Lucie Cutting

Radio Producer and Presenter at ABC Hobart

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Animal poo painting competition aimed at normalising faeces

5 days ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

Tasmanian museum owner Karin Koch created the world's first animal poo painting competition because she's passionate about destigmatising faeces, but also to have fun. Ms Koch is the creator and owner of Pooseum, a primarily science museum dedicated to dung. In 2024, she invited artists to submit works made with animal poo in her inaugural competition called the Poo-tastic Tasmanian Paint Off, with a $2,000 prize on offer for the winner.
Music ephemera a rare glimpse into Tasmania's underground culture

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

Music posters and handbills spanning 30 years of live performance in Hobart have been donated to Libraries Tasmania. They offer a rare glimpse into underground music culture in Tasmania from the 1990s onwards, focusing on when bands largely relied on street advertising rather than the internet to promote shows.
Oil paintings of Victoria Cross recipients donated to Tasmanian Army Museum - ABC listen

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

Oil paintings of Tasmania's Victoria Cross recipients are now on display at the Tasmanian Army Museum, thanks to the work of international artist and war veteran, Tyler Briley. The portraits were donated by Kerri Statton, who is the great grand daughter of Victoria Cross recipient Sergeant Percy Statton. She did extensive research to locate descendants of Tasmania's 15 Victoria Cross recipients to ensure their legacy is not forgotten.
It takes up to 450 hours to make a human-hair wig, but it's Rachel's passion

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

Master wigmaker Rachel Walker can spend up to 450 hours painstakingly attaching human hair, strand by strand, to aSwiss lace base to create a single wig. The time-consuming process has become a passion for her after seeing the impact a wig can have on the self-esteem of people experiencing medical hair loss. Ms Walker, who has been a hairdresser for 36 years, expanded her skills to wig-making 10 years ago, when she became frustrated by the lack of options available to her clients.
Michael Mansell reflects on Tasmania's reconciliation walk 25 years on

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting |Tamlyn Neck

Aboriginal activist and lawyer Michael Mansell clearly remembers driving from Launceston to attend Tasmania's reconciliation walk in 2000, such was the public response to the walk. "We noticed dozens of buses...a lot of cars were travelling with those buses so we knew it was big." Mr Mansell said.
After nearly 60 years, Marin County Jane Doe identified as Dorothy Vaillancourt

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

Penelope Vaillancourt was 15 when she lost contact with her Australian-born mother Dorothy after moving out of their troubled home in California in 1965. Now 74, she is shocked to learn Dorothy's body was found on a cliff the following year but went unidentified for almost six decades. Known as the Marin County Jane Doe, the woman's identity was a mystery until March this year, when work by forensic DNA company Othram and US law enforcement officials restored her true name.
Woman donates portraits of ancestors including island's unofficial 'king'

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

An oil painting of the unofficial "king" of Maria Island, off Tasmania's east coast, has been donated to hang in the home he built there more than a century ago. The 19th-century portraits of Angelo Giulio "Diego" Bernacchi and his wife Barbe were donated by their great-great-granddaughter Clare Bernacchi. Ms Bernacchi, from Auckland, recently visited Tasmania for the first time to trace her family's history and visit the heritage-listed home on Maria Island (Wukaluwikiwayna).
The Wolfe family play instruments that have lasted generations - ABC listen

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

Farming and music run through the veins of the Wolfe family in southern Tasmania, so it's no surprise that after generations of the family living on the same property that the instruments they play today were performed on by the generations before. Cousins Emily and Tom Wolfe grew up surrounded by music, their parents and grandfather performed, and had dreams of becoming travelling musicians, but were held back by responsibilities on the farm.
Oil painting of Maria Island's unofficial king donated back to island

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

Two oil paintings of Diego and Barbe Bernacchi have been donated to the home they built on Maria Island. The donation came from their great-great-granddaughter, Clare Bernacchi, who recently visited Tasmania for the first time to trace her family's history and visit the heritage-listed home on Maria Island (Wukaluwikiwayna). Diego and Barbe Bernacchi migrated to Tasmania from England in the 1880s.
Neighbours build table into fence to enjoy each others company - ABC listen

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucie Cutting

How well do you get along with your neighbours? In Old Beach in southern Tasmania, neighbours Rod, Lesley, Raelene and Romeo built a table into their shared fence-line to better enjoy each others company. It started with Rod placing a cool beverage on a fence post on a hot day, when Raelene and Romeo were working in the garden. From there it's progressed to sawing through the fence and creating a table that can be packed away after a BBQ or shared platter.