#NeighbourhoodWatch explores and tests our imagination and memory of familiar places, through a series of photo works that are temporarily installed on Greensborough walk. Through her camera lens, Banyule resident and photographic artist Aldona Kmieć records the familiar architecture of Greensborough streets in a series of tightly cropped frames, pushing the subject and its meaning…
East Gippsland cultural diversity in an art project All of Us – Gippsland Street Art in Bairnsdale With huge thanks to East Gippsland Shire Council Andrea, Mark, our printer Cathleen and local participants! Enjoy! Hope local schools will pick up this idea. All of Us Posters, Bairnsdale
All of Us Posters Paste up street art in Bairnsdale. Celebrating Culture Diversity Week in Bairnsdale with a display outside the Library on Service St called All of Us, which aims to feature newly arrived migrants! Are you from a diverse background? Get in touch!
Huge thanks to everyone who came to my Street Photography talk at the Ballarat Mechanics Institute, we also saw a fabulous collection of vintage cameras by collector Roger Burrows and Max Harris Photographic Collection. Liberty or Liability? These are not easy times for street photographers, for whom acting suspiciously is an occupational hazard and loitering…
Back in 2013, I facilitated a series of installations of large format paste ups, designed to combat tagging in known graffiti hotspots. Black and white posters were displayed in more than 9 locations and featured portraits of hundreds of Ballarat residents. Working with various community groups was very rewarding. During the five months long project,…
Ballarat is a vibrant city best known for its architecture, the Eureka Stockade, Sovereign Hill but also a thriving arts community. Aldona Kmiec, a Professional Photographer and a Ballarat local invites you to join her for a photo walking tour around the city while learning invaluable DOs and DONTs of photography! Get active, see the city from a different…
Life has so many moments that you want to capture. You have the camera but are you getting what you want? Sign Up to Street Photography Workshop with Ballarat Photographer Aldona Kmiec. Street photography is one of the most interesting yet overlooked genres. Capturing architecture, people in passing, odd details, and intriguing signage, street photography…
Earlier in July, I landed a great opportunity to feature Ballarat on a national TV and showcase some of the artistic projects that are happening here in Ballarat. The crew from Better Homes & Gardens spent three days in our beautiful town, the filming is almost complete and it was awesome to involve a couple…
Takie Sobie Obserwacje.. Klobuck Poland, Wednesday market with Fujifilm XT1 23mm Klobuck is a town in Poland, with approx 13,193 inhabitants. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship, about 15 km northwest of Częstochowa, Kłobuck was granted town rights in 1339, during the reign of King Casimir III the Great. Jan Długosz who is best known for his Annales seu cronici incliti regni Poloniae (Annals or…
Łódź, Poland Captured on Fujifilm XT1, XF 23mm F1.4 R The train ride from Częstochowa to Łódź, a beautiful European city with Parisian architecture and the best film school in the country was just as expected. I haven’t been to Poland for quite a while, three years in fact so I was hungry to see and experience everything again and afresh.…
Clunes Booktown Festival 2015 ?Festival returns May 4 & 5 2019 ??♂️Authors, books, music, food ?Plus free monthly author talks 3rd Sunday of the month www.clunesbooktown.com.au
Clunes Booktown festival 2014
Ballarat Architecture
Ballarat’s We R You project has now wrapped up its wings – our friendly helpers will be visiting the sites for some time and replacing a couple of damaged posters. I wouldn’t be myself if I haven’t collated some kind of handy statistics for you. 135 Days Project duration 174 Signatures of Participants 1082 Files/Portraits taken…
Last Installation of We R You Faces – completed Ballarat: You are awesome! Public art Ballarat! Get down to Bakery Hill to see 29 metres of posters. Find your face and most importantly please keep the public art discussion going! Without your input, consistency and new ideas it won’t happen. Our biggest We R You Faces…
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…
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…
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…