Early this year we formed our first ever governing board! The eight members of the new CAS board will provide leadership for our next strategic plan and contribute to our mission of making the arts accessible, relevant and sustainable. As you will see in their introductions, our board members come to CAS with an incredibly diverse range of interests, skills and professional experience. Read more about them and what they're looking forward to in 2021.
…And what a year it has been! We kicked off 2020 with Heating Up, a group exhibition curated by Larra Juab that extended the Midsumma Festival vibe with work from local LGBTQIA+ artists. In her interview with CAS in February, Larra said: ‘I cannot wait to see more exhibitions that explore one’s identity and feeling …
Last Saturday, Connection Arts Space hosted a workshop with multidisciplinary artist Belle Formica as part of our Flora exhibition. Belle carefully guided participants through the process of making a flora crown. Here are the results!
Making a flower/flora crown is a beautiful way to connect with Mother Nature—a vibrant, resilient, ever-changing force that you are a part of. Learn how to make a flora crown with multidisciplinary artist, Belle Formica.
This week in our fifth GOING SOLO, we are joined by Oz Malik, an actor, artist and program curator Oz, being our only performance artist in the group, talks about the steps that aspiring actors/actresses can take in order to get their foot in the door of the acting industry and possibly land their first role.
This week in GOING SOLO, we are joined by Oladimeji ‘Dimeji’ Coker, a documentary photographer from Nigeria, currently based in Australia. In his session, Oladimeji focuses on identity as a critical part of being an artist. We need to feel comfortable with our identity in order to effectively and authentically express our ideas and ourselves through our work.
Our GOING SOLO series is back tomorrow night! CAS volunteer Rachael spoke to featured artist Lara Chamas about the unique challenges of navigating art school as a person of colour (POC), defining success and finding your voice.
RIOT! is Connection Arts Space's second digital group exhibition. The exhibition carves out a space for our artists and the audience to explore various themes such as philosophy, social issues, politics, spirituality and religion, while seeking to elevate voices that are typically pushed to the margins. We asked participating artists Rhys Cousins and Richard McMahon one simple but complex question: WHY DO YOU RIOT?
Our GOING SOLO series is back tomorrow night! CAS volunteer Rachael spoke to featured artist Lara Chamas about the unique challenges of navigating art school as a person of colour (POC), defining success and finding your voice.
RIOT! is Connection Arts Space's current digital group exhibition. The exhibition carves out a space for our artists and the audience to explore various themes such as philosophy, social issues, politics, spirituality and religion, while seeking to elevate voices that are typically pushed to the margins. We asked participating artists Nicholas Tsekouras, Tessa Chung and Kelly Yoon one simple but complex question: WHY DO YOU RIOT?
