Alison McDonald, 2024. Photograph: Rikaela Rusch.
Forecourt, TYTO Regional Art Gallery: 73 Mcilwraith St, Ingham QLD 4850, Australia.
Warrgamay, Nywaigi & Bandjin Country / Hinchinbrook.
View the interactive PUNQ Art Trail Map for directions or experience as part of the Warrgamay, Nywaigi & Bandjin Country / Hinchinbrook Bus Tour.
This is a free event.
Sat 3, Sun 4, Sat 10, Sun 11, Sat 17 & Sun 18 August 10:45am
Artist Talk | Alison McDonald - Stirring Histories
Alison McDonald
Stirring Histories is a site specific, kinetic artwork that aims to take audiences on a journey though layered narratives of North Queensland’s sugar industry through a very recognisable and kitsch implement that serves as a conduit to history.
Join Alison as she speaks about her work 10:45am every Saturday and Sunday throughout the festival period (Fridays and Mondays by appointment via TYTO Gallery).
Stirring Histories runs 24hrs from Friday 2 August - Sunday 18 August, click here to find out more.
About The Artist
Alison McDonald is an artist whose 20-year practice revolves around the intersection of sculpture, consumer culture, and environmental awareness. Ranging from microscopic jewellery to monumental sculptures, her work is characterised by the transformation of unwanted, donated, and detritus into meaningful, site-specific artworks. Motivated by the evolving significance of objects as they traverse through time and ownership, McDonald is particularly fascinated by the historical function of items particularly in imagining how their previous owners may have used these objects and the stories they carry.
Her public artwork has been shown at; Sculpture by the Sea, Strand Ephemera (winner in 2015), Royal Melbourne Zoo and is in collections of Royal North Shore Hospital, CQ University, Energy Super, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Perc Tucker Gallery, Stadiums Queensland, and Townsville University Hospital.
McDonald earned her BVA (Hons) from James Cook University and a Master of Art in Public Space from RMIT, Melbourne. She has also contributed to the field as an educator, teaching sculpture at both JCU and TAFE. McDonald's dedication to 3D extends beyond traditional sculpture, as evidenced by her participation in jewellery courses at USQ McGregor Schools and her artist residencies in Aberystwyth, Wales, and RedGate, Beijing. From 2016-2019 she had a national solo travelling exhibition Wanton, Wild & Unimagined around Australia to 13 galleries. She was recently awarded dual research and making residency with James Cook University Special Collections and Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts.
Forecourt, TYTO Regional Art Gallery: 73 Mcilwraith St, Ingham QLD 4850, Australia.
Warrgamay, Nywaigi & Bandjin Country / Hinchinbrook.
View the interactive PUNQ Art Trail Map for directions or experience as part of the Warrgamay, Nywaigi & Bandjin Country / Hinchinbrook Bus Tour.
This is a free event.
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PUNQ respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
PUNQ respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
PUNQ is produced by Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts. The festival is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. Townsville City Council is a funding partner of PUNQ.