March statement/what we're really about

Art is often considered an expensive luxury that only a small, elite portion of our society can afford and/or understand.

The Hearth showcases contemporary art products by both local and international artists that cater to a wide range of tastes and are affordable to all wallets.

By opening up an inclusive, free-minded space for exploring, creating, sharing and thinking about an Art that can serve as a vital part of our society's well-being and be a source of dialogue around re-imagining and re-designing our world, we aim to be the metaphorical 'fire in the family hearth' and the creative hub of our village, Cintsa East.

detail from Jeff Rankin's 'Total sacrifice' on display at The Hearth

The Hearth is home to a fine art studio gallery and shop, drawing class, and film theatre where we use art to invite a way of being and seeing that encourages thought, kindness, and intelligent movement through the world, and to challenge the limited cultural constructs that can repress and confine change and growth in our lives.

The common misperception that art is perhaps a product of leisure, no more than an impractical whim acting from the wayward desires and undisciplined senses of the idle or the insane, for example, is deconstructed and transformed into the rather more useful idea that art can be a healthy outlet and portal for sharing a diversity of ideas and for mapping newer, improved philosophies to guide us into life and the future.

Prospective clients, visiting friends and students at work can enjoy a cup of coffee here; young people come and use our art library for inspiration and reference after school; our walls carry a fresh, accessible and uplifting selection of exciting images and ideas that everyone can enjoy and appreciate.  The Hearth also has a small succulent nursery and a garden area at the back which serves as an event venue.

We stock paintings, drawings, prints, calendars, fabrics, illustrations and ceramics.