I’m in a dream. I’m Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. But middle aged. Still great with a bow and arrow, in ok nick for what they’ve put me through, very able to think outside the box. My reality TV stardom days are now but faded memories. I’m bitter about being cast aside for a […]
May
25
Proposition for Change for Equitable Outcomes for Surgeons (Female)
posted by Natalie Thomas
It’s hard to get trained up as a woman with a scalpel: ‘You would expect women to flourish in medicine. Since 1996, women have outnumbered men in Australian medical schools. More than half of general practice trainees, two out of three paediatric trainees, and close to three in four obstetricians in training are women. Look at surgical training […]
May
19
Art and Money : West Space Annual Fundraiser
posted by Natalie Thomas
Conservative people like conservative art. Therein lies the problem. Conservative art, unfortunately for those who have invested in it, ages very poorly. It can’t hold its price once it’s been identified as vacuous drivel. Its value can be propped up for a while by all the parties interested in keeping it up (the price that […]
May
09
Melbourne Art Book Fair
posted by Natalie Thomas
If you needed further proof that art loves nothing more than flogging a dead horse, the Melbourne Art Book Fair was a 3-day event of evidence. At a time of rapid decline in book sales and the closure of much loved local book stores the world over, a new mode of doing business with books […]
April
27
CCP: SEPARATE BEDS, UNIVERSITIES and SEED STORES
posted by Natalie Thomas
CCP was full to overflowing at its Exhibition Openings on Thursday night. You can put that down to team VCA being there to support one of its own Artist Art Lecturers. The VCA is my old alma mater and whenever I’m back there I get this off kilter deja vu thing where everything is simultaneously […]
April
24
MUMA: Believe Not in Every Spirit
posted by Natalie Thomas
Forgotten, overlooked, misunderstood women are a dime a dozen. Everywhere you look there’s another woman not getting her fair share. Today, yesterday, tomorrow too no doubt, unless we get a decent riot together. Burn through a couple of hurdles ASAP. Believe Not Every Spirit, But Try The Spirits is an exhibition inspired by the art […]
April
20
A Golden Age of China: I dream therefore I am
posted by Natalie Thomas
I’m in a dream. The Qianlong Emperor (1735-1796) is there. He’s an art connoisseur and the longest living Emperor in Chinese history. During his reign, China became the wealthiest and most populous nation in the world. We’re at his place, the Forbidden Palace. There’s a queasy feeling in my belly, excited but nervous. The feeling […]
April
11
Wearing a Onesy to Boogie
posted by Natalie Thomas
It’s a hard gig being a woman. Have you ever tried taking a sneaky leak behind a parked car at a crowded music festival whilst wearing a catsuit and a fur coat? No you bloody haven’t! You have to strip down to your god given birthday suit, it’s freezing cold, your girls are on high […]
April
08
Boogie: Music Festival or Cult?
posted by Natalie Thomas
They tell us Boogie is a music festival but it’s really a cult. The Head Dude is the dude with the mic. Luckily for we cult members, they share the mic round to a few, signifying a Leadership Battle that mirrors the current Australian Liberal Party. Politics sit outside the Boogie code of acceptable conduct, with […]
March
24
Ballarat Begonia Festival
posted by Natalie Thomas
Here at the revamped offices of nattysolo.com, we love to entertain ourselves with lists of What’s Hot and What’s Not. Now that we’ve relaunched our web presence (with new-look logos for our online and concrete brands; a newly renovated office wing and conference centre by architectural maverick Howard Roark with whom we enjoy a longstanding […]
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