{"id":409,"date":"2022-05-01T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/?p=409"},"modified":"2025-02-23T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T23:58:35","slug":"sacred-landscapes-with-launch-of-the-blue-knob-writers-group-anthology-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/sacred-landscapes-with-launch-of-the-blue-knob-writers-group-anthology-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSacred Landscapes\u201d with Launch of the Blue Knob Writers Group Anthology &amp; Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This collaboration with the members and artists of the Gallery means the whole exhibition has taken on the theme of Sacred Landscapes. It has added a depth and coherency to the works and their mediums, and has resulted in some wide-ranging interpretations of the theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"233\" data-id=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-89.png\" alt=\"Three Tree Hill by Jacqui Readett\" class=\"wp-image-410\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Three Tree Hill by Jacqui Readett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"289\" data-id=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-90.png\" alt=\"Summer Solstice Aurora by Lynne Sealotus Edmondson -Writer &amp; Artist\" class=\"wp-image-411\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Summer Solstice Aurora by Lynne Sealotus Edmondson -Writer &#038; Artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blue Knob Writers Group formed in early 2020 and has developed into a collection of writers from all walks of life, both aspiring and published. There has been a sense of excitement and anticipation as we are keen to see how connected we are as artists to the minds of the writers; as at the time of writing neither the Blue Knob Writers Group nor the artists of the Gallery have seen or read the other\u2019s work. Copies of the anthology will also be available for $10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-91.png\" alt=\"Vessel for crossing the river of life by Christine Wynyard\" class=\"wp-image-412\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vessel for crossing the river of life by Christine Wynyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" data-id=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-92.png\" alt=\"Eastern Freshwater Codfish (Pyrograph) by Neil Plim\" class=\"wp-image-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-92.png 340w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-92-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eastern Freshwater Codfish (Pyrograph) by Neil Plim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"213\" data-id=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-93.png\" alt=\"Fig Trees of Blue Knob\nby Lynne Sealotus-Edmondson\" class=\"wp-image-414\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig Trees of Blue Knob\nby Lynne Sealotus-Edmondson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have many sacred places: outside, in the landscape, with its flora and fauna; and inside, in our homes, which are full of personal sacred spaces, and the many precious things that inhabit them. This exhibition is particularly poignant as so many in our region have lost so much that is sacred to them, their families and friends. The artists exhibiting have been offered the opportunity to donate the proceeds of the sale of artwork to a charity of their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Opening, along with the book launch was held for these exhibitions on Sunday 1st May, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacred Landscapes as a theme, was initiated by the Blue Knob Writers Group and was enthusiastically welcomed when they approached the Gallery about launching their anthology and exhibiting artworks\u2014some from the anthology and some specially commissioned\u2014in The Solo Space. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,39],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","tag-16","tag-blue-knob-writers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}