During November of 2015 the Kimberley Training Institute (KTI) held its annual Student Art Exhibition in the Multi Purpose hall of Notre Dame. The exhibition contained almost three hundred individual works of art by multiple artists. At a time when the arts seems under attack from all quarters, the KTI remains only one of two TAFE training institutes to offer a visual arts program anywhere in Western Australia. The exhibition left you in no doubt about the magnitude of artistic talent surging through the veins of Broome. Read more
La Sagrada Familia is the last of the world's great buildings that has a construction spanning multiple generations, multiple centuries and multiple architects. The masterpiece and life work of Antoni Gaudi was envisaged in the mid 19th century, after a period of several decades of raising funds the project commenced late 19th century. The 20th century saw many challenges and obstacles such as the Spanish civil war and the early death of Gaudi.
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Visual art is one of humanity's greatest forms of expression. It's our oldest and often our most misunderstood mode of communication. While its universally accessible and transendends spoken language, great art is born of the human condition and culture. In today's global village with blended cultures often its art that represents the uniquiness of a culture or region. Its art that is the authentic human cultural expression.
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Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive: These are the words of Antony Gormley, a sculptor who transforms local economies through public art. Great art tells a story and during Shinju Matsuri, the sculptural exhibition “A View to Asia” had a very important story to tell. It was the story told on a beach named after a communication link to Asia in a town built on Asian labour, culture and history. It was a story about a place inhabited for thousands of years by the Yawuru people and a place that carries great significance to them. Read more





Visual art is a powerful
medium for communication. Throughout human history art has played a major role in recording, revering, protesting and interpreting human achievement.
It is often said that its culture that makes us human. I disagree, as there is evidence of animals displaying culture. I believe its art that makes
us human. It’s our ability to interpret the complex and abstract through simple line, colour and composition that sets us apart from the animal kingdom.
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