**UPDATE – I WON!!** This morning, in the midst of lockdown number 5 in Victoria, I had a little party in my loungeroom as the Federation Business School Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Awards finalists were announced. It’s a totally honour to be named a finalist in the City of Ballarat Creative Industries awards category along…
DetailsWhen the City of Ballarat put a call out in 2020 for art project pitches for it’s new initiative Continuous Voices I thought it was a brilliant move by the council. Ballarat has a long history of sexual abuse and a long history of sweeping it under the rug. So engaging the arts as a…
DetailsCAPTAIN MOONLITE RIDES AGAIN In 2020 during the Covid pandemic, I was approached by Cafs (Child and Family Services) Ballarat to take the creative lead on a project that was set to be a first for Ballarat in many ways. A public show of support for Ballarat’s LGBTIQ community, shining a spotlight on arguably Ballarat’s…
DetailsCommissioned by: City of Ballarat Inspired by: The voices of the Ballarat community during the Covid 19 Pandemic Performed and Choreographed by: Alison Shirley Music by: Rae Howell with support from Brannoc Whetter. Filmed and Edited by: Michelle Dunn Assistant: Yael Zalchendler City of Ballarat’s “Be Kind Be Creative” was deployed in the first lockdown…
DetailsI’ve been meaning to create an online video showreal for YEARS! I spend my life creating photography and video work to promote other people and like the builder with the unfinished home and the chef that eats toast for dinner, I’m never making time to create videos for my own business. Finally, I…
DetailsIt wasn’t until I was at university doing a degree in Fine art, (majoring in painting) and I took some electives in Aboriginal art and culture that I realised the Australian history I was taught at school was a lie. Shame, anger, devastation and heartbreak were some of the things I felt as I learned…
DetailsThis year is proving to be one filled with career highlights and work I am incredibly proud of. Sometimes I have to remind myself it was just over 10 years ago that I was embarking on this journey – struggling to believe it might be possible, learning new skills, making so many mistakes and feeling…
DetailsWow, 2018 kicked off with some incredible news as our film “A Victorian Silhouette” created for Sovereign Hill and the Gold Museum was named winner of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF 2018). Working closely with the talented Erin Santamaria, head of the costume department at Sovereign Hill, we helped turn her vision into…
DetailsThis year has been a special one for me as it was our 10th year in business! I had dreamed of being a photographer way back in high school. Put off by my careers counselor in year 9 who told me I was being a bit too ambitious and should think of something else, it…
DetailsFirstly, thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey this year! We’ve welcomed more wonderful clients into the fold, worked on some really inspiring & rewarding projects & warmed our souls by the fire of creativity. A new staff member also came on board in 2016 – Tom, who’s been producing some…
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