ART Space Ballarat\u2019s current exhibition is highlighting women loved, lost, and admired.<\/p>\n
Honour A Woman<\/em> is showcasing pieces created by the 13 women within feminist art collective 13 Moons.<\/p>\n The artists\u2019 pieces recognise at least one female figure from each of their lives, or broader society, that they respect and value.<\/p>\n Coloured pencil artist Georgina Gould-Hardwick has illustrated insects and flora native to the Dementia Friendly Forest and Sensory Trail at Woowookarung Regional Park, celebrating dementia advocate Anne Tudor and her late wife Edie Mayhew.<\/p>\n \u201cBy educating people about the species and plants protected by the trail being there, this series honours Anne, Edie and the work they\u2019ve done,\u201d Gould-Hardwick said.<\/p>\n Ms Tudor said she \u201cbroke down\u201d when she set eyes on the realistic illustrations.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel so honoured by what Georgina\u2019s done. In anything, whether it\u2019s dementia, mental illness, botanicals, or arthropods, we need to be concentrating on detail, not just brushing over things.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a perfect fit, really.\u201d<\/p>\n Three works by collage artist Diana Coverdale explore \u201cfeminine cosmology\u201d including mind, body, and spirit.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s something exciting and satisfying about seeing an idea come to fruition and happen,\u201d Ms Coverdale said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re all amateur emerging artists, and we\u2019re so chuffed to see our work in the space.\u201d<\/p>\n Other artists showcased include Janette Brown, Fran Deutsher, Jenny Garley, Carmel Hempenstall, Christine Hickson, Heather Horrocks, Anne Langdon, Jem Olsen, Megan J Riedl, Kathy Taylor, and Kelsie White.<\/p>\n