black swans
saving an enigma
Support the saving of Black Swan Lake
The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight.- Wikipedia
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living the dream
an interview with Michael Daly
Recently I caught up with artist Michael Daly at Artlands Victoria (Regional Arts Australia biannual national conference) Whilst others were networking or processing the talks and demonstrations Michael could be found absorbed in drawing what he was listening to or seeing.
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KimDavis
Positively Fabulous Artist
Recently I met a very inspiring woman who has dedicated much of her life to women living with Aids. At #ArtlandsVictoria I asked her about her practice and what motivated her.
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a regional art reflection
#ArtlandsVictoria
What is the collective noun for a group of artists or artsworkers?
A posse, a palette, a bevy, a flourish?
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Creative Tonic
Artlands Victoria Day 2
#artlandsvictoria
It’s 6.28pm on a now balmy Spring night in Bendigo. I’m here for Artlands Victoria : five days of intense showcasing, problem solving, sharing and pondering Regional Arts in Australia.
The theme of the day was Creative Tonic- a dose of the arts to help deal with the worlds ills. (apt during Mental Health Week.)
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something bigger
Visual artist Sandrine Pelissier and art therapist Sophie Babeanu are calling on artists and doodlers from around the world for The Big Picture- photo Mike Wakefield
“The distinction between art and entertainment is that entertainment happens within what we already know. Whatever our response is – laughing, getting excited – underneath it all, entertainment says that the world is the way you think it is. Art, on the other hand, happens outside what we already know, so that inherent in the artistic experience is this amazing human capacity to expand our sense of the way the world is or might be. ”- Eric Booth
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studios
creative sanctuaries
That’s me in my first studio back in the early 90s. It was a triple lock up shed with a concrete floors and tin walls. To me and fellow artist Kate French it was heaven.
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creative flow
trying to find it
Its 3 am in the morning and thoughts of how to manage my working life and my creative life are jousting for position in a busy crowded brain. ( I say jousting not jostling deliberately). I consider myself fortunate. I have a working life that is in arts administration. I work with artists every day . I also work with structures that are far from creative constrained by budgets, rules and procedures.
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