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The Northshore Hamilton RESPONSE TO RIVER Exhibition
The Northshore Hamilton RESPONSE TO RIVER EXHIBITION 31ST OCTOBER TO 9TH NOVEMBER 2014 THE SHED: 257 Macarthur Ave, Hamilton An exhibition of artworks by artists-in-residence and special guests. Inspired by the Brisbane River at The Shed. Artists Include: Joanna Bone, Peter Breen, Mel Davis, Joel Glazebrook, Paul Harris, Kay Lawrence, Matt Lockwood, Zoe Mary, Joy McDonald, Aaron Micallef, Rose Moxham, Jessica Row, Sha Sarwari, Vanessa Stanley, James Watts Open Fridays from 6-9pm and Saturdays / Sundays from 9am-5pm.
Plus special events: • Friday 31st October: Opening Night Event 6-9pm • Sunday 2nd November: Life Drawing 5-7pm. $15 adult / $12 concession. Please pre-register by calling 07 3252 2552 • Saturday 8th November: White Silence Live Art Performance 5-8pm • Sunday 9th November: Artist Talk 2-4pm • For more information visit: www.faceboo
International Lesbian Day 2014
Miss Fitz Queer Fish If I haven't left my application too late, these yummy little paintings will be hanging in the International Lesbian Day event @ Riverside Receptions, 50 Oxlade Drive, New Farm, Qld Sunday 5 th October 2014.
Response to river.
From my window at The Shed, across acres of tarmac and chain wire fences I can see the river as a narrow strip of fugitive colour, ranging from caramel to slate grey to silver - always moving and always fascinating. I can't separate the water from what happens along its banks and I can't separate the river from its history. I love the river and feel privileged to enjoy its benefits but I mourn the loss of the mudflats and wetlands that have been reclaimed and the life they supported. We have a 'culture of forgetting' but thanks to historian Raymond Evans, I remember that Brisbane was a dreadful place for recidivist convicts sent here from other settlements and more recently has a terrible history of corruption and exploitation. In the 30s, the luxury flying boat service was located on the Hamilton stretch of the river, and during WWII men worked in the heat to load supplies for American and Australian troops in the Islands. Tarmac weeds indus