Each to Each Exhibition

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

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…

Ballarat Backyard Tasters event photography

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 Backyard Tasters IV

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 Backyard Tasters II

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…

Ballarat Backyard Tasters event

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…

Next Gen Awards

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,…

Vintage Prints Online

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.  

Krystian Herba Guinness World Record

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…

Best ever workspace

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 – final

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…

There’s nowhere to go but to yourself

Dear Friends 24th December is a day of reflections. On that day in Poland, we fast and we reflect on the past, we’re focused on contemplating on what’s happened in our lives during that year. Later we celebrate the first star in the sky and share a (non-meat) supper together. Marina Abramovic ‘…there’s nowhere to…

We Are To Inspire Poem

Dr George Halasz is a Psychiatrist, Author & Speaker. Dr Halasz has lectured in Australia and overseas at conferences, conducted workshops and participated on a range of panels. In 2005 he co-ordinated a group of psychology Facilitators on the Adult March of the Living 2005 to the concentration camps of Poland. He has visited the Ballarat exhibition and…

Family Eureka Day @MADE

The public exhibition / display of photographs will run for two weeks starting on ‘Eureka Day’ Tue 3rd December until 16th December. M.A.D.E  is providing each individual photographed today with one complimentary (FREE) full colour print of the photograph. Thank you so much to all who participated. The 30 ‘hero’ images will be displayed at…

CCP Leica Salon – Third Drawer Down Most Humorous Image Winner 2013

The Centre for Contemporary Photography CCP Salon 2013 opened last night and my photo ‘iShadow, 2012’ was awarded Third Drawer Down Most Humorous Image prize. This is the first time I took part in CCP Salon. Super happy that a Ballarat photo won something this year! Opening the exhibition, Minister of the Arts Heidi Victoria mentioned Ballarat Foto Biennale a…