Make art part of every day
With the commercialism of cultural and religious traditions, it is easy to be dismissive of them. But October is the perfect month to stop and consider how lucky we are to have a melding pot of different spiritual, religious and cultural elements to enrich our perspectives of the world. Generations […]
Logan’s multicultural narrative is one of misunderstanding and prejudice, leading to an underlying culture of fear and fragmentation. But the expressive, social and participatory nature of arts culture means that it is one of the most effective tools in challenging these fears and examining our behaviours and values. By exploring […]
The method of story-telling as a means of sharing knowledge is common across many indigenous races all over the world. These stories take many different shapes. The knowledge might passed down orally in different languages, via totems, kinship ties, dance, songs, ceremonies, rituals and symbolic art. In each culture the […]
By drawing from his own family heritage and childhood experiences, Melbourne based writer and artist, Shaun Tan explores fundamental feelings of isolation and displacement in a “New Country” through his poignant illustrated novel, The Arrival. The narrative begins in a universally familiar space; the family home, and follows the journey […]
An intrinsic value of art culture is that it exposes us to a perspective outside our own. An important tool when increasingly we see people fall into the fissures in the landscape of our society, despite the prevalence of our online community. In theory our community should feel closer than […]