Artists DEBORAH REDWOOD and DAVID CURTIS will discuss their differing art practices.
Saturday 14th October 2pm- 3pm at Wollongong Art Gallery
Free, all welcome.
Deborah Redwood’s practice encompasses sculpture and installation. She graduated from the College of Fine Arts (Sydney) in 2006, with a one year exchange at Alfred University, New York. She completed a Masters of Fine Art at The University of Newcastle in 2020. She has participated in residencies and group/solo exhibitions in: Australia, Japan, China, India, Kenya, Macedonia, NZ and the USA. Redwood features in collections in Australia and internationally. Her work has been a finalist in many well-known Australian Sculpture events such as: Sculpture by the Sea, SWELL Sculpture Festival, The North Sydney Art Prize and Sculpture at Scenic World. Deborah won “The Chan Sculpture Prize”, in 2022 and “Sculpture in the Gardens”, 2023.
David Curtis has over 25 years of practical and theoretical experience of conservation in rural and urban areas in Australia. He has worked professionally as a manager, senior policy officer, university lecturer, environmental educator and researcher. He recently completed an innovative 5-year research project into the role of the visual and performing arts in shaping environmental behaviour. The presentation will consider how the arts can encourage pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours. It will provide an overall framework to examine this subject and consider some case studies from the recent Ecoarts Australis conferences in Wollongong and elsewhere. It will be presented jointly by Frances Curtis, Gabrielle Quigley and David Curtis. Fran has a long experience in the performing arts as a teacher, performer and director, most notably as head teacher of dance and drama at Wollongong High School for the Performing Arts. Gabi has long been involved in art education and community events through large and small non-profit organisations, including Ecoarts Australis, Circus WOW and currently at the Nan Tien Temple. David has researched and published a number of books and articles on how the arts shape environmental behaviour, co-ordinated three international conferences in Wollongong on that topic and was founder of Ecoarts Australis Inc.
Image left: Banksia by Deborah Redwood. Image right: In the Balance by Anna Curtis, 2003.