Category: Window To Window

Window to Window is back in 2021!

29/10/2021

Window to Window is back in 2021!

Artists will be painting shop front windows in the retail precinct of Benalla on Friday November 26, 2021..

If you would like to take part in the Window to Window 2021 festival on Friday 26th November, please send a message on Window to Window on Facebook and you will be contacted in touch with you and set you up with a window to paint!

Stay tuned to Window to Window on Facebook for more details!

NEA has a 'Window to Window' - a patchwork of panels by artisans

30/12/2020

Took these photos for the Window to Window website - thought it would be 'good for the record' to share them on the website as well. Drop by 28B Carrier Street to take a look!

Window to Window 2020 - slide show from the Benalla Ensign

15/12/2020

The Ensign's online gallery of Window to Window 2020 photographs is fantastic - 40 wonderful photos in a slideshow available online as free content. Thank you so much for sharing them, Benalla Ensign!
Posted by Window to Window on Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Window to Window 2020 - an after-lunch stroll in and around Bridge Street

12/12/2020

Photographs - Beverley Lee

'Window to Window' - Friday 11th December 2020! Interested in participating?

14/11/2020

The Window to Window committee is in action again, Jim Myconos 0448 817 006 is the point of contact for artist, Blake Smith is playing an active role in ensuring the event runs smoothly and the Benalla Business Network is providing funding.

The event will be held on Friday December 11th. Jim is really keen to hear as soon as possible from artists who would like to be involved. Contact Jim on 0448 817 006, or better still,, call into She's Arty in Bridge Street near Hide's Bakery and chat with Jim.

Segment of Mal Webster's '=window, 'Window to Window', 2019.

'It's not easy being green' - reclaiming Greta

3/1/2020

"It's not easy being green" - Tim Bowtell reclaiming Greta - 2 January 2020

'Window to Window' - See the art in everything!

18/12/2019

This year was the second year for two new annual festivals in Benalla, 'Benalla Rugged Up' in August, and 'the Window to Window' Christmas Festival in December. Like the Wall to Wall Festival in April, Benalla Rugged Up and Window to Window encourage the community to 'See the art in everything', which is the vision of Benalla Rural City's tourism strategy.

While 'Benalla Rugged Up' caused a flutter on social media, a veritable storm of activity developed surrounding the art work of NEA founder and president Tim Bowtell on Benalla Rural City's Mair Street window during'Window to Window' .. Picked up early by Sky News, also appearing in the Daily Mail in the UK, it was pleasing to see reports over the following days on regional television stations becoming better informed and balanced,

Discussions have continued, with most of the Letters to the Editor (three pages) in this week's Benalla Ensign about Tim's painting -- nearly all of which were positive!

Tim's compelling portrait of Greta Thunberg, draws from and is representative of Tim's current work. Tim describes being surprised that around 90% of people who spoke to him while he was painting weren't aware of Greta Thunberg, and is pleased that his work has acted as such a catalyst for conversations about climate change.

The announcement by Time Magazine of Greta as their Person of the Year a few days into the controversy on social media proved a wonderful endorsement of Tim's choice of a portrait of Greta for his window.

Here are two of the later reports from mainstream media, the first featuring an interview with Tim at NEA.

The second item from 9 News Border North East includes responses by Renewable Energy Benalla's John Lloyd and Benalla Sustainable Future Group's President Peter Holmes

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NEA members participate in the 'Window to Window' Christmas Festival

8/12/2019

NEA members Mervyn Beamish, Tim Bowtell, John Holschier, Irene Korotkow, Mike Larkin, Cathy Pianta, Tanya Tabone, Sally Wallace and Mal Webster in action!

Photographs: thanks to Annie Longmuir, Bev Lee, Rustik Cafe, Mal Webster

An amazing opportunity. There are still windows available!

1/12/2019

Window to Window Christmas Festival 2019

Do you like art? Want to be an artist-in-action? Why not decorate a window in Benalla's CBD on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th December?

This is a great way to be part of the Benalla festive season as Benalla’s street will be filled with music, chalk art and street stalls around the town.

At 6pm on Friday head over to the Ceramic Mural on Lake Benalla for some live music, a BBQ and drinks.

Contact Jim Myconos 0448 817 006

It's less than 10 days away! Featuring many NEA members...

27/11/2019

'Window to Window' Christmas Festival - Friday 6 & Saturday 7 December

15/11/2019

Featuring artwork on shop windows by known artists, community groups and local schools, the Window to Window Festival is returning in 2019. Building on the success of the 2018 Window to Window event, businesses have agreed to participate in the event, paying a fee to contribute to the costs of the events which includes paint, painting supoplies, insurance and promotional materials.

NEA studio artists, exhibitors and members painted windows in 2018, with many already planning to participate again in 2019. A 'pro bono' contribution to the community by artists, last year proved to be a quite joyous happening, with people enjoying strolling between windows as artists worked on their windows, followed up by admiring glances over the pre Christmas shopping period.

If you would like to participate, please contact Jim Myconos on 0448 817 006 or call in to see Jim at 'She's Arty' opposite NEA.

Check out images of last year's festival - https://www.northeastartisans.org/news/window-to-window-2018-nea-and-other-artists-in-action-november-30

'Window to Window 2018' Retrospective - NEA & other NE artists in action

6/1/2019

Photos - Annie Longmuir, Bev Lee, Simmon Tan; Cooinda, with more to be added.

Welcoming the Festive Season - Benalla's 'Window to Window' event

26/11/2018

NEA's Merv Beamish, Tim Bowtell, Janet Leith, Kirsty Maclean, Ruth Mollison and Cornelia Selover will be among 30+ artists painting murals with a Christmas icon somewhere in the picture on shop windows in Benalla from 11 am to 6 pm next Friday 30th November. Watch the artists working on Friday! Follow up visits over the festive season to see the finished works will make being in Benalla extra special over the festive season.