Several Artists were chosen to report why they liked where they live. Cheryl was chosen to represent the City of Adelaide. The article was published in the City Messenger.
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COME VISIT CHERYL’S NEW SALA EVENT I have nearly finished preparations for my SALA event! Here is a sneak preview Aug. 11th–31st 2019 Wed. to Sun. 11am to 5pm closed Mon. & Tues. The highlights of the past 12 months have included:- Cheryl represented South Australia as one of 6 artists from around Australia to collaborate to produce ‘The Skrydstrup […]
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Cheryl’s studio/Gallery is always open by appointment ph 0417813779 Each year since 2010 Cheryl has opened her studio gallery Beltana House for the month of August to celebrate South Australian Living Artists and each year over 1000 art lovers come to see and talk to Cheryl about her Embroidered Portraits, Landscapes, Animal Studies and her museum quality Art To Wear.Showcasing […]
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The new Arts and Heritage Hub of Lobethal, situated in the old Onkaparinga Woollen Mills is called ‘Fabrik’ being the German word for factory, or industrial facility. The new director Melinda Rankin, for her SALA exhibition chose to invite 18 Textile artists from SA who are leading textile artists. Melinda chose 5 of Cheryl’s artwork for this exhibition My mark […]
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On the 4th of July Cheryl was invited to give talk at the Burnside Quilters Group Over 200 people attended the talk including a group from Sydney and a contingent from New Zealand who visited her Gallery/Studio the next day and paid Cheryl the ultimate compliment by giving one of her artworks a new life in NZ.
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His Excellency The Honourable Hieu Van Le AC Governor of South Australia has graciously agreed to sit this year to have his portrait done. Live Embroidered Portraits As part of the biennial Portrait Prize put on by the Royal S A society of Arts (RSASA) the RSASA has put out a challenge to artists to perform portraits of notable SA […]
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Cheryl was asked to be one of four Australian artists to join a group of sixty artists from nine countries to participate in a five-day cultural art exchange at the Saigon Kylong Arts Gallery in Ho Chi Min City There were representatives from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar and Norway The first activity was to create a large full group […]
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Cheryl was one of 150 artists from all art genres selected Australia wide to submit an entry for the Dreamtime ’96 National Billy Can Art Competition. The entrants were each supplied with a billy can 18 cm in diameter and 18.5 cm high. The competition was Australia wide and was sponsored by Qantas, the Australian Tourism Commission and Craft Australia. […]
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‘Skrydstrup Woman’ Mandurah Wearable Art, Mandurah WA. Cheryl chosen to represent SA In 2017/18 Wearable art Mandurah hosted the 2nd Wearable Art Whispers Project, a collaborative undertaking in which Cheryl along with a group of 5 other artists from around Australia were chosen to mythologise the story of The Skydstrup Woman. Skrydstrup Woman is an incredibly well preserved corpse of […]
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We think this is one of the most inspirational videos we have seen. Cheryl Bridgart uses a combination of brush, needle & thread to create her amazing art. Using a BERNINA 820, Cheryl adds embroidered elements to her paintings that are truly unique.
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