LAST DAY TOMORROW - TAKING UP SPACE CLOSES 5pm SUNDAY 22 MARCH

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The third Taking Up Space artists talks were held today

Artist talk: Georgie Brinkman

Artist talk: Jill Gibson. Photo Che Ritz

Artists Talk: Susan Buret

Foregrnd: Susan Buret, L: Anka Lesniak, R: Phaptawan Suwannakudt. Artists talk: Susan Buret. 

TAKING UP SPACE ARTISTS TALKS Saturdays 2-3pm

SATURDAY 7 MARCH: Janine Bailey, Veronica Habib, Jennie Feyen

SATURDAY 14 MARCH: Phaptawan Suwannekudt, Elizabeth Ashburn, Sarah FitzGerald

SATURDAY  21 MARCH: Jill Gibson, Susan Buret, Georgina Brinkman.

Janine Bailey, a fire fighter, will explain why women fire fighters are paid rank for rank more than men; Veronica Habib will explore dress codes and revealing and concealing the body; Jennie Feyen will look at female sexuality and Butoh Theatre; Phaptawan Suwannakudt, born in Thailand and now living in Sydney, explores the domains women are allowed to occupy in Thailand, in contrast to tattooing and the performance of magic spells, which in the Lanna culture of North Thailand are restricted to men; Elizabeth Ashburn will consider how language in art can be used to stop violence; Jill Gibson, visiting from the UK, will talk about the sculptural free flowing line in direct response to the work of Marisa Merz, who uses readily available materials and combines these with ‘traditional female crafts’; and Susan Buret will talk about how women's craft, here the handmade rug, can be used as a device for gathering and nurturing.

TAKING UP SPACE OPENED TONIGHT - ARTISTS' TALKS TOMORROW 2-3PM

Artists' Talks: tomorrow, Saturday 7 March , 2-3pm:

Janine Bailey, Veronica Habib, Jennie Feyen

L-R: Veronica Habib, Lisa Tochler, Katya Petetskaya, Anka Lesniak.
Photo: William Seeto

Helen M Sturgess, Janine Clarke

Katya Petetskaya, Lisa Tolcher, Veronica Habib

Jennie Feyen (foreground);
L-R: Jill Gibson, Katya Petetskaya, Lisa Tolcher

Jill Gibson, Katya Petetskaya

Front-back: Jill Gibson, Che Ritz, Phaptawan Suwannakudt

Front: Susan Buret; L-R: Anne Graham, Barbara Halnan