Spring was a veritable festival of Salons! We ran 12 Salons from September to November 2025 – including one in Castlemaine and a special Student Salon in Sydney. Special sessions meant that we ran 2 Salons in Melbourne and 2 in Sydney. We’ll share the set over the next 2 posts.
The Spring series started in Hobart with a lively conversation between Kate Owen and Emily Slevin, led by
@nickyswimadams with pics by
@nina.hamilton.photo . A few days later we were in Sydney for the first ever Student Salon. This was the brainchild of
@rubyamatthews – Ruby loved the Salons and thought the format would work well for student / grad conversations. She was right! Ruby arranged for first year student Honey Amartuvshin to be in conversation with graduate Simone Carmody.
@sydney_arch_design_planning hosted this excellent event, which was photographed by Isabella Healion
@isabellasatlas
Then, back to Tasmania for the Launceston Spring Salon with Gillian van der Schans and Jess Murphy – with
@hnorrie convening once again and Bruce Moyle taking the pics. We went back to
@msdsocial for another Salon within the space of an exhibition. This time, Belqis Youssofzay joined us within Part of Practice. I (
@_justineclark ) stepped in as her conversation partner when Maryam Gusheh injured herself. (But we got this fantastic pair back together later in Sydney). Stephanie Irving took the pics.
In Brisbane we were super excited to welcome Elizabeth Watson Brown back to the Salon stage for a compelling conversation with Georgia Birks, convened by
@_lilypepper_ and hosted by
@coxarchitecture with photos by
@alannajaynemctiernan .
In Perth we enjoyed a marvellous conversation between Amanda Hendry and Tiffany Molloy, convened by
@suzannehuntarchitect and hosted
@architects_wa with pics by Dan McBride.
See the next post for the next six Spring Salons.
