Imbolc 2018

??? As the wheel turns the Sun grows stronger, and in the Southern Hemisphere today we celebrate Imbolc, or the Quickening. There are signs everywhere that the Earth, plants and animals are waking from a wintry slumber and spring is on its way – daffodils and jonquils are starting to […]

Exciting changes to Earth Reading in September: now 2 days and new price!

We’ve been working on restructuring our workshop offerings and have some exciting changes to this September’s workshop. The ‘Earth Reading’ class will now be held over two days, on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September 2018, and has a new lower price. While the focus of this workshop will remain the same, some content has changed […]

Reactivating space – Wimmera silos

Throughout the Wimmera artists have painted old wheat silos with portraits of local people. These two examples are painted with the images of local farmers and Indigenous people. It’s interesting to see the change these artworks have on their environments. The silos we visited were all once next to active […]

Ancestral spirit of place

I’m on a bit of a pilgrimage back to the country of my ancestors, to a fairly remote part of Victoria I haven’t visited for years. On the drive here it’s been interesting to feel the changes in spirit of place. Although the land here is quite dry and harsh, […]