Opening night is Friday, March 12 from 7pm to 9:30pm. Entry fee of $20 includes delicious refreshments. (Over 18-year-olds only, please) After Party at Club Bundee, Liverpool St. Live music from 9:30pm with The Urban Bill B's. Free entry. The exhibition continues throughout the Art of Living Festival, Saturday March 13 and Sunday March 14, from 9.30am to 5.30pm. Entry fee of $2, kids under 12 free accompanied by an adult.

Artwork by Bob Marchant

The picture-perfect villages of Bundeena and Maianbar provide homes and inspiration for well over 150 artists, photographers, sculptors and craftsfolk . With diverse backgrounds , fascinating life journeys and unique responses to their stunning natural environments, they enrich our cultural life.

Visitors to the popular Bundeena-Maianbar Art Trail , where some of those artists open their studios regularly to visitors, will be well aware of the high quality of the work on display. Those who have yet to "do the trail" can sample the locals' work by visiting the Art of Living Festival Art Exhibition.

In 2010 the exhibition celebrates its 15th year, and again almost 150 local artists have been invited to participate.

Artists exhibiting this year include Garry Shead (Archibald Prize and Dobell Drawing Prize Winner), Bob Marchant (two-time Sulman Prize Winner) and Jiawei Shen (Sulman Prize Winner, Mary McKillop Prizewinner), Robert Wilson’s treasured landscapes, as well as other vibrant artists. Glass artist Julie Mellae is creating “molten magic”, Lee Bethel explores “the grid”, Leanne Thompson eclectically paints, draws and prints, whilst lovers of ceramics hurry to purchase works by renowned potter Renate de Lambert.

FEATURE ARTIST: GARRY SHEAD

Garry is a much respected artist who has been living in and contributing to the artistic life of Bundeena for many years. He is also internationally recognized , with his painting, sketches, and prints highly sought after .Garry was awarded the Archibald Prize in 1993 for his portrait of artist Tom Thompson. In 1995, he turned his humorous and satirical eye to Australia's relationship with Queen Elizabeth II. In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Dobell Prize for Drawing for his diptych Colloquy with John Keats. He has held over fifty solo exhibition and included in more than seventy group shows. His work is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries and numerous private and corporate international collections.

FEATURE EMERGING ARTIST: IKE GLATZ

The Festival is delighted this year to highlight the work of Ike Glatz, whose fresh take on linkages between graphic design, linemaking and collage has delighted regular, new and younger audiences.

Not only can one find textile influences in Ike’s work, but also organically grown abstract lines, developed by movement, reactions and impulsive momentum, sometimes digitally cultivated and redeveloped in a very graphical style. Media used by Ike include pencils, markers, oil pastels, paper, fabric, her computer and her sewing machine. Ike moved to Bundeena with her family beginning of 2009 and enjoys the inspiring setting of this creative village.