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Making art during COVID-19: thoughtful advice from La Trobe Alumni

Making art during COVID-19: thoughtful advice from La Trobe Alumni

Libby August 4, 2020 August 4, 2020

Have you thought about making art, but don’t know how to get started? This article, written by Sez Wilks, was recently published in the La Trobe University Alumni magazine. Hands-on hobbies can help us during …

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Sink like a stone

Sink like a stone

Libby June 24, 2020 June 24, 2020

Last year I was privileged to work with the Centre for Music, Litury and the Arts to explore the idea of painting my contribution to a conversation about the lived experience of incarnational worship. Over …

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Who is an artist?

Who is an artist?

Libby June 11, 2020 June 11, 2020

Watch: ‘What does it mean to be an artist?’ What are we claiming when we say, ‘I am an artist’, and why is it that some people are able claim this sense of identity whilst …

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The immediacy and the durability of art

The immediacy and the durability of art

Libby June 8, 2020 June 8, 2020

Few contemporary artists have sparked our imaginations like Christo and Jean-Claude. Now both are gone. I look forward to a series of retrospective exhibitions and moving image dedications. Art for everyone….. Patricia Fenner (Assoc Prof, …

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Painting for memory in a time of isolation

Painting for memory in a time of isolation

Libby May 29, 2020 June 8, 2020

Figure 1. Ava Byrne, (2020). NGV. Gouache on canvas. Figure 2. Ethan Byrne, (2020). NGV. Gouache on canvas. In this time of isolation, I have 2 paintings hanging on the wall in my home office that evoke …

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Tension on the surface

Tension on the surface

Libby July 1, 2019 June 8, 2020

There are tensions on the surface of this image that have resulted in a furious working toward solutions with whatever materials are at hand. Having attempted to cover the content of this ambiguous and organic …

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Living and healing as studio practice

Living and healing as studio practice

Libby July 1, 2019 June 8, 2020

Art making has been an important part of my healing process. Ellen Dissanayake claims that making art offers the opportunity to engage with the art of repetition to elaborate on our experience of desire, instilling …

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The art of paying attention

The art of paying attention

Libby September 23, 2018 June 8, 2020

JOY   Joy arrives in the space between what has passed and what is still to come. We can never plan to experience joy but we can live in such a way as to be …

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Making marks and making sense

Making marks and making sense

Libby February 11, 2018 June 8, 2020

Art helps us to navigate particular challenges in human existence, giving shape and form to our ephemeral and yet lived experiences. Mikel Dufrenne (1973) submits that the work of art is grasped in the aesthetic experience. …

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Talking with people in galleries

Talking with people in galleries

Libby February 11, 2018 June 8, 2020

Rebekah Pryor, Cathedral, Installation (St Paul’s Cathedral), Melbourne, 2015. I have been noticing lately how much I like talking to people in galleries.  I have also been noticing how each different gallery experience promotes different …

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