King Island Artists’ Residencies
February 19, 2020 Basil Hall
Artists’ residencies are offered year round by King Island Council and their Art & Cultural Centre. I have generously been offered nearly three weeks here to explore and work…
I was at the scene of Australia’s worst ever (civil) maritime disaster yesterday. It’s on the S-W coast of King Island, where almost 175 years ago a barque named…
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A first workshop in Braidwood for 2020
February 5, 2020 Basil Hall
I ran a workshop at Hazelhurst Regional Art Centre in Sydney in January and we had unfinished business, so three of the participants have been down to Braidwood to…
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Skopelos Printmaking Adventure 2020 reluctantly cancelled
January 22, 2020 Basil Hall
Yes, we have a lot of fun on our Skopelos workshops! It’s our eleventh year of workshops on this beautiful island and we were about to offer Intaglio (etching…
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Kerri Weymouth Project January 2020
January 17, 2020 Basil Hall
Coleambally artist, Kerri Weymouth , is with me for a couple of weeks to produce a series of silkscreens. We made a great start this week on 10 self-portrait…
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Another shot at Katherine
December 15, 2019 Basil Hall
Artists Darryl Jolly and Angelica Wesan painted up for the opening of Djilpin Art’s show at Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Gallery in Katherine. They are standing in front of their…
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Peppimenarti weaver and painter, Regina Wilson, has made a number of etchings and silkscreen prints with us over the years, but it has been a while since we got…
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Djilpin Arts (Beswick) to show at Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts & Culture Centre
October 21, 2019 Basil Hall
I recently ran a workshop in Beswick in the Northern Territory (see earlier entry). The fourteen new prints (seven pairs) are about to be framed and sent up to…
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This etching, Syaw, was made in 2008 for our Custodians folio. There are very few prints remaining from the 10 editions which made up the limited edition set, but I…
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This is just the cleverly constructed Travelex-type money changing booth where patrons could go and purchase blood money – limited edition currency printed by Ryan Presley as a substitute…
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Few could fail to appreciate the achievements of this wonderful old lady. Her display of barks and larrakidj in the downstairs galleries was breathtaking, made all the more exciting…
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I nearly walked straight through this elegant room (first stop after the cloakroom) on my way to find this yer’s Tarnanthi exhibitions, thinking it was part of the AGSA’s…
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Eunice Napanangka Jack wins 2nd Prize at Fremantle
September 26, 2019 Basil Hall
Congratulations to Eunice Napanangka Jack for her 2nd at the 2019 Fremantle Print Prize! Thanks to Ikuntji Arts for inviting me to collaborate on the one metre plate.
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Printmaking in Skopelos: Workshop announced for June 2020
September 23, 2019 Basil Hall
Basil Hall and Steph Bolt will host an Intaglio Workshop (Etching and Collagraph) from June 1-12 in 2020 in our studio on the beautiful Greek island of Skopelos. The…
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Grampians Brushes 2019
September 17, 2019 Basil Hall
Almost 500 people attended Grampians Brushes 2019, held at Hall’s Gap (no relation) in Western Victoria’s Grampians. 21 tutors, of whom I was one, had the task of keeping…
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Kerri used a photo plate and combined it with a beautiful colour plate to provide some plate tone and body colour behind the decorative bands behind her main object.…
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After I got back from the Telstra it was time for another workshop in Braidwood; this time with artists Treahna Hamm, Jo Southorn and Kerri Weymouth. We got through…
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This year’s workshop with Djilpin Arts at Beswick, saw the purchase of a new small press and a workshop which involved collecting local bush foods and medicinal plants for…
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The Djuki Mala dancers performing “Singing in the Rain” to much laughter and applause at the opening of the Telstras this year. Congratulations to Buku Larnggay in particular for…
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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…