Wildflowering and Hiromi Tango's Healing garden
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Earlier this year it was wonderful to collaborate with artist Hiromi Tango and Megan Williams of USC Art Gallery on developing a Sunshine Coast Healing Garden. A number of workshops were 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.
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. Click on the resource cover images below to download the education resources. |
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Exhibition essay |
2018 Exhibition essay
Intimate Knowings - Wild/flower Women II exhibition essay |
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. |
Video |
The video below was created for the 'Wild/flower Women II' exhibition. It introduces Kathleen McArthur and her work and then features imagery of wild/flowers and plants drawn from Kathleen's slide collection.
Photos courtesy of: Hugh McArthur, Fryer Library - University of Queensland, Meredith McKinney, Wendy Gordon, Alexandra Moreno, Judy Nelson-Gracie & Tessa Nelson, Wildlife Qld - Caloundra Branch. Music: Reverie, by Debussy, performed by Louise King & Pascal Roge for Cello Dreaming Gymnopadie by Satie, performed by Francisco Tores Here Me Are (Max's Lullaby) by Andrew Veivers |
Media |
Media Releases -
Sunshine Coat Council/Caloundra Regional Gallery Press Release 2018 Article UniNews, CQUniversity WIN News story 3 May 2018 CQUninew Article 2019 - 'Wildflowering culture' of the past offers hope for the future |
Education booklet |
Activity booklet created by Sue Davis, Ulrike Sturm & Nina Shadforth Education/activity booklet
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Wild/flower Women II - available images and credits
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Image credits for images right and below:
‘Embodied wallum’ Anne Harris 2018 Photo by Sam Frysteen ‘Kathleen with hat’, Ulrike Sturm 2018, illustration for free-cut vinyl installation 'Christmas Bells' Kathleen McArthur, courtesy of Fryer Library, University of Qld and McArthur Collection Sue Davis with Bettina Walter ‘Wildflowering at Girraween’ Sue Davis with Ulrike Sturm ‘Wildflowering at Emu Mountain’ |
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Pecha Kucha Night presentation 2017 - Wasteland or wonderland – art, activism and wildflower women!
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PRESENTED ON SEP 20, 2017
IN SUNSHINE COAST @ VOL 23Queensland’s native wildflowers have often been overlooked and undervalued and if it hadn’t been for the efforts of artists and activists they would have been lost forever. In this presentation, Sue Davis will share examples of artistry and activism that drove efforts to reduce the loss of the unique wallum heathlands of the Sunshine Coast. The work of ‘wild/flower women’ such as writer/artist Kathleen McArthur and famous Australian poet Judith Wright helped profile these special environments. Sue believes that finding out about what they did can still inspire us today. Art works, books, ephemera & some photographs courtesy of: •Hugh McArthur •Alexandra Moreno •Meredith McKinney •The Fryer Library, University of Queensland Library (and the presenter)! |
