LIGHT & LIFE: MARGARET OLLEY, LAURA JONES, INDIA MARK AND MIRRA WHALE

Light & Life brings together superb still life paintings by Margaret Olley, alongside new work by three contemporary Australian painters – Laura Jones, India Mark and Mirra Whale. From Wednesday 3rd January 2024 to Sunday 28th April 2024.

Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre presents Margaret Olley 1923 ‑ 2011. (Michaelmas) daisies (Also known as ‘Shasta daisies’) (detail) 1962Oil on composition board, 74.5 x 100.0 cmCollection of The University of Queensland. Bequest of Galina Potarochin, 2011.© Margaret Olley Art Trust Wed 3rd January 2024 – Sun 28th April 2024, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tweed Regional Gallery &…

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From the opening of ‘A Canopy of Leaves’ at @nec.printgallery last week. Exhibition continues in Armidale, NSW until 1 April. #art #armidale #newengland #printmaking #artonthewall #countrynsw #regionalart (at New England Contemporary Print Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoV51cehwmf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Josephine Jakobi takes a mixed media approach to her work, crossing between scientific observation and art. Elements and traces of the landscape appear in her work, creating synchronicity between material and the environment. Jakobi’s artwork is deeply concerned with the cycles and poetry of the natural environment. @josephinejakobi @latroberegionalgallery #regionalart #textileart #contemporarytextileart #fibreart #textiles #stitch (at Latrobe Regional Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn0w94Avw7k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I'm hardly ready but that's the end of @smallhallsaus Spring Tour 2022! Two shows in Goombungee and Texas then a rainy drive up onto the plateau for @dorrigofolkbluegrassfest which was truly the perfect place to find myself after it all, uplifted by beautiful music ❣️ Thank you to Bridget and everyone at Dorrigo for having us. I'm carrying with me the mud of that special festival and many more unseen layers after a long tour. Everything a little more worn, just as it should be. Thank you to @catherinemusic for being a wonderful touring companion 🙌🏽 to Monique our tour manager and Kevin our production manager for all their hard work and good company. Finally thank you to Small Halls for the opportunity, it is an honour and a privilege. Is now a good time to tell you the band and I are playing @woodfordfolkfestival!? 🌳💚 See you there! There’s a few more words and images from the final week in the journal on my website karlswilliams.com/journal #smallhallsaus #smallhallsspring #catherinemaclellan #karlswilliams #qldarts #regionalarts #tour #australia #WoodfordFolkFestival22 #WFF2022 #Woodfordia #ImaginingABeautifulFuture2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkIXad6pwSF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tracy, from Cumbersome Multiples, was my collaborator and the designer of the Tree Dreams Field Guide to Interconnection. She also does powerful work in the prisons in Oregon. Here are some of the latest tags from writers in Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, and an update from Tracy. 💚🌲

"On the return from @bridgeworksoregon visit to Lakeview's prison, I tied some @treedreams tags written by our writers at Coffee Creek who are participating in the @regionalarts sponsored writing program Hecate's Lantern. The wonderful @heykristinkaye sent us her novel Tree Dreams to read, which spurred this writing exercise. The trees in this part of the Dechutes Forest wear the licks of fire on their trunks, some will not survive and will sink back onto the forest floor, and some already support the bright new life of moss. What a place to release these voices!!"

“Graffiti Artist in NE Portland” #friedart #paperart #papercut #papercutting #papercuttingdesign @regionalarts @guildofamericanpapercutters @albertastreetgallery https://www.instagram.com/p/ClLKDVdOhbM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Come celebrate the release of my new book about top surgery!

Written, designed, and illustrated by yours truly with contributions from a handful of trans folks across Portland, the illustrated pages of I’m Having Top Surgery interrupt the sterile, dehumanizing realm of the operating room to offer a meditation on the political dimensions of medical gatekeeping and trans liberation.💥🌿 Part-essay, part-handbook, and full-on love poem to my community, this project draws upon my experiences alongside the knowledge of trans scholars, healthcare experts, and friends. 🌻 Filled with practical insights like the difference between periareolar and keyhole procedures, how to get a therapist’s letter of approval, and what to expect from recovery, the work also delves into the personal, guiding conversations for talking about top surgery with loved ones.

Join us this June to get your copy and learn more about the book! 🌞Saturday, June 25th 5-8pm with a reading and Q+A session at 6pm. 🌿 Hosted by Open Hand Health, 2410 SE 10th Ave. Portland, OR. 🌸 Free books for trans people! Masks required, ASL interpretation, ADA accessible. ✨For COVID safety reasons, LIMITED SEATING FOR Q&A, MAX CAPACITY IS 25, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED OR EMAIL [email protected] TO RESERVE A SPOT ✨ For more info about the event, visit openhandhealth.com/events 🌷 There’s lots and lots more gratitude to come, but a special thanks to @openhandhealth for their care and attention to help make this event a reality, @regionalarts for their funding and belief in this project, @iprc_pdx for helping me learn all the new skills I need to help bring this book to print, and for the five amazing contributors who’ve offered their stories to this book, too 🧡 And of course, big love to all the friends and family who’ve been rooting for me and carrying me to get to this point 💗 Stay tuned for more details soon! 😘 And if you ordered a book back when I announced it as a zine in 2019, look out for an email soon, too. 💌  Click here to subscribe to my new newsletter!

Hanging with my babies ‘Subako l & ll’ at @sydneycollagesociety ‘Contemporary Collage’ group show at @neramuseum on the weekend ✌🏼😎

Regional Arts ...

THE MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE!!!

Acquisitive ceramic art prize of $10,000.00

Date: March 9 - May 5.

Location: Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre.

Featuring Artists: Kellie O’Dempsey, Barry Jackson, Ebony Russell, Sassy Park, Natalie Duncan, Merran Esson, Johanna De Maine, Mollie Bosworth, Alexandra Standen, Tracy Dickason, Geoff Thomas, Ros Auld, Simon Reece, Caroline Kerr, Anne Mossman, & Jeff Mincham.

@kellieodempsey #artprize #art @barryjacksonartist #ceramics @ebonyrussell.art @sassypark @merran_esson @johannademaine @molliebosworth #australianart @alexandrastanden #matt #mat @tracy_dickason #regionalarts @geoffthomasthekilnshed #clay @simonreececeramics #prize @carolinekerr_formae #regional @annemossman #regionalart #muswellbrookartprize #yes #themuswellbrookartprize #matte #muswellbrookartprize2019

One of our favourite works from AMBER HEARN’s solo show, Everywhere and Nowhere. KANGAROO ISLAND (2022) by AMBER HEARN • Acrylic on canvas • 152cm H x 137cm W • Framed in raw Tasmanian oak Utilising memories and drawing upon her childhood growing up in Papua New Guinea and regional New South Wales, Amber explores memories and how we experience the landscape, through bold brush markings and vibrant colour. “We rode the waves to Kangaroo Island. We walked her surface in a day, ate ripe papaya and took turns being dragged through the Blue on an old tyre tube,” says Amber. Available to view till 2 April or online via link in profile curatorialandco.com #art #exhibition #artexhibition #sydneyartscene #sydneyartgallery #australianartist #contemporaryart #bluemountainsartist #regionalart #landscape #australianlandscapepainting #amberhearn #curatorialandco https://www.instagram.com/p/CbeDothhMXi/?utm_medium=tumblr

"There's lots of fish there!"

"Will there be salmon? Lots of salmon?"

There are many activities to do this weekend with your loved ones! One of them is the @affordableartfairsg!

There’s art activities for both kids and adults, a wide selection of art pieces and sculptures to select from. (do go to @affordableartfairsg IG to find out more info!)

Thank you, AAF, for inviting me to the Art Preview! 😍 And Happy 10th Anniversary! 🎉

Here’s some of my favorite pieces from the exhibition.

*this is not a sponsored post. Just want to share this event as it is something good. 😉👍

#TGIF people!!!! #ArtHappy #AAF #seoulart #asiaart #apacart #apac #asiapac #regionalart #asiaartist #seoul #taiwan #hongkong #thailand #globalart #art #inspiration #sgart #paint #sculptures #silkscreen #artdecoring #artshow #singapore (at F1 Pit Building) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JrODDnjyW-UNnsmYQOYNl_S2LY9hcpACk4a40/?igshid=1kl5ldro62cuz

Thank you to everyone who came along to our bookbinding workshop at @juliastreetcreativespace. And especially to @bronwynmibus for your amazing hospitality as always 🥰🥰🥰 Posted @withregram • @portlandbaypress Thank you to @hyunjukim82 and @damonkowarsky for the amazing bookbinding workshop at @juliastreetcreativespaceinc And thank you to everyone who came along and made it such a great day! #bookbinding #artworkshop #portland #portlandbaypress #juliastreetcreativespace #southwestvictoria #regionalarts (at Julia Street Creative Space Inc) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chgv8khLhvl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

We made it through week three of the @smallhallsaus Spring Tour! Only a couple more shows and then @dorrigofolkbluegrassfest to finish ❣️ At this point the rhythm of checking in and out of accommodation, setting up, packing down becomes a steady backdrop that begins to blur different days and places together. I think my highlight this week was the town of Ravenswood. It was truly surreal and I hope I captured some of that. See more on my website: karlswilliams.com/journal . . . @catherinemusic #smallhallsaus #smallhallsspring #catherinemaclellan #karlswilliams #qldarts #regionalarts #tour #australia https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj4l7f4JPas/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

My friend Tracy’s May Day gift in 2012 inspired a dream collaboration that exploded into people writing their Tree Dreams around the globe. And Tree Dreams still keeps spreading—now to the writers of the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. 🌲🤩 Always in awe of what can be accomplished with persistence + patience + interconnection… 

・・・ layered story here from @bridgeworksoregon: starting with a labor of love with my dear friend @heykristinkaye and her beautiful novel #treedreams. We made a project together with tagging kits for people to write offerings to trees--those wishes faded in sun and rain and eventually degraded in the shadow of the trees--@treedreamstags holds the history. Years later, a stack of books arrived from Kristin as a gift for our writing project at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. At last, we are able to join our writers in person for this @regionalarts funded project (persistence and patience have been key as we've waited three years to officially meet!)   

#jazzsinger #detail #papercut #papercutting #illustration #editorial #jazzart #pdxjazz #pdxjazzfest #identifyyourself #jazzmusic #jazzsong #theartofjazz @regionalarts @aaknopf @guildofamericanpapercutters @albertastreetgallery @albertaartslastthursday @albertaabbeypdx #illustratorforhire https://www.instagram.com/p/CksIqFquh9V/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=