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Issue#3 September 2013
The Buzz IN THIS ISSUE...
BRISBANE’S ARTIST HIVE MONTHLY E-ZINE
free!
ARTIST FEATURE:
JANET MACCALLUM
EXHIBITION: ZURI ART
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
PINK UP THE POINCIANAS
PLUS!
ARTIST HIVE’S ‘RECYCLE, RECREATE’ CHARITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
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Artist Hive is a Brisbane-based creative consultancy that of-fers professional services to corporate, council, media,
education and business people who need art solutions. At Art-ist Hive we are all about link-ing our hive of qualified, crea-
tive contractors, arts workers and established artists to the people who need them.
Contact Us
Post: PO Box 508
Sherwood Qld 4075
Email: [email protected]
The Admin Team David Hooper
Creative Director Pepper Baldwin Admin Manager Ruth Dunn Buzz Editor Ian Pearce IT Consultant
about
artist hive
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artist hive background Artist Hive was originally a collective action project ‘CBD Gallery’(CBD, 2005-8) founded by our group of artists on Elizabeth street in Brisbane’s CBD. This gallery hosted scores of large experi-mental art exhibitions, events and collaborations. This group became our first Artist run Initiative, ‘Brisbane Local Arts Collective’ (BLAC, 2008-12), when we moved from our gallery space. Under this banner we designed, initiated and produced dozens of community engagement public art works for Council, Corporate and local culture sector businesses, including and combining chalk, mural and workshop projects. These two groups have been remodelled and rebranded as the ‘Artist Hive’ (EST 2012). This is a membership based business model designed to create opportunities, incomes, and career devel-opment for its member artists.
Partners & Network Associates
ARTIST
HIVE
CREATIVE DRINKS,
Weekly Art Interviews
YOUTH ARTS
QUEENSLAND
THE JOYNT
THE VERVE and the V8 pro-
gram launch-ing 2014
Green Heart Ffestival
2013
Redcliffe festival
Chalk Art
BRISBANE SQUARE LIBRARY
Australian Art Show in Syd-ney, October
2013
PINK!
ECKERSLEYS ART
SUPPLIES
Mater Foundation
Art Auc-tions / Live
Art
THE HIDEAWAY
Recreate Recycle part-nership with
RSPCA
Zuri Live Art Events!
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CONTENTS
6. Interview with Jan-Mac
8. Pink Up the Poincianas
9. Redcliffe Festival Chalk
10. Zuri Art 2
12. ‘Recycle, Recreate’
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6. Interview with Jan-Mac
8. Pink Up the Poincianas
9. Redcliffe Festival Chalk
10. Zuri Art 2
12. ‘Recycle, Recreate’
Image by Janet MacCullum
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With numerous art commission sales to her name and exhibitions all around the city – including Brisbane City Library, CBD Gallery, Westpac Bank (Queen St) and Hotel Grand Chancellor – Janet has well and truly made a name for herself in the art industry.
Janet shares her thoughts with us on what it means to be an artist, the combination of the art and business worlds and why Politians should support young artists.
CD: What does being an artist mean to you?
Janet: Being an artist means I have the freedom to express myself. Art permeates every aspect of our lives from architecture, literature, fashion, music and culture, so it’s a privilege for me to be known as an artist, knowing I can positively impact people. It’s also important for me to provide community support through my artwork. I have donated artwork for auction and my paintings have even reached higher auction sales than prints by Norman Lindsay, Dali and Pro Hart. I’ve had a pretty intense year and I’ve noticed that I’ve created a lot of artwork, so I think art is a cathartic outlet for me when life gets a bit frantic. Art keeps my life bal-anced.
CD: You’ve had a number of exhibitions – how did all these come about for you?
Janet: I sold my artwork to friends and family when I was a teenager, but the exhi-bitions started when I was a backpacker living in Cairns in 2005. I was having so much fun travelling and was running out of money fast, so I painted some pop art paintings and exhibited them at a local res-taurant. I also did a live painting session at the restaurant front with the eccentric chef, which generated some interest and got my name out there. Soon after I moved to Brisbane and I approached the restau-rant owners at what was then known as Satchmos in West End. I had an exhibition for a month and sold quite a bit of artwork, which gave me the confidence to approach more venues and exhibit my work regu-larly.
CD: Do you think exhibiting your work at restaurants over the years has impacted the progression of your career?
Janet: Frequent art exhibitions have defi-nitely impacted on my career path. Being an artist has inspired me to incorporate artistic skills into my freelancing business. It’s not just a hobby for me – it’s something I want to develop throughout my career.
CD: You’re in London at the moment, could you tell us a bit about your ventures over there?
Interview with Brisbane Artist Janet MacCallum
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Janet: I’m taking a break before fully launching my Janmac Creative business – visiting friends and family and travelling around the UK. But I have ended up do-ing quite a bit of work while I’ve been here including business writing, website copy and pop art commissions for clients based in the UK and Dubai. I’m also plan-ning my business and creating the Jan-mac Creative website content and lay-out, so I’ve been pretty busy!
CD: You advertise yourself for a lot of corporate related gigs, is this in a sense ‘to pay the bills’?
Janet: The corporate gigs do pay the bills, but I’ve also been quite successful with art commissions and exhibitions over the years. I’ve already sold seven private art commissions this year and have at least 10 more lined up to com-plete by the end of 2013. Until recently, I was a Senior Proposal Coordinator at an engineering consultancy and I still in-jected some creativity and my quirky personality into the job! I have always been creative yet business minded, so it’s important for me to balance these skills throughout my career. This is what I aim to achieve through Janmac Crea-tive. Merging the business world and art world will hopefully set me apart from
the rest.
CD: How do you put aside your individual creative expression and lock yourself into giving your clients what they want?
Janet: Luckily clients have been very open to my suggestions and creative input. I have only had one painting that I didn’t promote online because I wasn’t overly keen on the colours used. However, a client loved it and it was exactly what they wanted. So as long as the client is happy then I’m generally happy!
CD: Do you think Brisbane offers sufficient opportunities and outlets to young artists?
Janet: I’ve never had any issues finding Brisbane venues for exhibiting my art and I think more and more ven-ues have been open to exhibiting artists’ work during recent years. There are plenty of galleries, workshops, and events to check out during the year too, so I think Brisbane is generally a good arts hub for young artists. However, I think it’s important that politicians realise the importance of supporting young artists. As I men-tioned previously, art permeates many facets of society, so it’s important for the arts industry to be sup-ported in the long term.
CD: Do you have any advice for Brisbane artists who are looking to take the next step with their art?
Janet: Okay. One, confidence is the key to success. Two, network, network, network. Three, constantly im-prove your skills. Four, be inspired. And five, master social media.
If you’d like to check out some of Janet’s work, she currently has exhibitions at Verve Café , The Joynt and The Hideaway.
Alternatively, visit her Facebook page.
Interview with Brisbane Artist Janet MacCallum
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Get involved, come down and decorate the tree of your choice in PINK! If you can't make it you can still participate and win great rewards by taking part in our Pozzible Project! pozible.com/project/31781 You could win $500 Cash decorating the coolest tree on the street by decorating your selected tree in pink found objects/materials! Create a unique, high profile public space sculptural form, help raise awareness and support for a worthy cause while getting your art out there! Can be done as individuals or as a community group or team of artists or just feel free to donate to a worthy cause.
PINK UP THE POINCIANAS PROJECT
Things are moving quickly with this project and we are amassing partici-pants, artists and supplies! Most recently involved in applying to, or supporting others to decorate trees this October are: Chicks in pink, Reverse Garbage, Lido Cafe/Restaurant, Vagelis Cafe & Bar, Tassels Cafe,and One Hair and Beauty!
Very soon we will start to see Racecourse Road transforming into a PINK Avenue of aware-ness!
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PINK UP THE POINCIANAS PROJECT
Artist Hive has a location at the Sydney Expo in October! Right next to the Bar and Main Stage where we will be holding Art Battles, Live art demonstrations, painting human canvases and more! register your interest now. We are currently organising participation outlines for Member and Non-member artists, and will be releasing details shortly. Feel free to share to artists you think might like to involved.
BRISBANE AND QUEENSLAND
ARTISTS WANTED!
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Featuring:
Art Exhibition
Dr Sketchys Burlesque
Life Drawing
Human canvas painting
Experimental Live Floor Art Show
Audience live painting
Art Battles!
Live Art Painting Demonstration,
and
Art auctions
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ARTIST HIVE’S ‘RECYCLE, RECREATE’ CHARITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
Working with charity, business, Council and community partners to Recycle and
Recreate!
This project is all about profiling and promoting found object art and
sculpture to encourage eco friendly cultural production.
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On the 14th of September Artist Hive produced both large feature chalk art as well as a community engagement program at Redcliffe Festival! We had a talented and gen-erous team of artists come along to help out and a great effort from the community. Creating chalk art at the wonderful waterfront while the sun went down was a treat for everyone!
Redcliffe Festival
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Image by Janet MacCullum
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