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Rocky local? You might have an ancestral portrait on show

May 04, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art

If you're a Rocky local and have Petersens, Morgans, Olives or Olivers in your family tree, you might have an ancestral portrait and not even know it.

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May 04, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
ReCollection
Visual art
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Nothing muddy about artist's vision for exhibition

May 03, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Art, Visual art

You've heard of making art with oils and watercolour, with pastels and ink or maybe even collage – but what about mud?

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May 03, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Michelle Black, ReCollection
Art, Visual art
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Stitching shipwrecks, survivors and circling crocs for ReCollection exhibition

April 17, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Art, Local history

Innovative Rockhampton artist Peta Lloyd has turned her hand to textiles, using everything from Bible pages to weathered canvas tarpaulins to tell a historic story of trauma and survival for a new exhibition opening early next month.

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April 17, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Peta Lloyd, ReCollection
Art, Local history
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New for subscribers: does opera have any kind of relevance for regional Qld audiences, and how can it reflect our own special sense of self and place? A Bundy based theatre maker aims to find out, and write some new work along the way... #opera #bun
New on the Rocky Street Press website: wrap your ears around Last Words from CQ country singer-songwriter @brittanyelisemusic. And follow her for more great stuff coming next week! #ausmusic #music #supportlocalartists #litmag #magazine #artsmag #q
New online: Gone Fishing, a short film from @blue_eagle_cq. Fishing for food's still allowed under the current shutdown conditions... but that doesn't mean it'll go well! Link in bio. #BlueEagleCQ #film #supportlocalartists #capricorncoast #capcoa
What are you working on in these weird iso times? #artistsofig #artstagram #art #artistatwork #creativity #create
What happened to Alice? We take on true crime with a fascinating piece from Dr Wendy Davis, combining meticulous historical research with fiction to fill the gaps. Online now ➡ rockystreetpress.com #truecrime #murder #bundaberg #auslit #litmag #ma
New online: a #rockhampton author has been targeted by a string of anon messages inviting her on a road trip to a nonexistent writing event with "no jealous husbands". Find out more ➡ rockystreetpress.com #strangerdanger #scam #artsmag #ce
Always when you're in a hurry, isn't it? #railway #train #motionblur #nightshots #aurizon #centralqueensland #centralqld #industrial #myrockhampton #visitrockhampton #queensland #thisisqueensland #ig_australia #rockhampton #queenslandrail #queenslan
New online: meet the 25 #centralqld and #westernqld artists who are finalists in @rockhamptonartgallery's Bayton Awards. Exhibition and loads of tie-in events coming soon to #Rockhampton! ➡ rockystreetpress.com #artistatwork #art #artistsofig #bayt
New online: @kissingtheflint have risen from the ashes of last year's bushfires to release their carbon-negative debut EP, Unconditionality. Full story @ rockystreetpress.com. #australia #queensland #thisisqueensland #gladstoneregion #gladstone #ce

Rocky Street Press acknowledges the Darumbal people, Traditional Custodians of the Central Queensland region where we live and work.  We pay our respects to Elders past and present and to Indigenous nations’ rich cultures of art and storytelling. We welcome Indigenous readers and contributors.

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