Ballarat Lifestyle The Ballarat region is attracting more and more attention for its diverse range of amenities- from shopping to food and unique places to visit. Great lifestyle photo shoot today in downtown Ballarat! Thanks to Amy & Nathan, how cool do they look! Images will soon appear around town, but psst.. The Ballarat region is…
Eureka Art Award Winner I am very pleased to announce that I have just won the Ballarat Arts Foundation 2013 Eureka Art Prize for the portrait of Molebatsi titled ‘Molebatsi in a traditional xhosa outfit’ which I took during pop up studio residency at Backspace Gallery in Ballarat in 2012.
Sigrid Thornton gets Under the Floorboards By Dominic Brine Renowned Australian actor Sigrid Thornton is coming to Ballarat as the guest speaker for the Under the Floorboards Black Tie Dinner and Art Auction on Saturday the 16th of November 2013. Listen more here
Click on the image below to view the gallery Solidarnosc Exhibition at M.A.D.E. Museum – Images by Aldona Kmiec Photography
Artist Statement “The Truth is that we all are fragmented. Some more than others. That there are thousand pieces to one’s story and so we should not be judgmental. What you see is what you get but if you look deeper you’ll see more.” Interview with the Artist Aldona Kmiec 1. What surprised you about…
Exhibition | Download an Artist catalogue UnitingCare Ballarat begins a unique artistic project, Under the Floorboards, with the first of 12 artist residences commencing on Monday 30th July. Under the Floorboards is a collaborative project in which renowned Western District artists will create works based on their experiences at one of the diverse programs provided by…
Lost but Found:: Mystery woman photos I’m currently in the process of digitising the whole album Huge Thanks to Helen (a Courier reader from Mt Helen) for helping me with identification of this beautiful photograph!! The Mystery Woman features in a series of old photographs purchased at an auction in Ballarat in 2012. These fascinating…
Project Brief: Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013. Event photography Last night, for the very first time The Ballarat Art Gallery hosted Victorian Indigenous Art Awards 2013. The Minister for the Arts Hon Heidi Victoria presented the $30.000 Deadly Art Award cheque to the winning Melbourne artist Ray Thomas for his painting of ‘A Gunnai Elder –…
Ballarat Foto Biennale 2013 Australia, a New Chapter The journey is always different.. Close your eyes and listen Venue:: The Forge Pizzeria 14 Armstrong St Nth Ballarat VIC Explore a collection of large format fine art portraiture work shot in a studio as well as one of my most amazing photo-treasure finds ever – old photographs found…
Unicorn Lane Gallery Street Encounters 2005 – 2013 Part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 16 August – 15 September 2013 The Unicorn Lane Gallery is a 24 hour viewing gallery positioned within Unicorn Lane, off Sturt Street, secured to the Commonwealth Bank wall opposite the Unicorn Hotel. Why Love Street Photography Shooting in the streets…
Ballarat Through My Eyes competition 17 August – 15 September 2013 Last month the Ballarat International Foto Biennale in partnership with United Way Ballarat presented a new photographic competition for BIFB’13. ‘Ballarat Through My Eyes’ was open to photographers of all levels to submit outstanding images on what quintessentially and personally represents Ballarat to them.…
Innovation Through Collaboration – The Hub Melbourne Busy day yesterday. Great mix of around 15 people including City of Ballarat and Ballarat Business Centre representatives, members of Ballarat Arts Alive, shared a bus trip to Melbourne to visit The Hub Melbourne – creative co-sharing space located at Donkey Wheel House, located opposite from Southern Cross Station. My…
The We R You project has now wrapped up, but our dedicated team will continue visiting installation sites to replace any damaged posters. As someone who loves tracking progress, I couldn’t resist compiling some key statistics from this incredible initiative: 📅 135 – Days the project ran🖊️ 174 – Participants’ signatures📸 1,082 – Portraits captured…
ABC Ballarat Lily Partland interviewed participants of We R You faces Ballarat public art project. Great stories from great people – thank you again for your participation, energy and sharing your beautiful stories. The City of Ballarat’s arts and culture unit has been working with various community groups and services on an inclusive public art…
Public Art Ballarat A new exciting public art mural has just been completed at the Civic Hall / Library car park in Armstrong St. Ballarat youth who participated in the project worked all week alongside a professional Ballarat artist Pauline O’Shannessy-Dowling in creation of some 30 metres of this colourful & textured mural. The project…
Last Installation of We R You Faces – completed Ballarat, you are amazing! 🎉 Public art is alive in our city! Head down to Bakery Hill and check out 29 metres of powerful portraiture—you might even spot your own face among the artworks! Our biggest outdoor We R You Faces installation now graces the SportsBiz wall…
Ballarat Heritage Weekend in postcards Vibrant history does live in Ballarat: Ballarat Heritage Week is one of the most popular events exploring the rich heritage of the gold mining town: finest Victorian buildings, steam train rides, vintage costumes and high tea. In Living Heritage, the first year acting students from the University of Ballarat have…
We R You on Eclectic Tastes cafe walls Another day.. another wall.. Eclectic Tastes Cafe apart from an excellent coffee and sticky dates caramel pudding, also serves a good dose of street art on its walls. Thank you to the owner for contacting us and letting us use your walls. Come down for a coffee…
Ballarat street art Gooey sticky hands!!… Just finished the posters at Weeremar Park Wendouree West & Victory Park Sebastopol And, don’t forget – it’s tomorrow! Bridge Mall photo shoot will be happening this Saturday. Great Opportunity to have your portrait featured in the We R You project! Open to public. Saturday April 27th 10am – 2pm Join us from 10-2pm…
Diverse Cultures – Photography Exhibition 19 April-19 June :: Ballarat City Library Doveton St Nth . Aldona Kmiec is a Polish born artist, professional photographer and Multicultural Ambassador of Ballarat. “My Australia is one outcome of Aldona Kmiec’s ongoing inquiry into the nature and meaning of ‘multiculturalism’ in contemporary Australian society. Working with local culturally diverse communities, Aldona creates images that are…