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From the archives: Vessels that hold light with Gizella Warburton
Angela Truscott: Jul 17 2026
“There is a real kind of difference between what something simply looks like...
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Robert Lee Davis artwork at Storehouse Gallery Melbourne
Wendy Steward had the exciting opportunity to see the works of Robert Lee Davis...
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Student Success Story: Deborah Bygrave
Discovering possibility in every fragment. Learn how Deborah Bygrave...
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Student Success Story: Sandy Densem Winter
Finding her way back through fragments... Learn how Sandy Densem Winter moved...
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From the archives: Whispers in cloth with Jette Clover
Angela Truscott: Jul 10 2026
“Take 15 minutes for yourself. And the day starts right then," says Jette Clover
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Clare Celeste Börsch: Enchanted ecosystems
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Fleur Woods: Jul 3 2026
“A species goes extinct twice, once when it goes extinct in the wild, and the...
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'In the Presence of Process'
A student exhibition emerging from the 2026 course Focus and Flow with Karen...
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Kerri Hollingsworth: Threads and Connection
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Tara Axford: Jun 29 2026
“If you look at creativity as this constant beam of light that comes through...
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Student Success Story: Christine Herman
From creative fatigue to dreaming bigger... Visual Narratives with Sally Tyrie...
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Donna Watson: Essence of Identity
Angela Truscott: Jun 19 2026
“You can't live in somebody else's voice. You can't copy another artist and...
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Let there be light!
The works gathered here respond to Lissa's invitation to consider light not as...
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Kenny Nguyen: The courage and curiosity of material
Nicola Rough: Jun 12 2026
“I think a lot of artists are craving slowness again. We spend so much time...
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Community spotlight: Lori Cook
This month we're honoured to share Lori Cook's own words on emerging through...
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Student Success Story: Torri Stewart
One of the strongest lessons Torri took from Harriet’s course was the...
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Emily Stubbs: Where collage meets clay
Angela Truscott: Jun 5 2026
“You're putting forward a version of you into the world that you're literally...
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200 Free artist interviews
Angela Truscott: May 29 2026
You do not need to have everything figured out before you begin. You just need...
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Nicola Bennett: Edible Abstraction
Deborah White: May 29 2026
“Style isn't invented, I think it's something that's uncovered – and that is...
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Expressive TEXTure
This exhibition is a collection of works that reflect curiosity and a...
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Episode 200: It’s a Friday Feature Artist retrospective!
Nicola Rough: May 22 2026
“I think that the finished thing with its imperfections is actually never as...
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Student Success Story: Heather Close
Perhaps the most significant transformation for Heather, since the course, has...
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Student Success Story: Kimberly Schmid
Art had long served as a therapeutic outlet for Kimberly, a way to process...
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Student Success Story: Ella Hayward
“Gel printing for me was really therapeutic, and it gave me space and time for...
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Student Success Story: Heather Miller
What Heather found through Tara Axford's gel plate printing course was not only...
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Sarah Brayer: Art as meditation
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Jo Wright: May 15 2026
“With greater awareness, you will find a place to silence the inner critic. I...
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Jane Walkley: Weaving memory into material
Sophie Edwards: May 8 2026
“It doesn’t matter what it is just create. The more you create, the more ideas...
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Nature's Textures
Inspired by the richness and intricate complexity of the natural world, this...
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Student Success Story: Amy Donovan
Before enrolling in Art & Design with Tara Axford, Amy didn't see herself as an...
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From the archives: Finding wonder in the everyday with Shona Wilson
Angela Truscott: May 1 2026
“Just stay with your heart and be prepared to have faith in the process," says...
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Community spotlight: Janet Leckie's 80th birthday exhibition
Artist (and Take Two student) Janet Leckie recently celebrated a milestone...
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When the world feels uncertain art can support your self-care
In times that feel a little heavier, your creative practice can offer calm,...
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From the archives: Finding wonder in the everyday with Shona Wilson
Angela Truscott: Apr 24 2026
“I think that we should have the luxury of observing one object slowly. My aim...
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Renewal: Unfolding Light
A student exhibition that celebrates the beauty of renewal, and finding the...
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From the archives: Between life and form with Juz Kitson
Angela Truscott: Apr 17 2026
“I wanted to take a traditional material, a traditional process, and...
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Robert Lee Davis: Playing your way back to art
Angela Truscott: Apr 10 2026
“Art softens the events of the world for us, it helps us to return back to...
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From the archives: From clay to cardboard with Ann Weber
Tara Axford: Apr 2 2026
“I love just taking something and making something out of nothing – making...
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Community Spotlight: Bridget Macklin
"I see part of my role as an artist as raising awareness and creating space for...
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From the archives: From rust to textile resonance with Sue Hotchkis
Tara Axford: Mar 27 2026
“I like combining print and stitch… building upon them, trusting accident and...
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Melissa Monroe: Tufting faces and forms
Tara Axford: Mar 20 2026
“I really love that there’s not many rules with tufting – I feel like there’s...
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Student Success Story: Annegret Fauser
"I realised I was using the wrong medium. Once I shifted to paper, I could do...
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Student Success Story: Donna Towers
"I went from trying to figure it out… to being able to say, comfortably, I’m an...