Image 1: Paul Hodges, Display of Basquiat (detail), 2023Image 2: Margaret McIntosh, Back of Woolies #2 (detail), 2024
Hard Rubbish Day: An urban landscape workshop
Arts Project Australia (APA) artist and curator Paul Hodges will join artist and urban assemblage connoisseur Margaret McIntosh to bring you a drawing workshop that celebrates the beauty of discarded household items found upon the street.
McIntosh, who frequently depicts abandoned domestic treasures in her painting practice, will create a Hard Rubbish style still-life and invite you to draw it, with support from Hodges.
This workshop takes place within the exhibition Landscape: A Different View, curated by Paul Hodges and APA Staff Artist Suzie Brown. It will be accompanied by artist talks from both Hodges and McIntosh.
This is a free event and all materials will be provided. Bookings are essential.
About the artists:
Paul Hodges is a refined draughtsman and exceptional colourist in the mediums of pencil and watercolour on paper. The imprint of conventional art history paintings can be seen in the composition and thematic elements of his work; portraits, nudes, still life, and landscapes, all sensitively rendered through the lens of contemporary practice, with an air of romance.
Hodges has worked in the Arts Project Australia since 1998 and held his first solo exhibition at Arts Project Australia in 2015. His work is held in the National Gallery of Victoria (as gifted by Stuart Purves) and in private collections throughout Australia.
Margaret McIntosh is an artist living and working in Naarm. In her upcoming exhibition Placky Bags, McIntosh continues her exploration of change in the urban landscape through the enduring presence of hard rubbish and waste collection. She records these moments as symbols of life around us. These signals embody the relationships we forge between objects and place, and create the familiar backdrop of our lives.
The Arts Project Australia gallery has accessible toilets in the Perry Street Building. They are located in the northern end of the building. On the upper ground level they are located off the northern side of the service corridor. On L1 and L2 they are located behind blue manual double doors.
Entry 30A Perry Street is wheelchair accessible and offers direct access to the Courtyard, Perry Street Building upper ground and Johnston Street Building upper ground.
Lift access is available to visit other buildings and levels.
Getting Here
The closest tram stops to Collingwood Yards are:
Route 86 towards Waterfront City/Docklands: Johnston St/Smith St (Stop 19)
Route 86 towards Bundoora: Johnston St/Smith St (Stop 19)
The nearest Bus stop is the corner of Johnston St and Smith St on Routes 200, 207 and Night Bus Route 966.
The corner of Johnston St and Smith St is approximately a 300 meter, 5 minute walk to and from Collingwood Yards.
The closest train stop is Victoria Park on the Hurstbridge and Mernda lines.
Victoria Park Station is approximately a 700 metre, 10 minute walk to and from Collingwood Yards. Victoria Park Station is elevated and access to the platforms is either via a ramp or lift.
Collingwood Yards offers a single accessible parking bay, located in the entryway via 35C Johnston Street vehicle entrance. Limited parking is available in the surrounding area.
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