[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHnW1jZYCWI&w=560&h=315] The first Wollongong Film Festival premiered at Project Contemporary Artspace last month, and woman and girls were in the spotlight. Wollongong local Gia Frino organised the event as part of her ambassadorship for charity One Girl. One Girl will use the proceeds of the festival to help provide girls and women in Sierra Leone and Uganda with an opportunity to attend school and receive an education. Student Kelly Nicholson spent a year working on her film Mosby, which was screened at the Wollongong Film Festival. “I heard about it through the University of Wollongong, and I thought ‘what…
Author: Amelia Fynes-Clinton
What comes to mind when you think about Wollongong? That’s the question at the heart of one of the city’s latest art exhibitions. Nicci Bedson’s ’30 x 30’ is the latest solo exhibition at the Moving Mountains Gallery. The exhibition boasts 30 pieces created over 30 days. Each piece is inspired by an idea from a local person, and Bedson says the collection reflects the diversity and disparity of the Wollongong community. Bedson received suggestions from sportsmen, politicians, refugees and many more. Bedson’s primary technique is painting. However, 30 x 30 incorporates a mixed-media approach of teaming sketches, collage and…