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In 'Nature/Nurture', O'Loughlin explores her personal connection to the landscape as a woman and caretaker of her home and studio, and of the living world that surrounds it. She muses on the threat of bird flu as she considers her relationship with the birds and animals that flourish among the creeks and grasses. Through embroidered portraits, she depicts trees with an awareness that their existence has become increasingly fragile and unpredictable. The works themselves are devoid of the traditional substrate of cloth, held together and seemingly floating by thread.
Despite the climate anxiety that underpins these topical works, O'Loughlin threads her familiar irony and humour through each piece, marrying weighty ideas with ornate and carefully chosen materials and techniques. As she describes it, she is always "subverting that traditional kind of craft into contemporary culture".
Nightwood' sees Jane Burton draw on the title of Djuna Barnes' 1936 novel, echoing also its atmospheric temperament. The book explores women who resist being read, or fixed in time and place. Characters are described as illegible and unpossessable. A woman's presence stirs something ancestral and pre-human in whoever looks at her.
Jane Burton is a nationally recognised Australian artist working in the medium of photography. Her work explores mortality, desire, and isolation and is often darkly ambiguous, enigmatic and provocative.
Since graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), from the School for the Arts, UTAS, she has exhibited her work regularly, holding forty solo exhibitions, including a twenty year survey 'Eye of the Beholder' (2009), at the Glen Eira City Art Gallery, Melbourne. She has twice staged solo projects at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne (1999, 2005), and her work has been included in numerous curated exhibitions and significant museum shows.
Burton's work is held in the collections of prominent state funded galleries, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Australia. Two monographs of her photographs have been published by M.33, Melbourne: 'It is Midnight, Dr. _ _', in 2017, and 'Other Stories', in 2011.
Becoming Modern is a survey exhibition exploring the emergence of modernism in Australia during the twentieth century.
Drawn largely from the Tasmanian State Collection, it features iconic Australian modernists alongside lesser-known works, many of which are exhibited for the first time.
This large-scale exhibition brings together paintings, sculpture and works on paper, highlighting figuration, abstraction, and foregrounding works by Tasmanian women artists.
This exhibition celebrates the natural beauty of seashells and the enduring sense of wonder they inspire. It features a striking selection of specimens from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) Collections, showcasing a wonderful array of shapes, sizes, colours and patterns.
Seashells have long captivated the imagination, holding diverse meanings and purposes across cultures and through time. Today, they continue to fascinate and remain embedded in everyday life, appearing in design and popular imagery.
Step into The World of Seashells to discover more about these natural treasures –how molluscs have evolved, how shells grow, what their colours and patterns might reveal –or simply marvel at their extraordinary beauty.
More than 95 per cent of Tasmania's giant kelp forests have disappeared as warming waters and invasive sea urchins transform reef ecosystems along our coastline.
Marine ecologist Professor Scott Ling has spent decades diving on Tasmania's reefs to understand why productive ecosystems collapse and what it takes for them to recover. Restoring the giant kelp forests in Tasmania has become a key focus of his work in scaling-up solutions to repair reef ecosystems.
In this Island of Ideas keynote, Scott will take you inside one of Tasmania's most ambitious marine restoration efforts. From reducing sea urchin numbers and rebuilding rock lobster populations, to 'seaweeding' competing algae and out-planting giant kelp, he will explore how scientists, industry, and communities are working together to help the giant kelp.
Can we safeguard remnant giant kelp forests and bring them back where they've been lost in recent decades? And what might their capacity for recovery teach us about resilience in a rapidly changing ocean?
Spring in the Vines is your invitation to get out into the vineyards and celebrate the start of a new season.
Across southern Tasmania, vineyards open their doors for one special weekend, giving you the chance to discover new wines, meet the people behind them and visit vineyards that aren't usually open to the public.
Gather your family and friends and spend the weekend exploring cellar doors, tasting new releases and enjoying good food, beautiful vineyards and the relaxed atmosphere of spring. With vineyards across the Huon Valley & Channel, Coal River Valley, Derwent Valley, Tasman Peninsula and Southern Midlands taking part, there's plenty to discover.
Come for the new wines, stay for the scenery, and make a weekend of it. Spring in the Vines is all about good wine, great company and enjoying a day out in the vines.
Eats, drinks, design, music! Tasmania is renowned for its quality produce, and that's what you'll find at this market; a diverse range of food and locally-crafted small batch drinks alongside a myriad of design stalls.
Add in live music from local talent and the scene is set for a wonderful Friday night! Engage with passionate stallholders, who'll share their story with you.
The market is dog and family-friendly.
Selected Fridays year-round between 4.30 pm to 9:00 pm at Brooke Street Pier. Please refer to the website for the market schedule.
The Tasmanian Produce Market is located at the beautiful Kangaroo Bay Park, overlooking the Derwent River and Mt Wellington.
Tasmania is renowned for its quality produce, and that's what you'll find at this market; a diverse range of fresh produce, and locally crafted small-batch drinks, alongside a small selection of design stalls.
Come engage, learn, and experience local! The market is family-friendly with a playground right next door.
Salamanca Market showcases over 300 stallholders every Saturday and is an experience not to be missed. It’s the best place to find Tasmanian-designed and handmade products and discover the heart of a creative island. You will meet local artisans, designers, collectors, and producers and discover the story behind the makers that make a visit to Salamanca Market so special.
With so much to see, give yourself plenty of time to browse, enjoy the buskers and musicians and soak up the atmosphere. There is delicious market food to enjoy and plenty of tastings and hot coffee to be found as you stroll around. You will find a huge selection of products to explore, including local gins, whisky and wines, preserves and cheeses, organic skincare, Tasmanian timber and ceramics, woollen products and handmade jewellery, clothing and homewares.
Salamanca Market is the most visited tourist attraction in Tasmania and is open every Saturday from 8.30 am to 3 pm. The market is centrally located at historic Salamanca Place, nestled against historic Georgian sandstone warehouses. It is home to galleries, restaurants and cafes and is only a short stroll to the city centre. Salamanca Market is proudly owned and operated by the City of Hobart.
Tasmanian Art Society exhibitions are open Saturdays and Sundays and are held in the historic Lady Franklin Gallery, which was built in convict times.
'Meet the Wild' is Hobart artist and former scientist Rachel Harris's first solo exhibition, bringing together life-like drawings of Tasmanian wildlife in colour pencil, graphite and charcoal.
Drawing on her background as a research scientist, Rachel combines close observation with a meticulous drawing practice to capture the detail, personality and behaviour of native animals. The exhibition explores the fleeting encounters we have with wildlife, and the memories, places and people they can come to represent.
The exhibition opens at 2pm on Saturday 31 October, with ecologist and monotreme expert A/Prof Stewart Nicol officially opening the exhibition. Rachel will also give an artist's talk at 2pm on Sunday 8 November.
Live music at Hadley's Orient Hotel every Saturday with Michael Roberts.
Enjoy a wonderful evening out in Hobart at the Art Bar at Hadleys.
Free entry.
Michael Roberts is a Tasmanian musician and producer who worked for many years in Sydney and toured internationally.
At the grand piano he plays and sings from a huge repertoire that embraces different eras from the American Songbook through the golden years of the '60s to the '80s and '90s. You could hear classics from Lennon/McCartney, Elton John and Billy Joel.
From Burt Bacharach, Simon and Garfunkel, Carole King and James Taylor to Australian classics from Paul Kelly, Crowed House and many others. Requests are welcome.
In 2009 Farmy began with an honest and simple philosophy: if you couldn’t eat it, drink it, grow it, or meet the producer, then you wouldn’t find it at Farmy.
That ethos has always held true. Now, that little carpark farmers’ market that began with just 12 producers now hosts a street-side seasonal cast of over 200, and has grown into an essential Sunday ritual for locals.
We’re also acknowledged as one of the top five farmers’ markets in the country.
Tasmania’s distinct growing seasons make for an ever-changing array of cool climate produce – that’s what we celebrate every Sunday.
Staying true to what’s in season locally is reflected throughout the market on fresh produce stalls, in artisan foods and on street food vendors menus.
Nestled in a groovy alcove in the middle of Farmy you’ll find the Grub Hub.
This is where it’s at on Sunday in Hobart for breakfast, a cheeky brunch or lazy lunch, with all the hustle, bustle and smells of a street food market.
Each Sunday you’ll find ten rotating street food vendors dishing up international cuisines with a local twist.
See you Sunday.
