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A DECADE ago, visual artist and art therapist Linda Franklin decided to relocate from Gisborne, but she knew her next base needed to be in a specific community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted a regional population that has a university with fine arts training, because that means there is a vibrant arts community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Exploring Bendigo, Geelong, Hobart, her homeland of New Zealand, and Ballarat she expected to end up in a tiny cottage with a shed she could convert into a studio.<\/p>\n

Her favourite property in Ballarat south was the complete opposite.<\/p>\n

\u201cI happened upon this old Wesleyan Methodist church on South Street, and I thought, I can survive here.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ambience was so sweet, it felt like I\u2019d had 100 years of little old ladies from the church just doing their good deeds here, and it had both residential and commercial zoning, so I knew I could run a business,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Moving into the \u201cempty shell,\u201d which was built in 1890 and had also been a Salvation Army centre, Franklin lived life simply.<\/p>\n

She gradually installed a kitchen and bathroom, and launched her creative space.<\/p>\n

\u201cI set up the South Street Art Studio and started running community art classes; drawing and painting, and creative mindfulness,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In her 25 years as an art therapist \u2013 10 of those on South Street \u2013 Franklin has facilitated community-based engagement with the arts for people of all ages and from all walks of life, sometimes through welfare and caring agencies that want a short-term program to engage their clients.<\/p>\n

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Franklin\u2019s natural pigments developed from the earth of Ballarat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cArt-making connects us to deeply-felt emotions and insights into ourselves which can be easily overlooked. Guiding others into the richness of art-making is wonderful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

As a practicing artist currently focusing on her own work in the COVID era, or \u201cthe great pause\u201d as Franklin calls it, she works across a varying range of visual genres.<\/p>\n

Interested in having a handle on diverse techniques and themes, she finds \u201ca narrative that is relevant to the contemporary society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love mixed media content and techniques within an image, pulling from different genres… and that\u2019s a functional, post-modernist way of making social commentary,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Ballarat Bush<\/em> was created with graphite sticks and earth pigments foraged locally. It celebrates the insects of the dry, gym sclerophyll forest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll happily combine references to pop-art and cartoons with something that has a historical reference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taking this year to reset, one of Franklin\u2019s recent initiatives is inspired by last summer\u2019s unprecedented Australian bushfires.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a commitment to convert to a toxic-free art practice. Globally, visual arts practitioners have become normalised to using a wide range of chemical-based, environmentally hazardous art materials,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always been an advocate for the sustainable lifestyle, so detoxing my own practice has been an insightful procedure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m currently working on recipes for my own natural, earth pigments and I\u2019m looking forward to teaching classes surrounding them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visit lindafranklin.com.au<\/strong><\/a>, and @southstreetartstudio on Instagram<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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