Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Curator Danny Lacy talks to James Tylor and Laura Wills, winners of the $15,000 Mornington Peninsula Shire / Beleura - The Tallis Foundation major acquisitive award in the 2018 National Works on Paper. Their award-winning work The Forgotten Wars 2017 was based on town and mining maps from the British Parliamentary papers and Commissioners’ reports on the colonization of Australia. The Australian F...

Kylie Stillman is best known for her book sculptures and woodcarvings. She uses scalpel blades, jigsaws, sewing materials and drills to alter objects and create negative spaces that depict ‘signs of life’. Kylie talks to curator Danny Lacy about the defiance of creativity, the genesis of her book carvings and the idea behind her National Works on Paper piece Just C. A conversation with MPRG curato...

George Johnson is a New Zealand born, Melbourne based artist who has focused on Geometric Abstraction since the 1950s. George talks about teaching at Footscray Technical School and what he taught students about the most important elements of art. George’s large abstract painting from 1969, Big Blue, was featured in an exhibition of abstract works from the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery coll...

Andrew Hazewinkel talks about his exhibition What the sea never told. This project takes as its starting point the 1892 Mornington football club tragedy where fifteen young men from Mornington drowned whilst returning from playing a game of football against the township of Mordialloc. Andrew talks candidly about this ambitious project that he developed over a period of three years. Discover more a...

Jon Campbell talks about his exhibition Ball Yeah, a selection of his works from the past 15 years that reference aspects of our passionate sporting culture. Discover more about Campbell’s sporting background, his iconic ‘yeah’ flag and what it meant for him to win the $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize. A conversation with MPRG curator Danny Lacy. Our 2018 podcast program is supported by the Gordon...

Artist Megan Cope talks about her work for the exhibition Coast: The artists’ retreat. We are also joined by Aunty Carolyn Briggs an elder of the Boon wurrung nation, cultural advisor and historian. Megan Cope’s art investigates mapping practices, concepts of ownership and power, colonisation and the legal implications of occupation. Megan describes how she collaborated with Aunty Carolyn Briggs t...

Euan Macleod talks about his work for the exhibition Coast: The artists’ retreat. Euan spent time at the Police Point Artist in Residence cottage in 2016 and found the location to be sinister, eerie and unsettling. Curator Danny Lacy and Euan talk about the coastal landscape of the Mornington Peninsula and the fortifications, military history and quarantine station at Point Nepean. A conversation...

GW Bot drew inspiration from the landscape of Point Nepean and Sorrento back beach, translating the landscape into a symbolic language of glyphs for her works in Coast: The artists' retreat. GW talks about the development of her work, her memories of the peninsula and how she learnt to draw in the shadows of the coastal cliffs. A conversation with MPRG curator Danny Lacy. Our 2018 podcast program...

Raafat Ishak responds to Nicholas Chevalier’s painting of Pulpit Rock in the exhibition Coast: The artists' retreat. Raaf talks about his development as an artist and the many influences on his art practice. Raaf was an artist in residence at Police Point in 2017 and found the area to be loaded with significant historical material. Hear how he hosted a dinner party at the artist in residence cotta...

Kerrie Poliness talks about founding Store 5, an artist-run space focusing on abstraction, having a DIY attitude to her work and how her trademark diamond landscape paintings began. A conversation with MPRG curator Danny Lacy, recorded at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Our 2018 podcast program is supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation. Introduction by Nathan Schroeder, Music cou...

Tom Polo talks about researching the MPRG Collection, winning the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship and how working in public demystifies the artist’s process. Recorded with a live audience at MPRG for conversation series with MPRG curator Danny Lacy. Introduction by Nathan Schroeder, Music courtesy of The Basics

Gosia Wlodarczak's work explores the fragility of life and celebrates the present moment. Find out more about her 10-day drawing performance at MPRG and how her practice has developed over time. Recorded with a live audience at MPRG for conversation series with MPRG curator Danny Lacy. Introduction by Nathan Schroeder, Music courtesy of The Basics Image by Longin Sarnecki

Artist Minna Gilligan talks about her collage works, her love for all things retro and how she became an Instagram superstar. We also discover more about her love of fashion and colour and she gives her advice for artists just starting out. Recorded with a live audience at MPRG for conversation series with MPRG curator Danny Lacy. Introduction by Nathan Schroeder, Music courtesy of The Basics

Lucilla Wyborn d’Abrera talks about her mother Constance Stokes and the retrospective at MPRG. Constance Stokes was one of the leading artists of her generation. In this podcast Lucilla reveals memories of her mother and how she balanced her desire to be an artist with the realities of domestic life. Recorded with a live audience at MPRG for monthly conversation series with MPRG curator Danny Lacy...

Artist Zoe Croggon talks about her exhibition at MPRG Deep Cuts. Croggon’s artwork splices together the human body with the natural landscape and built environment, seamlessly integrating dancers and athletes with details of modern architecture. She works with sculpture, video, drawing and collage and draws on her personal experiences of studying ballet and dance. Recorded with a live audience at...