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Wildflowering and Hiromi Tango's Amygdala Healing Garden
It has been wonderful to collaborate with artist Hiromi Tango and Megan Williams of USC Art Gallery on developing a Sunshine Coast Healing Garden. An initial phase of workshops was held at USC Art Gallery in association with the 'Craftivism, Dissident Objects and Subversive Forms' exhibition - a Shepparton Art Museum exhibition, curated by Anna Briers and Rebecca Coates, touring nationally by NETS Victoria. The exhibition was on view at the University of Sunshine Coast Art Gallery, Queensland 22 November 2020 – 16 January 2021. Hiromi Tango created an initial education resource with information about her work and process, and instructions on how to create four paper flowers for a healing garden. 'A Sunshine Coast Wildflowering Inspiration' package has now been created as a phase II. This includes a reflective essay and collection of wildflowers that have been in bloom over the summer months. It is hoped that the healing garden project will continue to grow across the region in 2021. Click on the resource cover images below to download the education resources. |
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We are currently working on a 'Wild/flower Women IV' exhibition, as well as workshop opportunities and products - more news coming soon!
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Online exhibition
Fryer Fellowship Lecture (Link to article about the presentation) "Kathleen McArthur: Wild/flower Woman" by Associate Professor Susan Davis, CQUniversity (was held at the Fryer Library University of Queensland, 27 March 2019) |
Articles
Davis, Susan (2020. Wildflowering culture: Kathleen McArthur and creating a popular wildflower consciousness’, The Australasian Journal of Popular, Culture, 9:1, pp. 67–82. Davis, Susan. (2019). Wandering and Wildflowering - Walking with Women into Intimacy and Ecological Action. M/C Journal, 22 (4). Davis, Susan. (2019). "Hidden women of History: Kathleen McArthur, the wildflower woman who took on Joh Bjelke-Petersen". The Conversation. 31 January 2019. The Conversation, 31 January 2019 |
The Wild/flower Women projects and initiatives
The 'Wild/flower Women' initiatives have been inspired by pioneering artists and environmentalists Kathleen McArthur and Judith Wright. Their 'wild' passion, artistry and activism deserves to be revisited and celebrated, while also prompting us to consider anew the ways we learn about, nurture and protect our native wildflowers and environments.
Specific activities started in 2016 with a symposium at CQUniversity Noosa and an exhibition at Noosa Regional Gallery. An exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery in 2018 extended upon the 2016/7 exhibition through inviting contemporary Sunshine Coast artists to respond to the work and artistry of Kathleen McArthur as well as to the wallum, the wildflowers and environments that inspired her. A smaller symposium was also convened and 'lunch-hour theatre' style script created for an Anywhere Theatre performance. The work and inspiration continues, with initiator Dr Susan Davis being awarded the Fryer Fellowship for 2018-19 and working on related publications, exhibitions and presentations. Others also continue enacting the living legacy of the wild/flower women who have inspired us!
Specific activities started in 2016 with a symposium at CQUniversity Noosa and an exhibition at Noosa Regional Gallery. An exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery in 2018 extended upon the 2016/7 exhibition through inviting contemporary Sunshine Coast artists to respond to the work and artistry of Kathleen McArthur as well as to the wallum, the wildflowers and environments that inspired her. A smaller symposium was also convened and 'lunch-hour theatre' style script created for an Anywhere Theatre performance. The work and inspiration continues, with initiator Dr Susan Davis being awarded the Fryer Fellowship for 2018-19 and working on related publications, exhibitions and presentations. Others also continue enacting the living legacy of the wild/flower women who have inspired us!
