So if you ever find yourself feeling really creatively charged, and just missing the utensils, here are some pretty quick creative exercises that you can try with tools that you might already have around.
Tag: art
The persistence of galleries
While we attempt to get comfortable with what seems like a never-ending lockdown, the pandemic has presented something new to the art world.
On re-igniting childlike wonder
By Alayna Patterson @twohdd Childhood is magic. It is a period in which all knowledge weighs heavier than stone, and ink on paper opened up universes, and of tales both forgotten and forbidden. Even with such magic, not all retain knowledge of those worlds as they grow older. They forget the tales they once read […]
MCA launches art-making online resource for individuals with dementia
By Alayna Patterson @twohdd An online program inspired from the onsite Artful: Art and Dementia program run by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) is now available via the internet, the toolkit now accessible to those who experience dementia and their support that may have previously never heard of or were unable to attend the onsite program. The […]
Taking no prisoners: Cockatoo Island
Story and photos by VPOPR Sea spray, rugged shorelines and stunning harbour views all add to the drama as you approach Cockatoo Island only to be entranced by the art installations of Sydney’s 18th Biennale. This is the third time the World Heritage-listed island, located in the heart of Sydney’s famed waterways, has provided the […]
Stories, senses and spheres: Sydney Biennale
STORY AND PHOTOS BY AMANDA PARKINSON With a little hustle and bit of bustle, hordes of curious art buffs cram onto the ferry bound for Cockatoo Island. Once an orphanage, then a shipping yard, now the historic island plays host to the 18th Biennale Sydney. This year’s Biennale, entitled “Stories, Senses and Spheres” transports audiences […]
In the dark of night, fearing death
BY KATHRYN LEWIS Michael Zavros is a Brisbane-based artist. In a short Q&A he speaks with Off Campus about his 2010 Doug Moran Portrait Prize winning painting. “Until I became a parent I didn’t fear death. Now as I wait for sleep in the dark of night I am visited by visions of my children […]