William Hunt, “Me and My Thoughts”
Reduction relief print, 2012
We asked Louise if art brings any benefits
to people with a disability. She was quick
to say that although there may be some
benefits physically and mentally in the
process of creating art, this isn’t why
people do it.
“People don’t choose to do art for
therapeutic benefits. They choose to do
art because they want to do just that –
art,” Louise explained.
“
Over the next two years, eleven
galleries across Queensland will
host an exhibition of works from
the artists of CPL’s Artel studio in
Redcliffe. The exhibition is named
‘Reasonable and Necessary: prints
and artist books by Artel artists’.
The exhibition will be
accompanied by a short
documentary by CPL’s Jeremy
Ruckels of Cascade Place, which
shares the stories of Artel and the
artists who create there.
I respect the artists mark.
I actively listen and check
every step of the way that
the artist is really happy with
the progress of their work. The tour has recently opened at
Redcliffe and will move through
Cloncurry, Cairns, Mackay,
Emerald, Mundubbera, Brisbane,
Redland, Warwick and the
Lockyer Valley.
“However, there is a benefit for anyone
who chooses to do art or play sport
or get involved in any kind of physical
activity, and that’s movement. Everybody
needs to move otherwise we become stiff. This is the first-ever touring
exhibition of Artel works and is
thanks to a partnership between
CPL and Museums and Galleries
Queensland, with funding from
the Queensland Government
through Arts Queensland.
”
“If I told some of the artists they are
benefiting from the physical exercise of
drawing, I’d say some of them would stop!
That’s not why they make art. I don’t want
them to stop, so I don’t say that.
“Spaces like Artel are awesome, but it's
not the spaces we need. We need more
people who recognise the value of the
work produced by artists with disability.
I just want people to know and respect
how relevant and important the artist’s
work is; how authentic it is. That’s what I
try to do here at Artel.”
Upcoming exhibition locations:
Redcliffe Art Gallery: 7 December
2018 – 25 January 2019
Dr David Harvey Sutton Gallery,
Cloncurry: 7 February – 14 April
2019
Coalface Art Gallery, Moranbah:
1 May – 30 June 2019
Keep an eye out for your local
exhibition and be sure to go
along to check out these talented
artists’ work!
CPL – Choice, Passion, Life
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