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 art, an apt characterisation of her creative approach. Spilling into her courtyard is an eclectic mix of works in progress set against a lush veggie…
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, as well as sculpture and interactive artworks. Although she’s moved between the world of fashion and textiles, and the museum and library sector, her multifaceted…
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 herself curating Nganana, the Goldfields iteration of The Alternative Archive project, with her work Wiru Kapi selected for John Curtin Gallery’s regional survey exhibition The…
ACT BELONG COMMIT SKATE PARK PROJECT 2
Interested in our Learning and Engagement program? Contact our learning team today! ACT BELONG COMMIT SKATE PARK MURAL PROJECT 2 In March 2022, Shark Bay School students visited Trevor Richards’ exhibition Roll the Tape at Shark Bay Heritage Discovery Centre’s Rose de Freycinet Art Gallery. Following their visit, students got to work on creating designs…
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