Updates on Fern Smith’s art activities
First free drawing and/or word workshop
2.30pm- 3.30 One hour (ish)
20 th September 2022
Leopold Library
BOOKINGS : https://events.grlc.vic.gov.au/event/6965258
To create one page (22cms wide and 19 cms high) describing your favourite spot/place in Greater Geelong through word and/or drawing.
Your completed work will be included in The Longest Book In the World community project.
I was asked to write a 150 word biography this is what I wrote and what was published.
Very excited to announce my flash fiction, More Questions than Answers, was accepted by Geelong Writers Inc for the 2021 Anthology, released in April 2022.
Their regular printers closed down during the long lock downs in Victoria owing to the COVID pandemic. Good story and ending Geelong Writers found a great local printer Geelong Printworks PTY LTD. Keep that under your hat when you decided to self publish, affordable and reasonable print run.
Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee from the early 1970’s were creative disruptors to ‘art as usual’ in Australia. Like their Modernist sisters they went overseas bringing back the new wave of art practice and energy in their own unique Australian way. They shared creative visions and hold a deep spiritual connection that spans decades. Step into Paradise is a beautiful sensitive documentary currently airing on iview produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – a Black Fella production – showcasing their art practice and personal lives. https://iview.abc.net.au/show/step-into-paradise/video/AC1906H001S00
“Australian women artists in the early 20th Century were pivotal in the shaping of Modernism as we know it today.” Leonard Joel.com 2021. Often looked over in the cannon of Australian art history. We can add Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee bringing a new energy and vibrancy to Australian art. I take my hat off to two pivotal art disruptors.