King Island “Poor Souls” art exhibition March 2021
December 18, 2020 Basil Hall
To mark the 175th anniversary of the shipwreck on the west coast of King island of the English barque, the Cataraqui, in 1845 with the loss of 400 lives,…
Happy(er) Christmas 2020 from Basil Hall Editions
December 10, 2020 Basil Hall
Well, it’s been a strange year for BHE. All our art centre friends closed up shop with Covid, so we were suddenly without workshops and most of our potential…
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The big Hilton press has been installed
June 9, 2020 Basil Hall
Following a bit of drama with the double doors (who knew even the widest of sliding doors wouldn’t be wide enough for a Hilton press?), the press was finally…
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BHE moving from Braidwood to Canberra
May 28, 2020 Basil Hall
I made the decision recently to combine our two studios and move the operation into Canberra, where I live with Pam. I love Braidwood, but running between two studios…
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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
September 17, 2019 Basil Hall
One of August’s highlights each year: the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. This year was a record breaker, with a mouth-watering array of art and craft from numerous art centres…
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Skopelos exhibition 2018
September 16, 2018 Basil Hall
The Milos printmaking space hummed with excitement as our group was joined by locals and passers by for a quick look at the labours of the fortnight on Skopelos.