John Vella has teamed up with Scotland-based artist Stephen Hurrel to develop a major public artwork for the new premises of Hydro Consulting.

The new building, built at Cambridge, will house all the latest in environmental design for the headquarters of Tasmania’s energy consulting services. The building is currently under construction.
The Vella-Hurrel sculpture will be constructed early in 2008.

arts@work are the art consultants for the project.

This Crazy Love

Linden - Centre for Contemporary Arts

28 September - 11 November 2007

Curator: Jan Duffy

Celebrating the way artists and galleries share ‘a crazy love’ - an essential love that nourishes our day to day existence, the exhibition will also acknowledge 21 years of Linden - Centre for Contemporary Arts. The show will feature new work by artists whose relationship with Linden is many layered and whose careers they have supported.

Megan Keating joins Elizabeth Gower, Rob McHaffie, Elizabeth Presa, Neil Taylor & Six Degrees Architects, Christian Thompson and Michael Vale.

Megan Keating
What the World Needs Now 2007
Hand cut rubber (installation)

Matt Coyle brings the images from the highly acclaimed graphic novel, Worry Doll, to the gallery. The exhibition will feature prints from the novel as well original drawings.

Watch the following video from Mam Tor the producer of the book.

Worry Doll opens at Criterion 27 September and runs until 27 October 2007.