ABC Radio National: Interview with Books and Art, Michael Cathcart on Imagining Ned, April 2015
A year in a Burqa gives Artist a new view of Ned Kelly's story,
ABC Central Victoria, March 2015
The Age: Imagining Ned, Bendigo Art Gallery - Ned and Burka on the Pink Lake, March 2015
ABC Radio National : Podcast on burqas in Australian Art, Jan 2014
Mars Drum paintings for sale on Australian Collector's new online gallery: ArtEdit
ABC Open - The Writing's on the Wall
Ned and Burka on ABC Open
Review by Robert Nelson for The Age, 2010
Review - Muslim Village: Who's an Australian Hero? 2010
Radio National interview with Michael Cathcart, 2011
Bush Telegraph ABC Radio National - Burka Woman meets Ned Kelly - Michael Cathcart
Art Nomad - Mars Drum
A year in a Burqa gives Artist a new view of Ned Kelly's story,
ABC Central Victoria, March 2015
The Age: Imagining Ned, Bendigo Art Gallery - Ned and Burka on the Pink Lake, March 2015
ABC Radio National : Podcast on burqas in Australian Art, Jan 2014
Mars Drum paintings for sale on Australian Collector's new online gallery: ArtEdit
ABC Open - The Writing's on the Wall
Ned and Burka on ABC Open
Review by Robert Nelson for The Age, 2010
Review - Muslim Village: Who's an Australian Hero? 2010
Radio National interview with Michael Cathcart, 2011
Bush Telegraph ABC Radio National - Burka Woman meets Ned Kelly - Michael Cathcart
Art Nomad - Mars Drum
Instagram: @mars.drum
COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS STATS AND STORIES - THE IMPACT OF THE ARTS IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT pp 11,12 Deakin University 2015
REMOVING BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION pp 15,16 Deakin University 2015
Wow-Writing on the Wall, Horsham 2013
Regional Arts Australia, "Belonging" 2014
Local news coverage of Horsham's Writing on the Walls (Wow) public art project
Painting Workshops
STREET ART: Billy Williams of Horsham paints a wall at Horsham Regional Art Gallery. His painting is part of a Wimmera Parklife exhibit which is running in conjunction with travelling exhibition SKATE – Portraits by Nikki Toole.
Picture: BELINDA ELLIOTT
Picture: BELINDA ELLIOTT
Horsham’s Billy Williams had his first taste of art without condemnation last week.
Originally from Perth, the 23-year-old used his graffiti skills to paint a wall at Horsham Regional Art Gallery temporary home at Jubilee Hall in conjunction with a touring exhibition called SKATER – Portraits by Nikki Toole.
Williams accepted an invitation to paint the wall in a ‘Wimmera Parklife’ section of the gallery after word spread of his talent following an art workshop led by artist Mars Drum.
Drum said she met Williams through Wimmera Uniting Care’s Aiming 4 Independence program.
“I had a lot of variety in pens at the workshop and I saw him doing this really classic graffiti-style writing,” she said.
“Billy told me he was from Perth and that he had a group of graffiti friends over there that were more like a family to him than his own family.
“He said the police would let them work on certain areas but when he came to Horsham they said straight away that they had him on record and wouldn’t be letting him paint. They even call him every now and then to remind him.”
Exhibition
Drum said she spoke to a friend who worked at Horsham Rural City Council, who then passed on the idea to Horsham director Adam Harding. She said the SKATER exhibition, which opened last on Friday was the perfect opportunity to exhibit Billy’s talent.
“It just looks so impressive,” she said.
Williams said it the artwork took him about two hours and it was nice to be able to paint again since he moved from Perth in 2008.
“It’s the first time I’ve really been able to paint something legally,” he said. “I usually have to break the law.”
Originally from Perth, the 23-year-old used his graffiti skills to paint a wall at Horsham Regional Art Gallery temporary home at Jubilee Hall in conjunction with a touring exhibition called SKATER – Portraits by Nikki Toole.
Williams accepted an invitation to paint the wall in a ‘Wimmera Parklife’ section of the gallery after word spread of his talent following an art workshop led by artist Mars Drum.
Drum said she met Williams through Wimmera Uniting Care’s Aiming 4 Independence program.
“I had a lot of variety in pens at the workshop and I saw him doing this really classic graffiti-style writing,” she said.
“Billy told me he was from Perth and that he had a group of graffiti friends over there that were more like a family to him than his own family.
“He said the police would let them work on certain areas but when he came to Horsham they said straight away that they had him on record and wouldn’t be letting him paint. They even call him every now and then to remind him.”
Exhibition
Drum said she spoke to a friend who worked at Horsham Rural City Council, who then passed on the idea to Horsham director Adam Harding. She said the SKATER exhibition, which opened last on Friday was the perfect opportunity to exhibit Billy’s talent.
“It just looks so impressive,” she said.
Williams said it the artwork took him about two hours and it was nice to be able to paint again since he moved from Perth in 2008.
“It’s the first time I’ve really been able to paint something legally,” he said. “I usually have to break the law.”
- Get the full story in the February 21, 2013 edition of The Weekly Advertiser.
Posted on Feb 20 2013
More Ned and Burka articles 2001 - 2013
"Mask" C3 Gallery, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne 2008
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Anti-Nike performances, City Lights Gallery, Melbourne 2001
Saving Abbotsford Convent 1999
Construction in Process VI, The Bridge, Melbourne 1998
"The Move", Channel 31 arts/culture series, 1994, 1995, 1996
