Sometimes you get so busy and forget to blog! But then you realise you are doing something so important you need to write about it. This year I am launching the Warrior Women Art Prize. The art prize is the culmination of a range of activities with the Warrior Women art collective that I founded … More Warrior Women Art Prize
We had a fantastic weekend with the fund raising events. Lots of great music and art. Lots of community support. There are still donated pieces of art to sell so here is the updated version of the catalogue showing the sold pieces. You can bid by going to the Hay Drive gallery page on facebook … More Hay Drive fund raising
This is a fund raiser I have organised to help raise funds for feeding animals on farms effected by the drought. The drought covers all of NSW and about 60% of Queensland at the moment. There is not much relief in sight and the farms are really suffering. One way to help is to buy … More Hay Drive art event
It’s that time of the year again. International Women’s Day is on the 8th of March. On the eve of IWD is the art auction where Warrior Women art collective raise money for Women for Women International. I love organising these events as I can show case the artists and have a good time doing it. … More “Her Story” art event
We are in the middle of our two week exhibition that opened on the 17th of November. It’s been an amazing experience producing some new work in different mediums and exhibiting in a beautiful space with some other wonderful artists. The artists: Sam Randall, Ruby Purple and Michelle Bowden The venue: Impress Print makers Studio … More “The Unknown Known” exhibition
So at the end of this week I start another mural project. Our team of 3 will be painting a mural on 32 square mtrs of wall for the West End St Art Festival or WESAF. The actual festival day is Sunday the 22nd of October. It’s going to be a BIG day. We will … More Mural painting
I’ve been kept very busy this year with being the Chair of Cossag and the curator of :the mezzanine: What a delightful space in a wonderful old building. It’s the top floor of the Old Butter Factory in Dayboro. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the journey of converting the top floor into a respected and admired gallery … More Curating :the mezzanine:
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day was “Be Bold for Change” So for Warrior Women’s Art Auction we chose the theme “Be Bold”. On IWD the 8th of March we had a great celebration and art auction at the Stock Exchange Hotel in Brisbane. 15 women artists show cased their work and auctioned off … More “Be Bold”
So much has happened since I last talked to you. In my role as Chair of the Cathedral of St Stephen Art Group I was asked to overseer a major mural project. The cathedral was having it’s roof replaced which meant 6 months of ply boards surrounding it. The boards were quite bland and we … More Mural painting
It’s been 2 weeks since the “Her Story” exhibition finished. What an amazing event – fabulous art, amazing people and we raised enough funds to support a woman for 1 year and a bit through the Women for Women International sponsor a sister program. Here are some highlights:
Artist Michelle J Bowden 