Please Register online @ The Bread Tag Project | Hive Tasmania
Shani Nottingham, multi-disciplinary artist and founder of ‘The Bread Tag Project’, will speak about her inspiring creative practice.
Join Hive’s Summer Artist-in-Residence Shani Nottingham for this FREE public talk about her inspiring journey as a multi-disciplinary artist, including as founder of the global project The Bread Tag Project.
Hive is thrilled to have Shani as our Summer Artist in Residence from 15 – 21 Jan 2024.
During this time, she will be running workshops and activities as part of the Summer School holiday program culminating with this FREE public talk for those interested to hear more about her fascinating and prolific artistic practice.
This summer we will also have one of Shani’s incredible installations titled More than Little Nothings, made completely out of Bread tags, on display in the Science Centre from 12th December 2023 – 28 April, 2024.
More about Shani Nottingham:
As a multi-disciplinary artist, my practice is woven together with many strands, from collages, mixed media, photography, drawing, illustration, sculptural forms and installation.
Based in Central West NSW, the dramatic light, seasons and seemingly constant environmental challenges facing rural and regional Australia imbue how I live and create.
I am known for my work with The Bread Tag Project, a long-term art/environmental/ awareness program, using bread tags as a creative medium. The bread tags are saved and sent to me from people all over the world, making these donators an inherent part of the creating process.
Whatever the medium, I am drawn to pattern, colour, line and repetition.
The theme of collecting is consistent too, creating order from chaos, observing similarities and disparities.
I interrogate and explore the narrative that objects can tell us, imbued with cultural energy, laden with social meaning, personal attachment and symbolism. In seeking out small elements of beauty and interest in everyday life, I find moments and objects that can either bind, comfort and hold us, or confront and surprise us.
