In September 2015 Jo worked with local Disability Groups on 'Heading Out' for North Coast Disability Arts Access. Jo constructed a 4 metre high Whale's Tail from Polystyrene blocks for workshop participants to decorate with recycled plastic bottles and led lights. This sculpture was displayed in the foyer of the GlassHouse Port Macquarie Regional Gallery and at the Port Macquarie Library. It was designed to draw attention to the impact of plastic on Ocean creatures |
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Kamilaroi Festival of the Brolga
Moree with Beyond Empathy
In November 2014 Jo and her artist partner Stephen Killick were commissioned by Beyond Empathy to build a giant Brolga puppet for the Kamilaroi Festival of the Brolga at Moree East Primary with assistance from Moree Kamilaroi artists.
Hosted by the Dusseldorp family, the Brolga Festival performance was given again in February 2015 at the
Dusseldorp Forum Creative Collective's 25th year anniversary celebrations at Sydney Theatre Company Wharf Theatre.
Mubali - Sea of Bellies with Beyond Empathy since 2004
Jo worked for Beyond Empathy as lead artist and project coordinator of Mubali and Sea of Bellies .
This project began in Moree NSW in 2004 and has been translated into Lismore, Nambucca, Bowraville, Coffs Harbour,
Forster, Taree, Redfern and the Illawarra in NSW ; Strathpine, Salisbury Logan & Capalaba in Qld, and Derby in WA.
Working collaboratively with midwives from Aboriginal Maternal Health, community workers and art therapists
- offering belly casting for pregnant young aboriginal mums and following up with baby's hands and feet casting,
as a means of engaging mums-to-be with health and social service providers, informing them,
and creating a support framework around them and their babies, through making art together.
Elder Aboriginal women artists from the community are invited to participate, paint bellies hands and feet,
and sharing birthing stories, cultural knowledge and language. www.seaofbellies.org.au
Jo worked for Beyond Empathy as lead artist and project coordinator of Mubali and Sea of Bellies .
This project began in Moree NSW in 2004 and has been translated into Lismore, Nambucca, Bowraville, Coffs Harbour,
Forster, Taree, Redfern and the Illawarra in NSW ; Strathpine, Salisbury Logan & Capalaba in Qld, and Derby in WA.
Working collaboratively with midwives from Aboriginal Maternal Health, community workers and art therapists
- offering belly casting for pregnant young aboriginal mums and following up with baby's hands and feet casting,
as a means of engaging mums-to-be with health and social service providers, informing them,
and creating a support framework around them and their babies, through making art together.
Elder Aboriginal women artists from the community are invited to participate, paint bellies hands and feet,
and sharing birthing stories, cultural knowledge and language. www.seaofbellies.org.au
Forster mum Priscilla painting her belly cast at Tobwabba studio
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Aquasculpture Community workshops
Jo has worked on the steering committee of Aquasculpture -Port Macquarie's bienial sculpture festival and prize
since it began in 2003. Working alongside guest artists she has run open community workshops
to create large scale sculptural works for the festival
Aquasculpture 2011 with special guest artists Lorraine Conelly Northey and Stephen Killick
2009 the Weatherman, Footprints, and Windflowers made in community workshops with guest artist Alex Burne
2007 the Mythical Eagle Coola Bataba made with local Aboriginal artists Sue Evans and Kim Divine ,
the Recycle Pyramid made with local primary school groups,
Butterfly and Chrysalis made in FreshArt Youth Arts festival workshops
the Recycle Pyramid made with local primary school groups,
Butterfly and Chrysalis made in FreshArt Youth Arts festival workshops
2005 Drought Mother made with Aboriginal TAFE students Wauchope
2005 the Submerging City , the Jaws de Triomphe and Careful what you Fish for made in community workshops with guest artists Tertius, Margrit Richenbach and Claude Tessier
2003 Message in a Bottle Mandala, the Gift, the Refugee Boat , and the Ancestors made in community workshops with guest artists Sandy Elverd, Tertius, Margrit Richenbach and Claude Tessier
More images coming
FreshArt sculpture workshops Port Macquarie 2005
Filling the Space sculpture workshops Gloucester Regional Gallery 2005 and 2002
Noosa Regional Gallery residency exhibition with Stephen Killick 1999
