Exhibition dates: Wed 14 July - Sun 25 July, 2021

Space 1
Mara Braun

“Mara Braun (she/her) is a Naarm (Melbourne) based artist. She is a recent graduate of a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) with distinction at RMIT University. Her practice emerges in response to her situation and the agency of the materials that prevent themselves for the project at hand. This mode of practice encompasses a range of mediums including painting, photography, textiles, etc; choosing the most appropriate medium for the project at hand. Braun is most concerned with questions surrounding the Liminal space, Phenomenology, and New Materiality, which she explores in her work. The 2020 lockdown period was a time of intense alienation and isolation. For weeks on end, the only people I saw were strangers to me. Trapped in a solitary cage surrounded by a concrete jungle inhabited by unknown souls. My nostalgia for moments of connection, found me imagining the lives that were lived within the houses I passed on my daily walks. The 'Stranger Worlds’ Series depicts a liminal space existing between the domestic and urban landscape. The subject matter was created by projecting onto the urban site, photographs looking into anonymous domestic spaces. Each image subsists as its own surreal world in which any claim can be made as to its’ history. The abstracted images include both recognisable and confusing elements, creating an uncanny plane which the viewer peers into.’ Mara Braun would like to acknowledge that the land on which she practices are the traditional lands for the Wurundjeri people, and that she respects their spiritual relationship with their country. She would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Boon Wurrung language groups as the custodians of the region and recognise that their culture and heritage is still important then, now and forever. She would like to pay her respects to Elders past, present and emerging. I would like to acknowledge that I conduct this business on unceded lands and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Space 2
Liza Poser

My garden is a sanctuary. A peaceful cove that nourishes and quiets the soul. The smell of sweet roses rules most of the time.Their lingering scents conquering all other smells. Amongst the roses you can smell soft tones of lavender, Jasmine and herbs that are waiting anxiously to be picked. My garden a place to escape, to sit and let the surroundings calm and relax from the busyness of everyday life.

Group Show
Oprah has an Art Degree

Exhibition dates: 30 June - 11 July, 2021

Creativity, attention to detail, emotional intelligence - are the qualities of the sum of us Arts Degree graduates.

This exhibition is to fight back against the misconception that Arts Degrees don’t have the right in-demand job skills determined by a conservative government in a financial crisis. An arts student's contribution to their degree is now higher than someone doing medicine. Education Minister Dan Tehan told the National Press Club that the Government was unashamedly trying to steer students away from humanities and the arts.
This is despite himself having obtained an Arts Degree!

This exhibition will highlight the broad contribution that the arts have made that is more than the money we make and the goods and services we produce. It is about the conversations we help start and the way in which we interact with the wider world.
Works to be made fall under one or more of the following areas:

Music / Drama / Cinema
International Studies
Archaeology
Communication
Cultural, Ethnic, & Gender
Language and Literature
History
Law
Philosophy
Religion
Anthropology
Geography
Political
Sociology
Urban studies

The contribution of these disciplines has been overlooked in discussions of economic and commercial value. These are fundamentally issues of human behaviour and social interaction.
We are critical arts thinkers’ that form multidisciplinary teams that understand human behaviour and can connect with people. In particular, our ability for succinct visual communication, that may tackle unfamiliar problems, combined with the ability for critical analysis, we are individuals that assess risks and give owing consideration to ethical issues.

Arts graduates play an important role towards the future and we ARE part of the solution!

Artists:
Kelly Sullivan
Olga Tsara
Polly Hollyoak
Maz Dixon
Andrea Sinclair
That Dead Artitst
Andrea Hughes
Empire Of Stuff
Nick Heynsbergh
Benjamin Coombs
Nicole O’Loughlin

Drum For Freedom
Thinn Thinn

Exhibition dates: 16 - 27 June 2021

This is not just an art exhibition but also a protest against the military coup in Myanmar by the Tatmadaw - Myanmar's Military. The coup in Myanmar began on the morning of 1st February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country were deposed by the Tatmadaw. Since then, there has been nothing but violence and abuse of human dignity while the world watched and occasionally wrote carefully worded letters.

Meanwhile, the people of Myanmar have protested the Military tirelessly and creatively despite the Military's strong-arm suppression techniques. Among the most popular forms of protest is the banging of pots and pans, which is a traditional practice of warding off evil.

This exhibition is a protest. The work created is an artistic equivalence of the banging of pots; "Drum for Freedom". The artists stand in solidarity with the Myanmar people, and all profits will be given to Myanmar's Civil Disobedience Movement.

In addition to the leading artist, the show will also feature some works by Nyein Chan Aung, the artist of the 2019 launch Melbourne Art Tram, "The Late Supper.

Link interview with SBS Burmese

https://www.sbs.com.au/.../drum-for-freedom-exhibition...