Art Talks Free Lunchtime Lecture
William Mackinnon
William Mackinnon is a Melbourne artist who graduated with a Master of Visual Arts at the VCA in 2008. As the recipient of the prestigious Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship in 2008, the artist used the two year bursary to travel through the Kimberley; working for Papunya Tula Artists as a Field Officer serving the Kintore (NT) and Kwikurra (WA) communities and as artist in residence at Mangkaja Arts, Fitzroy Crossing.
Mackinnon has presented an uncompromising version of indigenous community life – one that finds human strength and dignity amongst a bleak landscape where two cultures collide. The artist will talk about his experiences as a Field Officer, how they are manifest in his work and about his life back in Melbourne as a practising artist.
Date: 12 noon – 1pm, Wednesday 7 May 2014
Venue: Room C.1.1.33, Chadstone Campus, Batesford Road, Chadstone, Melways ref: 69F1
Bookings are essential
Please contact Anna Long
E: artcollection@holmesglen.edu.au
T: 9209 5605 or 9564 2755
