Local Exhibitions are organised by artists, workshops, institutions or organisations to engage local communities with the Overwintering Project, their local shorebirds and their local shorebird habitat.
If you are considering organising an Overwintering Project exhibition or event, please contact the Overwintering Project Co-ordinator, Kate Gorringe-Smith at overwinteringproject@gmail.com.
If you are considering organising an Overwintering Project exhibition or event, please contact the Overwintering Project Co-ordinator, Kate Gorringe-Smith at overwinteringproject@gmail.com.
For organising bodies
Councils, schools, BirdLife groups, NPWS services etc. that have an interest in raising awareness of their local shorebirds and shorebird habitat are invited to organise Local Overwintering Project Exhibitions. These exhibitions can involve art of any media by artists of any age and ability. If an organising body would like to borrow the Overwintering Print Portfolio to be incorporated into an exhibition, please contact the Project Co-ordinator Kate Gorringe-Smith (overwinteringproject@gmail.com).
The Project Co-ordinator will support independently organised exhibitions by:
While the Project is unable to assist with funding, the benefit of affiliating your migratory shorebird-related exhibition or event to the Overwintering Project is that it help will build a national picture of co-ordinated events which in turn helps people to realise that migratory shorebirds depend on habitat throughout Australia and New Zealand. It also helps to create a coherent network of people who care about and work for migratory shorebirds.
In order to be part of the Overwintering Project organisers must
The Project Co-ordinator will support independently organised exhibitions by:
- documenting and publicising them through the project website and facebook page
- helping to seek further publicity
- if required, helping to co-ordinate with local services to provide talks and information about the local shorebird habitat and species
While the Project is unable to assist with funding, the benefit of affiliating your migratory shorebird-related exhibition or event to the Overwintering Project is that it help will build a national picture of co-ordinated events which in turn helps people to realise that migratory shorebirds depend on habitat throughout Australia and New Zealand. It also helps to create a coherent network of people who care about and work for migratory shorebirds.
In order to be part of the Overwintering Project organisers must
- First discuss the scope and shape of the local exhibition with Project Co-ordinator Kate Gorringe-Smith (overwinteringproject@gmail.com)
- Register the project with the Project Co-ordinator and supply details (dates; opening time; venue; participants) to be publicised on the project’s website
- Title the exhibition ‘The Overwintering Project: [location] (e.g. The Overwintering Project: Maroochydore)
- Use the Overwintering Project logo, website and contact email address in publicity and gallery signage
- Provide participating artists with information about their local migratory shorebird habitat, which can include information on any aspects of the local environment
- provide the Project Co-ordinator with good quality photo documentation of the exhibition with image descriptions (if the exhibition as a whole is to be documented)
- Provide the co-ordinator with a 150 word description of the local shorebird habitat to appear on the website and with a list of participating artists
For galleries
Galleries are welcome and encouraged to hold iterations of The Overwintering Project. All Overwintering Project iterations must first be discussed with the Project Co-ordinator Kate Gorringe-Smith (overwinteringproject@gmail.com). Galleries are under no obligation to donate any proceeds to the project, but if Overwintering prints are made for an exhibition to the specifications of the Overwintering Print Portfolio, please forward two copies of one print by each artist to the project co-ordinator***.
To be part of the Project the conditions are as above for Organising Bodies. Additionally, galleries can choose an alternate name for the exhibition, as long as it is stated somewhere prominent, including in all publicity materials, that it is an iteration of the Overwintering Project.
***Printmakers who participate in an Overwintering Project exhibition in a gallery that charges a commission on the sale of prints are waived the administration charge for joining the project
To be part of the Project the conditions are as above for Organising Bodies. Additionally, galleries can choose an alternate name for the exhibition, as long as it is stated somewhere prominent, including in all publicity materials, that it is an iteration of the Overwintering Project.
***Printmakers who participate in an Overwintering Project exhibition in a gallery that charges a commission on the sale of prints are waived the administration charge for joining the project
Suggestions: engagement and timing
As the primary intention of Overwintering Project exhibitions is to to engage local communities with the Overwintering Project, their local shorebirds and their local shorebird habitat, it is suggested that galleries or artists consider organising further engagement opportunities for gallery visitors such as:
Regarding timing, exhibition organisers might want to consider coinciding events with World Migratory Bird Day. World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is now in partnership with International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) in a bid to de-confuse and strengthen the message. From 2018 onwards, the new joint campaign will adopt World Migratory Bird Day and major celebratory events will be organised twice a year, on the second Saturday in May and October. This aims to coincide with the arrival and departure of the birds. Events can also be registered on the World Migratory Bird Day website to strengthen the presence of co-ordinated worldwide activities to raise awareness for the migratory birds of the world.
- expert-led visits to local migratory shorebird habitat
- talks, activities or workshops within the gallery about migratory shorebirds and the significance of their local habitat
- information sheets available within the gallery directing people to their local shorebird habitat, with a map, bird list and some information about the birds, their habitat and its international significance
Regarding timing, exhibition organisers might want to consider coinciding events with World Migratory Bird Day. World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is now in partnership with International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) in a bid to de-confuse and strengthen the message. From 2018 onwards, the new joint campaign will adopt World Migratory Bird Day and major celebratory events will be organised twice a year, on the second Saturday in May and October. This aims to coincide with the arrival and departure of the birds. Events can also be registered on the World Migratory Bird Day website to strengthen the presence of co-ordinated worldwide activities to raise awareness for the migratory birds of the world.
Above: Gallery shot of The Overwintering Project: Victoria's SW Coast held in Port Campbell, Victoria, 15 - 21 April 2019
Left: Gallery shot of Maryborough Printmakers' exhibition, Gataker's Artspace Maryborough, Queensland, 30 October - 25 November 2018
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Right and below: Installation shots of 'Wetlanders' exhibition by Migaloo Press, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, 2-30 March 2019
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Below: Installation shot of Shorelines by members and friends of Thumbprint Press, Mount Gambier. At the Riddoch Gallery, Mount Gambier, South Australia, February 8 - March 10 2019.
