"The Craft of Identity" is an exhibition that aspires to a society that respects both cultural diversity and individual uniqueness. The exhibition highlights the works of artists who have discovered individualistic and unique craft techniques based on traditional craft methods. Curator Elaine Kim aims to convey the artisanship and inner values that each artist demonstrates in their own unique ways. The selected artists reinterpret cultural significance and contemporary applicability of craft in their own definitions, utilizing a variety of materials and techniques that encompass both tradition and modernity.

In this exhibition, you can explore how artists shape their personal identities by their distinctive choice in craft techniques. The works reflect each artist's distinctive experiences and backgrounds, embedding the profound meaning of self-expression beyond mere handicrafts production. This opens a new perspective on craft and provides an opportunity for viewers to reconsider its value and importance once again.

We are excited to share our upcoming exhibition featuring Gymea TAFE students. The exhibition will take place from 30 November to 10 December 2023 at Saywell Gallery. This grad show will showcase both diploma and advanced diploma students. This grad show provides an opportunity for emerging artists based in Sydney to present their concept-based body of work, representing several years of study at TAFE Ceramics Design Studio in Gymea.

The exhibition's opening night is on November 30th from 5 to 8 pm.

Familiar facades. Cherished neighbourhood exteriors. Quaint cottage frontages and worn out, dishevelled eyesores. Modern urban edifices. Seaside shacks

Architectural exteriors that compel in some way is the theme for That Place!, a group exhibition of selected works by 9 of Sydney’s emerging artists.

• Exhibition Preview Days - Wed 10 & Thu 11 August. Guided exhibition tours by appointment. Email saywellgallery@gmail.com to make your appointment and get first pick of the artworks.

• Opening Celebration - Fri 12 August, 5 - 8pm

• PROGRAM Of Artist Talks & Demonstrations

  • Thu 11 Aug, 2 - 5pm - Phil McKay will be onsite to meet with you and discuss his work

  • Fri 12 Aug, 2 - 5pm - Meet Kathy Wesson, onsite who will welcome you and will give informal talks about her work

  • Sat 13 Aug, 11am - 12pm - Jenny Rix will be in conversation with the public and give insites into her photography work featured in the exhibition. Part of Inner West Council’s Creative Trails program

  • Sat 13 Aug, 1 - 5pm - Frankie Nankivell, meet the artist who will be giving an informal painting demonstration. Held as part of Inner West Council’s Creative Trails program

  • Sun 14 Aug, 11am - 2pm - Einar Johansen will discuss his work and his technique. Part of Inner West Council’s Creative Trails program

  • Sun 14 Aug, 2 - 5pm - N.G. Malla will be onsite to field questions from the public. Part of Inner West Council’s Creative Trails program

  • Thu 18 Aug, 2 - 5pm - Alex Snellgrove, meet the artist who will be giving informal talk about her work

  • Fri 19 Aug, 2 - 5pm - Maggie Stein, will be onsite to chat about her printmaking techniques

  • Sun 21 Aug, 2 - 5pm - N.G. Malla returns for the closing afternoon of the exhibition. Last chance to meet the artist onsite

Woven By Nature is a group exhibition curated by the gallery. It aims to draw together collective and current experiences of the woven form.

Artists working in both traditional and contemporary woven techniques that utilise natural and found materials are invited to submit 1 to 3 recent works.

Please join us for the opening celebration on Wednesday 15 June, 5 - 8pm.

The exhibition is then open until 5pm, Sunday 26 June 2022.

LAST DAY - Sunday 5 June, 11am - 4pm

Everyone lives in art. The eyes for recognizing the beauty, specialty and the heart to feel it are different for each person. Every act of life is art and this world is a huge exhibition hall.

What do we look for when we look at artworks? From an aesthetic point of view, is it the visual elements such as colour or composition that we feel drawn to, or are we trying to see from the artist's standpoint? There are many different ways to appreciate art. You can look at colour or composition from an aesthetic point of view, or you can find features from the artist's standpoint.

The way the works are presented to the audience in this exhibition is in connection with everyday life. No matter how profound a work of art might be, its origins come from the most mundane and ordinary lives around us. When the artist's 'everyday life' is not questioned, art without 'everyday life' always appears as an unfamiliar and authoritative object to the audience. Sometimes we can feel alienated from the works of art that we are unable to engage with and they might appear as unfamiliar and even authoritative objects to the audience.

This exhibition attempts to grapple with these issues by celebrating the works that bring to light the simple yet central truth that a broader audience can relate to. It is preoccupied with artworks that reflect on everyday life. Each artwork in this exhibition conveys the artists’ sensibility, their ability to ponder simple things that everyday life is made of. No matter the messages or issues the artists are trying to communicate, they all derive their impulse for making from the context of everyday life.

This exhibition shows the spectators that art is no longer the noble and difficult possession of professional artists and that art is a part of our daily life. The purpose of this exhibition is to blur the boundaries between a routine existence and art so that everyday life becomes art and communicates with the audience through art. Our daily life is not separated from art. Based on this opportunity, it is expected that the audience will be able to approach them without burden through everyday art and further enjoy the expanded cultural arts.