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ALEXIA AMYAMY DAVIDSON RUI GODHINO GLEN KERRISON JODY-ANNE MAMARIKAANNIE MOORS FAIRAN NAURARURA KEARNEE O’MARA CHRISTOPHINA TIPOLOURA LEIGH ZARIMIS

INTRO THANKS

The Free Space STudio iS an incluSive and SupporTive viSual arTS STudio projecT FocuSed on The developmenT oF STudio SkillS For young people wiTh diSabiliTieS. ThroughouT 2014 The Free Space STudio haS been houSed aT the darwin communiTy arTS; chamberS creScenT TheaTre. The ouTcome oF ThiS projecT iS To promoTe The public recogniTion oF The arTS pracTiceS oF arTiSTS wiTh diSabiliTieS Through ThiS exhibiTion and accompanying exhibiTion caTalogue.

ThiS year wiTh The SupporT oF arTS nT, Darwin communiTy arTS, The ciTy oF darwin and liFe wiThouT barrierS, The Free Space STudio haS underTaken a 30-week SkillS-developmenT workShop program, including workShopS in painTing, drawing,T-ShirT deSign and prinTing. The STudio projecTS covered in ThiS workShop SerieS have provided The arTiSTS wiTh The opporTuniTy To work in a wide varieTy oF mediumS.

The Free Space STudio haS proven To be a buSy and Thriving creaTive work Space in 2014. parTicipanTS have been encouraged To Find Their parTicular mediumS oF inTereST wiThin The program and perSonal creaTive deciSionS are encouraged wiTh regard To STudio pracTice. The arTiSTS have learnT independenT STudio SkillS, which will enable Them To deFine Their own creaTive pracTice.

ThiS exhibiTion iS compiled From a SelecTion oF new workS produced in 2014 by The arTiSTS From The Free Space STudio, and whaT a remarkable and producTive year we have had in The STudio! The arTiSTS have oFTen laboured over their workS For many weekS aT a Time To bring Them To compleTion. in my view, The qualiTy, deTail, vibrancy and humour in The workS Truly Speak For The TalenTS oF The arTiSTS. For many oF The Free Space STudio arTiSTS The capaciTy For verbal communicaTion iS limiTed, ThereFore, The complex and expreSSive picTorial communicaTion achieved Through ThiS body oF new work, iS SaTiSFying To behold. TheSe workS repreSenT a plaTForm For a deeper Two-way communicaTion For arTiSTS wiTh diSabiliTieS, which iS oF greaT value To The wider communiTy, arTiSTS and audienceS alike.

amina mcconvell, 2014

on behalF oF The Free Space Studio i would like To acknowledge The SupporT oF arTS nT which haS made ThiS SerieS oF SkillS developmenT workShopS poSSible. i would alSo like To Thank liFe wiThouT barrierS and The ciTy oF darwin For Their SupporT.

Sincere ThankS To darwin communiTy arTS For all Their wonderFul work. Their generous ongoing SupporT oF diSabiliTy arTS programS over The yearS haS conTribuTed in a poSiTive and enriching way To The qualiTy oF liFe oF people wiTh diSabiliTieS, oF which creaTive pracTice iS an inTegral parT. i would like To give a very Special Thank you To brenda logan who haS been a conSTanT SupporT To ThiS projecT From iTS concepTion To compleTion. ThankS brenda!

i would alSo like To Thank all The SupporT-workerS From The liFe wiThouT barrierS communiTy paThwayS program For Their conTribuTionS To The arT group over The paST year and For Their ongoing SupporT-work: rajeSwari regmi, danielle kruSe, lee kelly, deepa dhungana-pohkarel, manoj rai, doriS lolik, jainiTa dave.

Thank you To The arTiSTS For all your greaT work anD dedicaTion in 2014. aS ever iT haS been a privilege To work alongSide ThiS group oF arTiSTS and wiTneSS Their creaTive achievemenTS and arTiSTic developmenTS aS Their Studio pracTiceS become increaSingly SophisTicaTed.

amina mcconvell, 2014 Free Space STudio | workShop FaciliTaTor

(front cover: Annie Moors, Self Portrait (2014)(detail), Acrylic and posca on canvas; Photography: Fiona Morrison

Windows (2014), acrylic, oil pastel and posca on canvas

Photography: Fiona Morrison

alexia amy iS very clear and deciSive abouT her compoSiTionS, eSpecially wiTh regard To The uSe oF colour. alexia’S workS are uSually expreSSive, large Scale painTingS in which her SenSe oF colour and compoSiTion creaTe dynamic FielDS oF colour. ThiS year alexia haS been exploring a new approach To compoSiTion, oF working From The ouTSide oF The canvaS inwardS, in a Sequence oF layered colours creaTing an inTereSTing window eFFecT.

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amy davidSon haS been pracTiSing aS an arTiST for many yearS; She iS a dedicaTed young arTiST wiTh a meTiculouS eye For deTail. ThiS year amy haS concenTraTed on craFT baSed pracTiceS ThaT make The moST oF her Seemingly endleSS abiliTy To work wiTh labour inTenSive TechniqueS, craFTing workS ThaT can Take weekS and weekS oF painSTaking deTailed work to compleTe.

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Flower Pot and Stand (set) (2014), table from recycled cardboard with acrylic and plastic pot with acrylicPhotography: Fiona Morrison

rui godhino iS an experienced painTer who haS been working aS parT oF The arT group For Several yearS. hiS painTingS are bold and Full oF The joy oF mark making. rui will obSeSSively work For up To Six weekS aT a Time on a large work; building iT up in conSecuTive layerS oF colour wiTh a rich varieTy oF painTerly lineS, oFTen drawing back inTo The workS and re-working SecTionS Several TimeS beFore deciding The work iS FiniShed.

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WOW! (2014), acrylic and posca on canvas

Photography: Fiona Morrison

glen kerriSon haS newly joined The arT group, and From arriving aS an uncerTain newcomer haS quickly Found a Tactile and very perSonal love oF painTing and geStural line work. glen cloSely obServeS hiS markS aS he makeS Them, and even liSTenS For The SoundS creaTed while he workS, alwayS deeply engageD wiTh hiS markS while painTing.

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(2014), acrylic and posca on canvasPhotography: Fiona Morrison

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jody-anne mamarika iS a young indigenouS arTiST, and iS a very phySical and TacTile painTer. jody-anne haS very limited mobiliTy in her armS and yeT haS amazing STrengTh and reach wiTh her mark-making. She haS developed a Technique oF painTing whereby She FirST coverS the canvaS wiTh large FieldS oF colour, Then FocuSeS in on Smaller areaS uSing The oTher end oF her bruSh To ScraTch back inTo The painT work, Finally FiniShing her workS wiTh expreSSive line DrawingS, made over The Top oF The denSely coloured ground.

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Untitled (2014), acrylic and posca on canvas

Photography: Fiona Morrison

annie moorS iS an experienced young indigenouS arTiST, her workS FocuS on ThemeS oF her Family connecTionS, relaTionShipS, idenTiTy, pop culTure and her yolngu culTural TradiTionS which She STrongly idenTiFieS wiTh. annie workS proliFically, eaSily producing large Scale painTingS which She developS Through a SerieS oF major and deciSive compoSiTional changeS, ofTen reworking SecTionS oF her painTingS Several TimeS beFore SeTTling on The Final compoSiTion. TexT iS oFTen a FeaTure in annie’S workS; ThiS iS uSually perSonal To annie, Speaking of dreamS, love, loSS, Family and yolngu culTure.

Goanna, Green Frog & My Family (2014), acrylic and posca on canvasPhotography: Fiona Morrison

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Fairan nauraura iS a young indigenouS artiST From The croker iSland region who haS recenTly joined The arT group and haS a naTural abiliTy wiTh painTing. Fairan likeS To Tell StorieS abouT croker iSland and hiS Family, placeS and people ThaT he connecTS wiTh when he iS painTing. Fairan alSo workS aS a STuDio aSSiSTanT; he iS alwayS keen To help hiS Fellow arTiSTs wiTh Their projecTS in The STudio.

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The Wetlands (2014), acrylic on canvas (detail)

Photography: Fiona Morrison

kearnee o’mara iS a new addiTion To The arT group, her drawing SkillS have developed rapidly Since She joined aS beginner. ThroughouT The projecT kearnee haS focuSed on pracTiSing her obServaTional drawing SkillS in combinaTion wiTh acrylic painTing, building her abiliTy To draw whaT She SeeS accuraTely. kearnee iS inTereSTed in developing decoraTive moTiFS and haS recenTly compleTed her largeST work To daTe, ThiS Floral panel.

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Floral Panel (2014), acrylic and posca on canvasPhotography: Fiona Morrison

chriSTophina Tipoloura iS a young indigenouS arTiST From The Tiwi iSland region. colour and deSign in chriSTophina’S workS are highly conSidered, each mark iS applied The greaTeST care and oFTen reworked a number oF TimeS, wiTh The arrangemenT oF colourS SubTly changing ThroughouT The long proceSS. chriSTophina’S deSignS reFlecT her perSonal SenSe oF STyle and conTemporary FaShion, while SimulTaneouSly reFerencing her Tiwi heriTage.

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Untitled (2014), acrylic and posca on canvas

Photography: Fiona Morrison

leigh zarimiS iS an exciTing young arTiST who haS been developing an inTricaTe viSual language oF denSe inTerwoven meandering line-work. ThroughouT The Free Space STudio projecT leigh haS creaTed a SerieS oF TheSe large Scale and inTenSely DeTailed drawingS wiTh a diSTincTly absTracT graphic STyle- reminiScenT oF graFFiTi. leigh’S viSual language iS highly perSonal, TheSe drawingS deScribe deTailed SceneS From everyday liFe, SpeciFic placeS, evenTS, people and wildliFe.

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A Living Landscape with People, Animals, Buildings, Places, Roads, Cars etc, & all the Activities Within (2014), acrylic and posca on canvasPhotography: Amina Mc Convell

T-Shirt Design project

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1. Annie Moors, Barbie Girl (2014), (Inside front cover) (detail) foam-cut print with fabric ink on cotton t-shirts; Photography: Fiona Morrison 2. Leigh Zarimis, Family Portrait (2014), foam-cut print with fabric ink on cotton t-shirts; Photography: Fiona Morrison3. Amy Davidson, My House (2014), foam-cut print with fabric ink on cotton t-shirts; Photography: Fiona Morrison4. Rui Godhino, Self Portrait (2014), (Inside back cover) (detail) foam-cut print with fabric ink on cotton t-shirts; Photography: Fiona Morrison

in 2014 The Free Space STudio arTiSTS produced a SerieS oF original T-ShirT deSignS, here iS a SelecTion oF The hand prinTed deSignS.

(back cover: Kearnee O’Mara, Face (Portrait of Amina McConvell) (2014), acrylic and pencil on board; Photography: Fiona Morrison

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