THE next artist in residence at the King Island Cultural Centre, Julie Ryder, will give a talk about seaweed and seaweed albums in Australia on Saturday, August 5 from 3 -4 pm.
She will be on the island for the rest of the month.
Ryder is an award-winning art-science practitioner, and in seaweed talk she will describe her journey to identify the anonymous collector of an album of seaweed specimens from the 19th century.
This quest began with her arts residency at the National Museum of Australia in 2016.
Her research connects this album with others held in the collections of several Australian institutions, provides new information and subsequent provenance to these holdings, and focuses on a very prolific and largely unknown collector of algae.
In 2018 Ryder followed clues in the albums to Ireland, where she uncovered the missing links held within several cultural institutions.
The residencies and research for over two years provided the inspiration for her solo exhibition “The Hidden Sex”, held at Craft ACT. She is a practicing textile artist, designer and educator.
Her work is represented in many public and private collections. For more information visit her website at http://www.julieryder.com.au
The Cultural Centre free event is suitable for all ages, with nibbles provided, BYO.
For more info phone Mark on 0421 066 421