“BraArt Exhibition”
March 23rd 2012 – April 29th 2012

To be held at the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery in the Vicki Nottage Sculpture Court.

“Bra Art” an inspirational exhibition of Arty Bra’s & Bra Art to tantalise, enjoy and amuse, made by a diverse range of Artists with proceeds benefiting Breast Cancer Charities.

How this Exhibition came to be

Vicki Nottage was an Artist, a business women and a patron of the arts. Vicki helped with the establishment of the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery and the Murraylands Arts and Crafts Collective in Murray Bridge. She was on the board of Country Arts SA for several years, ran a successful retail craft supply business and taught embroidery classes. In January of 2001 my friend and mentor Vicki Nottage was diagnosed with Breast cancer. She struggled through surgery, chemotherapy, hair loss, weight gain, and all the fun stuff associated with cancer treatment. Despite illness she was still fun loving, a caring mother and wife and a creative artist. In November of 2002 Vicki Nottage lost her battle with Breast cancer. Her sacrifice changed my life and view on living every day! This exhibition commemorates the 10 year anniversary of her passing and I hope it will generate an outpouring of artistic love in our community to support breast cancer awareness, research and facilities. 72% from the sale of exhibited “BraArt” entries and 100% of profits from related souvenir sales will go towards Breast Cancer charities.

I know many other people have similar stories of love and loss and so this is also an opportunity for them to share their support through Art.

Samantha Pope  

Art work can be any medium textile, paintings, sculptures 3D or 2D. It could be an artistic impression of a bra like my “Can Bra” pictured above right, artwork made from a repurposed bra or your take on the theme BraArt. If you are not arty then participate by visiting the exhibition and purchasing something BraArty to contribute to the charities.

If you or someone you know is creative and would like to enter or learn more about the exhibition simply click on entry form to download the pdf file Any medium or method can be used to create your 3D or 2D BraArt artwork.

Entry Form (PDF)

Use mediums like clay, ceramic, canvas, fabric, fibre, glass, ink, metal, paint, porcelain, plastic, paper, stone, wood, wire or yarn. Then assemble, bead, build, collage, colour, carve, dye, draw, embroider, etch, felt, fashion, glue, grow, hewn, imprint, invent, illustrate, juxtapose, knit, laminate, mosaic, model, needle felt, over dye, paint, plaster, print, quilt, quench, recycle, sculpt, sew, stitch, scrapbook, treat, tint, texturise, up-cycle, visualize, whittle, weld, weave, wire, Xerox, or zip up your creation.