Exhibition, Ponch Hawkes

MAPgroup photographer Ponch Hawkes has been commissioned by the Monash Gallery of Art to explore the City of Monash by responding to key issues facing the community – a reflection of the city as a microcosm of the nation. Other exhibiting artists are Peta Clancy, Lee Grant and David Rosetzky. Portrait of Monash: the ties that bind will be showing from 15 February until 12 April.

www.mga.org.au

Untitled (iii), from the series Lay Down Your Head. “When I got kicked out of home my friend’s nana let me sleep in her room.” © Ponch Hawkes.

Untitled (iii), from the series Lay Down Your Head. “When I got kicked out of home my friend’s nana let me sleep in her room.” © Ponch Hawkes.

Good Weekend magazine, Annette Ruzicka

MAPgroup photographer Annette Ruzicka’s image, below, was recently published in Good Weekend magazine. As Annette explains:

"Back in 2019 I spent some time in Derby, WA and this was the view from my window. Depending on the hour; the colours, the people, the animals could all change and drastically so. It was enough for me to jump out of bed at 6am (no alarm needed!) and see what was happening."

Here's the text from the piece...

"Derby was once bigger than Broome," says the photographer. "It was a crucial stop before you leave the bitumen into west Kimberley and beyond." The town is surrounded by salty mudflats that change colour through the day as kites and ravens circle overhead. "Every other morning some locals would appear and set up breakfast under one lone tree facing the flats," she recalls. "Underneath was a comfy armchair and they would watch the morning go by until it became too hot." Ruzicka realised the scene was an insight into life before European settlement in Derby just 140 years ago. "Sans the armchair of course."

© Annette Ruzicka

© Annette Ruzicka

Book, Andrew Chapman

Seven years after the publication of his bestselling book, Woolsheds, Andrew Chapman has teamed up with ABC Landline journalist, Tim Lee to release Woolsheds Volume 2. This latest volume is packed with stunning pictures and engaging stories about woolsheds, woolgrowers, shearers and rouseabouts in Australia, along with an additional section on New Zealand. Advance copies are now available to order with the book being due for release in mid-November.

https://tenbagpress.com.au

Iris Award, Cathy Ronalds

Congratulations to MAPgroup photographer Cathy Ronalds for being a finalist in the Iris Award, for her image In Between Moments. Run by the Perth Centre for Photography, the award is an international prize recognising new and outstanding portraiture in photographic art. The criteria for selection focuses on portraits that are unique, compelling and engaging whilst maintaining excellence in photography.

http://www.pcp.org.au/exhi…/1992-current-archive/iris-award

© Cathy Ronalds

© Cathy Ronalds

Mono Awards

Recently, three MAPgroup photographers were awarded a Highly Commended in the Mono Awards, an inaugural Australian and New Zealand photography competition that sought to find the best black and white imagery in the region. Congratulations to Cathy Ronalds, Annette Ruzicka and Michael Rayment.

https://www.themonoawards.com.au

© Annette Ruzicka

© Annette Ruzicka

Martin Kantor Portrait Prize, Ponch Hawkes and Tobias Titz

Congratulations to MAPgroup photographers Ponch Hawkes and Tobias Titz for being finalists in the 2019 Ballarat International Foto Biennale Martin Kantor Portrait Prize. Named in honour of the late portrait photographer Martin Kantor, the $15,000 prize is awarded for an exceptional photographic artwork of a significant, living Australian in the fields of art, letters, science, sport or politics. The finalists' portraits will be exhibited at Ballarat Town Hall in Ballarat, Victoria from 24 August – 20 October. We wish both of them luck.

https://ballaratfoto.org

© Ponch Hawkes

© Ponch Hawkes

Olive Cotton Award, Annette Ruzicka and Krystal Seigerman

Congratulations to MAPgroup photographers Annette Ruzicka and Krystal Seigerman who are finalists in the Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture, a biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture dedicated to the memory of modernist photographer Olive Cotton. The exhibition of the finalists’ work will be shown at Tweed Regional Gallery in Murwillumbah, New South Wales from 12 July until 22 September. We wish them luck.

For more information: https://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au

© Krystal Seigerman

© Krystal Seigerman

Maggie Diaz Prize, Cathy Ronalds

Congratulations to MAPgroup photographer Cathy Ronalds who is a finalist in the Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women with her image Foreign Places. An exhibition of the finalists' work will be on show at Brightspace in St Kilda from 2 - 17 August. We wish Cathy luck.

For more information: http://www.maggiediazprize.com

* Note: Cathy won the $5,000 award! Big congratulations to her.

© Cathy Ronalds

© Cathy Ronalds

"Beyond Borders" at Mildura Arts Centre

MAPgroup's ongoing project, Beyond Borders, will be exhibited at Mildura Arts Centre in north-west rural Victoria. This extensive body of work documents the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees seeking a safer life under exceptionally challenging circumstances, through photographs and multimedia.

Beyond Borders will open at 6.00pm, Thursday 13 June, followed by a floor talk at 6.30pm with MAPgroup photographers Silvi Glattauer and Helga Leunig. The exhibition will run until 11 August.

www.milduraartscentre.com.au

© Jim McFarlane

© Jim McFarlane

Nillumbik Prize, Silvi Glattauer and Tobias Titz

Congratulations to MAPgroup photographers Silvi Glattauer and Tobias Titz who are finalists in the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art. An exhibition of the finalists’ work will be on show at Montsalvat in Eltham, VIC from 30 May until 21 July. We wish both of them luck.

www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au

© Silvi Glattauer

© Silvi Glattauer

© Tobias Titz and Eunice Napanangka Jack

© Tobias Titz and Eunice Napanangka Jack

"Beyond the studio" RRR interview

Recently, Richard Watts from Smart Arts on RRR interviewed MAPgroup President Brian Carr and Vice President Naomi Herzog about our current exhibition, Beyond the studio. To listen, click on the below link, hit play and scroll to approximately 1 hour 30 minutes: www.rrr.org.au

ABC interview, "Beyond the studio"

Recently, MAPgroup Vice President Naomi Herzog chatted with Emma Nobel from ABC Central Victoria about Beyond the studios, an innovative paste up exhibition of documentary portraits of artists, which will soon open in Castlemaine. To listen, click on the arrow below.