Elysha Rei is a practicing visual artist, curator and art event coordinator currently residing in Brisbane. Her passion for the arts extends from making, exhibiting and curating art, to managing cultural spaces and community events. With a successful installation at the BrisAsia festival in her wake, she’s looking forward to presenting a workshop showcasing her unique paste-up style at the upcoming ArtizPUBLIC@Toowoomba.
Sam Rit Residency Journal: Festival Time
The workshop participants have been busy lately preparing for a big local festival to bless the fertility and productivity of rice crops. After the festival, we completed another workshop. They’ve been really branching out with the techniques I had taught previously.
Flying Arts Turns 45
Celebrate with us – Flying Arts style! We invite you to attend COLOUR: Mervyn Moriarty, a retrospective exhibition. View exclusive artworks by renowned Queensland artist and art educator Mervyn Moriarty who was a prominent figure in the art scene in Brisbane in the 1960s – 80s. Moriarty had a major influence on the development of […]
Curator By Request
Galleries and art groups can access a skilled, experienced curator to work with your creative community to design and develop exhibitions or installations. The structure of the program is flexible and can include a mix of in-situ and online tutorials, assistance with installation and culminating with a launch event. Three models are available: Mentor Curator […]
Sam Rit Residency Journal: workshop progress
Flying Arts Artist Mary Barron catches us up on the Sam Rit Residency and Cultural Exchange progress. In this workshop, participants dipped previously prepared pieces in shellac and learned new techniques.
Sam Rit Residency Journal: The Workshops Continue
Today we made coiled newspaper jewelry: pendants and earrings. The participants are keen to each have a set of jewelry like mine to wear to the project event and exhibition of the creations from the workshops. We will be coating them with Shellac and making cords for the pendants in the next workshop.
Sam Rit Residency Journal: The Third Workshop
For the third workshop of the Sam Rit Residency, the participants explored more advanced techniques of newspaper coiling. Flying Arts Artist Mary Barron also learned a new technique from her students.
Touring Artist Journal: Scott Maxwell
Scott Maxwell was recently in Chinchilla to deliver workshops in foundation and experimental drawing. Read about his experiences here.