On down the road to Ali Curung
April 25, 2011 Basil Hall
Following the Beswick workshop in March, Mats and Sara continued down the Stuart Highway (with the etching press in the back of the car) to Ali Curung, which is…
Senior Printer at BHE, Mats Undén, assisted by former Bula Bula Arts staffer, Sara Higgs (above, cleaning a plate), conducted a workshop recently at Beswick for Djilpin Arts. This…
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Another piece of rock art to whet the interest!
March 17, 2011 Basil Hall
I think I took over 60 pictures like this of the rock art; each one more astounding than the last. I refer to the art here; not my pictures!…
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Here’s an example of some of the astounding pre-and post-contact art we’ll be taken to see by the experienced guides at Mount Borradaile, when we aren’t swimming in the…
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Not content with making you jealous over the Greek workshops this year, BHE in collaboration with prominent Australian painter and printmaker Mandy Martin, is offering a four day painting…
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Papunya artist Narlie working under the watchful eye of Papunya Tjupi Co-ordinator Kasumi Ejiri on a series of acetates which will become a new edition of screenprints. Papunya Tjupi…
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Walter Jugadai has made a stunning 50 x 50cm 3 plate etching, using sugarlift and bitumen. Here he is seen making his background plate, using a group of kebab…
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Senior artist at Ikuntji, Alice Nampitjimpa completing the first stage of a new etching plate she has just been working on at Haasts Bluff with Basil. Alice and 7…
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This could be you, relaxing on Glyfoneri beach after a hard morning’s printmaking and a mouth-watering lunch up the hill at Stella’s taverna. This is the nearest beach to…
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This year’s Skopelos workshops are fully booked
January 30, 2011 Basil Hall
In June and July 2011, two workshops will be held on Skopelos by Basil Hall, assisted by Melbourne printmaker Steph Bolt. Two groups of 13 experienced artists and excited…
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Not One But Two Printmaking Workshops on Skopelos in 2011
October 8, 2010 Basil Hall
The lovely taverna at Glisteri beach. Oven-baked eggplant followed by Maria’s famous Skopelos pie. Aaah! Lunch anyone?Basil Hall has been busy taking reservations for his next Printmaking Workshops on…
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40 Woodblocks; 40 Art Centres!
September 13, 2010 Basil Hall
Seen here as they are installed at the Araluen Arts Centre are most of the 40 woodblock prints we have just completed for the 40 Desart-affiliated Art Centres of…
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Basil Hall Editions’ staff Basil and Beth have just returned from the opening of the 20th Desert Mob exhibition in Alice Springs. Also on show were the 40 new…
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The Administrator, his wife and the administration
August 18, 2010 Basil Hall
We were delighted to receive a surprise visit from the Administrator of the Northern Territory, Tom Pauling, and his wife on August 18th. Tom opened Nomad’s current exhibition (printers:…
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As part of Nomad Art’s Djalkiri: We are Standing on their Names project, Fiona Hall has spent over five weeks in the BHE studio this year. In June, and…
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Ali Curung comes to BHE
August 17, 2010 Basil Hall
Seen here are Selma Downs from Arlpwe Art & Culture at Ali Curung, BHE printer Natasha Rowell and Arlpwe Co-ordinator, Ian Grieve. The girls are holding Selma’s freshly-drilled woodblock…
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During the Telstra Awards weekend in August we have had plenty of visitors. Basil was really happy to welcome Dorcas Bennett, Judith Chambers and Mrs Porter (front) from Warakurna…
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Collectors! 40 beautiful woodblocks in a Tjanpi box
August 10, 2010 Basil Hall
Here is the first look at our new 20th Anniversary Desert Mob folio box, containing prints from each of the 40 Desart-affiliated art centres in Central Australia, APY Lands,…
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Barbie Kjar at work on Skopelos
July 27, 2010 Basil Hall
Barbie Kjar worked on her interpretation of Homer’s Odyssey, in particular the Trojan horse, the siren and Ulysses’ escape from cyclops. The printers, Basil and Mats, were particularly interested…
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The 20th Anniversary Desert Mob Panel
July 25, 2010 Basil Hall
Basil & Beth inking up a background blockTash & Mats check one of the early proofs of Panel section 1Maya glues down a series of eight woodblocks for Panel…