Video Bombing

It is ages...too long...since I went video bombing.  Petrina McDonald and I were invited to show a projection on a wall at the rear of  the Alowishus Coffee shop.  Writers from Brisbane had made the journey to Bundaberg to conduct a workshop.

Brad was unable to take part as he is currently on his honeymoon.

We were able to project some good images;  The Broken Woman series
Part1,  Fledglings and a few experimental pieces to finish the session.

Attached are a couple of pics of my videos for you. Instagram by Petrina McDonald - Queen of Instagrams, above.

Image by Pamela Fisher  below.  

At the very bottom is a little statement of mine for those people who have sought to end this harmless practice of bringing art to the people of Bundaberg.

You won't stop us! Art rules!

Talk art soon!  cx

Sneak preview

The 'people are people'  and 'Suburban Insomniac' exhibitions  are set up and ready for  a grand opening this Friday  5-8pm, at the Dirty Linen Art Space.


I love to see the gallery full  of new and interesting work.  Artists give so much of  themselves....It is good to get together to have a party for them.  To show support and encouragement.

I am posting a sneak preview of some of the works.   There's much more to see...and the fabulous Tabletop Lamps will be playing.

Painting and drawings by Adam Anderson, instagrams by Petrina McDonald, photographs by Brad Marsellos. Don't miss out on seeing this one night only show!

c x

BRAG Networking

A networking meeting was held at BRAG this evening. Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery (BRAG)'s  Trudie Liego ...on behalf of the gallery, reached out to local artists to  discuss matters of concern .

This was an important initiative by the Gallery and could augur in a new era in the arts for Bundaberg....if that is what the artists want.  So much depends on the artists now.   Ultimately we will reap what we sow!

Sadly, the 'Fledglings' exhibition was taken down today.  It has been a whirlwind few days culminating in a truly exciting event. I hope the Yr10 art students will treasure this experience.  I know that art teachers,  Petrina McDonald and Megan McFarlane most certainly will.

Fledglings opening

Oh my! ...I can't begin to tell you what a lovely night I have had.  The 'Fledglings' exhibition was a tremendous hit...all thanks to the Dynamic Duo of Bundaberg North State High School art teachers Petrina Mc Donald and Megan McFarlane.

We estimated about 120 - 150 people attended the exhibition. 

The exhibition was followed up with a pizza party which took us well into the night.  We sampled the entire range of Sauvignon Blanc!  Not bad!!

There was an interesting conversation about the upcoming  networking meeting  with BRAG. Precursor of things to come!

Good pizza....good wine.. great company...great art!!!

Thank you Bundaberg North State High School Yr10 art students, you did a brilliant job!

Thanks for coming Kerry.!!

Till soon,
c x

PS    The image above is of the group artwork created by ths students for the exhibition.  Great work!!

'Fledglings' 2

The 'fledglings' exhibition has been hung and it looks fabulous! Our 'lighting designer', Brad Marsellos has been on the job and the results are gorgeous.

There is an incredible amount of work on show.  The body of artworks produced is a credit to the dedicated and inspiring art teachers, Petrina McDonald and Megan McFarlane.

The opening will be  at 5pm this Friday.There should be a huge turnout for this one day event.
There will be a  soup kitchen providing soup prepared by Bundaberg North State High School catering students....Great idea in this cold weather.
Buskers will entertain into the evening. Entry is free!  Hope to see you there!  Till soon...c x

                                          
                                         A small part of the 'fledglings' exhibition.

Jiao

A large group of well-wishers joined Brad Marsellos last night to celebrate his birthday.  A 'welcome home' to Clinton Cross was also on the agenda as he had been away on an extended holiday, taking in Egypt, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

We dined out at the Blue Garden, a small chinese restaurant in the central business district of Bundaberg.

I was delighted to meet Jiao there.  She was one of my subjects in the 'Portrait of a Stranger' photographic  project that Brad had been running for ABC Open Wide Bay.
Jiao has been working partime as a waitress at the Blue Garden. She has been really improving her English since I saw her last. Apparently she has been attending a Tafe course of some kind.

Jiao Lee arrived in Australia in February 2011. She had come from Chang Chun, a densely populated city in North Eastern China.

Jiao came to Bundaberg to marry her Australian fiance. She has been helping him on his stall where he sells exotic fish at the Shalom markets.

She is an absolute delight. and has the most captivating smile.  I think I will have to do some more portraits of her.

Brad and Clinton's dinner was a huge success.  I was able to catch up with Petrina re progress with the art students up and coming stencil exhibition.  Apparently there is great excitement over North about this show, and all is going well there. 

The students are very lucky to have such a dedicated and enthusiastic art teacher as Petrina McDonald.  She's also lots of fun!

I am looking forward to meeting the year 10's other art teacher, Megan McFarlane in the near future.


Till soon!   c x

Stencil Art

Dirty Linen Artspace is going  to be the venue for a most interesting art event.  The Year 10 art students from North Bundaberg High School are going to have the first  'Hit and Run' art exhibition to be held in 'The Laundry' event room... the larger of the two spaces available for hire at Dirty Linen.

Brad Marsellos came up with this idea of exhibiting for a couple of days only, and plans to do this for his photographic exhibition in early July.

The students exhibition will only be showing for a maximum of  one or two days....so you will have to be sure not to miss out on seeing it!  North art teacher, Petrina McDonald and I have discussed June 15th, so mark that on your calendar.

Petrina  posted an instagram on fb a week or two ago. It showed a number of pieces of stencil art that her students had been producing.  I was really taken with them.  I couldn't stop thinking about these small self-portraits, some done on scraps of paper or pages torn from notebooks.

The stencilling process denies detail, but  achieves an expressive quality that in some cases is quite haunting.

There are sure to be some surprises on the night.

Talk art soon!  c x

Ring Christine Turner to book your 'Hit and Run' event.  Ph 0402403270 or email: christineturnerau@yahoo.com.au