Singing Up Spirit of the Land, March 28 – May 9 2021

Distinguished Ngugi elder and Quandamooka Traditional Owner Uncle Bob Anderson (Dr. Robert Anderson OAM) is the focus of art exhibition Singing Up Spirit of the Land. Contemporary digital and painted portrait work capture not just likeness of the elder, but spiritual meaning behind sand minings end on Minjerribah, North Stradbroke Island in 2019, a result […]

Magical Creatures

As an artist I work in many media from drawing and works on paper, to projection and sound scape. In contrast to the high tech of digital imaging recent works are assemblage sculptures simply made of drift wood and feathers all found on the wetlands and beaches of my island home. Attached are a gathering […]

Canaipa Mudlines Residency 2019

Artists’ have worked in residence this past week at Turtle Swamp Wetlands, on Canaipa Island part of the 2019 Mudlines Residency. Studio gallery exhibition and poetry performance show-cased artworks and other musings generated through-out the year during onsite visits across the island to include locations at Rocky Point, Melomy’s wetland and littoral Shore south-east.

Arts + Environment/Culture + Country

Lines in the Sand Ecological Arts Festivals, it’s artists, environmental art installations, residencies, festivals (2011-14)  and research from the island of Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) are acknowledged here. Lines in the Sand itself was a multi-year artful response to native title determinations on Minjerribah, North Stradbroke Island in 2011 and subsequent plans to […]

Guardian Cartoon on Toondah Deelopment

To see the full cartoon visit… Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/07/the-eastern-curlew-is-brave-and-courageous-and-we-want-to-put-a-resort-where-it-lives?fbclid=IwAR2g-j9gm0tT8b8M_h9FqwoVA25iG4CerrZfWTsCcSb8Z_2y0PYhlk7em2w

Islands of Innocence

Islands of Innocence was a media installation encompassing projection and audio in the old asylum ward replica at the North Stradbroke Island Museum on Minjerribah August 12, 2018. The islands of Cassim, Lord Howe, Morovo Lagoon in the Solomons and Minjerribah were land and sea scapes chartered over a period of three months in late 2018 […]

Ecologies of Art

“Formed in 2017, the collective features five leading artists – Jan Baker Finch (movement), Renata Buziak (photo media), Erik Griswold (composer), Vicki Kelleher (poet) and Vanessa Tomlinson (musician). They have previouly presented work as part of Easter@Harrigans Lane (Granite Belt), Contexts Ephermeal Art Festival (Poland) and theLines in the Sand Festival (Minjerriba). Through these projects, […]