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April 2009
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miohmi it's open! Matt Irwin’s new gallery in the epicentre of the Flinders Lane/Degraves St precinct, is now fully open with downstairs complete. The last few months, the public have been able to preview and purchase the open editions, however it is downstairs, aptly called Exhibition:Underground, where you will see another side to Matt Irwin with his sublime miLimitEds range If you are an artist looking for an affordable exhibition space in this über location, contact Matt or Ciska on 03 9596 8226 and we will be happy discuss your project. |
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bushfires
The Long March and Bush Aid Charity Ball Thank you to all our customers who helped our “Long March” - a Matt Irwin Photography initiative where, during March, we set aside 10% of sales at the miGallery in Flinders Lane to be donated to the Red Cross for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund. Buying joy for your wall helped donate some joy for our fellow Victorians whose lives have changed so dramatically. Thank you, thank you. In addition to this, Matt Irwin donated one of his key works which was auctioned at Bush Aid Charity Auction Fundraising Ball held at the Melbourne Town Hall on the 13th March 2009. The funds raised during this brilliant event went to the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation Bushfire Appeal 2009. Go to www.lmcf.org.au for details. |
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artMelb09 16th-19th of April
We will be there - will you? Note this one on your Matt Irwin calendar - this is a great event! Come rub shoulders with emerging artists and established art icons in the glorious Royal Exhibition Building. Visit Matt Irwin’s stand to see the launch of his latest round of miLimitEds - Limited Edition Collection no. 2. Matt is peeling back the layers to show you more of his previously unreleased gems, a pure insight into Matt’s creativity. To go into a draw to win free double passes to Art Melbourne, please email art@mattirwin.com with your name, address and favourite Matt Irwin image before 5pm 13th of April. Forward this newsletter to a friend and they could enter too! >>Click here to subscribe |
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EddeTorre One of the “small things” that Matt Irwin Photography is doing to embrace the paradigm of sustainability and manageability is to ensure we don’t go off-shore to create our products. We strongly believe that our ‘Made in Melbourne by Melbournians’ initiative is more than a marketing catch cry or a cute philosophy, it is immensely valuable - to society, to the community, to the environment and to our economy. It taps into the strong human instinct of looking after your kin, your neighbour, your tribe and local resources. We’ll keep producing Matt Irwin artworks in-house despite the cheaper Chinese alternatives. We’ll keep printing our cards and calendars down the road, supporting a local Melbourne printing business. We’ll ensure that the transport miles are minimised to keep our environmental impact as low as possible. And if you dear people, believe in the ethic of ‘Made in Melbourne by Melburnians’ then you’ll know that buying our products will help us keep Melburnians employed and active participants in our local economy. Economic downturns don’t solve themselves by inaction. Act consciously, everything you buy has a far reaching effect. Read the labels, what you buy is also a moral decision. Support your local business above all - you’ll be doing all of us a favour - including yourself. And remember this when our Government hands out the latest stimulus package. The spirit of this hand-out is to stimulate OUR ECONOMY so think before you buy. Buying imports means our economy misses out and you miss out. Make our economy (and environment) your priority in your buying decisions. Ed. |
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| mattchatt Welcome to our new look miNewletters!
Upstairs is retail, colour, action. Stay for a minute and grab a card, calendar, print - framed, small or large. Linger longer for a luscious canvas - we can do it - YES WE CAN! Downstairs, our new ‘exhibition:underground’ - for the collector. miLimitEds - limited editions for those wanting to invest with Collection One editions ranging from 25 - 200 and Collection Two is coming up at Art Melbourne (16-19th of April - soon!). Collection Two will feature a releases of only 10 - these will be very rare and highly collectable. A very special opportunity. miGallery also features our photographic studio for just about anything - portraits, publicity, fashion or a shot of you, just ask - y'know our answer: YES WE CAN! Within reason, fair use policy applies...; ) Our 'Shoots in the City' photographic courses are close to starting, so drop us a line or pop into miGallery. We will be taking bookings soon. So the skies are blue and the world is still spinning, great art and passion continue globally, we love Melbourne. Join us in our new space - say hello, do it - feel it, Life is beautiful matt Take Care - Cheers
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2009 is the year we say "YES WE CAN" and I agree with Bob (the Builder) and Barack (the President), we CAN fix it, build it, make it better - yes we can. So in the spirit of Bob and Barack, miGallery at no. 4, 239 Flinders Lane (aka Scott Alley) grows into an amazing space. Interested artists, excited public, curious onlookers, from tram drivers to politicians visit and say "hi" - and we love to say "hi" back! Come see me during ‘chatt with matt’ (1st Sat every month 12-2pm).
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