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2020: Strangest year ever
First Australia was hit by an unprecedented bushfire season, and then the Covid-19 pandemic hit. The year and its plans, not to mention the world, has been turned upside down, and we are trying to live as close to normal as possible, planning cautiously and continuing to make our art to keep us feeling safe.
I hope you and your friends and families are safe and staying well. I hope that, if you need them, the government subsidies have reached you. I hope that social media is working good for a change to help you stay connected and that with the easing of restrictions life is feeling a little more normal.
In the lockdown I got to know the tree in my front yard particularly well, as well as certain walking routes close to my home down where the Merri Creek meets the Yarra River, just north of Melbourne's CBD. The tree in my yard is a flowering Eucalyptus that has pale golden gumnut blossom. It is much beloved by European bees, and all through the summer and much of the autumn if you stood very quietly underneath it you could hear the constant low hum of the bees, busy in its branches. Alongside the hum were the squawks and calls of the birds that also came to drink the blossoms' nectar - Rainbow Lorikeets, Musk Lorikeets, Little and Red wattlebirds. The tree is always full of life.
I hope you and your friends and families are safe and staying well. I hope that, if you need them, the government subsidies have reached you. I hope that social media is working good for a change to help you stay connected and that with the easing of restrictions life is feeling a little more normal.
In the lockdown I got to know the tree in my front yard particularly well, as well as certain walking routes close to my home down where the Merri Creek meets the Yarra River, just north of Melbourne's CBD. The tree in my yard is a flowering Eucalyptus that has pale golden gumnut blossom. It is much beloved by European bees, and all through the summer and much of the autumn if you stood very quietly underneath it you could hear the constant low hum of the bees, busy in its branches. Alongside the hum were the squawks and calls of the birds that also came to drink the blossoms' nectar - Rainbow Lorikeets, Musk Lorikeets, Little and Red wattlebirds. The tree is always full of life.
Upcoming Exhibitions
At the moment my main work is my ongoing project The Overwintering Project. The aim of the project is to connect artists and communities with there local migratory shorebirds and migratory shorebird habitat. The main part of the project that I administer is the Overwintering Project Print Portfolio and it is an open call for artists in Australia and New Zealand to make a print in response to their local migratory shorebirds and habitat and send two to me - one to exhibition in ongoing Overwintering Project exhibitions and one to sell to raise funds for BirdLife Australia's migratory shorebird research and conservation programs. So far I have about 250 prints in the Portfolio and we have raise $23,000 for shorebird research!!! Click the link above for details or you can email me at overwinteringproject@gmail.com.
The Overwintering Project: Mapping Sanctuary
MOONAH ARTS CENTRE
Opening 6pm Friday 26 October, 2018.
Exhibition runs Fri 18 Oct – Sat 10 Nov
Open Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm, Saturday 11am – 3pm
27 Albert Road, Moonah TAS 7009
Moonah Arts Centre will host the first Overwintering Project Exhibition to feature all the prints of the Overwintering Print Portfolio. The exhibition is being held in conjunction with the 2018 Australasian Shorebird Conference, and the exhibition opening on October 26, 2018, will also be host to the Conference's Official Opening. All are welcome to the opening!!
As well as featuring prints from artists all around Australia and New Zealand, this exhibition will include a number of works in a variety of media by invited artists including Martin King, Cathryn Vasseleu, Sophie Carnell and Fernando do Campo.
I will also be doing an artist's talk on Saturday November 10th, the last day of the exhibition, so do please feel free to come along and have a chat, especially if you can't make it to the opening.
Overwintering
WYNDHAM ART GALLERY
Opening 6pm Wednesday 7 November, 2018.
Exhibition runs Thursday 8 Nov 2018 – Monday 31 Dec 2018
Wyndham Cultural Centre
177 Watton Street, Werribee
Wyndham Art Gallery will host the first Victorian exhibition of the Overwintering Project featuring all the prints of the Overwintering Print Portfolio. All are welcome to the opening which will feature the talents of Melbourne storyteller Jackie Kerin!
Wyndham Art Gallery is a five-minute drive from Werribee Treatment Plant, a Ramsar site and one of the most important migratory shorebird sites in Australia. During the course of the exhibition there will be some birdwatching tours to the Treatment Plant on November 24, 25 and 28, a workshop on December 2, and an Artist in Conversation session on December 5. Check the Wyndham Art Gallery website for details.
MOONAH ARTS CENTRE
Opening 6pm Friday 26 October, 2018.
Exhibition runs Fri 18 Oct – Sat 10 Nov
Open Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm, Saturday 11am – 3pm
27 Albert Road, Moonah TAS 7009
Moonah Arts Centre will host the first Overwintering Project Exhibition to feature all the prints of the Overwintering Print Portfolio. The exhibition is being held in conjunction with the 2018 Australasian Shorebird Conference, and the exhibition opening on October 26, 2018, will also be host to the Conference's Official Opening. All are welcome to the opening!!
As well as featuring prints from artists all around Australia and New Zealand, this exhibition will include a number of works in a variety of media by invited artists including Martin King, Cathryn Vasseleu, Sophie Carnell and Fernando do Campo.
I will also be doing an artist's talk on Saturday November 10th, the last day of the exhibition, so do please feel free to come along and have a chat, especially if you can't make it to the opening.
Overwintering
WYNDHAM ART GALLERY
Opening 6pm Wednesday 7 November, 2018.
Exhibition runs Thursday 8 Nov 2018 – Monday 31 Dec 2018
Wyndham Cultural Centre
177 Watton Street, Werribee
Wyndham Art Gallery will host the first Victorian exhibition of the Overwintering Project featuring all the prints of the Overwintering Print Portfolio. All are welcome to the opening which will feature the talents of Melbourne storyteller Jackie Kerin!
Wyndham Art Gallery is a five-minute drive from Werribee Treatment Plant, a Ramsar site and one of the most important migratory shorebird sites in Australia. During the course of the exhibition there will be some birdwatching tours to the Treatment Plant on November 24, 25 and 28, a workshop on December 2, and an Artist in Conversation session on December 5. Check the Wyndham Art Gallery website for details.
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Impressions 2018
AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP Opening 6 – 8pm Friday November 16 Exhibition runs 17 November 2018 – 16 February 2019 210 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy I'm excited to be one of the artists in this amazing bi-annual exhibition/fundraiser for the Australian Print Workshop. With over 180 Artists participating in IMPRESSIONS this year - it’s going to be a fabulous exhibition - and a massive event! It is a great opportunity to see one of the best arrays of printmaking you are likely to see, plus the perfect place to make your Christmas purchases!!
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The Overwintering ProjectIn June 2017 I launched the Overwintering Project: Mapping Sanctuary. This long-term environmental art project is designed to bring visibility to Australia’s most endangered group of birds, our migratory shorebirds, and their habitat. In response to the project, artists from all around Australia and New Zealand are joining forces to shed light on these amazing but elusive birds that breed above the Arctic Circle in Siberia and Alaska, but spend their summers on the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
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Read about upcoming exhibitions here. To join the project, find out more about it, or to sign up to the project newsletter go to the project website or Facebook page or email me at overwinteringproject@gmail.com. This is a project designed for all! The full project description can be read here.