DOMAINE MILAN WINE COLLABORATION - SAINT RÉMY DE PROVENCE FRANCE 2020

Domaine Milan loves to share the love and I’m so excited to be apart of their passionate philosophy. I’m incredibly honoured not only be the first artist after a ten year wait to collaborate on their prestige 2018 vintage label, but I’m also the first ever Australian artist…that makes it pretty special!

The CLOS has traditionally been the label they share with artists. It’s so wonderful to be apart of this amazing heritage listed boutique winery’s history in the very heart of Saint Rémy Provence France. As the labelling machine punches away…Cheers to the first bottling in ten years! and cheers to it’s global distribution to places like the exclusive Living Wines specialists in Hobart Tasmania who will be stocking this amazing CLOS in the coming months. Stay tuned for more fabulous announcements about this unique organic biodynamic wine to be bottled soon.

Thank you to Henri Milan and his amazing team of family and staff for helping me (and us) get this far!

Artwork featured, ‘Venus sewing the Breeze’, photomontage and mixed media by Louisa Chircop

RECIPIENT - DRAWinternational ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2020 FRANCE

2020 is certainly shaping up to be a busy one and I’m pleased to announce I’ll be heading of to France again for a couple of months as Artist-in-Residence at DRAWInternational Caylus. The AIR programme aims to support artists in their professional practice/research and encourage creative exchange and fosters artistic research to promote and reveal ideas within a contemporary context.

DRAW welcomes applications from artists of all countries and all disciplines 
(drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, photography, printmaking, design, multimedia, video, installation as well as writers) for residencies of 1 to 3 months.

Artists are selected on the quality of their residency proposal, it's relevance to DRAW's philosophy and environment and evidence of previous artistic work. The centre organises events (exhibitions, open workshops and seminars/presentations to promote it's activities and share creative experience and opportunities within the public domain.

DRAWinternational offers international artists, teachers and students the opportunity to extend professional practice through cultural exchange.

Board :
Artistic director :
John McNorton

Administrator :
Grete McNorton

Board Members :
Professor Deanna Petherbridge CBE
Professor Graham Button
Paul Beauchamp - Principal Lecturer

GROUP SHOW GALERIE HEIMAT SAINT-RÉMY FRANCE- 'EXPOSITION NOËL_001' 2020

Feeling the Christmas spirit and feeling very special to be included in ‘Exposition Noël_001’ at Galerie Heimat in Saint-Rémy Provence France, the village town where Van Gogh made it famous. Curated by the ever so lovely and beautifully spirited Alexandra Chiara director of this stunning commercial gallery in the heart of Provence. She has brought together nine artists (painters, sculptors and jewellery makers) both locally and internationally from France, Germany, China, Finland and me from Australia. It touched me that she was so excited to welcome me as her first ever Australian artist from wayyyy down under! and be representing me in this exhibition. I wish I could be there for the opening but I’ll be seeing you all again in 2020 when I will be doing my residency. Exhibition opens Saturday 7th December. The exhibition continues until the 11th January 2020. Gallery Hours Thursday - Sunday 11am - 7pm. JOYEUX NOËL !

‘Mange moi, bois moi, aime-moi’ (Eat me, drink me, love me), mixed media and photomontage on paper 51cm x 40.5cm