Getting Out of Your Own Way-Workshop Review

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    By Celeste Hawkins   You have to tell the truth as a writer. You have to be accepting of who you are and where you are. These two statements came away with me from a workshop run by Melbourne based, British born author Jon Bauer, at The Wheeler Centre. It was highly engaging, insightful and not one of your …

Melissa Deerson-Testing new ground this weekend

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  As part of her Garden City art residency at Testing Grounds, Melissa Deerson is holding a Garden Encouragement event on Saturday April 12. Testing Grounds is a plot of land in the middle of the city that has been abandoned for a long time and is only just beginning to get some love. Come down, channel your inner druid/biodynamician/corn god convert and create and …

Julie Shiels- Book Launch and Exhibition

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  You may recall the work of Julie Shiels here. A public artist and lecturer, Shiels has been prominent in her ongoing role of documenting abandoned inner city suburban objects. She has preserved moments in time without any alterations, expect for the addition of text. Julie Shiels works primarily in sculpture and photography and combines text, hard rubbish and discards …

Catch up-Mulga

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  I feel privileged to not only be able to have an insight into how all kinds of artists create, but spy a little on their progress as well. I guess that’s the delightful thing about the digital landscape. One can deliver these little ‘journaled journeys’ in a instant. So for this re-cap, I’m bit further afield …from Sydney. Regular …

Up and Coming…

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  Josh Robbins, One to three Trogons 2014,oil,charcoal and floor stain on linen,130 x90cm Flinders Lane Gallery 137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC 3000   Esther Olsson, Caged, Hand Drawn illustration The Drawings of Esther Olsson 27th March-6th April An intricate series of drawings in response to personal environment Ink+graphite+collage Opening- Thursday 27th of March 6-9pm   Based in the heart …