By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Gary Sissons Looking into the eyes of dance instructor Tomoko Inamura when she talks about contemporary dance, makes her dream visible. Her whole being lights up. Watching…
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By Muriel Cooper Photos Yanni Peninsula children’s author Rebecca Fraser has always been an enthusiastic beachcomber. During lockdowns she was lucky to have the beach in her allowed 5-kilometre radius. Rebecca says,…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni This is a story of the friendship between two women from different generations, countries and backgrounds who were brought together by wool. Heavily pregnant, Jenny Gill…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni Mount Eliza artist, Jill McFarlane, grew up in rural Scotland, surrounded by natural beauty. Her family home backed onto a woodland where she and her siblings…
By Liz Bell Photos Yanni & Supplied Rye’s Silva McLeod describes herself as an “island girl”, a nickname suggestive of the now 61-year-old’s idyllic and simple teenage years growing up in a…
From the trauma and heartbreak of war in their country, to the major cities of USA and Europe. Now to the stages of New Zealand and Australia… this is the Grand Kyiv…
Cebby Johnson with his joyous photographic self-portrait, ‘Ceb and Early’. Peninsula-based artist, Ceberio (Ceb) Johnson, was thrilled to win first place in the 2022 Open Exhibition at Frankston Arts Centre for his…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Photos Yanni Tootgarook photographer Stephen Laurence has travelled to 44 countries on six continents. World travel has been on his mind since childhood. He used to paste images…
By Muriel Cooper Photos Yanni Choral Music that began in Wales’ green valleys now floats across the blue waters of Port Phillip Bay. It’s ‘Singing in The Pub’ at Kirk’s on the…