Gina Fairley

4 days ago | artshub.com.au | Gina Fairley

Going to art school may not be an option to you – maybe it is financially restrictive, you are regionally-based and just don’t have access, or are weighted by other demands dampening your dream. An inspiring conversation with Baylee Griffin gives hope that you can embrace your passion through alternative routes. Griffin is a ceramic artist based in Townsville, and also President of the North Queensland Potters Association, at the studios of which they now also teach.

1 week ago | artshub.com.au | Gina Fairley

You may be considering taking on teaching art workshops to boost your cash flow as the economy softens. Yes, workshops can be profitable, but they also have other advantages. In disguise, they are also a fantastic way to boost to your own creative process – and to relieve artist’s block. Here’s why:As makers, we tend to settle into the way we do things in our hands-on practice informed by lots of trial and error, and then just stick with it. However, this can often close us off to new learning.

1 week ago | artshub.com.au | Gina Fairley

I know, we are not having a recession. Well, at least that is what we are constantly being told – and yet it feels ominous out there. Artists and makers often bolster their incomes by doing casual work in the sector, offering workshops and doing markets – but when discretional spending is hit in tight times, these are the first to go. Plus, with the sector also feeling the pinch, there is not a lot of extra work around.

2 weeks ago | artshub.com.au | Gina Fairley

Manon is far from a warm and fuzzy narrative. Indeed, when it debuted in 1974 at the Royal Opera House, London, it was initially received coolly by critics, but it proved popular with audiences and grew into one of the great ballet classics. The production has been missing from The Australian Ballet’s repertoire for a decade; it was first staged in 1994 and last performed in 2014. So why is the timing right to return Manon to our mainstage?

2 weeks ago | artshub.com.au | Gina Fairley

The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes are always a highlight on the art calendar, opening the Gallery of NSW up to new audiences and opening up opportunities for new artists. Indeed, for this year’s Sulman and Wynne Prizes, 60% of finalists for both were first-time inclusions. It is also a first for curator Beatrice Gralton, who has been charged with delivering the finalist exhibition this year. Generally, the suite of prizes has a very different feel this year.