Photo: ANW executive director Caroline Downer and Panorama Project coordinator Michèle Jedlicka with some of the sketchbooks.
CREATIVE REFLECTIONS on life through the winter of COVID-19 will soon be on display for the New England North West.
The Arts North West (ANW) Panorama Project regional tour begins this Friday, 16 October at the Glen Innes Library. The exhibition consists of free A5 sketchbooks sent out from April through August to regional recipients aged 16 and up. Participants were encouraged to fill their sketchbooks as they chose, asking just that each book return for the exhibition in the same A5 size.
Now collected and collated, the show of over 180 sketchbooks is now ready to hit the road tol visit 17 libraries and venues across the 12 council areas ANW supports from now until August 2021.
“It has been wonderful to see our little sketchbooks return, and see how our community has responded to these times with such creativity,” ANW executive director Caroline Downer said.
“I hope people will be able to catch it on our tour, and spend a bit of time glancing through these pages of thoughts and images that reflect our place and our time.” Caroline Downer
Glen Innes artist Stephen Wright invested his talent in photography and imagination into his sketchbook.
“I found the Panorama Project to be an invaluable exercise in coping with the trials and tribulations of drought, bushfires and COVID. A simple but elegant idea; give regional artists and creatives an A5 booklet each with only one directive...respond!” Stephen said.
“I chose to reflect on my relationship and experiences of a special place that I walk through almost every day. It’s gradual desiccation, the impact on the people who depend on it as a home and livelihood, the sense of impending doom and the cathartic relief of rain and life returning.”
To learn more about Panorama Project tour dates and the project itself, go to www.artsnw.com.au/#/panorama-project.