I’m just having a catch up on things this week. I’ve been searching the web, making art and thinking,thinking,thinking about where I would like to take this site in the future. In the next few months, I plan on doing a few renovations to the site, especailly in regards to the layout. Keep sending me emails and feel free to …
Cirque Africa in Melbourne!
By Celeste Hawkins Last week I had the good fortune to attend the opening night of Cirque Africa at the Burnley Oval, in Melbourne. Having not seen any other contemporary circus style performance for a while, I did expect to see a lot more trapeze style work. In fact the opposite was the case. There were of course a fabulous …
David Pledger and Alex Kelly: Art gets Hot!
By Celeste Hawkins One of the topics that is hot right now and will continue to be is art and social change. This weekends forum “2970 º The Boiling Point” on the Gold Coast, which will see a combination of local and international innovative creatives come together,promises to be an event for futurists,artists, activists,cultural workers, academics and those interested in social change. And with …
NEWS: NATIONAL ARTS GATHERING CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO NPEA
‘Free the Arts’ is calling on the Federal Government to put an immediate halt to plans to strip the Australia Council of $105 million over 4 years to establish the new National Programme for Excellence in the Arts (NPEA). Free the Arts is a national whole of industry alliance of arts and cultural sector organisations and independent artists. The 65 …
The Cats Meow-Campbell Arcade Melbourne
By Celeste Hawkins In one of my favourite underground haunts in the heart of Melbourne exists a great little shop called: ‘The Cats Meow’. Opening as a partnership in 2002, it has been providing customers with Australian made clothing and accessories ever since. Kylie Golsby-Smith who started the Kylie Jane label in 1999, took over as sole owner and operator …