tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91922911910323484112024-03-24T00:10:23.600-07:00donna davis - artistdonna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-70052445784819195292023-07-27T21:10:00.003-07:002023-07-27T21:10:58.936-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfueqQR8-rhALFtplIttO4hZl31CFuIF1Op9kdOw3FI4xgilU7Vwut-mIdSJgpa9DG8NVJlPT-yiwGQyhqDevozlnu8Kab8ajZgX5tspSS3D_VaUufbajeCHaexdFHeNwojFG5PzeqNXDMUUkwGjP7SDOY1_BzgQKMydLkMycTTQbUt4aEbNBoz3yEg9gz/s3840/014_deLIGHT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfueqQR8-rhALFtplIttO4hZl31CFuIF1Op9kdOw3FI4xgilU7Vwut-mIdSJgpa9DG8NVJlPT-yiwGQyhqDevozlnu8Kab8ajZgX5tspSS3D_VaUufbajeCHaexdFHeNwojFG5PzeqNXDMUUkwGjP7SDOY1_BzgQKMydLkMycTTQbUt4aEbNBoz3yEg9gz/w640-h360/014_deLIGHT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">My work 'DE-compose II [Afterlife]' was recently projected onto 143 Brisbane Street, Ipswich as part of the #deLight program during SPARK Festival. Thank you to Ipswich City Council for their support of local artists during this festival, it was great to see this work up on such a large scale.</span><br /><p></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-78864058947506088312023-07-27T21:08:00.001-07:002023-07-27T21:08:27.673-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbgA7qU3yHqp0v10xsZWdYZAo69Dyg2UCOgLpmxID93z0xiYrWTd4RxikyHEH0w3bfyD_7q7HV5IahSrvPVj9pWOMwg5sLoubARBMaOYn4Y5_ENfAOmMU4ThqmQz1e1pZs4mKOwhfx8oHKOT2t1RlsjCajVgY0NI-1NDmzuMX9LpWnRzdib0fj9Ze5aNP/s3840/011_TheCarbonStore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbgA7qU3yHqp0v10xsZWdYZAo69Dyg2UCOgLpmxID93z0xiYrWTd4RxikyHEH0w3bfyD_7q7HV5IahSrvPVj9pWOMwg5sLoubARBMaOYn4Y5_ENfAOmMU4ThqmQz1e1pZs4mKOwhfx8oHKOT2t1RlsjCajVgY0NI-1NDmzuMX9LpWnRzdib0fj9Ze5aNP/w665-h374/011_TheCarbonStore.jpg" width="665" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">'The Carbon Store: Gas Exchange' was a video and mixed media installation in the old Rawlings Building in Ipswich created in collaboration with Scientist Abbey Yatsko as part of #Inhabited_Ipswich during the SPARK Festival in July 2023. Big thank you to the #Inhabited Ipswich Team for their vision, support and amazing energy in making this happen!<br /></span><p></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-68272857504744811682023-07-27T21:05:00.000-07:002023-07-27T21:05:02.035-07:00<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_LXtDQW1p4jIrfKiOQ2t1NjXhPAIsSp4CGe-cX76OYZOymChooHVwe85IebBUF2jdp_UTlpZd4GhyWDhDV8SB38g8tJi046-oWzaTZtAl6XV_GJ1cHWXjbqLu04GOHvwuBKpGeiAttHBkARBJcRFSIe-1YnV9nW0PNQdIHOI1xBfaGQWtNoIl6p-zJM1/s1575/SM_IMplant008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="1575" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_LXtDQW1p4jIrfKiOQ2t1NjXhPAIsSp4CGe-cX76OYZOymChooHVwe85IebBUF2jdp_UTlpZd4GhyWDhDV8SB38g8tJi046-oWzaTZtAl6XV_GJ1cHWXjbqLu04GOHvwuBKpGeiAttHBkARBJcRFSIe-1YnV9nW0PNQdIHOI1xBfaGQWtNoIl6p-zJM1/w606-h356/SM_IMplant008.jpg" width="606" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<span style="font-family: arial;">IMplant 008', 2023, donna davis, giclee print, 53 x 66cm, ed 1/1. Image courtesy of the artist.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Super excited to announce that my work 'IMplant 008' has been selected as a finalist in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, opening 18 August and runs until 5 October 2023 at the Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, QLD.<br /></span></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-64762691738426532132023-07-27T21:01:00.003-07:002023-07-27T21:01:54.372-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-1TKx1tL5Gh_2H86MGtKAIp9RUqIQNbLvrKndALbMUuIzFhPIzTRJxvvfc3q7XRF_fVUABnsvIXskjJzAuvwjFhQpeLBWQ1CXNY85gdRC4UJuBu9CIrg72NatY7ABefFzkJJFlO7isgHRYy_8m13bOHk7sMRpgewwE3YrPesEqLiEYx1lK1RgMfKns1j/s1080/Life_Forms_instpost.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-1TKx1tL5Gh_2H86MGtKAIp9RUqIQNbLvrKndALbMUuIzFhPIzTRJxvvfc3q7XRF_fVUABnsvIXskjJzAuvwjFhQpeLBWQ1CXNY85gdRC4UJuBu9CIrg72NatY7ABefFzkJJFlO7isgHRYy_8m13bOHk7sMRpgewwE3YrPesEqLiEYx1lK1RgMfKns1j/w512-h512/Life_Forms_instpost.png" width="512" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><i><b>Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art</b></i> will be opening at Noosa Regional Gallery on 6 August - 1 October 2023. This exhibition features my work 'TRANSplant [becoming Kin]' along with a stellar line up of fabulous artist. This is the last venue on the national tour, so don't forget to check it out! <br /></span><p></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-48253531880354060562023-01-18T16:50:00.003-08:002023-01-18T16:50:15.104-08:00IMplant [co-habitation] currently showing at Cairns Art Gallery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIC_ZUgyEMj_gdogowmce559lA9ykxRpXofeT-XNcoX9vQZW4aP8tXKeRXrPgPRX2ZZZNi5hFeE-7eSoZ5z_m9BGLKtjPgYo4D73jf9VjFyk8VUWIIeCTLBE2ro96mvI-t9JrxHlz4_bnZCg29vLcrYxYSiLcngm3Zp9DA1WMTzLkJZgYZpRcUC5ASfg/s3840/002_IMplant%20FNQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIC_ZUgyEMj_gdogowmce559lA9ykxRpXofeT-XNcoX9vQZW4aP8tXKeRXrPgPRX2ZZZNi5hFeE-7eSoZ5z_m9BGLKtjPgYo4D73jf9VjFyk8VUWIIeCTLBE2ro96mvI-t9JrxHlz4_bnZCg29vLcrYxYSiLcngm3Zp9DA1WMTzLkJZgYZpRcUC5ASfg/w648-h365/002_IMplant%20FNQ.jpg" width="648" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My work<i><b> IMplant [co-habitation]</b></i>, multi-channel video installation is currently showing at Cairns Art Gallery as part of 'ArtNow FNQ' exhibition and runs until 12 February 2023.</span></span><br /><p></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-41217791995278961592022-11-16T15:13:00.000-08:002022-11-16T15:13:05.917-08:00New exhibition @Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami<p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="389" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BvDGS7_FEW0" width="469" youtube-src-id="BvDGS7_FEW0"></iframe></div><p></p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/761325161" target="_blank">DE-compose II, single channel video, donna davis, 2022. Sound design by Luke Lickfold</a> </p><p>Follow the link to Lowe Art Museum, digital engagement to view the Virtual Exhibition 'DE-compose' works created as part of the 'Wood, Termite, Fungi' art-science residency.</p><p> <a href="https://www.lowe.miami.edu/learn-engage/digital-engagement/index.html" target="_blank">DE-compose @ Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami</a> <br /></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-67992258858639801732022-04-20T17:03:00.002-07:002022-04-20T17:03:48.417-07:00ClimARTe Poster Project Exhibition 21 April - 18 June 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rrH4-GSrsSBXZy3SdHyjepnKN6kW64oReVClyYzBSB0ivcVfmLda_B4cdHW3ZemAMGMXwRxeRbJF2mXlRjBaNePWnxPUe84Mv3bFsLTI7kD6zALHQ1W4S5L8Km1XM1lk6QOxuxShgC-k7k01-wl1ZTfZqqNACaqzkEMaE0SO2s8cAfhGb6jjdD8Z4Q/s2384/9A260EE0-3565-4495-BB83-C05965F466FC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2384" data-original-width="1685" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0rrH4-GSrsSBXZy3SdHyjepnKN6kW64oReVClyYzBSB0ivcVfmLda_B4cdHW3ZemAMGMXwRxeRbJF2mXlRjBaNePWnxPUe84Mv3bFsLTI7kD6zALHQ1W4S5L8Km1XM1lk6QOxuxShgC-k7k01-wl1ZTfZqqNACaqzkEMaE0SO2s8cAfhGb6jjdD8Z4Q/w377-h534/9A260EE0-3565-4495-BB83-C05965F466FC.jpeg" width="377" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Work recently featured as part of CLIMARTE’s Poster Project in Melbourne…currently on exhibition 21st April - 18 June 2022. For more information visit: <a href="https://climarte.org/project/p-p-p-p-poster-exhibition/" target="_blank">ClimARTe</a></span> <p></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-74751933363797068402021-11-23T23:24:00.002-08:002021-11-23T23:29:39.368-08:00New Essay by Louise Martin-Chew about my work ‘TransPLANT [seeking refuge]’<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gK9MczJX0vslU-a1sNoN70fZW95lPxZZT1-U6wP0ayLF-DPkXTyqCZqqIXCMdDjtoThJR8zHqqERT8-IOpSqay4KueQnDQU9EEcshHlwk7XBcr6wPux1_QN3a99jw7oA3_-kPhKa_JRH/s2048/2E6AD761-C305-4560-BFB5-7453296F23A5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gK9MczJX0vslU-a1sNoN70fZW95lPxZZT1-U6wP0ayLF-DPkXTyqCZqqIXCMdDjtoThJR8zHqqERT8-IOpSqay4KueQnDQU9EEcshHlwk7XBcr6wPux1_QN3a99jw7oA3_-kPhKa_JRH/w640-h360/2E6AD761-C305-4560-BFB5-7453296F23A5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/transplant-donna-davis" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" target="_blank">CLICK to view</a><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Artwork essay by Louise Martin-Chew about my work</span><i style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b> ‘TransPLANT [seeking refuge]’ </b></i><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">presented as part of ‘Entwined: People & Plants’ exhibition at the State Library of Queensland, June - November 2021.</span></div><p></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-67458183087315171032021-11-23T19:09:00.003-08:002021-11-23T19:09:28.296-08:00'TRANSplant [becoming Kin]' soon to be on display at Tweed Regional Art Gallery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5OzGxLKsuInuDJH74vJQHicIQcpIvQKfpeiM4X_x7mCnJiBZjyi7J7S5KxjzPJhHBMxsXgdBe0J5xAiQAOoiZcENNGhoxaLh34CGQRCU6x3LEMzomVI7aRgeRNUkQoY8cGivVTUkz0pn/s2048/14_MSF2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5OzGxLKsuInuDJH74vJQHicIQcpIvQKfpeiM4X_x7mCnJiBZjyi7J7S5KxjzPJhHBMxsXgdBe0J5xAiQAOoiZcENNGhoxaLh34CGQRCU6x3LEMzomVI7aRgeRNUkQoY8cGivVTUkz0pn/w669-h376/14_MSF2.jpg" width="669" /></a></div><br /> <b><i>Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art</i></b> is soon to open at Tweed Regional Art Gallery. 10 December 2021 - 30 January 2022.<p></p><p> <a href="https://experimenta.org/exhibition/life-forms/#tour" target="_blank">For more information click here</a>. <br /></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-4670867391208111342021-10-06T18:51:00.005-07:002021-10-06T18:51:47.507-07:00'TransPLANT [seeking refuge]' now showing at State Library of Queensland<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxz-MUMfsj1jUSovOK6M-ojQ2r6_uRqmCiwyUDxAhwVGF-RxG1pOqwTmqJIo2HeVobbDUciGE2Ut8pJlysh4rtgOHtJUZuzPhK0J_tyaZtxFxj12DeAy7ykLFSOM__fo-DhyphenhyphenUkSPyCejV/s2048/Displaced%255BTRANSplant+IV%255D_DAVIS_donna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxz-MUMfsj1jUSovOK6M-ojQ2r6_uRqmCiwyUDxAhwVGF-RxG1pOqwTmqJIo2HeVobbDUciGE2Ut8pJlysh4rtgOHtJUZuzPhK0J_tyaZtxFxj12DeAy7ykLFSOM__fo-DhyphenhyphenUkSPyCejV/w636-h358/Displaced%255BTRANSplant+IV%255D_DAVIS_donna.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><br /> 'Displaced [TRANSplant IV], 2021, donna davis, single channel video. Image courtesy of the artist. Selected as finalist in the Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize.<p></p><p>SEE: https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/arts-and-culture/northern-beaches-environmental-art-and-design-prize/2021-finalists<br /></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-71962040399113292282021-07-29T19:23:00.003-07:002021-07-29T19:26:00.530-07:00Artwork projected onto St Mary's Cathedral<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcB0mNpjhk4cvk8yhKqTi4jIlEWCiHWMp8MbYsyPwEr0hxPC1uAEyaOftRNaEuegFU4q1TuXMK7t9x6vtwAd95qH97QZyh9w1YfQk42ymR5MWFKCivgIObbjlHgnB5McJbcD1M0TnLbJ8/s2048/020_St+Mary%2527s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcB0mNpjhk4cvk8yhKqTi4jIlEWCiHWMp8MbYsyPwEr0hxPC1uAEyaOftRNaEuegFU4q1TuXMK7t9x6vtwAd95qH97QZyh9w1YfQk42ymR5MWFKCivgIObbjlHgnB5McJbcD1M0TnLbJ8/w623-h350/020_St+Mary%2527s.jpg" width="623" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB10-y_pFwDxTIecUtSJay8-bycYc5Gfapw1BkP9k1oTNFLGiRzxaHOGBdSoFI4Fcpc7ayZTS3cGctl4KJGgSvTJPPMlmQ9ONK8PdDw0YUHTqyDixTqphi7F7VHz_NmDohwGpBNLbpmxD0/s2048/020_St+Mary%2527s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Recent projections of my artworks from 'Legacy series' and 'Matrix
series' which I animated to bring the St Mary's Cathedral in Ipswich to
life during DeLight, SPARK, Ipswich Festival. One night only 13 July
2021. Photo credit: Cam Dreissens</a><p></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-19650178220926051812021-07-29T19:18:00.006-07:002021-07-29T19:19:32.467-07:00'DE-CAY-dence' to feature in new exhibition at University of Sunshine Coast Art Gallery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvZN3CS8YS3JylmwCo50Gh4cHo96kNpcx5XIxeg3o2KHzIsqK4grzvtELBfEc4XPcxPHMsG0ObsKWRWe8NW2dzLxyzqBgciYA1AcgTP4VDm3F2hUi4TSxVevLLfSY3gJlMB5zI6gDylzf/s2048/011_WATF.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvZN3CS8YS3JylmwCo50Gh4cHo96kNpcx5XIxeg3o2KHzIsqK4grzvtELBfEc4XPcxPHMsG0ObsKWRWe8NW2dzLxyzqBgciYA1AcgTP4VDm3F2hUi4TSxVevLLfSY3gJlMB5zI6gDylzf/w635-h358/011_WATF.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><br /> 'DE-CAY-dence', 2021, donna davis, 3 channel mixed media video installation to feature in 'Sites of Connection at University of Sunshine Coast. Opens 13 August 2021<br /><p></p><p>See: https://www.usc.edu.au/art-gallery/whats-on/sites-of-connection<br /></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-18898689631665998362021-07-29T19:09:00.003-07:002021-07-29T19:09:50.805-07:00New works presenting as part of State Library of Queensland's 'Entwined: People & Plants' exhibition<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vuEdRM3tKB88FcVVy8IBszHbYqnluIdxl0l0YYQ4nS0KT8Sgxu3msr_JqOMr5r2RzkyT4sXU1Z0U_Qz3Zu-aO9bPnTr8fjol6z0zskbB6zMHPsY8IzH-7LgMeB1cQSmERrtyXeR5elxs/s2048/017_Entwined.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vuEdRM3tKB88FcVVy8IBszHbYqnluIdxl0l0YYQ4nS0KT8Sgxu3msr_JqOMr5r2RzkyT4sXU1Z0U_Qz3Zu-aO9bPnTr8fjol6z0zskbB6zMHPsY8IzH-7LgMeB1cQSmERrtyXeR5elxs/w629-h353/017_Entwined.jpg" width="629" /></a></div><br />I have created new works for the State Library of Queensland's 'Entwined: People & Plants' exhibition currently showing until 14 November 2021.<br /><p></p><p>See: https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/entwined</p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-15838891631544359382020-12-17T21:24:00.002-08:002020-12-17T21:31:48.696-08:00Work selected for Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83ywZn91Kway7ALd8jdhipD1_T9hqzcpuXbUNNjZJNSRLOp0hwlhJCwXSC22tAEKV2NFpKcN_h8SdNdHboQxAjz_hHjHqnMri3O4zF7brUXXlI0p6OKbMmZFEByXA2OnpMDwsT4YPlUAE/s1080/Life_Forms_instpost.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83ywZn91Kway7ALd8jdhipD1_T9hqzcpuXbUNNjZJNSRLOp0hwlhJCwXSC22tAEKV2NFpKcN_h8SdNdHboQxAjz_hHjHqnMri3O4zF7brUXXlI0p6OKbMmZFEByXA2OnpMDwsT4YPlUAE/s320/Life_Forms_instpost.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I am very excited to announce that my work <b><i>'TRANSplant [becoming Kin]</i></b>' has been selected to be presented as part of <i>Experimenta Life Forms:</i> International Triennial of Media Art, touring Australia from 2021-2023.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The work which explores imagined ecological adaptations was created during my 2019 Queensland State Archives Creative-in-Residence; with reference to an art/science residency to creatively respond to the Tropical Mountain Plant Science Project, a real-time environmental rescue mission led by the Australian Tropical Herbarium, at James Cook University supported by the Wet Tropics Management Authority. <br /></span></p>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-11940648164155494462020-12-14T21:04:00.002-08:002020-12-14T21:04:47.314-08:00New work at Ipswich Art Gallery Dec 2020 - Jan 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqP5VoxvKWJCLu3frfpWY3pykngtds5QQjqNkTZgpLjS8G8zcY0xq9Hu63c2vOJI1aOoP1RQWCCepUJGQ9-wUTUnYmptqywhNiWGr-I1H7qVoDa3rg4Mvgz83XxCcCY8y_FeVoDE8i1L-4/s0/REAP_digital+still.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqP5VoxvKWJCLu3frfpWY3pykngtds5QQjqNkTZgpLjS8G8zcY0xq9Hu63c2vOJI1aOoP1RQWCCepUJGQ9-wUTUnYmptqywhNiWGr-I1H7qVoDa3rg4Mvgz83XxCcCY8y_FeVoDE8i1L-4/w654-h368/REAP_digital+still.jpg" width="654" /> </a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>REAP,</i></b> (STILL), donna davis, 2020, video (0:43sec looped)<br />Special thanks to Queensland State Archives for loan of the Thermohygrograph machine featured in the work. Image courtesy of the artist.<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My work 'REAP' is currently on display at the Ipswich Art Gallery, as part of the new touring exhibition 'Decadence'; a Flying Arts Touring show as part of the Queensland Regional Art Awards 2020. This work won the Digital Art Award, which will allow me to undertake a one week residency at The Edge. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/490595978" target="_blank">TO VIEW video</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Artist Statement:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Decadence is an ephemeral and usustainable state.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This work explores the fleeting nature of decadence and invites the viewer to consider the natural world not merely for our pleasure, rather as a multitude of interconnected life that supports the health of our planet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Collections that house human artefacts have their climage conditions monitored and regulated to ensure the longevity and survival of its contents. But what steps are we taking to regulate climate conditions on planet Earth, the living collection that houses all species, including the human?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With carbon stores continuing to fuel our decadent lifestyles, what are we prepared to change to allow our planet to heal? The work reminds us that we reap what we sow, and asks what will we sow for our future.... </span> <br /></div>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-72759331991578549392020-07-20T19:12:00.001-07:002020-07-20T19:13:37.924-07:00Carbon Dating Project<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grass seed image by donna davis</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am super excited to announce that I have been invited to be one of the collaborators on a new project entitled 'Carbon Dating' with Keith Armstrong (embodied media). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Carbon_Dating is an experimental artwork designed to seed ‘consensual’
partnerships between Australian native grasses and humans, based upon
their shared need to breathe each other’s ‘exhaled’ air. In this time of
environmental stress, we call upon adventurous humans & vivacious
plants to ‘conspire’ together – to breathe radically new kinds of
relationships into life, gently & discretely encouraged by our
WIFI-enabled ‘Conspirators’." Keith Armstrong</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> <b><br />Collaborators include:</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Keith Armstrong: New Media Artist [<a href="http://embodiedmedia.com/about/what-is-embodied-media" target="_blank">Embodied Media</a>]<b> </b><br /><a href="http://www.donnadavisartist.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Donna Davis</a>: Visual Artist <br /><a href="http://www.caitlinfranzmann.com/" target="_blank">Caitlin Franzmann</a>: Socially Engaged Artist<br /><a href="https://www.uts.edu.au/staff/tania.leimbach" target="_blank">Tania Leimbach</a>: Institute for Sustainable Futures/Eco-critical writer<b><br /></b>Luke Lickfold: Sound Artist<br />Prof. <a href="https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/jennifer.firn" target="_blank">Jennifer Firn</a> (Ecological Science/Plant Biology)<br /> Dr. Bek Christensen (Ecological Science/Environmental Communication)<br /> Prof. Peter Grace (Ecological Science/Soil Sciences)<br />Prof. Graham Kerr (Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Human Movement and Sports Science)<br />Prof Ian Stewart (Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Human Movement and Sports Science)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>PARTNERS<br /><a href="https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environmentas/facilities/samford-ecological-research-facility" target="_blank">SERF</a> </b>(Samford Environmental Research Facility)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /><b>QUT</b> Institute for Future Environments (IFE)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br />This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br />This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland<br />QUT, Creative Industries, Brisbane. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To learn more about the project<a href="http://embodiedmedia.com/homeartworks/carbondating" target="_blank"> Click here</a><i> </i></span>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-87044854664588695642019-10-20T19:33:00.002-07:002019-10-20T19:34:26.724-07:00New work - Lets Rot Project<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Untitled (Coptotermes sp.)</b></i>, 2019, donna davis, digital image.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">New Work in progress on the 'Lets Rot' project (Wood:Termite:Fungi in tropical ecosystems); in this work I am beginning to explore the role of termites in tropical deadwood decay. These termites species were collected from Pennyweight Station during the July field trips with the team - I have been exploring both macro and micro imagery with these species.</span>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-327852883669641232019-09-23T20:34:00.005-07:002019-09-23T20:34:42.396-07:00Lets Rot - July Field Trips FNQ<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some images from the July field trip and lab work on the 'Wood : Termite : Fungi Project' a project led by George Washington University. The team, from all over the world was in Cairns to continue their 4 year research project that is exploring carbon fluxes in the Wet Tropics: and whilst here also came up with <i>'Lets Rot'</i> as the project's creative title. As artist-in-resident on this project it was so fascinating to accompany the team both in the field and in the lab - watching their processes, and talking to each member of the team in order to understand, and then creatively respond to the project. I will be creating a series of new artworks over the next few years that explore the carbon cycle, climate change, decomposition and waste with respect to this project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To find out more about the project visit: <a href="https://donnadavisartist.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_30.html" target="_blank">Lets Rot: Wood, Termites and Fungi</a> </span>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-62915635687241191722019-06-11T17:55:00.000-07:002019-08-11T20:17:37.910-07:00Adaptation/Mutation acquired by the Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Collection<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'Adaptation/Mutation', donna davis, 2018, Installation: pigment prints on Hahnemuhle fine art rag, timber frames and mounts, 90 x 75cm. Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Collection. Photo by donna davis.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Super excited to have had my work 'Adaptation/Mutation' chosen to become part of the Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Collection. This work explores imagined ecological adaptations in the age of the Anthropocene; juxtaposing futurist ideas of natural evolution with human imposed organic-hybrid modifications to facilitate species survival beyond the current epoch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The work was inspired by a project that explored dialogues between academic research and the creative imagination with Associate Professor Lisa Chandler, University of Sunshine Coast, and Nigel Fechner, Senior Botanist, Queensland Herbarium. The written work, entitled 'Where do all the faeries live? The future of biodiversity in a rapidly changing world' written by Chandler and Fechner is published online at: <a href="http://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue52/Fechner&Chandler&Davis.pdf" target="_blank">Where do all the faeries live? The future of biodiversity in a rapidly changing world</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-77489265598487949702019-06-04T21:45:00.001-07:002019-06-12T14:14:32.006-07:00Where do all the faeries live? The future of biodiversity in a rapidly changing world<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>TRANSO Mark II
(Detail: Adaptation/Mutation)</i>, 2018, donna davis. Installation: pigment
prints, timber frames and mounts. Image courtesy of the artist.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Adaptation/Mutation</i></b> explores imagined ecological adaptations in the age of the Anthropocene; juxtaposing futurist ideas of natural evolution with human imposed organic-hybrid modifications to facilitate species survival beyond the current epoch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Placing fungi in the role of protagonist, the work reflects on possible future ecological adaptations and interventions within the natural world to remedy human ca<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">used </span>environmental damage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The work was <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">insp<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ired</span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by</span> a project that explored dialogues between academic research and the creative imagination; the written work is entitled <i>'Where do all the faeries live? The future of biodiversity in a rapidly changing world'</i>, Nigel Fechner, Lisa Chandler and Donna Davis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To read the story: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue52/Fechner&Chandler&Davis.pdf" target="_blank">Where do all the faeries live? The future of biodiversity in a rapidly changing world. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">TEXT, Special Issues Series, Number 52, October 2018, <i>'Anticipatory Imaginaries'</i>, edited by Marcus Bussey, Lisa Chandler, Gary Crew and Rachel Robertson. http://www.textjournal.com.au </span></span><br />
<br />donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-62248494598227671922019-05-16T23:18:00.000-07:002019-05-16T23:21:30.041-07:00Queensland State Archives - Creative in Residence 2019<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TRANSplant 1, </span></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">donna davis, 2019, pigment print on fine art rag. Image courtesy of the artist.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am really excited to announce that I have been selected as the artist <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t</span>he Queensland State Archives Creative in Residence (QSA CiR) program <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for 2019</span>. This program will allow me to undertake research on a project that explores climate change and conservation in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, with respect to both historical and current data: coupling the QSA CiR within the framework of a concurrent environmental conservation project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This residency will allow me to add a rich layer of political and social data to real-time data gathered during my time as artist-in-residence on a current environmental rescue mission in the mountaintops of the Wet Tropics: The 'Mountain Flora' project, a five-year collaborative mission with Professor Darren Crayn, Director, Australian Tropical Herbarium and Dr Sandra Abell, Principal Scientist, Wet Tropics Management Authority, will see the collection , propagation and safeguarding of up to 20 species of climate threatened tropical mountaitop flora.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As an artist I would like to voice the plight of these vulnerable flora species with reference to historical socio-political data gathered from the archive togethre with current policy and projects that surround world heritage conservation and climate change; using these records as a catalyst to create new works that compare past, present and possible predicted futures for these intrinsic players within our ecosystem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>This project was made possible by the Queensland State Archives through the Creative in Residence Program 2019<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. The program will run from 20 May - 30 September 2019.</span></i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>'The Mountain Flora Project' is a collaboration between the Australian Tropical Herbarium, the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Western Yalanji Traditional Owners, the Wet Tropics Management Authority, the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, the Dandenong Ranges Botanic Garden, the Brisbane Botanic Gardens and the Cairns Botanic Gardens. Funded by the Ian Potter Foundation and Wet Tropics Management Authority.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> </i></span> </span>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-12174449790127777882019-05-05T19:21:00.000-07:002019-05-05T19:21:00.733-07:00Unseen @ Warwick Art Gallery until 18 May<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Install view of<b><i> 'Unseen' </i></b>by donna davis @ Warwick Art Gallery. Photo by donna davis.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few weeks left to view my </span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unseen</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> exhibition at the Warwick Art Gallery - on display until Saturday 18 May. </span>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192291191032348411.post-3946728220870029822019-05-05T19:17:00.005-07:002019-05-05T19:17:57.093-07:00Art/Science workshop @ Warwick Art Gallery<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dr Sapphire McMullen-Fisher giving a talk about lichens and mosses out in the field with workshop participants. Photo by donna davis.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Works in progress during the workshop - back in the studio. Photo by donna davis.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another great Art/Science workshop presented on the weekend by myself and Ecologist Dr Sapphire McMullen-Fisher. The workshop attended by 9 participants saw us spent the morning in the local park searching for lichens, mosses and fungi with Dr McMullen-Fisher; who once again gave a fascinating and insightful talk about these organisms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We then headed back to the studio to do some art/science cross-over activities before launching into a printmaking activity. There was some amazing artworks created and some great discussion, with participants providing some great feedback about their day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop presented thanks to Arts Queensland and Warwick Art Gallery. <i> 'Unseen' is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, Donna Davis is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments'. This project is also supported by the Queensland Herbarium, centre for research and information on Queensland ecosystems, plants and fungi.</i> </span>donna davis - Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14558851979524303422noreply@blogger.com0