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Talking NeoTericAriella Anderson from Malki Studio in BargaraMeeting on the lands of the Taribelang Bunda, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng and Bailai people in the regional coastal community of Bargara, Bianca Acimovic sits down with Ariella Anderson in the studio of Malki Studio, a contemporary jewellery company specialising in unique, handmade, and culturally intersectional jewellery and art objects.
From the studio in Bargara the conversation highlights the power of art in migration and assimilation.
The practices of Malki become a precious moment; for when words are not enough, art becomes the language, breaking down cultural barriers.
2023-06-2525 minTalking NeoTericMichelle Black in DalbyTraveling to Barunggam lands, the Western Downs town of Dalby.
Recently relocated from the Capricorn coast, Bianca sits down with Michelle in a 1930’s Queenslander for a conversation that explores what it was like to live and work along the Capricorn coast and what it means to shift to the Western Downs.
With a practice that makes directly with and from the environment, ocean waters and river soils, place is an important part of Michelle’s practice.
Michelle shares her experience of Yeppoon and Rockhampton and what she is looking forward to in Dalb...
2023-06-1824 minTalking NeoTericWilliam Debois in GladstoneTravelling to lands of the Taribelang Bunda, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng, and Bailai people to the regional centre of Gladstone, Bianca Acimovic meets with William Debois.
A photographer who prioritises community-driven projects, the conversation with William explores storytelling with and of regional communities.
Through recent and current creative projects, lessons of humility and community-driven outcomes are discussed.
2023-06-1124 minTalking NeoTericKym Barrett in ChatsworthOn Gubbi Gubbi lands, Bianca Acimovic sits down with contemporary abstract landscape painter Kym Barrett.
With decades since they last sat down together, the conversation looks at Kym’s practice and studio, centered to the regional area of Chatsworth.
Through the site of Kym’s studio, the conversation delves into the natural environment and its influences to become a part of people, become a part of creative practice.
Through place, Kym speaks to the safety net of regional communities as a shelter, a place of refuge, and a place of reflection.
2023-06-0424 minTalking NeoTericAdrienne Williams in Burnett HeadsSpeaking from the coastal town of Burnett Heads on the lands of the Taribelang Bunda, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng and Bailai people, Bianca Acimovic meets with Adrienne Williams.
The conversation tracks the edges of climates, from environment to social and financial climate. We explore how to survive, sustain, and ideally prosper in the unknown of the future.
The conversation highlights that creative practice does not happen in isolation and that it is impacted and influenced by all facets of life and living.
2023-05-2826 minTalking NeoTericSimon Mee in ToowoombaTraveling to Gabinal and Jarowair Country, to the regional city of Toowoomba, Bianca Acimovic meets with Simon Mee, artist of the weird, curator of odd and sublime.
Speaking from Simon’s studio, surrounded by his curated collection that includes a rare collection of lamps and hand sewn domestic items, the conversation brings in 1980’s reference and explores following trends and breaking the mould, touching on popular culture and the cycle of popularism and fashion.
2023-05-2124 minTalking NeoTericChristine Holden in Boyne IslandTravelling to the lands of the Goreng Goreng people in Central Queensland, Bianca Acimovic sits along the Boyne River with artist Christine Holden, a practitioner who brings together foraged materials, community participation and weaving.
Through Christine’s practice, the conversation touches on the intersections of commercial fishing, weaving practice and rethinking our plastic journey both commercially and domestically.
2023-05-1424 minTalking NeoTericCarly Baker-Burnham from The Rex in MontoSpeaking from the rural town of Monto in North Burnett region, Bianca Acimovic meets with Carly Baker-Burnham to talk about all things arts, culture and business.
Through the lens of community building and The Rex, the conversation unpacks what makes a regional town, who makes them, and how
they materialise.
2023-05-0728 minTalking NeoTericBindi Waugh in YarwunFrom the lands of the Taribelang Bunda, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng and Bailai in the regional community of Yarwun, Bianca Acimovic sits down in the studio with Iman and Bundjalung women Bindi (Belynda) Waugh.
Speaking from a place that sits within big industry, the conversation explores balancing the need of the community and the growth of the industry and how they both need each other.
Bindi shares her unique perspectives, as she terms them, from being Indigenous, invader and immigrant, and how she brings this to the public discourse through her creative practice.
2023-04-3025 minTalking NeoTericMatthew Jamieson from Monto Museum of Art in MontoOn Gureng Gureng Country, from the town of Monto in the North Burnett region, Bianca Acimovic sits down with the son of the late Gil Jamieson and the Director of Monto Museum of Art, Matthew Jamieson.
With Matthew now entrusted as a caretaker of the legacy collection, the conversation delves into what it means to be entrusted to care for the legacy of an artist and their collection of works remaining artworks.
2023-04-2324 minTalking NeoTericCara-Ann Simpson in HadenTravelling to the lands of the Jarowair people of the Wakka Wakka nation in southern Queensland, Bianca Acimovic sits in the landscape with multidisciplinary
artist Cara-Ann Simpson, a practitioner who engages in sensory perception, deep listening, and active observation.
Through Cara’s practice, the conversation highlights the importance of personal health and self-care and discovering what is at the core of individual motivation, aspiration and living.
2023-04-1624 minTalking NeoTericAmanda-Lyn Pearson from The Crackup Sisters in WintonSpeaking from Winton, in Western Queensland, Bianca Acimovic meets up with Amanda-Lyn Pearson at The Home of The Crackup Sisters.
The conversation unpacks who The Crackup Sisters are, what is the Home of The Crackup Sisters, and what can happen when you construct a new cultural venue in Winton from 100% donated materials.
2023-04-0926 min
Behind the ArtKim Withers in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us as we explore over the next half hour the career of Kim Withers, Rockhampton Museum of Art Business and Development Supervisor.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director speaks with Kim Withers about how the coming together of her creative practice and career has laid a path for her recent appointment to the role of Rockhampton Museum of Art Business and Development Supervisor in the later part of 2020.
Kim brings together her extensive experience in budgeting, financial management and strategic financial planning and more recent experience of gallery operations management, visitor engagement and...
2021-02-0729 minBehind the ArtMerilyn Luck OAM in conversation with Bianca Acimovic- Behind the ArtJoin us as we delve in to the history of Rockhampton Art Gallery, through the life and memories of Merilyn Luck, the longest serving trustee for Rockhampton Art Gallery Trust.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director speaks with Merilyn Luck OAM.
Merilyn Luck (nee Beak) has made an outstanding contribution to her local community of Rockhampton through her involvement and support of the Arts, the Anglican Church, Central Queensland University and both Grammar Schools. Merilyn’s involvement with the Rockhampton Art Gallery began in the late 1970s when she was one of the inaugural do...
2021-01-3131 minBehind the ArtTess Maunder in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us as we explore over the next half hour the curatorial practice of Tess Maunder, Rockhampton Museum of Art Curator.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director, chats with Tess Maunder about Tess’ curatorial practice, and her recent shift from Melbourne to Rockhampton to take up the role of Curator with Rockhampton Museum of Art.
Tess comes to the role with over ten years’ experience in the cultural sector with a focus on programming contemporary visual art practice. The conversation explores Tess’ professional practice to date including her projects throughout the Asia-Pacific region where she ha...
2021-01-2325 min
Behind the ArtKaren Stephens in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us for the next half an hour as we delve in to the practice of Karen Stephens, and how she sustains a professional arts practice in Remote Australia.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director, chats with artist, Karen Stephens about being an artist and sustaining an arts practice in remote Australia.
Karen is an Australian born artist based in far remote Queensland. Working predominately in the field of Australian landscape painting, her immersion in the environment informs a sustained investigation of the outback landscape, and she uses its inner regions as fertile ground...
2021-01-0330 min
Behind the ArtTracey Heathwood in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us for the next half an hour as we explore what is the role of regional galleries, what do they do for regional communities, and why are they important to so many.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director, chats with Tracey Heathwood, Director of Artspace Mackay, about regional Art Galleries and their role and contribution to the cultural fabric of Australia.
In this conversation, we also get an insight into what has led Tracey to the position of Director with Artspace Mackay.
2020-12-2731 min
Behind the ArtJacob McQuire in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us as we explore with Jacob McQuire over the next half hour, for a discussion on recording who we are and what we know now, so that the past is never lost.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director, chats with First Nations artist and artworker Jacob McQuire.
The conversation explores Jacob’s journey as a young first nation’s man, and his skills and interest to recording oral histories to preserve cultural stories.
2020-12-1227 min
Behind the ArtMichelle Black in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us for the next half an hour as we delve into the practice of Michelle Black, and how she connects her skills as a printmaker, graphic artist and urban designer, to result in successful collaborative projects that speak about people and place.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director, chats with artist Michelle Black about her practice as a fine artist. Printmaker, commercial artist – graphic artist and urban designer. In our conversation with Michelle, we delve into ideas of the contribution that artists have to a broader understanding and interpretation of the world around us.
2020-12-0628 minBehind the ArtNickeema Williams in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us as we explore knowing our history, and investing in young people to navigate our future with Nickeema Williams over the next half hour.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director chats with First Nations artist and artworker Nickeema Williams about living with art in your blood, and being born in to a culture where there is no separation between life and art.
The conversation explores our present world position, and the need to invest in young people to make an impact and to foster change. Working with young people to support them to m...
2020-11-1534 minBehind the ArtJulie Barratt in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us over the next half hour as we explore access inclusion to cultural content and cultural facilities, and question how to be an advocate to ensure the arts are inclusive, welcoming and safe spaces for all.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director chats with artist and arts worker Julie Barratt. They explore ideas and ideas of access, from physical to geographical.
They ask the big questions around inclusion and what diversity really looks like, and how and how to drive this in art creation and presentation.
2020-11-0836 minBehind the ArtChristine Ianna & Lisa Jones in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us over the next half hour as we explore collections, how, why and who forms them. And once they are formed how to present and preserve collections for current and future generations.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director talks all things Preventive Conservation and Disaster Preparedness with Christine Ianna, Conservator and Museum Consultant and all things Collection Management with Museum Curator and Consultant Lisa Jones.
Christine and Lisa both have many years of working with collections and specifically preserving and presenting collections. Today they share knowledge and experiences of working with collections throughout Q...
2020-11-0136 minBehind the ArtAnitha Menon in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us as we explore the practice of Anitha Menon, and ideas of isolation, culture, domesticity, and the status of ‘the homemaker’; their voice and social status interpreted through still-life objects, over the next half hour.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director, chats with artist Anitha Menon. This conversation that draws out lived experiences of migration, over three continents, and Anitha’s experience of English as her second language changing her career path.
In a story of migration and making Anitha speaks to how this experience has dually fostered and still informs arts practice today.
2020-10-2532 minBehind the ArtLexi Maller in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us as we explore What is a conservator, How do you become a conservator, and What is conservation with Lexi Maller over the next half hour.
Bianca Acimovic, Rockhampton Museum of Art Director chats with Lexi Maller, Collections Officer with Rockhampton Museum of Art and they speak about the visual arts collection, and unpack what a conservator is. The conversation speaks about where art meets science and about the conservator and the acts of conservation, highlighting some conservation projects as Rockhampton Museum of Art prepares for a 100% collection relocation.
2020-10-0433 minBehind the ArtKeemon Williams in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us as we delved in to life after art school and making it as an artist without the safety net of a university through the practice of Keemon Williams over the next half hour.
Rockhampton Museum of Art Director chats with artist Keemon Williams about all things art school.
Keemon takes us through his journey, from applying the university of his choice, to his arts practice at the end of his study. He speaks to how his time at art school has shaped his practice and thinking, and who and what has been pivotal a...
2020-09-2728 minBehind the ArtElysha Rei in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtIn our latest edition of Behind the Art, we chat with Elysha Rei, Public Programs Officer with the Queensland State Archives. We explore Elysha Rei’s arts practice, and how her lived experiences as a Japanese-Australian artist prevails in her arts practice through works on paper as paper cuttings, public murals and installations. The conversation highlighting how nothing happens in isolation, as Elysha’s explorations of historical narrative through symbolism and examining identity through cultural motif reflects back to the records and holdings of collecting institutions like Queensland State Archives.
2020-09-1327 min
Behind the ArtEaston Dunne in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtIn our latest edition of Behind the Art, we chat to local visual artist, Easton Dunne about their life as an artist, and the expectations versus reality throughout 2020 and what that has meant being a regional artist. We also get further insight into Easton’s standout solo exhibition, ‘House’ that has been a pivotal moment in their career. Paying homage to the spaces that served as cherished moments in Easton's life, ‘House’ encapsulates a lot of what they aims to achieve through their practice. As well as a practising visual artist, Easton is also an arts educator living and working in...
2020-08-1632 minBehind the ArtNoel Brady in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtIn this week’s episode of Behind the Art, we chat with an artist with quite an eclectic practise. Noel Brady practices as a sculptor, bricoleur, ceramicist and designer, and has also spent many years as an arts educator. With this wealth of experience, we hear how art has and continues to shape Noel’s life.
2020-08-0927 minBehind the ArtGail Meyer in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtWe venture behind the art as we hear from artist Gail Meyer in our next podcast episode. Fascinated by colour from an early age growing up surrounded by the Australian bush, Gail’s love of the natural world is expressed in her arts practice, finding “beauty and happiness in colour”. Experimenting in various other media such as sculpting, ink sketching, painting and collage, Gail lets us in on her inspiration and the beauty of artistic freedom.
2020-08-0235 minBehind the ArtBrendon Tohill in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtWe get a glimpse into the mind of a sculptor, as Brendon Tohill breaks down the nitty gritty details of bronze casting in this week’s episode of Behind the Art. We hear about the exciting process of how raw, unformed materials can be created into magnificent works of art completely transformed. Get your art fix and listen now.
2020-07-2630 minBehind the ArtNora Hanasy in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtIn today’s podcast episode we chat with assemblage artist, Nora Hanasy, and get an insight to the way her creative practice is informed by life experiences and cultural heritage. We also learn of the "organised chaos" aesthetic of Nora's studio, and the way she comes about finding the objects that form the subjects of her sculptures. Nora has a Bachelor of Education, majoring in Visual Art and has been an arts educator for the past 17 years.
2020-07-1228 minBehind the ArtBelynda (Bindi) Waugh in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtWith her recent near-sellout solo exhibition, we chat with Belynda (Bindi) Waugh all about her inspiration for this most recent body of work and the dialogue that surrounds it, as well as the perspectives that inform her practice as a whole. As an enthusiastic bricoleur of sorts (a lover of making things), we learn of the joy that Bindi brings to the art she creates. Bindi is a visual artist who lives and works in Yarwun, practicing in sculpture, pottery, poetry and painting.
2020-07-0523 minBehind the ArtNellie Lovegrove in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtJoin us in our latest podcast edition as we delve ‘Behind the Art’ with mixed-media artist Nellie Lovegrove. Known for her beautiful murals, installations and printmaking, Nellie gives us the inside scoop on new projects, studio life and all about her life in Iran and the big move to Australia.
2020-06-2829 minBehind the ArtAmber Countryman in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtWe got to sit down with artist, Amber Countryman, for a candid conversation about the role of art in her world and how major life changes can affect the creative process in poignant ways, and also act as a method of healing. Amber Countryman is a Rockhampton-based artist who practices in a variety of art forms such as painting, sculpture and installations.
2020-06-1429 minBehind the ArtEmma Ward in conversation with Bianca Acimovic - Behind the ArtWe get up close and personal with artist Emma Ward in this candid, intimate chat that explores Emma’s creative practices, what life has been like as an artist and mother during isolation, and more.
Emma Ward is a mixed-media artist who lives and works in the Rockhampton region, with a predominant focus on exploring femininity and the human condition. Make yourself a cup of tea, get cosy and tune in.
2020-05-2834 min