ARTIST PROFILE: Marianne Penberthy
“I see my art practice as a way to make sense of who I am, why I’m here, and how I can change” says Marianne Penberthy, who is based in Geraldton, on Yamaji Country.
Opening Borders for Regional WA Arts Practitioners
The Open Borders WA Regional Visual Arts Summit brought together artists and arts workers to celebrate and reflect on regional visual arts practice.
BUILDING CAPACITY: Carnarvon Library & Gallery
To coincide with The Alternative Archive touring to Carnarvon, the ART ON THE MOVE team travelled to the sunny coastal town to work alongside the Carnarvon Library & Gallery, guiding them through the process of exhibition installation and condition reporting.
ARTIST PROFILE: Debbie Carmody
“Still photography is one of the most powerful weapons in the world. And photography remains one of the most effective ways to communicate across the barriers of culture, language, time and experience” says Anangu artist Debbie Carmody.
ARTIST PROFILE: Gabrielle Butler
“I think that’s why I love film and production design. It’s going into the space and discovering all the little elements to it. With painting landscapes or painting portraits, it’s that connection to something or someone beyond a surface level.”
ARTIST PROFILE: James Walker
“I think the idea of an ‘alternative archive’ is to come at it from a slightly different angle,” says Mandurah-based artist James Walker, who features in The Alternative Archive exhibition.
ARTIST PROFILE: Claudette Mountjoy
“We were arguing about how I just didn’t think there was a hell. And she just threw the fish down because it was given to her, through it down, hopped on a bike and went riding off to her place. I was so mad, I picked up the fish and threw it at her”
ARTIST PROFILE: Louise Tasker
“I like to see the body as a site for sculpture” says artist Louise Tasker, whose works Water Rights Series – Nelson Location & Water Rights Series – Water Markers, feature in The Alternative Archive exhibition.
ARTIST PROFILE: Ellen Norrish
The Alternative Archive artist Ellen Norrish discusses her love of painting, and the nexus with photography; image accumulation, process and living regionally …
ARTIST PROFILE: Alana Grant
The Alternative Archive artist Alana Grant grapples with the idea of being an artist and would rather discuss her dog, Lyra. Grant’s home studio blurs the lines between life and …
ARTIST PROFILE: Deidre Robb
ARTIST PROFILE: DEIDRE ROBB Deidre Robb is a maker and textile artist fascinated with the stories embedded within textiles and second-hand materials. She creates functional items like quilts and clothing, …
ARTIST PROFILE: Tina Carmody
In 2002, Upurli Upurli/Anangu Spinifex and Wudjari/Noongar woman Tina Carmody was a co-curator of the last major survey of regional art in Western Australia, Boundless. 20 years later she found …
