STUDIO 106 artist run space

STUDIO 106 artist run space

Studio 106 is an artist run gallery plus 15 artist studios. It is located in the heart of St.Kilda,first floor at 106 Barkly street,corner Mirka lane. The Studio was the brainchild of The St.Kilda Development Buisness Association.It started in 1996 with some financial assistance from the Port Phillip council.A small grant of $2000,-dollars.

Since then Studio 106 has been run successfully by a committee of volunteers and the help of the Elwood St Kilda Neighbourhood Learning Centre,www.esnlc.com.au. 

Currently 22 artists are working at 106,some people share a studio space. A great variety of art forms are practised. Painting, illustrating, sculpting, printmaking, fabric art, installation, photography, animation, film and video art. A short film about Studio 106, was produced by Dee Mc Lachlan,in 2005,titled “Off ya face”.

Other points of interest: we represent 12 different nationalities. A variety of young and established artists,create an exciting  and stimulating place to work in.

 

ORGANISING EXHIBITION

Just finished organising a group exhibition at studio 106 an artist run collective i belong in St. Kilda. Creating art is t he easiest part- there’s so many little behind the scenes stuff that happens when organising an exhibition. The invitation,promoting the event, hanging the works, wondering, DO THEY LOOK GOOD HERE, SHOULD I CHANGE THEM SHOULD THERE BE MORE WORKS? will people come and see the exhibition! all very normal things to think about so i have realised! its been a great experience though tin organising this exhibition and i sold 4 artworks and made a commission sale!! yay! ART DRIVES YOU TO EXPLORE THE WORLD, TO NOTICE WHAT GOES ON AROUND YOU , EVEN IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD!!!!

 

busting out all over

Sometimes I feel absolute fits of nostalgia for everything and everyone I have ever known or learnt or heard or seen or experienced. My sons are playing early Beatles, loudly, and I am becoming emotional about all the stuff that my nearly 52 year old self is full of, all the songs, all the events, all the memories, all the little pieces of STUFF  - somehow everything feels significant and beautiful and I am fit to burst because there is so much inside. Maybe it is because I am about to have a birthday and this is what happens; one gets reflective despite oneself.

How can people keep it all in?

I am curious about cross-cultural and cross-generational relationships and how much must be missing until the parties involved have been together long enough to make their own shared culture. One of the (many) things I missed, when I was married to a man from another culture, was being able to share songs and their significance.  Music was so significant to us wot growed up in the 60s and 70s in a way that was quite different to previous generations.

Sometimes I feel emotional about the entire planet. All the lonely people … We know where they come from.  The young Paul McCartney had a sweet tone to his voice that perfectly expressed his more sentimental lyrics.

If you’ve got no-one to care about all the stuff inside you at least you can write about it and easily  get it into the world nowadays. That’s a good thing.

That intensity and sensitivity you feel when you’re 17 about the world, about life … You think, how could the oldies have become so comfortable and complacent and uncaring and unheeding? How can they let all this stuff happen?  It’s still there. I still feel it.

Listening to music while you paint: is it a good idea?

It is so long as the music is just melody without lyrics. Our ears are so tuned in to the human voice that whenever there are voices in the background it is impossible to give anything else our full  attention. We think we filter things out, but not completely. You will always hear your name spoken against a hubble of voices in a room.  I used to have the radio on in the background when I worked but it just felt too distracting.  For more about this sort of thing have a listen to Julian Treasure on TED talks. He is a researcher into the effects of sound-scapes, amongst other things.  Too much urban blast is  bad for our health. Once you start becoming conscious of the noise surrounding you, it becomes more difficult to tolerate cacophony. And easier to appreciate quiet.

But you can use music to inspire a painting – then that is listening in a totally different way.

Am thinking about this as we have a new Pilates teacher at the local YMCA who doesn’t put music on during classes and for that I am grateful. I asked the last one if we could do without the music but she was reluctant to change the format of the class.

Best (and most calming) things to listen to: birdsong, water trickling, wind in the leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

springiness

There is just so much beauty around at the moment. So many flowers and colours and shapes and gorgeousness. Especially enjoying tiny blossoms. And daisies. I feel a floral mood coming on… Time for a walk.

All the good scents are such fun, too, particularly just around cocktail time. Gin and tonics in the backyard, smelling the jasmine and queen of the night … Life is good!