Bird Story (2023)
Bird Story has been curated by The Artful Room for the City of Darwin’s Lightbox Exhibitions program and includes a diverse selection of art works by local, emerging, mid-career and established artists. This collection of artworks explores the connections the artists have with bird life, local places, and the joy and wonder of living together with nature.
Birds are a common presence in the Top End, and a thread we can share as part of calling Darwin home. There’s something about local bird calls, that can tell you that you are home or in a new place. Their presence and sounds can feed into our sense of belonging and cultural connection and inform us of different seasons and patterns in nature. Whether it’s the call of the Bush Stone-Curlew at night, the honk of a Magpie Goose overhead in the wet or the flash of a finch in a backyard, we can be connected by shared experiences of local bird life.
Meet the Artists
The artists presented in this exhibition where:
- Alison Dowell
- Ange McCann-Bateman
- Carla Russo
- Catherine Miles
- Karen Fletcher
- Kathryn Dwyer
- Leslie Nawirridj
- Robert Walter
- Sam Sabaratnam
- Thomas Higgs
The Artful Room are the proud curators of Bird Story. Situated in Nightcliff, The Artful Room runs art workshops for adults, young people, and children. If you’d like to find out more about the exhibition’s artists featured and The Artful Room’s workshop programs visit www.theartfulroom.com.au.
Photographer: Kevin Huang
