Family Portrait 2021: Fiona Bowring

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 Finalist

Family Portrait 2021, Fiona Bowring 

Ruth told me about her life – so far – as part of a palliative care program. Twelve fly-by months, ten roller-coaster sessions and one pandemic later, the book she wants to leave for her kids is done. We finished her story where we started, in her bedroom, on her bed, this time with a camera instead of a voice recorder. Maddi, David and George joined in.

Fiona Bowring is a member of the Networks Australia group

National Portrait Gallery (Australia)

Daily from Saturday 25 June until Sunday 9 October 2022

CONFLUENCE: 2021 Valerie Kirk | Harriet Schwartzrock

 CONFLUENCE: 2021 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition

7 July - 27 August 2022

Valerie Kirk | Harriet Schwartzrock

The annual Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre Artist-in-residence program supports local and national artists to each undertake a residency at Gudgenby Ready-Cut Cottage in the Namadgi National Park, and a two week research component within a national cultural institution in Canberra. The program facilitates access for the artist to national cultural, tertiary and research institutions and their collections, curators and researchers. A group exhibition of new work by each artist is held annually, and a catalogue produced about the program is disseminated internationally.

Presented in partnership with ACT Parks and Conservation Service and Geoscience Australia. 

Craft ACT + Design Center

Valerie Kirk is a Member of Networks Australia group 

ABOVE IMAGE: READY CUT 2021-61 
COVER IMAGE: VALERIE KIRK + HARRIET SCHWARTZROCK, GEOSCIENCE-2021. 5 FOOT PHOTOGRAPHY

A Few Reasons: Rozalie Sherwood and Steve Tomlin

Rozalie Sherwood , The Tale of the Whale 1. Photographer Andrew Sikorski of Art Atelier Photography.

This exhibition celebrates small and simple pleasures, lighter moments, humour and the power of imagination. The artists’ inspiration comes from memory, landscape, news stories and the process of creating and painting. In doing so, they bring a respite from excess and emphasise a more considered relationship with nature and life.

Rozalie Sherwood is a member of the NetworksAustralia group.

2-19 June 2022

Brunswick Street Gallery