EIGHT artists\u202fhave been paired up and commissioned to combine their practices and produce creative responses to the COVID-19 climate in Ballarat.<\/p>\n
Part of the City\u2019s Be Kind \u2013 Be Creative campaign, the artists are working together online from afar, embracing the social distancing challenge while showing their own unique perspective on the societal situation.<\/p>\n
Illustrator Dillon Naylor and Stan Woodhouse, a songwriter and lyricist, have been put together to collaborate, developing graphic novel pages and an accompanying piece of music.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the following months, Dillon will illustrate the tale while I compose the music for it,\u201d Woodhouse said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ll keep the channels of communication open so neither of us are creating in a vacuum and the separate works will have a chance to influence each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe final song and the original pages will be exhibited together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ceramicist,\u202fNeville French\u202fis working with visual artist, Rhonda\u202fBaum, and hip-hop artist, Sarah Barclay\u202fand indigenous artist, Donna Blackall are also collaborating.<\/p>\n
Poet, Nathan\u202fCurnow and\u202fvisual artist,\u202fKim Anderson, were the first pair of the four to be commissioned, earlier in the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Cr Daniel Moloney said the artists\u2019 roles are also to document and report on the challenging time period.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe fully\u202fanticipate the\u202fBallarat community is going to appreciate looking back on these times through an artistic\u202flens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are really proud of how the Be Kind \u2013 Be Creative program embeds the Compassionate City and Creative City programs into the city\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst supporting our arts community through\u202fan important time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Art Gallery of Ballarat will present the works for in-person viewing next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EIGHT artists\u202fhave been paired up and commissioned to combine their practices and produce creative responses to the COVID-19 climate in Ballarat. Part of the City\u2019s Be Kind \u2013 Be Creative campaign, the artists are working together online from afar, embracing the social distancing challenge while showing their own unique perspective on the societal situation. Illustrator […]<\/p>\n