Somerset Art Society Inc.
SASI...supporting Artists and The Arts in the Somerset Region, South East Queensland, Australia
Glen Rock Gallery
Located at Esk Visitor Centre - 82 Ipswich Street, Esk, QLD 4312
Tue-Fri 9-4 Saturday: 10-2
Closed Sunday Monday and Public Holidays
email GlenRockGallery@sasiart.com.au
Glen Rock Gallery in December
Glen Rock Stitchers Christmas Fair
Exhibition | Sales
open Friday 5 December to Wednesday 31 December 2025
Glen Rock Gallery in January
Sketched - Our Visual Connections
Artists of Crows Nest
Exhibition | Sales
open Friday 1 January to Wednesday 4 February 2026
This exhibition displays the journals and final art works that were brought into being over the course of 6 months during 2025 by nembers of Artisits of Crows Nest. Each artist committed to completing a simple art task in an A5 journal for a 20 week period. Their final task would be to create a piece of art that best displayed their main influences and impressions left by the challenge tasks.
The concept of the 20 week challenge was born as a wake up activity following the restrictions of Covid and was first exhibited in the Glen Rock Gallery in 2022.
Since then, increasing member numbers and continuing requests for a new challenge has warranted the next group of artists facing the 20 week challenge. Their works will be displayed in January 2026.
Beneath & Beyond - Zena Sorrenson
Twenty patterned layers symbolise each week's diverse explorations, by root tendrils representing how growth draws from continuous explorative learning. Seedlings push toward the light, reflecting perseverance and the triumph of curiosity and effort. The piece makes visible the invisible: hidden layers of process, experimentation, and persistence underlying all creative growth.
Glen Rock Gallery in February
15 Week Challenge
Artists of Crows Nest
Exhibition | Sales
open Friday 6 February to Wednesday 4 March 2026
Not to be outdone by the newcomers, the original 20 week challengers requested something new to keep them learning and continuing to connect on many levels as artists. Pam Shipman and Julie Sweeney again set about creating the challenge tasks using the same format of A5 journals. Each of the 15 tasks would be a step up from the initial 20 weeks and were designed to further stretch courage whilst also strengthening imagination and artistic skills. The FUN element was never too far away with the inclusion of some simple verse describing the task written by Pam.
The resulting journals and art works from this new challenge can be viewed in February.