Roman & Teresa Skrypko set up the Polish Seniors Club and have been heavily involved in promoting Polish culture to Ballarat community and beyond. Roman is also a keen photographer and took his German camera on the ship to Australia back in 1949. Seeing his obvious talent in these documentary photos depicting a daily life…
Head On Finalists 2014, Portrait Category I’m so excited to announce that I am a Portrait FINALIST of Head On Photo Festival 2014! The Opening This Friday 16th of May – Paddington Town Hall. The Exhibition Paddington Reservoir Gardens Gallery 251-255 Oxford St Paddington from the 12 May – 8 June. The show sits alongside the work of National…
Who Made Ballarat Heritage Weekend presents Who Made Ballarat, a joint exhibition featuring archival images from the ‘Have you seen Old Ballaarat Town’ Facebook Page images and contemporary portraits created by Aldona Kmiec in 2013 through the We R You paper paste-up project, an initiative of the City of Ballarat Arts & Culture and Victorian…
Ballarat Heritage weekend- Polish Migrants Exhibition 10-11th May, 2014 Ballarat Mining Exchange In the recent days, I have been scanning some amazing images from Roman & Teresa Skrypko family archive. There are so how many beautiful photographs. Some gelatine prints are really small, so it is very challenging to get the detail our of them,…
Clunes Booktown festival 2014
Each to Each: responses to the poetry of Nathan Curnow Ballarat’s artists have come together to create works that respond to poems by renowned writer Nathan Curnow. These diverse and extraordinary works not only serve as a smorgasbord of creative talent in Ballarat but explore how a collection of artists individually respond to the one…
Nostalgic Poland Some time ago I have set up a Facebook page dedicated to a City of Ballarat Multicultural Ambassador Program. It has already attracted a great number of people interested in it and it’s mission is to promote world’s cultures and the Multicultural Program that City of Ballarat has been successfully running for over…
Harmony Festival
Art events Ballarat Last Backyard Tasters Ballarat Event March 21, 2014 Check out the event photography gallery of last night photos at M.A.D.E and the launch of a shipping Container ContainART project. Ballarat Backyard Tasters art events series commissioned by Arts & Culture City of Ballarat. Related articles Simply Fabulous! Ballarat Backyard Tasters event Ballarat…
Ballarat art event photography Ballarat Backyard Tasters art events series commissioned by Arts & Culture City of Ballarat. Event March 14, 2014 Check out the gallery of last night photos for 2014 Ballarat Backyard Tasters events series commissioned by Arts & Culture City of Ballarat. Related articles Ballarat Backyard Tasters IV Ballarat Backyard Tasters III Simply…
Ballarat event gallery 28 Feb 2014 Check out the gallery of last Friday’s Ballarat Backyard Tasters events commissioned by Arts & Culture Creative City of Ballarat. This event featured: Alek, a French professional hurdy-gurdy player, Los Locos, Living Arrows, Jacques The French Waiter and more. Related articles Ballarat Backyard Tasters III Ballarat Backyard Tasters…
African drummers, Ballarat Events Photography Ballarat art event photography 21 Feb 2014 First of the Ballarat Backyard Tasters art events series commissioned by Arts & Culture City of Ballarat. All came together at last night’s first of 2014 Ballarat Backyard Tasters events. There was African drumming from Kofi Kunkpe and the African Diaspora, soul singing…
Ballarat Streets Monday morning mesmerising sky above me.. Ballarat Town Hall Tower Sturt Street
Ballarat Architecture
Next Gen Fine Art Gallery Ballarat | 7 Feb 2014 Saturday, January 25, 2014 – Sunday, March 23, 2014, 10:00 AM – 5:00PM Timken, Mars and Selkirk Family galleries and the Lydiard Street windows Admission: Free http://www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au/explore-and-experience/exhibitions/next-gen-2014.aspx Next Gen 2014 showcases the work of students who have just completed Year 12 VCE studies in Art,…
Ohio bridge construction workers Don’t you just love digging in the archives.. Some time ago I purchased an old dusty box of gelatine prints at Kittelty’s auction in Ballarat. Here’s one of my favourites: Ohio Bridge construction workers, smoking cigarettes, dressed in heavy winter clothing, stained gloves, tough as that steel.
Extreme sports Polish athlete breaks a World Guinness Record MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 04, 2014: Krystian Herba, a Polish stunt cyclist with his wife Natalia Herba as she holds their daughter Emilia after Krystian Herba jumped up the steps of Eureka Tower on a bicycle to break a Guinness World Record at Eureka Tower on February…
Australia Day Ballarat Creative Photography commission Ballarat Lifestyle event photos for City of Ballarat Council website.
Kitchen table Not possible to ever get bored with red! My favourite workspace: rustic kitchen table, plenty of light, NBN internet & garden at the back. That’s where it starts & ends. It lasts.
Under the Floorboards View the Artist Catalogue Uniting Care Ballarat completed a unique artistic project, Under the Floorboards, with 12 artists in residence during 2012-2013. Under the Floorboards was a collaborative project where renowned Western District artists created works based on their experiences at one of the diverse programs provided by UnitingCare Ballarat. UnitingCare Ballarat…