We’re still thinking about @ellamayphoto ’s debut solo show, “A Seat At The โต๊ะ (Table).” A stunning acheivement. 🍲✨
Developed through her time in @nextwave ’s Kickstart program, Ellamay immersed herself in the home kitchens of seven subject-collaborators of Asian heritage: Eduardo Knox, Juliet Burnett, Linda McBride, Wendy Ma, Sam Kenneally, Lia Ribeiro de Noronha and Mariam Ella Arcilla.
@eduardo.knox_@julietburnett@lindamcbridee@marzigold@kaomoji.ceramics@sam_kenneally@psychade.lia
Ellamay shared sharing a meal as a way to explore food as a powerful conduit through which identity and culture are actively nurtured and transformed.
We loved every moment, exploring the hand written recipes, listening to the mungbean radio and gathering together to enjoy a bowl of congee!
Creative collaborators: @sam_kenneally@marzigold
Gallery: @outerspace.brisbane
Gallery documentation: @jadeellisphotography
#flashback Friday! Here is Kathy Mackey bringing her vibrant swimming artwork “LOYL” to Far North Queensland for this year's Cairns Festival 🎉🌴
@klm186 teamed up with local artists, the Sassy Catz, and the Cairns community to dazzle crowds along the Esplanade Lagoon with a display of twirling pool noodles. Redefining leisure for the over 50s age group has never looked more iconic. ✨
Proudly supported by Cairns Regional Council
Image Credit: Shamrock Space Studio
The smell report is in!
Earlier this year, artist Lowana Davies hit the streets of Miami with her team of smell experts close behind.
As an olfactory artist, she guided us through the latest murals from the @SurfaceFestival , showed us some unexpected ways to get a prime sniff, and even taught us how to find our safe smell space with an orange. 🍊
We had an absolute blast exploring the city in a totally new way, fuelled by a mean cup of coffee from the legends at That’s Whlyd Coffee Roasters. ☕
Head over to @lowanaskye ’s page to see what smells piqued the group's interest, and to answer the age-old question: can you smell through a photo?
Image Credit: Lowana Davies & Smell Walk Participants
This is the last week to see A Seat At The โต๊ะ at @outerspace.brisbane 🌱🥭🍚 Don’t miss out, final day this Saturday 11 Oct!
A Seat At The Table explores food as a conduit through which identity and culture are continually shaped and redefined within the Asian diaspora. Central to this work are the stories of seven Asian Australian participants, all of whom currently live or grew up in Southeast Queensland. These personal histories reveal how cultural and ancestral connections are actively nurtured and transformed through the simple act of sharing a meal.
Subject collaborators: @eduardo.knox_@julietburnett@lindamcbridee@marzigold@kaomoji.ceramics@sam_kenneally@psychade.lia
Creative collaborators: @sam_kenneally@marzigold
Gallery documentation: @jadeellisphotography
Acknowledgements: Kickstart is @next_wave ’s flagship creative development program for early-career artists. Ellamay Khongroj Fitzgerald’s participation in the 2024-25 program was made possible through the City of Gold Coast Arts and Culture Unit and @generate_gc . Kickstart is supported by @creative.australia .
Printing by @loupeimaging.au
Generate GC Lab #2 is powering up… ⚡️
The second wave of our artist lab is about to ignite later this week - four days of delving deeper into the conversations we started over a month ago.
Leading the charge are our Lab #2 Provocateurs, here to challenge, inspire, and co-create new ideas:
🔥 Jamie Lewis
🔥 Bradley Vincent
🔥 Fletcher Babb
🔥 Lann Levinge
🔥 Lowana Davies
🔥 Ellamay Fitzgerald
🔥 Sam Foster
🔥 Lisa Smith
🔥 Ainslee Palmer
Watch this space for behind-the-scenes moments, excursion snapshots, and all the sparks flying from Lab #2.
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The future is in our hands... and that means looking after our climate and moving towards a sustainable future in which our communities are resilient and thriving 🙏🏻
Recently, the City of Gold Coast released its ‘Council Plan for 2022–2027.’ Embedded in this plan are goals for our city’s natural environment, climate adaptation and disaster resilience.
Together with the council’s Climate Resilience and Sustainability team artists Melissa Spratt (@create_originate ) and Tal Fitzpatrick (@talfitzpatrick ) are hosting a set of community workshops to talk about the council’s plan and discuss our aspirations for the city’s future.
To capture these conversations Melissa and Tal are inviting participants to contribute to a collaborative textile artwork made using upcycled denim which will be exhibited in libraries across the city 🧶
As part of these workshops participants will be provided with a morning tea and they will also take home a native seed bomb to plant in their garden. Participation is free and family friendly (for ages 10 and above, under 16’s require a guardian in attendance).
Click our Link in bio to reserve your spot now.
Located across the Gold Coast:
🌱Friday Oct 3rd: Upper Coomera
🌱Saturday Oct 18th: Coolangatta
🌱Friday Oct 24th: Broadbeach— which is International Day of Climate Action.
Image Credit: @create_originate@talfitzpatrick@gcartsandculture@generate_gc
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In a world that moves fast, Crafting for Climate invites you to slow down. To make space. To sit. To stitch. To talk. To connect.
Led by artists Tal Fitzpatrick and Melissa Spratt, each gathering is a chance to craft with purpose: contributing to a community quilt while weaving stories, thoughts, and hopes for a resilient portal to future.
You’ll then get to continue these important conversations in your own circles with a take-home native seed bomb.
Click our Link in bio to reserve your spot now.
📍Located across the Gold Coast:
🧵 Oct 3 – Upper Coomera
🧵 Oct 18 – Coolangatta
🧵 Oct 24 – Broadbeach (IDOCA celebration)
Image Credit: Jorge Serra
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What does climate action represent to you? What does a resilient future look like here on the Gold Coast? 🌏
Through Crafting for Climate, we’re not just talking about change, we’re listening to the community and working together to reimagine, one patch at a time. 🧵
Join artists Tal Fitzpatrick & Melissa Spratt this October for a free, hands-on workshop where art and action meet. Learn to finger knit, contribute to a collaborative quilt that symbolises community resilience, and take home your own native seed bomb. 🌿
This series is about connection: to our environment, to each other, and to the portal of our collective future.
📍Located across the Gold Coast:
🧵 Oct 3 – Upper Coomera
🧵 Oct 18 – Coolangatta
🧵 Oct 24 – Broadbeach (IDOCA celebration) Ages 10+. No experience needed. All materials + morning tea provided.
🔗 Register via link in bio
Image Credit: Jorge Serra
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A few weeks ago we kicked off Lab #1 with our 2025/26 cohort artists! 🚀✨
Here are a few snippets of our time together: spinning, deconstructing, shaping, questioning and ‘birthing the work’. 💭🌀👐
Huge thanks to all the incredible provocs who so generously shared their practice, what drives them, and guided our artists through the chaos & magic of early creative sparks.
Special shoutout to our lead provocs @hannahbronte and @tristanmeecham , your expertise, fire, and generosity is everything to this program. It’s always a privilege to have you in the room.
Next up: Lab #2 in early October, stay tuned… 👀🔥
Image Credit: City of Gold Coast
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🧶 Introducing Crafting for Climate 🧶
We’re thrilled to launch a new collaboration between local artists Tal Fitzpatrick and Melissa Spratt, and Climate Resilience and Sustainability (CRS) at City of Gold Coast.
Join us for three FREE community workshops where creativity meets climate action! 🌱
In these hands-on workshops you’ll learn to finger knit, contribute to a community quilt, and take home a native seed bomb. 🌀🌏
Ages 10+, no experience needed. Materials + morning tea included!
📍Located across the Gold Coast:
🧵 Oct 3 – Upper Coomera
🧵 Oct 18 – Coolangatta
🧵 Oct 24 – Broadbeach (IDOCA celebration)
Tap the link in bio to register + sign up now as places are limited.
Image Credit: Jorge Serra
#CraftingForClimate #TalAndMel #ClimateAction #IDOCA2025 #GoldCoastEvents #TextileArt #PortalToTheFuture #SeedChange #GenerateGC #GCArtsAndCulture #OurGoldCoast #ArtDevelopmentAustralia #GoldCoastArtist #GoldCoastCreatives #artsgoldcoast
A Seat At The โต๊ะ (Table) by Ellamay Khongroj Fitzgerald reimagines the act of sharing a meal as a powerful form of storytelling - a way to connect across generations, honour heritage, and explore identity within the Asian diaspora.
Through lens-based art, installation, and food, Ellamay invites you into an intimate cultural dialogue shaped by memory, migration, and care.
Join us across these unique events:
📍Sept 12 – Exhibition Launch @ Outer Space Gallery (6–9pm) Free entry. Everyone welcome, rsvp link in bio.
📍Sept 25 – Banquet Dinner @ sAme sAme, James St (6:30–9pm) An immersive dining experience – $160pp. Tickets via link in bio.
📍Oct 4 – Outdoor Kitchen + Artist Talk w/ Mariam Arcilla @ Outer Space
From the gallery to the dinner table, these events reflect on food as memory, ritual, resistance and love.
Presented in partnership with Outer Space.
#EllamayFitzgerald #ASeatAtTheTable #OuterSpaceBrisbane #ContemporaryArt #ArtOnJames #BrisbaneEvents #FoodAndIdentity #generategc #goldcoastarts #goldcoastartsandculture
