“Creativity is a way of thinking and it influences everything you do”
Tom Bass (1916 - 2010), Australian Sculptor
Take a Look: Sculptures in the Garden
‘Sculptures In The Garden’ is an exciting not for profit event that showcases Australian sculpture in a beautiful rural setting in Mudgee NSW.
Be Inspired: The Modern Art Notes Podcast
The Modern Art Notes Podcast is a weekly interview program featuring artists, historians, authors, curators and conservators…
The Learning Curve: Georgina Mills
“In 2015 I took a life gamble and applied to the Florence Academy of Art. I was accepted so I moved to Florence, Italy to start learning how to sculpt the figure…”
Be Inspired: ‘The Sculptor’s Funeral’
This podcast is dedicated to strengthening the ties between today's figurative sculptors and the sculptors of ages past…
Spotlight On: Margel Hinder
“I like to think of Margel Hinder as Australia’s answer to Barbara Hepworth…”
Take a Look: Anita Johnson Larkin’s Exhibition - ‘Come to Me without a Word’
Abandoned and collected objects are combined with felt, beeswax, honey and lead in Larkin’s artworks offering themselves up as intimate poetry of love, longing and loss…
Talking Practice: Arielle Morris
“During lockdown I made a very tongue-in-cheek sculpture about the different ways my husband and I were dealing with being stuck in the house…”
The Learning Curve: Nicole Sudjana
“I’ve been working with my hands everyday for the last 15 years and have always enjoyed creating things, so making sculptures just seemed like an inevitable path to explore…”
Spotlight On: Baroque Sculpture
Baroque sculpture sought to capture the dynamic movement of the human figure…
Spotlight On: Bronwyn Oliver
Bronwyn Oliver was one of the most significant Australian sculptors of recent decades…
Talking Practice: Wendy Black
I have been very grateful live where I do over the last 4 months, there has been plenty to do on the land and in my studio…
From the Archive: “P&O” Sculpture
“The P&O Wall Fountain ‘bit’ into the Hunter Street building, making it one of Australia’s greatest public sculptures...”
Spotlight On: Augusta Savage
Augusta was an American sculptor and educator. Throughout her life she battled racism and worked for equal rights…
Be Inspired: What Do Artists Do All Day
There are 27 short documentaries in the series, many of which you can watch via YouTube…
From the Archive: “The Student”
When The University of Sydney commissioned ‘The Student’ from Tom Bass in 1953, it became the university’s earliest modernist public artwork…
The Learning Curve: Matt Bisaro
“After my first term at TBSSS I was hooked and booked in for each term after that…”
Talking Practice: Monika Scarrabelotti
“I feel very grateful to have been given the opportunity to turn this strange period of isolation into an inspirational little art residency…”
From The Archive: ‘‘The Falconer’’
Today we bring you some wonderful pictures of Tom Bass AM creating “The Falconer”, electrolytic copper, 1955…
Be Inspired: Sculpting Lives Podcast
Be sure to listen to the new podcast @sculptinglives. The wonderful series explores the lives and careers of five women Sculptors…
Spotlight On: Edgar Degas
More prominently known as an Impressionist painter, Degas stands outside the mainstream of public monumental sculpture in the 19th century…
