The Australian Library of Art Artists’ Books Collection at State Library of Queensland is a nationally significant collection. Thanks to the generosity of the Siganto Foundation, the Australian Library of Art at SLQ is offering an artists’ book fellowship for the creation of a new work based on State Library collections. Five artists have been … Read more
Siganto Foundation Fellow Dr Lyn Ashby is close to completing his project investigating ‘story telling’ in the Australian Library of Art’s collection of artists’ books. Lyn reflects on findings and interpretations of story telling with this concluding post No more happy ever after. Tell me a story. Or I’ll tell you one. Our usual stories … Read more
The Siganto Foundation Artists’ Book Lecture 2016 in April was a huge success. A white gloves experience displaying the creative and research projects of past and present Siganto fellows kicked off the day. This unique experience not only allowed participants to examine a beautiful display of artists’ books and research material but to also talk … Read more
Artists’ books were the focus on Sunday 17th April at State Library of Queensland with the Siganto Foundation Artists’ Book Lecture 2016, a display by the Siganto Foundation Fellows and a performance by Siganto Foundation Creative Fellow Clyde McGill. The day commenced with a display showcasing the nine Siganto Foundation Fellows’ achievements. The inaugural Fellow … Read more
Are you interested in researching Queensland’s history? Applications are now open nationwide for seven fellowships totalling $100,000 as part of the Queensland Memory Awards. These fellowships are a great opportunity to explore Queensland’s history. The work produced by each fellowship should be original. The John Oxley Fellowship is a 12 month research project worth $20,000. … Read more
Siganto Foundation Research Fellow Dr Doug Spowart, reports on the Queensland Library Foundation morning tea to acknowledge the contribution of Dr Marie Siganto AM and the Siganto Foundation to the Australian Library of Art. The Siganto Foundation has been a supporter of the State Library of Queensland’s Australian Library of Art since 2011. During this … Read more
Julie Barratt’s journey retracing family ties with her childhood home of Blair Athol is drawing to an end. Her story is poignant and I look forward to adding her artist’s book to the Australian Library of Art. This is the final blog story instalment of my Siganto Foundation Fellowship project: Blair Athol Re-Cut, a … Read more
This is the continuing story of my Siganto Fellowship project: Blair Athol Re-Cut, a pictorial and oral history project about mining and a town that no longer exists, to be realised in the form of an artist book. I am now well and truly into the printing phase of my Blair Athol Re-Cut project and … Read more
My Siganto Fellowship project, Blair Athol Re-Cut, is a pictorial and oral history project to be realised in the form of an artist book. It will focus on “… the displacement of a community after an entire township is relocated to make way for an open cut coal mine.” I am currently in the initial research … Read more