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North Sydney Art Prize – Artist Talks this Saturday
This Saturday the 28th of May I’ll be part of a series of artist talks at the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in Waverton for the North Sydney Art Prize. We will start at 10:20am at the Genia McCaffery Cottage (the upstairs section of the site) with an introduction by Acting Team Leader of Arts…
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North Sydney Art Prize
I’m heading to Sydney tomorrow to attend the opening and awards ceremony of the North Sydney Art Prize (NSAP) on Saturday the 14th of May, as my 2021 work Juukan Tears is a finalist. From the NSAP Media: The North Sydney Art Prize is a major biennial arts event showcasing some of the best in…
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Juukan Tears Offcuts / Island Welcome both open tomorrow
If only it could be a double bill, then I could be at both too! Juukan Tears Offcuts opens at Bridget Kennedy Project Space at 53 Ridge St, North Sydney from 2-4pm tomorrow (30.4.22). There will be an artist talk (yup, more of this kind of thing), and chats, and drinks, and contrary to my…
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Garland x Ring Smackdown!
Added to my series of Instagram posts recently made for Garland Magazine was a post so big it also became an article! The Battle of the Rings (or Ring Smackdown as it’s otherwise known) is a competition run by Danaca Design jewellery studio in Seattle. This now annual competition was started in 2020 as a…
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Island Welcome in Perth/ North Sydney Art Prize
I’m pleased and proud to say that Juukan Tears has been named as a finalist in the North Sydney Art Prize. The opening and prize ceremony will be on the 14th of May at the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in North Sydney, and at the same time and in the same ‘hood I’ll be…
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Declaration of Sentiments at PLATINA!
WELCOME TO THE EXHIBITIONS DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS CURATED AND ORGANIZED BY CO+LAB AND FEMMES SOLES – THE WEIGHT OF JUSTICE21 GRAM WINDOW EXHIBITION OPENING SATURDAY 5th OF MARCH 12.00-16.00RUNS UNTIL 26th OF MARCH 2022PLATINA STOCKHOLM The exhibition Declaration of Sentiments is curated by Co + Lab from Turkey. It was first shown in Gent Belgium at Gallery Pont…
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Nothing Goes to Waste
Nothing Goes to WasteFebruary 5 – May 7, 2022This exhibition showcases a survey of artists who find exciting ways to reuse and repurpose materials, scraps, and castoffs through ingenuity. Highlighting works created from discarded materials like ceramic shards, cut paper, and marble remnants, the exhibition explores how salvaged material can inspire creativity and provoke curiosity about the…
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Invasion Day 2022
I’d like to recommend a podcast for this season from the great broadcaster Boe Spearim, a Gamilaraay & Kooma radio host and podcaster located in Meanjin. Monday to Thursday he hosts a radio show, Lets Talk, (hosted on Fridays by Karina Hogan) on 98.9 FM in Brisbane, the radio station owned and run by Brisbane…
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Garland Magazine
I had a piece published last month in Garland Magazine’s 25th issue Craft Currencies – Value is in our own hands. Editor Dr Kevin Murray saw the work and asked me to write about the series Juukan Tears Offcuts that I made last year, through the lens of high/low, rich/poor, gallery/gift shop craft. It is…
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Welcome 2022
In the hot sandwich press filled with bread, beans and leaking cheese at all sides (which is slowly gathering in puddles on the bench below) that was the last weeks of 2021, I missed adding my usual solsticefest post to the chimes of the season. So now I belatedly say thank you for reading, and…
