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Students open new gallery

19 March 2008

The O gallery slowly transforms from an old neglected Victoria era room into a white walled gallery space in Steven Rendall and Bryan Spier's exhibition The Red Lion.

Four Monash Fine Arts students have opened up a new artist space in trendy Johnston Street, Fitzroy.

The final resting stop on the 'gallery crawl', the O Projects Gallery is a space where art lovers can view, read about and discuss visual art.

Besides exhibitions (the gallery's first exhibition The Red Lion features Monash staff member Steven Rendall), the gallery will hold a weekly art event on Tuesday evenings to give artists the opportunity to network and hear from local artists.

One-off events and Q & A sessions are also planned.

O Projects co-founder Kent Wilson said the gallery was a collaborative effort emerging from a mutual desire to do something unique in the Melbourne arts scene.

"We believe Melbourne has one of the best arts scenes in the world, but the approach to opening artist run galleries is becoming predictable," Mr Wilson said.

"We want to provide an exciting new space where visual and performative ideas can be viewed and developed.

"The O Projects Gallery will foster new and interesting art through a variety of projects including solo and group exhibitions, performative events and discussion nights."

For more information on the gallery visit the O Projects website.