I love my blogging world. I have made oodles of new 'friends' all over the world. The beauty of connecting in this way is that like minded people are attracted to each other - such a wonderful myriad of visual delights pop onto my screen as I sit in my pyjamas and enjoy my morning coffee or two.
OK, so it may not be the same as going to a gallery and seeing the work first hand, but the advantages are many -
-writing the dialogue yourself, so that your personality comes through,
-adding links to other artists, events, websites, etc,
-changing and updating at any time,
-getting feedback via comments from people all over the world,
-advertising events you are involved with,
-listing works for sale,
-and it's FREE !!
Enjoy........
Noela Mills
Curriculum VitaeDOB 1949
B Ed., 1982, Melborne Uni.,
Dip. Teaching, 1969, Melbourne Teacher's College,
Dip. Art & Design ,1977, Bendigo CAE
Noela lives in Maleny, Queensland, Australia.
Exhibitions:
2013- Finalist in
SCAP, Caloundra, ‘Releasing the Spirit’,
Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, Fibre section winner -‘The Essential Character
of Qld.’, Flying Arts Travelling Exhibition, Qld., selected for 2014 Flying
Arts ‘Living Change’ exhibition,
2012 – ‘Culture 2
Culture’, Rosebed St Gallery, Eudlo, ‘Bojagi’ International invitation
exhibition, Seoul, Korea, ‘Small Works’, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, 3 x
Maleny COMA exhibitions.
2011 – ‘Suspended’,
Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne, ‘Small Gestures’, Main Street Gallery, Montville,
‘The Language of Art 2 ’, at the Jewellery and Art Gallery @ Carringtons,
Noosa, International Collage Exchange, New Plymouth, NZ, 2011, Featured
artists, Studio4Gallery, Marcoola, Qld., 3 x Maleny COMA exhibitions.
1995 - 2010
Solo exhibitions include
Maleny Arts Retreat, ”Simple Gestures” Maleny, “The Art of Sumi-e” Montville,
“Not Just a Pretty Line” Maleny, “The Sound of Line, The Taste of Texture”
Noosa Regional Gallery.
‘2 man’ exhibitions include ‘2
in 1’ Chinchilla, Brisbane, Wangaratta, Caloundra, Darwin, ‘Wabi Sabi’, Maleny
Artworks.
Group Exhibitions include Main
Street Gallery, Montville, The Studio4Gallery, Marcoola, ‘The Language of Art’, at the Jewellery and
Art Gallery @ Carringtons, Noosa, 2010, International Collage Exchange, New
Plymouth, NZ, 2010, ‘Sculpture on the Edge, Montville, 2010, ALaW blogsite
posts, 2010, ‘Art in all it’s Excellence, Grafton Artsfest, 2010, ‘Hands’,
Tatebayashi, Japan, ‘Water from the Moon’, Brisbane City Library,2009, Noosa RG Travelling Scholarship X 2., various NRG
and Maleny Artworks exhibitions, St George Art Awards Maleny, Caloundra Art
& Craft Awards, ’Up Over, Down Under’
touring ATASDA exhibitions, Narrabri Cotton Fibre Expo., ‘Contexture’
and ‘Connections’ Darwin, ‘The Colour of Night’ and ‘Insects’ Fairfield City
Gallery, ‘Exposure’ Tamworth, ‘Miniature
Textiles National’ Beechworth, Fusions Gallery Brisbane, ‘Momento’ Awards
Brisbane.
Tutoring includes
McGregor Summer & Winter Schools, Grafton “Artsfests”, “Textile Fibre
Forums”, ATASDA, Folk Festivals, community & school groups in Australia, Japan
and China, and many other regional workshops throughout Australia.
Graphic
Design/photographic projects and commissions include business
cards, magazine layouts, brochures, posters, weddings, A3 map of the businesses
in the town of Maleny, large ‘pojagi’ screen for new Maleny home.
Art and Design Secondary School
teacher [1970 – 1995], Victorian and Queensland
Artist in Residence, Mulgara
Gallery Uluru NT 1998, 1999, 2000, various secondary and primary schools.
Awards include Flying Arts Fibre Award, 2012, several St George Maleny Art Awards,
overall winner St George Maleny Art Award, Flying Arts Exhibition winner,
Caloundra Art & Crafts Festival awards, state winner National Billy Can
Competition, finalist in “Momento” awards, and various Victorian regional art
awards.
Grants
2012 –SCC grant to install ‘Sailing Inland’ as part of
art4place ‘Creative Spaces’ project,
2012 –SCC minor grant to fund curating of ‘Culture 2
Culture’ Collaborative exhibition,
2010- RADF grant from Caloundra City Council to attend
Dorothy Caldwell’s masterclass –“ Markmaking”,
2009- Australia-Japan
Foundation grant to teach/present/exhibit in Japan,
2007- RADF grant from Caloundra City Council to
establish major travelling exhibition,
1996- 'Cultural Grant' from Caloundra City Council to
attend as 'AIR', Ayers Rock Resort.
Publications- six major articles in “Textile Fibre Forums”,
“Craft Arts”, photos in “Textile Fibre Forum”, “Craft Arts”, “Pottery in
Australia”, “Colophon” calligraphy journal, “Get Creative” magazine and regular
articles in regional and local newspapers.
Represented in private,
corporate and government collections in Australia and overseas, including State
Library, Qld, and Monash University, Victoria; and by ‘Art on Cairncross’, Maleny,
‘Main Street’ Gallery, Montville, Studio4Gallery’, Marcoola, and various
regional galleries.
I love working with
abstract ideas and images based on landscape, ancient culture, and elements of
design, especially line and texture. I try to translate the 'essence' of the
inspiration onto canvas, into jewellery or into a’ book’ form. My working
materials are often discarded objects which have their own history and
contribute energy to the art work. They are simple, honest and noble elements
which reflect the ‘wabi sabi’ philosophy of Zen Buddhism. The work evolves
further as viewers add their own interpretations to the pieces, forging links
between myself, the objects, viewers, and the eternal creative energy source.