How’s this for a mouthful: “Tour de Force is a project developed by artisan and Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, curated by Megan Bottari and toured by Museums and Gallery Services Queensland. The exhibition tour is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian […]
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Yield – Cinnamon Lee & Christine Cholewa
Covert Jewels by Sydney’s Cinnamon Lee and Machine In the Garden by South Australian artist Christine Cholewa are two exhibitions currently showing at CraftACT Craft and Design Centre. I was commissioned to write the catalogue essay for the shows, and CraftACT are always a pleasure to work with! Check out the shows before they finish […]
Simon Maberley – The View From Here
All art is experimental. For the painter at an easel, for a potter at the wheel; in the bold leap from idea to physical form there is an element of chance, the constant hope of giving shape to a burning concept and the ever-present possibility that the vision may not be realised. Over the last […]
Feathered Familiar: Emily Valentine at Craft ACT
Emily Valentine’s Flying Flings is first exhibition at Craft ACT Craft & Design Centre for 2010 and truly out of the ordinary. The lovely folk at Craft invited me to write the essay for the show – have a look below to see if it perks your interest. If so, get along and see it for […]
Eden Waugh & How To Know You Want a Work of Art
After a day of rigorous installation for Borderlife (see previous self-promotional post) I hardly felt like attending a Tuesday night exhibition opening. (Well actually a closing, but all the same really.) But I dragged my sorry self over to Craft ACT Craft and Design Centre for drinks to celebrate the exhibition Epidemic – containing the […]
Yolande Norris 