Workshops: So, You Want To Be An Artist

Workshop with Sandro Nocentini and ColdGhost Art

Dreaming of a creative career but not sure where to start? Join us for a free one-hour conversation exploring the realities, challenges and rewards of life as a practicing artist. Drawing on years of experience curating exhibitions, supporting artists and navigating the contemporary art world, this session offers honest insights into building a sustainable creative practice while keeping your ambitions alive. Bring your Questions and your Answers. 

About the Artists:

Sandro Nocentini is an Australian painter and sculptor whose artistic practice spans over three decades. With a career marked by exhibitions both across Australia and internationally, his work explores form, material, and narrative with a distinctive voice. 

A recipient of the prestigious Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Nocentini is also an experienced arts educator and curator, contributing to both commercial and community-based exhibitions. 

Brendan Walsh is a full time artist, working from a studio in Long Jetty. Creating mixed media artwork under the ColdGhost name. Showing at Basement Gallery the whole month of November, his paintings are loud, exciting and created on found objects & the mixed media Sculptures are assembled ENTIRELY out of recycled materials.   

Age restrictions: 15+

Enjoy $15 cocktail happy hour from 6pm – 7pm

+ Delicious burgers and street food from Beau’s Burgers.

If you’re driving, street parking and public parking is available in Baker St car park (enter via Erina St near Gosford hotel and ground floor parking is free)

Your support is crucial for the arts to thrive.
Don’t wait until the last minute; events can be cancelled due to low interest.

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