Category Archives: Australia

Advertising selection in vintage erotica

Posted on February 15, 2016 by kellymarietheartist

Advertising in the adult magazines of yesterday. Cigarettes, invisible inflation, whiskey, cowboys and wooing. Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Inspiration, Paper, Photography, Research, Vintage Books | Tagged advertising, history, magazine, Vintage | Comments Off

What is my artwork worth? A awkward discussion about artist wages.

Posted on November 28, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

How much is my artwork worth? An opinion regarding paying artists for services rendered. Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Inspiration, Queensland, Research, Review, Textiles, Toowoomba | Tagged artist perspective, Award Wages, Creative Arts, review, Textile Artists, Visual Artists, Wages | Comments Off

How to offer unwanted advice

Posted on November 10, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

I offer some unwanted, unasked for advice on how to offer unwanted, unasked for advice. Applies to life-changing travel decisions, may work in other areas. Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Collaboration, Experiments, How-to, Research, Review, Travelling | Tagged artist perspective, Travel | Comments Off

Artist News / October Links Round Up

Posted on October 16, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

Artist News / October Links Round Up Personal artist news: Someone snapped a photo of a throw I created, and used it as a title image: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b20044531929534bdd108e0a1&id=fda8a0348a&e=%5BUNIQID I found an older write up on Brief Encounters on ActorsGreenRoom: http://actorsgreenroom.net/archives/8525 I … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Inspiration, Queensland, Research, Textiles, theGRID, Toowoomba | Tagged artist perspective, Australia, brief encounters, Empire Theatre, Fair Isle, NAVA, promotional, theGRID hybrid arts collective, Toowoomba | Comments Off

Creative Tanks in 2013, by Kelly-Marie McEwan

Posted on October 5, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

Creative Tanks in 2013 Creative Tanks in 2013 was my last year to be a part of the event. As you may know from following my blog, I am moving away from the town to pursue…something….somewhere. If you didn’t know, … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Crochet & Knitting, Exhibitions, Queensland, Re-use, Textiles, Toowoomba, Works in progress | Tagged artist perspective, Carnival Of Flowers, Creative Tanks, crochet, Queensland, soft sculpture, textile design, textiles, Toowoomba, wearable arts, Wool | 3 Comments

Kelly-Marie McEwan and Matt Collins, Brief Encounters Empire Theatre Toowoomba

Posted on August 28, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

Kelly-Marie McEwan and Matt Collins in Brief Encounters This is another in my series about the Brief Encounters performance that was at the Empire Theatre on Saturday, 24th August. Photos by Rory Adams. You can find the rest of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Collaboration, Crochet & Knitting, Exhibitions, Experiments, Photography, Queensland, Textiles, Toowoomba | Tagged brief encounters, collaboration, crochet, Empire Theatre, exhibitions, experimentation, photography, sculpture, sewing, textile design, textiles, Toowoomba, wearable arts | 1 Comment

Review of Brief Encounters, Empire Theatre, Toowoomba

Posted on August 26, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

Review of Brief Encounters Toowoomba From the Brief Encounters at the Empire Theatre Facebook Page; a great review of the Brief Encounters project that I was a part of, which finished this Saturday weekend. By Amber Gwynne, Arts Writer. Brief … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Exhibitions, Experiments, Film, Queensland, Review, Textiles, Toowoomba | Tagged brief encounters, Empire Theatre, films, performance art, promotional, Queensland, review, textiles, theatre, Toowoomba | 1 Comment

Does art matter? Artists say, yes.

Posted on August 25, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

Does Art Matter? …Is the question Benjamin Tupas, a producer for ABC Open posited to artists recently about the creation of art in Toowoomba in the article Art Matters. I was one of the artists, and I was quoted! The … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Collaboration, Exhibitions, Experiments, Inspiration, Queensland, theGRID, Toowoomba, Works in progress | Tagged ABC Open, alterations, Animating Spaces, artist perspective, Artslink Queensland, brief encounters, collaboration, exhibitions, experimentation, handmade, Toowoomba | 1 Comment

Wearable art works in progress, Creative Tanks update.

Posted on August 10, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

Wearable art works, Creative Tanks meetings this week… …and I feel so alive! So, Creative Tanks will be in it’s third year for the 2013 Carnival of Flowers festival in Toowoomba. It will also be my third year in participating … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Collaboration, Crochet & Knitting, Exhibitions, Queensland, Toowoomba, Works in progress, Workshops | Tagged .made Creative Space, antique skills, Carnival Of Flowers, crafternoons, Creative Tanks, crochet, pinterest, promotional, Queensland, Ursula Glitch, workshop, youtube | 3 Comments

Teasing the Domestic, travelling art exhibitions in 2013

Posted on August 6, 2013 by kellymarietheartist

Teasing the Domestic all over Queensland Getting together various CVs for The Big Trip, which has caused me to pause and note some of the news articles and galleries my works have been mentioned in, that I may have missed … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Crochet & Knitting, Exhibitions, Queensland, Textiles, Travelling | Tagged artist perspective, artslink, Artslink Queensland, Beaudesert, Cloncurry, collaboration, crochet, exhibitions, Kim Schoenberger, Queensland, textiles | Comments Off