Exhibition dates:
Opening date/time: Saturday 17th November 2018 @ 2pm
Closing date/time: Monday 7th January 2019 @ 9am – 5pm
Opening event scheduled for 17th November 2018 - 2pm, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham, Victoria
Lecture and floor talk (details below) 1st December 2018 - 11am to 12.30pm, Barn Gallery
Opening date/time: Saturday 17th November 2018 @ 2pm
Closing date/time: Monday 7th January 2019 @ 9am – 5pm
Opening event scheduled for 17th November 2018 - 2pm, Barn Gallery, Montsalvat, Eltham, Victoria
Lecture and floor talk (details below) 1st December 2018 - 11am to 12.30pm, Barn Gallery
DRAWING STRENGTH Lecture and Workshop programme is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.
Lecture - 11am to 12.30pm, 1st December 2018,
'WHAT IS DRAWING - it is what you think" (link to video of the talk below)
"Contemporary drawing is often described in terms of an expanded field, implying that it is somehow a defined and bounded land to be crossed or conquered." Dr Fran Norton
*In the 21st Century, drawing is understood to be ‘inherently spatial, performative and embodied; a reflexive, analytical and self-referential way of thinking; related to looking, seeing and observing; able to affect, create and occupy space; intrinsically temporal in its becoming, value and take up; a visual language able to translate, communicate and articulate; a process of mapping active, emotional and temporal space in ways that can make it visible, readable and even real. However, like any map, drawing is a subjective distillation of information, inherently inaccurate and always in need of revision.
Drawings are not simply something to look at: they are a direct form of primary communication. Part of the reason they communicate so directly is that drawing belongs to everyone. Acts of drawing occur all the time – someone applying eyeliner, doodling whilst on the phone, signing your name, or making someone a map on the back of an envelope. These are the cursive activities that we habitually engage in. We are all mark makers and Drawing is used in nearly every human endeavour.
3D space on 2D surface: plans and overlays.
(*from MA Drawing Course Handbook)
The lecture discussed Jo's experience of the course in London and how she learnt Drawing can be used in any way imaginable to connect to the world of the subconscious, the aesthetic, the immediate and the valuable. Jo elaborated on these contemporary concepts as she experienced them and inspired minds to open to the possibilities of Drawing's potential. While her practice is specific to her, she discussed many types of practices that are now considered Drawing.
"No longer seen as a preparatory phase for other artworks, Drawing is now recognised as one of the most explosive forms of art making. Drawing has had a long history that has ebbed and flowed from cave markings to life drawing’s essentials, from technical publication requirements to wild gestural markings, from the poor cousin to painting to being the flavour of the month, from being thrown away in favour of a finished work to being the gem of the thinking mind.
Creating a lecture programme to expose the knowledge I have gained in UK and Europe, and conducting workshops is time consuming and important work to open up thinking in the area. Stimulating thinking and inspiring people to draw is my passion. This includes artists, enthusiast and importantly, children. They are particularly important to encourage their creative skills of expression and school led art programmes usually promote representational work whereas Drawing can be so much more."
Jo Lane
Text from Australian Cultural Fund Campaign to fund the preparation and presentation of the lecture and workshops. https://australianculturalfund.org.au/
Campaign was fully funded by generous individuals. Truly grateful.
VIDEO of the resultant talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCKIxKytlMU&t=1373s
approx: 45 Minutes
'WHAT IS DRAWING - it is what you think" (link to video of the talk below)
"Contemporary drawing is often described in terms of an expanded field, implying that it is somehow a defined and bounded land to be crossed or conquered." Dr Fran Norton
*In the 21st Century, drawing is understood to be ‘inherently spatial, performative and embodied; a reflexive, analytical and self-referential way of thinking; related to looking, seeing and observing; able to affect, create and occupy space; intrinsically temporal in its becoming, value and take up; a visual language able to translate, communicate and articulate; a process of mapping active, emotional and temporal space in ways that can make it visible, readable and even real. However, like any map, drawing is a subjective distillation of information, inherently inaccurate and always in need of revision.
Drawings are not simply something to look at: they are a direct form of primary communication. Part of the reason they communicate so directly is that drawing belongs to everyone. Acts of drawing occur all the time – someone applying eyeliner, doodling whilst on the phone, signing your name, or making someone a map on the back of an envelope. These are the cursive activities that we habitually engage in. We are all mark makers and Drawing is used in nearly every human endeavour.
3D space on 2D surface: plans and overlays.
- Diagrams, pictograms, flowcharts and mind maps.
- Cartography: Mapping places, things and ideas.
- Choreography: space and movement.
- Archaeological drawing and planning.
- Narrative Drawing: time based storytelling and storyboards.
- Scientific documentation.
- Drawing and writing.
- Developing ideas and solving problems.
- Communicating and convincing: selling ideas.
- Measurement: plotting spaces and objects.
- Working with Surface.
- Materiality.
(*from MA Drawing Course Handbook)
The lecture discussed Jo's experience of the course in London and how she learnt Drawing can be used in any way imaginable to connect to the world of the subconscious, the aesthetic, the immediate and the valuable. Jo elaborated on these contemporary concepts as she experienced them and inspired minds to open to the possibilities of Drawing's potential. While her practice is specific to her, she discussed many types of practices that are now considered Drawing.
"No longer seen as a preparatory phase for other artworks, Drawing is now recognised as one of the most explosive forms of art making. Drawing has had a long history that has ebbed and flowed from cave markings to life drawing’s essentials, from technical publication requirements to wild gestural markings, from the poor cousin to painting to being the flavour of the month, from being thrown away in favour of a finished work to being the gem of the thinking mind.
Creating a lecture programme to expose the knowledge I have gained in UK and Europe, and conducting workshops is time consuming and important work to open up thinking in the area. Stimulating thinking and inspiring people to draw is my passion. This includes artists, enthusiast and importantly, children. They are particularly important to encourage their creative skills of expression and school led art programmes usually promote representational work whereas Drawing can be so much more."
Jo Lane
Text from Australian Cultural Fund Campaign to fund the preparation and presentation of the lecture and workshops. https://australianculturalfund.org.au/
Campaign was fully funded by generous individuals. Truly grateful.
VIDEO of the resultant talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCKIxKytlMU&t=1373s
approx: 45 Minutes