Reddy-Set-Go with Melissa Laffy
Melissa Laffy is a local artist with strong links to Lara and the You Yangs. She draws upon nature as inspiration for her art, which involves textiles, garment making, sculpture, mixed media works and painting….
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St John of God Hospital program Cartwheels above the rest
St John of God Hospital Geelong is offering a fantastic program for patients across the hospital to use their creativity to make them feel better. The Cartwheels program, run by trained art therapist Roslyn Pollard,…
Geelong Gallery’s ‘The Moon’ exhibition is out of this world!
20 July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. Geelong Gallery exhibition,The Moon has been programmed to coincide with this significant milestone, and brings together artistic responses to the celestial body that…
RANG रंग BY LEIKO at Courthouse Youth Arts
Courthouse Youth Arts has a new exhibition of photographs from artist Leiko, taken while backpacking throughout India. Her photos reflect the vibrancy and the sensory overload she experienced during her journey in India. She joined…
Paul Livingston (aka FLACCO)
Paul Livingston is the mild-mannered persona behind the comedy phenomenon FLACCO whose many television credits include: GOOD NEWS WEEK, THE BIG GIG, DAAS KAPITAL, MONEY OR THE GUN, two SANDMAN AND FLACCO SPECIALS for the Ten Network and THE SIDESHOW for the ABC, and…
Bron Lawson from the Blubird Foundation
Program Manager from Geelong’s Bluebird Foundation talks with Kylie Whyte about almost ten years of helping young people access the arts. You can check out the Bluebird Foundation website here http://chrisb114.sg-host.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Bron_Lawson_Bluebird_Foundation_KickArts.mp3Podcast: Play in new window…
Ren Inei – Boom Gallery and the You Yangs Group Exhibiton
KickArts’ Kylie Whyte caught up this week with Boom Gallery founder Ren Inei and discussed the gallery, his artwork and the current exhibiton – You Yangs Group Exhibiton. The Gallery is located in Rutland Street,…
Award winning artist Marco Luccio joined us in the studio to discuss his new book and exhibition – New York Postcards
Award winning artist Marco Luccio joined us in the studio to discuss his new book and exhibition – New York Postcards
Deborah Hart, Senior Curator, National Gallery of Australia talks about the Ned Kelly series of paintings by Sidney Nolan
This week we spent some time with National Gallery of Australia’s senior curator, Deborah Hart, who was in Geelong to oversee the final touches on the Sidney Nolan – Kelly exhibition at Geelong Gallery. We…
Yvette Coppersmith – Artist and 2018 Archibald Prize winner joins us for this week’s KickArts
I had the great pleasure of catching up with painter Yvette Coppersmith on KickArts and we talked about many things including the life-changing experience of winning the 2018 Archibald Prize. We also spoke about the…