Lyndal Hargrave finalist in the Stan + Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize.

The Stan + Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize 09 features works by 61 selected finalists. Bad Coop member, Lyndal Hargrave is one of the finalists this year with her work 'Sacred Geometry II'. This beautifully constructed work made from painted wooden coat hangers has also been acquired by the Gold Coast City Art Gallery for their permanent collection. The exhibition presents a diverse range of art practice, with works by emerging and established practitioners. I was delighted to see Lyndal's artwork was also selected for the cover of the Art Prize catalogue.

Congratulations Lyndal on your success and wonderful work.

The exhibition continues until 14th February 2010. www.gcac.com.au

Focus on ARTISTS' BOOKS in Mackay 2010

Focus on ARTISTS' BOOKS
conference | exhibitions | masterclasses
8-12 April 2010
Artspace Mackay

FOCUS ON ARTISTS' BOOKS is an Artspace Mackay program which aims to stimulate critical dialogue about artists' books and the book arts in Australia, provide professional development opportunities for artists working in the field and generate broader awareness of the artform within our region and nationally.

www.artspacemackay.com.au

(Thanks Nicola for sharing this info with our artistic community.)

Where Food and Fantasy meet....

As I was working late infront of my computer last night I decided to break up the painful routine of backing up my computer and bookkeeping by seeing what was on the magical box...(I rarely watch it these days) when I stumbled onto this bald English guy catching turtle. It turn out that he is one of the UK's Top chefs, Heston Blumenthal. As I love any kind of cooking show I continued to watch and it got stranger and stranger by the minute and also more interesting and intriguing as he was creating a magical and exciting gastronomic adventurer heading back to the past and making the old new again. In this first episode of 5 Heston cooks up some extreme taste sensations from the Victorian era serving up such stables as insects, hallucinogenic jelly and a fictional concoction straight from the pages of Alice in Wonderland.
Heston's Feast (Episode 4)

If you did not see it, do yourself the favour and watch it online. You will be amazed by the creativity and imagination used to create this feast... not to mention the reaction of his guests.
It shows on SBS at 8.35pm on Sunday nights.

(above: Still image from Episode 1 of Heston's Feasts)