘Ocean’ is one of my favourite pieces and my most detailed work yet. A girl laying off her board in the shallow blue.I wanted to paint different shades of blue for the background to represent the colours of a healthy reef, along with the sunshine shining directly on the girls right side. I wanted to replicate the feeling of comfort over the stunning clear waters of the great barrier’s reefs.
Fish outta water
My Painting ‘Fish outta water’ shows a young girl sitting on her longboard stuck in the breaks drifting deep, I wanted to represent the colours ascending from the shallows to the depths. I aimed to resemble the adrenaline of being stuck in a strong set of crashing waves from a Birds Eye view.
Their Brains
My ‘Their Brains’ Painting was my second Clear Canvas painting ever done, painted outside under the trees of my backyard, i experimented with a variety of funky colours, i wanted the wind blowing the painted circles in all different directions to create its own pattern.
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A New Side View – Isabella & Daniel Wickham
“THE WILL”
The Will
About the Play:
(Sydney Fringe Festival and Amy Maddison (in association with Abercrombie St Theatre) present ‘The Will‘)
The Will.
Love. Loss. Comedy anyway. And, a chance. The Will reveals the contemporary plight of a young man who, with death afore him, videos his goodbyes. But what do you say when there are no words to explain the unexplainable? Inspired by the photographic intellect of Edouard Boubat, The Will questions existentialism, power behind life’s moments, relationships and everything in between.
Cast and Crew:
Production:
Written and Directed by Amy Maddison.
Assistant Director: Penelope Lemon.
Production Stage Manager: Elisabeth Pidgeon.
Production Assistant: Jess Bell.
Actors:
Chris Turner
Rosie Lourde
Owen Little
Jess Bell
Rowan McDonald
Heidi De Silva
Eric Beecroft.
Dates and Times:
SEPTEMBER 2011
TUES 20 – Preview @ 7.30pm
WED 21 – Opening Night @ 7.30pm
THUR 22 – Performance @ 7.30pm
FRI 23 – Performance @ 7.30pm
SAT 24 – Performance matinee @ 2.00pm & night performance @ 7.30pm
SUN 25 – Final Performance @ 2.00pm
Tickets:
Adult: $21.50
Concession: $16.00
(inclusive of booking fees).
To book tickets, please go to http://thesydneyfringe.com.au/shows/will
Production Team Member for ‘The Will’
A play by Amy Maddison for The Sydney Fringe Festival, 2011.
Produced in conjunction with Abercrombie Street Theatre.
=:Calling all artists to exhibit in the NEXT OPEN GROUP SHOW – MYSTIC & MAGIC
Mystic & Magic Group Show
Calling all artists to exhibit
in the
NEXT OPEN GROUP SHOW
You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 exhibition
MYSTIC & MAGIC
Welcome to the Mystic & Magic group art show! Join us in person at the TAP Art Gallery for a mesmerizing display of mystical and magical artworks. Immerse yourself in a world of enchantment and wonder as you explore the diverse creations of talented artists. From mystical landscapes to magical creatures, this show promises to ignite your imagination and spark your curiosity. Plus this event will showcase some of the best wellness and psychic healers who will be available on the opening night and at times during the week of the exhibition, including Jo Thomson from Awakening Lotus, Saskia from Love Empowerment Clinic, and Psychic Medium Luda. Also, if you are an artist, and wish to be a part of this amazing group art show there is still time to enter. Entries close on the 7th September. Contact Tap Gallery. https://www.tapgallery.org.au/mystic-and-magic-group-show/ Hope to see you there!Mystic & Magic Group Show 2025
Art that expresses non-physical realities & emotional or spiritual states
Opening night and drinks with the Artists
Wednesday 10th September 6 pm
on the opening night we will have…
and Aura Photographer Jo Thomson https://www.facebook.com/awakening.lotus.sydney
Plus
Love Empowerment Workshop: Saturday 13th 10am-12pm @ Tap Gallery
with Saskia Kalwinek, Reiki practitioner, sound healer and more.
Saturday night 13th 6pm 10pm
Music and dance to DJ Michael T.
Exhibition runs from 8th – 14th September 2025, 12-6 pm daily.
Please deliver works by Sun, 7 September, 12 – 6pm.
Fee for exhibiting: $25 per work.
Plus: Psychic healing, art therapy, readings and more…Sat 13th, Sun 14th September.
https://www.tapgallery.org.au/mystic-and-magic-group-show/ Hope to see you there!
IT IS FREE TO ATTEND
BOOK: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/mystic-magic-group-art-show-tickets-1574592170569
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Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
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NUDES ON TAP Photographic Exhibition & Award 2025 with HEAD oN Photo Festival. Presentations Saturday 22 November 5pm
Nudes on Tap 2025
Nudes on TAP is a non-acquisitive Australian group exhibition for artistic nude photography. It has been held at TAP Gallery every year since 2004. This year the exhibition will be held from 18th November to 30th November 2025.The purpose of the exhibition is to provide photographers, who create in the genre of artistic nude, an affordable means in which their art works can be displayed to the public in a gallery setting.The intent of Nudes on TAP is to foster and grow a unique art photography community. To assist individual photographers grow professionally and further increase their potential.The end state that Nudes on TAP seeks to achieve is the growth of photographers and models in this particular genre of photography. As well during the Head On Photo Festival that the public can view the exhibition and appreciate the art worthiness and creativity of the artistic nude photography on display.
Exhibition submission process
Nudes on TAP is a group exhibition open to all Australian photographers. It an opportunity to have your artwork exhibited during a major photography festival in Sydney.Submissions are sought of art nude photography of any person over the age of 18 years at the time the image was created. Photographers are responsible for ensuring that consent of any person portrayed in the image has been obtained for it to be exhibited in a public gallery. Nudes on TAP 2025 is part of the Open Program of the Head On Photo Festival in Sydney.
Photographers may submit up to 4 images that they would like to exhibit in Nudes on TAP.
Exhibition fees are $25 dollars per image. $15 if you are a full-time student.
These fees will be paid directly to TAP Gallery. Payment details will be included on the form supplied to you when you deliver your work. Your images must be delivered or sent to TAP Gallery, 259 Riley Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 no later than 4pm on Sunday 16th November 2025. TAP Gallery is open 12pm to 6pm daily.
The Volunteers Award for Emerging Photographer is chosen by the volunteers who set up the exhibition on 17th November 2025.
The Peoples Choice Award is made by those attending the Awards Night of Saturday 22nd November 2025.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
AURA BY ARTHUR MAVROS
ARTISTS TALK SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 3-5PM.
MODELS TALK SUNDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 3-5PM
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Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Nudes on Tap 2025
VEGAS IN SPACE presented by TAP CINEMA Saturday 16th August 8pm
Vegas in Space – TAP Cioema
BOOK TICKETS HERE:
Film Synopsis
“Vegas in Space” is a 1991 cult film, described as a campy, psychedelic, and loving homage to 1950s and 60s B-movie sci-fi. The movie features a predominantly all-drag cast and tells the story of a group of astronauts who undergo a sex change to infiltrate a women-only planet named Vegas in Space, where they must dance to save the universe.
The plot concerns three male space travelers who must become women in order to complete a secret mission on the all-female planet Clitoris. Deliberately campy, the film was written by Fish, one of Sydney’s and San Francisco’s notable drag queens. It was released by Troma Entertainment.
Vegas in Space: Directed by Phillip R. Ford. With Doris Fish, Miss X, Ginger Quest, Ramona Fischer. After some rare gems go missing on a distant planet where men are not allowed, three soldiers posing as women are sent from Earth to aid in the investigation.
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Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Vegas in Space – TAP Cinema