Barbara Oehring Photography

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Belgrave Survival Day

The eighth annual Belgrave Survival Day festival will take place on 26 January 2015 from 12 noon to 4.30pm at Borthwick Park, Benson St, Belgrave.

The event celebrates Indigenous culture and survival of Australia's first people through 226 years of white settlement.

I have attended and photographed Belgrave Survival Day since 2012. In anticipation of this year's event I have chosen to publish some of my images of last year's festival.

Leila Gurruwiwi will again MC the event.

Archie Roach was the main attraction. This year we can look forward to Casey Donovan.

Visit my blog post on Belgrave Survival Day 2013:

http://barbaraoehringphotography.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/belgrave-survival-day-26-january-2013.html

Belgrave Survival Day 2012:

http://barbaraoehringphotography.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/survival-day-australia-day.html

For further information go to:

http://belgravesurvivalday.org

Monday, December 22, 2014

Bendigo

My friend and I stayed in the historic city of Bendigo north west of Melbourne for two nights in December.

Bendigo is 147 km from Melbourne. It takes 90 minutes by car or 120 minutes by train/bus. We enjoyed a comfortable train ride from Melbourne's Southern Cross Station to Bendigo.

The discovery of gold in Bendigo in 1851 resulted in a major gold rush. Cultural diversity and historical architecture followed. Many grand buildings still stand today.

Charing Cross and Alexandra Fountain.

The drummer boy is part of the Christmas display in Rosalind Park.
The statue of Queen Victoria and the Soldiers Memorial Hall are in the background.

We stayed at the beautiful Hotel Shamrock in the heart of Bendigo.

The view from the balcony at night.

The regal staircase.

Around the corner from Hotel Shamrock we discovered Chancery Lane.

The Bendigo Community Farmers' Market operated on Saturday at Sydney Myer Place.

We enjoyed travelling around Bendigo on the Vintage 'Talking' Tram.

Walking up View Street towards Bendigo Art Gallery.

I was pleased to see Patricia Piccinini: The young family at the Bendigo Art Gallery.

Carolyn Dew's photographic series The Artificial Kingdom is on until 8 February 2015.

I appreciated being in Bendigo on opening day of the Ben Quilty exhibition.

Quilty has won numerous awards and he became the first Australian to have a solo exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, London.

L: Kuta Rorschach No 2 2014 (detail) acquired by the Bendigo Art Gallery.
R: Evening Shadows, Rorschach after Johnstone 2011 (detail).

The artist interrogates the history of European settlement in Australia.

Ben Quilty 2010 Inhabit installation (detail).

The Ben Quilty show runs until 1 March 2015 at the Bendigo Art Gallery.

The Rosalind Park Poppet Head Tower as seen through a window at the Bendigo Art Gallery.

It's only a short walk from the gallery to the cathedral.

Sacred Heart Cathedral.

There was not only a traditional nativity scene in the cathedral but also an indigenous view.

The baby lay in a coolamon, wrapped in possum skin.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Linden Postcard Show 2014

The Linden Postcard Show at Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, 26 Acland Street, St Kilda runs from 25 October to 6 December 2014.

It's a unique open entry competition. All entries must measure 8” (20cm) x 10” (25.5cm). There are hundreds of artworks on the walls at Linden. All work is for sale.

This year I am participating in the show for the first time with my image "Taking Flight".


© Barbara Oehring 2014

I visited the Postcard Show in the afternoon on opening day Friday 24 October 2014.

The beautiful Victorian mansion that houses the Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts.

Some of the volunteers on the day.

Linden's Director Melinda Martin.

Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts
Gallery hours
Tues-Sunday 11am-4pm
Wed 11am-8pm
Free entry