Iridescent Art – Ivan Isbister

Ivan Isbister is a time bandit.
Through his art, Ivan attempts to steal and capture a moment frozen in time, a moment going back to when he was seven years old, a moment between life and death.
It all began when his uncles decided to take him fishing in the North Sea.
“The highlight of my holidays to [...]

Art Melbourne’s Off The Wall artists

ART MELBOURNE ’09 16-19 APRIL 2009
Art Melbourne 09 recently announced the 16 fledgling artists who will exhibit as part of the emerging artist showcase – Off The Wall. Following a national call-out to all unrepresented artists, a panel of art industry experts judged over 200 entries to select these stand-out submissions.
Off The Wall is a [...]

Fleur Porter takes out inaugural Australian Stencil Art Prize

Surry Hills stencil artist Fleur Porter, aka Miss Link, has taken out the inaugural Australian Stencil Art Prize.
Oh Really Gallery manager, Dan O’Toole described Miss Link as “the next big thing” in stencilling.
With the financial support from Marrickville Council and organised by Jacinta Walpole, the prize recognises the growth of Australia’s exciting street-art scene.
Marrickville Mayor [...]

The ground, the air – Anne Ferran exhibition at Wollongong City Gallery

The ground, the air is an exhibition by Anne Ferran of photography that uses sites and archives, archaeology and histories, to explore how the past haunts the present.
On display at Wollongong City Gallery from 21 March, this exhibition features 30 large-scale digital prints on aluminium which use historical Tasmanian sites to ask audiences to consider [...]

2009 Archibald Prize winner Guy Maestri

With his extraordinary voice and hauntingly beautiful album, Gurrumul, Indigenous singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has become something of a cultural phenomenon over the last year. Born blind, the gifted musician leads a traditional lifestyle on Elcho Island in Arnhem Land and sings in his native Yolngu language, but his fame is spreading the world. He [...]

One Just World comes to Sydney

Does aid work? How do we know? You’re invited to come and explore these and many other important and controversial questions when One Just World comes to Sydney on 17 March.
One Just World is a national series of public forums on world poverty and development issues facing Australia, the Asia-Pacific and beyond.

Date: Tuesday 17 March
Time: [...]

STORIES OF EXPERIENCE: learning from the environmental experiences of older Australians

This is a book of 24 short stories celebrating the practices, innovations and wisdom of older people…stories about surviving hardship and self-sufficiency.
Mend and make do, thrift and sharing were a major part of life well before recycling, environmentalism and plasma television sets. Up-to-date environmental information with each story suggests a change or action all [...]