2011 Darebin Art Show

On Sunday my work for the 2011 Darebin Art Show was delivered.
The show opens on Thursday 14th July and is  on display until 17th September.

The location is the grand  Bundoora Homestead at 7 - 27 Snake Gully Drive, Bundoora.

Artists were asked " to interpret the values, Aspirations, diversity and vibrancy of the local community through the theme; Darebin: people, places, perceptions"

I chose to use the history of the Bundoora Homestead as the basis for my work, incorporating its history as an asylum for war wounded.

It is a digital collage, and is 20x15 inches - framed it is  a little larger.

Bundoora Homestead - NMIT Visual Arts "common place" exhibition

Earlier this year students from NMIT Visual Arts went to Bundoora Homestead for an excursion. The homestead has a rich history, and students were encouraged to use the excursion as a stimulus for creative responses.

The works that were created are on show at the homestead in the Access Gallery at the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre  from June 2 to June 19th. The exhibition is called common place.

It is open from 11- 4 Wed to Sat, and 12-5 on Sundays.

Students created drawings, paintings, lino prints, collages and photographs.

I submitted these  photographs of the staircase - trying to capture the ghostly feeling in the homestead. The memory of thousands of people who have climbed these stairs is hazy - and many of these people would have been lost in their own dreams.

The photos were framed by the NMIT Visual Arts Department in large frames with generous white mounts. I was thrilled to see them looking so well presented.

Many thanks to Kirsten Perry the teacher who had the idea and organised the show, and the people who helped her mount the exhibition,

The City of Darebin has acquired these images - so they will be on display around City of Darebin properties in he future. This was a lovely compliment.