Author Archives: Nancy

Toowoomba Artist books and etching

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Nancy

Another visit to The Glennie school, for some workshops on etching and Artist books. Through the rose gardens to the new art rooms. which overlook the sporting green with a view back to the historic town. Being at Glennie is … Continue reading →

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out of the box

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Nancy

“One sun, one world- many dreams” is the name of a project organised by Dr Barbara Piscitelli AM, and Out of the Box Festival. The exhibition will tour to China, and is part of the Out of the Box Festival at … Continue reading →

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Prints from Plants at Northey St City Farm

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Nancy

  I love Northey St City farm, and enjoyed facilitating this workshop where we created prints from the plants in the garden on t shirts, sarongs, scarves and bags. Some photos from a Prints from Plants workshop one of their … Continue reading →

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companions

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Nancy

I visited Loreto College to facilitate a project about the journeys of the companions of Mary Ward. Mary Ward wanted to practice her religion in the community as her Jesuit brothers did, in the days when women who took the … Continue reading →

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Far North Queensland

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Nancy

I visited Cairns to facilitate a printmaking workshop for Art Educators on the Northern Peninsular at St Monica’s School. Before the workshop we stepped into St Monica’s Cathedral, which from the outside is a modest brick construction. Inside, it glows … Continue reading →

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some new blues

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Nancy

Back from firing, some deep new blues:  

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Summer School

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Nancy

Some photos from summer school weekend courses at Brisbane Insitute of Art: T shirt printing and Fabric printing:

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new year energy

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Nancy

It’s been a beautiful summer in Brisbane, long sunny days, poinciana trees festooned with brilliant red flowers, and the temperature has been mild enough to enjoy long cycles around South Bank in the evening enjoying the reflections on the river. … Continue reading →

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T shirt printing course

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Nancy

  https://nancybrownstudio.wordpress.com/courses/ This weekend (16th and 17th January 2016) I am running a course that is great fun, very creative, and is full of information. It’s a  T shirt printing course at Brisbane Institute of Art. I often print my … Continue reading →

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Woodford 15-16, the tree of life

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Nancy

It was perfect weather at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival, and the theme of the  festival was the Tree of Life. The festival has its own Children’s festival within it. For this year’s screen I made a tree of life … Continue reading →

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