I am fortunate to participate in the exhibition EcoWomen, currently on show 10am - 4pm at Mary Cairncross Reserve in Maleny, until Sunday 22 March 2020.
There have been artists' talk opportunities and I presented last week to a group of female Environmental staff from Sunshine Coast Council.
Mabel's Scrub.
I spoke about mine as well as my good friend Tory's print (Tory was unwell). We all decided it was nice of me to colour coordinate with her print!
Tory's 4 plate etching tells these tory sea grass loss and its devastating impact on green sea turtles and dugongs.
She celebrated the work of Associate Professor Emma Jackson, Director of the Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre at CQU (Central Queensland University) who has established sea grass nurseries and undertakes Seagrass Meadow Restoration.
Some other of my faves from the show include:
Rachel Lee's work Synergy celebrates the D'harawal Elder Aunty Francis Bodkin who "combines her indigenous culture's science of observation and experience with modern science of experiments and measurements in order to share a deeper understanding of how to care for our natural environment".
Sue Poggioli's work The Flower Hunter which celebrates Ellis Rowan (1848 - 1922) an Australian artist, naturalist and explorer who travelled far and wide to find and paint wildflowers, birds, insects and butterflies, often for the first time.
Cathy Money's work titled For the Love of Wallum and Wildflowers celebrates Kathleen McArthur (1915 - 2000) who lived in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast and taught herself to paint, specialising in wildflowers. Her knowledge of Queensland flora led her into nature preservation and political activism, and she made great efforts to stop the destruction of the coastal landscape by development.
Elyse Taylor's work To Maria Sibylla Merian celebrates the woman of the same name (1647 - 1717) who was an early naturalist and artist whose lifelong project was to document and record the lifecycles of butterflies, and occasionally other insects, in particular in relation to their host plant. She lived and worked at a time when art and science had not been cleaved apart and her work sat comfortable between the two.
There have been artists' talk opportunities and I presented last week to a group of female Environmental staff from Sunshine Coast Council.
Mabel's Scrub.
I spoke about mine as well as my good friend Tory's print (Tory was unwell). We all decided it was nice of me to colour coordinate with her print!
Tory's 4 plate etching tells these tory sea grass loss and its devastating impact on green sea turtles and dugongs.
She celebrated the work of Associate Professor Emma Jackson, Director of the Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre at CQU (Central Queensland University) who has established sea grass nurseries and undertakes Seagrass Meadow Restoration.
Some other of my faves from the show include:
Rachel Lee's work Synergy celebrates the D'harawal Elder Aunty Francis Bodkin who "combines her indigenous culture's science of observation and experience with modern science of experiments and measurements in order to share a deeper understanding of how to care for our natural environment".
Sue Poggioli's work The Flower Hunter which celebrates Ellis Rowan (1848 - 1922) an Australian artist, naturalist and explorer who travelled far and wide to find and paint wildflowers, birds, insects and butterflies, often for the first time.
Cathy Money's work titled For the Love of Wallum and Wildflowers celebrates Kathleen McArthur (1915 - 2000) who lived in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast and taught herself to paint, specialising in wildflowers. Her knowledge of Queensland flora led her into nature preservation and political activism, and she made great efforts to stop the destruction of the coastal landscape by development.
Elyse Taylor's work To Maria Sibylla Merian celebrates the woman of the same name (1647 - 1717) who was an early naturalist and artist whose lifelong project was to document and record the lifecycles of butterflies, and occasionally other insects, in particular in relation to their host plant. She lived and worked at a time when art and science had not been cleaved apart and her work sat comfortable between the two.
Meanwhile back in the studio labelling continues apace
And a quick print run of some cards took place and was set up, printed and cleaned up and put away all within 3/4 hour!
The new space is great!
I'm grinning as I realize your type cases look ever so much like the map cases I used to label at the university library (and yes, I had student assistants, but I couldn't let them have all the fun) ... the cases were full of topographic maps of Texas, the US, and beyond ... it was a great gig
ReplyDeleteLabelling is a complete and utter joy and I daresay I couldn't have shared it much either Liz! These are the paper drawers, probably once were map drawers? so probably very similar to the ones you worked with! Go well.
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