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Schoolhouse Artist Profile – with Elizabeth Barnett

What is your first memory of SHS?

Being led by a Steiner exchange student through the musty rooms of 97 Nicholson street with Alice and Otis before we signed the lease. It was like finding treasure… there was so much potential in all of the rooms.

How has the closing of current SHS affected your practice?

I moved out just prior to the closing of Nicholson street to have a baby, but it is incredibly sad to lose something that we created from scratch. There have been lots of tears.

How has SHS helped to develop your practice and strengthen the creative community?

Schoolhouse created so many opportunities and friendships that would never have possible without the shared cups of teas, gigs and workshops offered. Being a part of a community of artists helped me to grow as an artist. My studio was heavenly, with views on three sides of the room overlooking the treetops and rooftops and out towards the city. It was definitely a rare treat!

Tell us something that might not have happened, had you not been to SHS?

A number of exhibition opportunities have come up for me as a result of being a part of the Schoolhouse community and I have made some wonderful friends with the other artists who I got to know over the last 2 years.

Elizabeth Barnett is a Melbourne based Visual Artist and Illustrator. She’s also the co-founder and former board member of Schoolhouse Studios.

To see her work visit: http://elizabethbarnett.com/ 

http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/for-artists/how-to-take-part

It arrived finally and there are a limited few. Get in quick! Send us an email or order though our shop!

Here is a little preview…

That’s right folks we launch Place of Assembly tomorrow 10th October 2012!

Launch Program times:

Doors open: 7.30pm (Entry is free!)

8pm: Client Liason

9pm: Fox + Sui

10pm: Speed Painters

10:40 – close: Two Bright Lakes DJs

Schoolhouse Studios, 97 Nicholson St Abbotsford (Between Langridge and Gipps Sts)

So September is clearly for Slow Canoe. We have yet another brilliant lineup: novelists Bruce Pascoe, Amy Espeseth, and Favel Parrett, playwright Bridgette Burton, as well as actor Chloe Boreham, who’ll be reading work by Vedrana Rudan.

(Bridgette’s play ‘Rhonda is in Therapy’ is currently playing at 45 Downstairs and Amy’s novel ‘Sufficient Grace’ will be launched on Thursday 20 September.)

As always, it’s promises to be a lovely and night, with great stories, good company and friendly wine.

More information: http://slowcanoereadings.wordpress.com/events/

7pm, Friday, 21 September
Schoolhouse Studios
97 Nicholson Street, Abbotsford
$5 entry

Studio OSK’s exhibition of photgraphs and installation at Patti Smith gallery on the 12-14th July.

Heide Inspires Schoolhouse
Written By Megan Davis
June 18 2012

http://babayagaproject.com/2012/06/18/heide-inspires-the-schoolhouse/