Make art part of every day
As a writer I understand the courage it takes to lay yourself bare on the page with words and it is no different with the world of visual art. Joanne Braddy’s strength and determination shines through her works as she pushes herself to paint from within. Her paintings, drawings and […]
Simple, yet thought provoking and expressive designs are a common theme in Peta Thompson’s creative work. Her art explores personal narratives, combining prose with symbolic images, abstract work and portraiture. Narratives that are clearly influenced by her work in the community as an art therapist, and teacher. Peta’s work invites […]
As Julia Cameron said “Art opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. It brings healing.” There is solace in undertaking the process of creating something. For me it’s about dragging my fingers across the keyboard to form words, and ultimately pages, on the screen. It’s about scraping out […]
One of the most important values that arts culture has, is the ability to create subcultures of like-minded people. Since its beginnings in the 80s, the Comic Con and Cosplay subcultures spawned from the comic books of the previous decades, have become an influential movement, giving rise to multi-million dollar […]
About 1 in 5 people will suffer from mental illness in their lifetimes and according to research by psychiatrist and researcher, Sam Harvey, mental illness is now the main reason for incapacitation in Australian workers. Some of the leading causes for the onset of mental illness come from work-related stress […]