Drawing along the train lines by Wendy Murray

Ecologies of Forgotten Urban Ecosystems

A collaborative project with Professor Dieter Hochuli and Associate Professor Kurt Iveson.
Focusing on active and abandoned railway corridors, and water storage and distribution infrastructures, this project will: document the animal and plant species that have found home in the city thanks to the fencing of these infrastructures; analyse the implications of these ecologies for the planning and management of existing and future urban infrastructure.

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Sydney OPERA HOUSE : Draw the House by Wendy Murray

Draw the House

With Todd Fuller, Antonia Pesenti, Wendy Murray and Shireen Taweel

Create a range of drawings inspired by one of the world's most iconic buildings.

Once a month join like-minded creative souls to explore the Opera House and its surroundings through the eyes of an artist. Working with a different artist each month, explore various drawing techniques, and perspectives inspired by one of the world's most iconic buildings. 

You will also learn from an expert Tour Guide about the influence of visual arts in the Opera House history, including the beautiful tapestries that grace our venues and foyer spaces. 

Drawing is practical as an architectural and engineering blueprint, but it is also a tool for creative expression and making meaning, visually documenting what we see or imagine on paper, for others to view, interpret and enjoy.

From the very beginning, drawings have played a significant role in the Opera House’s history – a global architectural competition saw entries from all over the world, where a relatively unknown Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, became the winner of a new National Opera House for Sydney. Utzon’s original and somewhat controversial design was an imaginative sculptural response that the judges were convinced would be ‘capable of becoming one of the great buildings of the world’. 

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The Poster Centre - now open at Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts by Wendy Murray

The Poster Centre 20222 Open Studio
Friday 8 April – Saturday 7 May, 11.00 am – 4.00 pm
Workshops are on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. A workshop session with the artists in The Poster Centre lasts for about 2 hours to create a screen print. You may choose to stay longer if studio space allows.
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The Poster Centre is a place to exchange ideas, learn screen-printing techniques in the tradition of political poster art.

Share in the history of the renowned Garage Graphix print workshop – a grassroots printing movement active in Blacktown from 1981 – 1998. The Garage Graphix legacy continues urban and political activism in design and public life.

Led by artist Wendy Murray, with artists, Sima AlikhaniSaqlain Binte Saleh and Jay Kay WassellThe Poster Centre offers free screen-printing, artist-led workshops in three Blacktown City Council libraries and a drop-in print studio at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.

Artists will help you create your poster and express your ideas through your own unique screen-printed poster to take away or display at the Arts Centre and in public spaces. The workshops are open to all ages.

This project is supported by Create NSW’s Audience Development Fund, a devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries of NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.

2022 Poster Centre by Wendy Murray

The Poster Centre, at the Leo Kelly Arts Centre, Blacktown AUS. Photo: Silversalt Photography

The Poster Centre – a mobile screen-print studio. The Poster Centre is a place to exchange ideas, learn screen-printing techniques in the tradition of political poster art.

Share in the history of the renowned Garage Graphix print workshop – a grassroots printing movement active in Blacktown from 1981 – 1998. The Garage Graphix legacy continues urban and political activism in design and public life.

Led by artist Wendy Murray, with artists, Sima Alikhani, Saqlain Binte Saleh and Jay Kay Wassell, The Poster Centre offers free screen-printing, artist-led workshops in three Blacktown City Council libraries and a drop-in print studio at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.

Artists will help you create your poster and express your ideas through your own unique screen-printed poster to take away or display at the Arts Centre and in public spaces. The workshops are open to all ages.

This project is supported by Create NSW’s Audience Development Fund, a devolved funding program administered by Museums & Galleries of NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. More info here »