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…
Last week visits Huyghue House, Alfred Deakin Place Ballarat Closing Statement “I have never imagined that I will achieve such a great small success with My Australia exhibition & Open Studio. The idea evolved in just a couple of days before setting up the space and was one of the best creative uses of that space. It was alive!…
Open Photography Studio Backspace Gallery Huyghue House, Alfred Deakin Place Ballarat. Exhibition runs until April 14th “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 sometimes straightforward and at other times atmospheric and…
We R You street art project Great news! Yesterday we’ve finished installing new faces on the coarse brick wall of The Lane – George Hotel laneway between Armstrong/Lydiard St Nth. A couple of iPhone shots below, more to come.. The Lane street art project. A comment that has just arrived: “The laneaway looks great Aldona, I…
Commissioned work for Central Highland Arts Atlas For My Australia Photo Exhibition at the Backspace Gallery from March 28th – April 14th 2013 Alfred Deakin Place Ballarat I set up a temporary Open Photographic Studio and invited the public to come in to be photographed by me or themselves using a camera remote control. My latest article features…
Commissioned by Central Highland Arts Atlas A friend of Shiree Pilkinton’s recently said “so you’re Maori-English-Croatian, you speak French and you live in Australia….how did that happen?” Not surprisingly, she is often asked this. It does seem like an unusual mix, but as Shiree points out, there were a lot of Maori-Croatian intermarriages back in…
We R You – New sites & community ideas call Most of you have by now seen the We R You project paste ups on Blockbuster Building corner Camp/Mair Streets… Guess what? We have a couple of new permissions for public artwork in new visible sites!! Exciting isn’t it? Last week me & Deborah went…
‘My Australia, My Journey’ photography project exhibition Opening Night Backspace Gallery Huyghue House, Alfred Deakin Place Ballarat. Exhibition runs until April 14th, open Thu-Sun 12-4pm “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…
All of us… …was the theme for the 3rd Harmony Fest Ballarat held yesterday in Camp Street. Organised by the City of Ballarat Harmony Fest event featured a great synergy of music, dance, food and diversity of cultures bringing 5000 visitors for five hours of events. Food included Thai, Africa, Japanese, Mexican, Indian, Italian, French…
Photography Exhibition & Open Studio “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 sometimes straightforward and at other times atmospheric and abstract. Taken together, her body of work is a narrative…
We R You – How We Learn 📸 Photography Workshops Around Ballarat If you’ve been around Ballarat recently, you might have noticed our first public building transformed into an outdoor exhibition space. The Blockbuster Video building at the corner of Mair and Camp Street now proudly displays a striking paste-up installation as part of the…
Street Art Ballarat – We R You project Our Faces Our Community Happy smiling faces are staring at Ballarat pedestrians thanks to a new paste-up photography project, We R You street art project recently started in Ballarat. We’ve just pasted up posters on the Blockbuster building corner Camp/ Mair St. Come & join us, tell…
I recently had a pleasure of meeting artist Anu Patel who lives in Bacchus Marsh. Anuradha or Anu Patel was born in Gujarat, India and came to England in 1972, having spent a few years in Uganda, East Africa. After receiving secondary education in Essex, she went onto study BA Fine Art at Lanchester Poly in Coventry.…
Sneak Peek wedding photos Melbourne wedding photographer Aldona Kmiec One of the best things about editing wedding images is just the couple that sum up the whole day. Here are two that stood out for me… It’s a true privilege to witness the act of love. Happy Life together guys! Suit: Ben Sherman Hat: an 1950s…
Commissioned work for Central Highland Arts Atlas Fine Art Portraits Photography “Say Cheese”!! Nothing worse than those words when the camera is pointed your way. That’s why these words aren’t often in my photography vocab. I sometimes use the same word in my native Polish language which sounds exotic, or wait. Personal connection with the subject is perhaps the only method of capturing…
We R You Project Update – Large photography prints are ready! Yesterday we received our final batch of large format photography prints from our project partners QuickPrint! They are really big and look amazing!! It’s exciting to see what a little camera and a talented eye of our project participant can create. We are now…
ARTeFACT ed March 2013 CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL ARCHIVE PROJECT IMAGES What are your thoughts on this project? Tell us using the comments below:
Firefighters photos Yuille Park P-8 Community College in Wendouree has also joined the We R You project! The paste-up portraits will be displayed on the wall near school and will be enjoyed by the local community. We meet each Friday to take and work on images. Last Friday we had a great pleasure to talk to our guests from…
Friday shootouts Look who was passing by our lens during We R You paste-up photo project session last week… Amie Brûlée from Red Jazz Trio. So we took some shots in old Ballarat lane-ways… Oh, the sun! Thanks for posing Amie!! “The Red Jazz Trio is a lovely bunch of musicians. Three to be precise.…
Paste-up photography – we’re in editing stage yay!!! Seven sessions and wow – just have a look! Fun portraits aren’t they! Our group is also growing – we now have Afghani, Australian, Togolese, Chinese, Japanese and Polish participants – we are a very creative multinational, multilingual and multicultural group. Anyone can join us regardless of…