A few days ago it was a dusty warehouse, but by Thursday morning the old Silmac building on Peisley Street - well, half of it at least - will be a space full of life and art and colour.
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Colour City Creatives are holding a pop-up exhibition at the old building on Peisley Street, where half of the warehouse has been converted into an art space to house the group's travelling art show.
The exhibition has recently returned from Kandos, and will give the artists exposure to eyeballs in their own city, which was something Colour City Creatives publicity director Yolanta Nejman said she was excited for.
"We're doing a pop-up travel exhibition and because of COVID we've decided to take the art to the people," Ms Nejman said.
"We're lucky locals here are such art lovers and letting us use their premises ... Our gallery isn't being enough to accommodate it.
"We've gone from getting approved to being open in about a week and that's what a pop-up is all about."
We just want to bring some colour into people's lives
- Colour City Creatives' Yolanta Nejman
Ms Nejman said art was important to people, especially during tough times.
"COVID has been such a dampener on everybody's mood and we just want to bring some colour into people's lives," she said.
"It's been proven art and galleries are very good for souls and our minds. They calm us."
She said the Kandos exhibition had gone "really well", but was hoping to multiply the number of visitors.
"It went really well, it's a small town but we had 100 to 200 people go through and we had some sales," Ms Nejman said.
"Orange gets so many visitors now."
She said weaver Lanny Mackenzie's works - two woven horse sculptures - took her breath away.
"I'm always drawn to Lanny's work. We always love horses because there's a connection, but what I actually love is from a new artist Kimberly [Ivory], her glasswork," she said.
The glasswork - several fired bowls with distinct colours running through them - was "something else".
"To think in three dimensions is something special," she said.
"These days art is changing so it's not like it used to be in the last century. People are so creative now with limited resources, and especially with COVID."
The exhibition opens on Thursday and runs from Thursday to Sunday from 10am to 3pm each day until November 1.
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Max Stainkamph
Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020.
Max joined the CWD in September 2017, leaving the big smoke of Melbourne to come to Orange, where he stayed until 2020.
