Australia & Oceania

Marisa Quigley is an award-winning Australian blues/roots singer and songwriter, solo artist, and cabaret performer. With her charismatic stage presence and powerhouse delivery, the husky-voiced chanteuse has drawn comparisons with Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt. Absolutely at home on the stage, with her irreverent wit and deft lyricist, Marisa has audiences in stitches one minute and moved to tears the next.

Her songwriting influences are as diverse as Tom Waits and The Eagles, and her songs span the gamut from haunting to heartfelt to hilarious. With an eclectic blend of blues/roots and alt-country/folk, a wink and a nudge, a tickle and a poke, her act is soulful, fun, endearing—and highly entertaining.

Description: Singer, songwriter, guitarist (finger-picking acoustic), cabaret performer and librettist. Occasional radio presenter. Independent. Musical collaborator. Has songs, will travel.
Genres: Blues, roots, alt-country, folk, gospel. Originals and alternative covers.
Style: Power-packed, soulful, raunchy, earthy, funny.
Line-ups: Duo (with husband, Darren Christie); five-piece band (Marisa Quigley & Her Sunday Best) and anything in between (Quigley & Co.).
Influences: Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Etta James.
Collaborations: Red Dress & the Sugar Man; Chubby Rae & the Elevators; The Blue Yonder; The Gospel Belles; Begley, Butler & Quigley

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At MYPA we have an excellent team of experienced and qualified dance teachers, together offering a variety of dance classes from ages 2-adults within a welcoming and inclusive environment. Students can study classical ballet, jazz, tap, musical theatre, dance acro, hiphop, silver swans, contemporary and lyrical

A natural light Photographer, I have always been an outdoors person, so for me Photography is an extension of the outdoor life l enjoy. Outside of what l have learnt along the way, l consider myself to be self -taught.

Nomad Films is headed up by Helen Newman who is a multi-award winning Australian filmmaker and video artist. Helen's work over the last 20 years has taken her around the globe gathering stories from the inspiring to the heartbreaking.

FILMMAKER: As both producer and director on film projects from short form to feature length documentaries Helen has a broad knowledge of both the creative and practical qualities needed to bring a film project to life.

Helen’s documentaries have screened on ABC TV, ABC iView, NITV and at a range of national and international film festivals.

VIDEO ARTIST: Helen has collaborated with a variety of performance, visual, animation and sound artists to create a varied collection of multi-platform, site specific and performance-based works.

Her projection works have played at festivals and exhibitions in Albury, Wodonga, Wagga, Chiltern, Beechworth and Bago state forest. Her 360 immersive work, Pygmy 360, was short-listed for Vivid, Sydney, 2020.

PROJECT MANAGER: Helen also has experience as project manager for arts based projects and was Creative Director for the hugely successful Limelight: Art, Science, Light event in 2022.

Sandra Collins co-founded Brisbane Playback Theatre in 1989 and her journey with Story and its ability to heal individuals and communities still thrives. She has almost 30 years experience in improvisation with Brisbane PT and Red Thread Stories Inc. During this time she held many roles – Conductor, Actor, Trainer, Facilitator, Admin.
Her varied background over many decades in Community Arts, Education and Health assists her in exploring the notion that we are all authors of our own stories.
Sandra is a certified Listening Hour Guide and participates in other acts of service which assist with building communities.
Both Playback Theatre and the Listening Hour bring awareness to the abundant resources of Story which lives inside all of us.
Sandra is a local Wiradjuri woman.
She holds B.Ed (Arts/Crafts) and is a Community Artist.
Multi media explorations excite her. Her intention is to distill the essence of all subject matter and illuminate it.

– 2023 Community Art Involvement –
Wiradjuri Welcome to Country ACC – shortlisted art piece
Write Around the Murray – Yarn Bombing
NAIDOC Storytelling through Photography ‘For Our Elders’ group exhibition
Graduate Storytelling through Photography @ Wodonga TAFE.
Gateway Health, Wodonga volunteer Improvisational Trainer Listening to Voices

I paint portraits, landscapes and nature scenes on canvas from photos. I enjoy playing with colour, texture and composition to convey emotion and personality with every piece. Commissions are welcome.
I create large metal sculptures from sheet metal and figurative pieces from scrap metal. No two pieces are the same.
Creating brings me joy and I love being immersed in the process.
I also occasionally facilitate art workshops which are a lot of fun and you get to take home you're own artwork.
Go to my Facebook or Insta pages at Rachel Braybon Art to check out my body of work.
Please contact me via social media if you wish to discuss a commission piece or be part of my next workshop.

Hi, I'm Rhi!

I'm a copywriter, content marketer and photographer. I can help you create copy and content that reflects your brand and attracts your ideal customers.

I have more than 10 years of experience in marketing, advertising, social media, journalism and communications.

I’ve worked across banking, finance, higher education, motorsport, and community organisations.

I volunteer with the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers and my career highlight to date is live tweeting the Bathurst 12 Hour from the official Twitter handle.

You can find me on Instagram @rhixseven
Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhiannonveness/

Growing up in Albury, I always had a pencil or brush in hand. During one phase, I drew only clowns. I painted my bedroom curtains in Ken Done brights. I could knit before I could read.

So becoming an artist wasn’t a choice. What I do is who I am.

These days—after a long, acclaimed career as a residential, commercial and retail interior designer whose Sydney home starred in a 10-page House and Garden feature called ‘Sarah Stamm’s Design Tricks’—that means I do what I love every day.

I’m the multi creative founder, art director and principal artist of global-but-local Australian business Salisbury and Maude. I’m an artistic thought leader, guest speaker and podcast guest many times over, who has studied metal work, woodwork, printmaking, ceramics, photography, drawing, graphic design and textiles (my university major.)

I’m an artist of repute who handmakes one-off beautiful treasures from Australian merino wool, international fabrics and faux botanicals. My pieces are bought by a global audience, featured in national magazines and newspapers (Home Beautiful, Country Style, the Australian Women’s Weekly, The Australian Newspaper) and collected by actors, influencers and TV lifestyle hosts.

I don’t take commissions. No orders. No website. No need—I make just one thing at a time, using my original designs and patterns. When it’s done, I post images to social media and the piece finds a new home in minutes.

Being coveted by collectors is a lovely place to be, eight years after I started making quilts for friends from inherited fabric. I work seasonally—Scottish tartan quilts in winter, wreaths at Christmas—and in between I make with complete creative freedom; what I want, when I want and how I want, once I dream it up.

My ability to create by my own hand means more because I nearly lost it at age 22. A bike courier plowed into me, and my drawing hand and interior design career nearly died. Surgeons saved both, yet the challenge of permanent disability—a 20 per cent loss of strength—remains.

Things I love: classic style, flat shoes, life in a glorious country Victorian town, orchestral music, my husband and two adult children. The memory of my Beechworth homewares shop and design studio I ran for eight years, moving through life’s phases with integrity, keeping customers happy.

I learned the power of exemplary service during my years in corporate services at David Jones—I worked by day, studied by night! Shopping for major corporate customers and the influential, rich and famous taught me to deliver on promises.

I am honoured to work with Albury City Council as a selected member of the Albury PumpHouse Think Tank in 2023, our very own nurturing, empowering and collaborative space for artists of our region to flourish.

Yes, I can still design you a house. But I’d rather make you a smaller, more personal work of art that you can treasure forever.

To view my work and enjoy stories of my rural life outside of Beechworth, overlooking the Victorian Alps, I welcome you to follow my Instagram/ Facebook account. The best way to contact me is to send me a Direct Message (DM)/ Private Message (PM) via my social media accounts.

Silvereye Press is a printmaking studio for collaborative projects, artist services and workshops.
Established by artist and printmaker, Kasia Fabijańska, the studio has facilities for intaglio and relief printing, it is a place for collaborative or commissioned projects, artists’ services such as editioning, and workshops.‍ The studio is located on the Murray River in Albury, N.S.W. and operates on a flexible, appointment only basis.

If you are seeking to produce a print with a printmaker, learn traditional etching, or have a project idea to discuss, have a look at the Silvereye Press website and get in touch through the contact form or sign up to the newsletter.