Links
Friends Artists and organisations

Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) "is a non-party political organisation dedicated to creating a society where women's participation and their ability to fulfill their potential are unrestricted, acknowledged and respected and where women and men share equally in society's responsibilities and rewards." From their website http://www.welvic.org.au/

League of Women Voters Victoria (LWVV) "aims to encourage people, young and old, to regard their vote as a privilege and a right to be exercised seriously. We hold functions to celebrate Victorian women first gaining the vote (1909) and the right of women to stand for Parliament in Victoria (1924). We are committed to the UN Convention for the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Optional Protocol. Our international link is with the International Alliance of Women." From their website (coming soon link didn't work when I tried it today June7 2006) http://home.vicnet.net.au/~league/

Ursula Dutkiewicz: I met Ursula this year through exploring information about women who encourage other women to participate in their community(s) a fellow artist. We found we had much to talk about and work toward for the centenary of hundred years of women's suffrage in Victoria. Studio: Gasworks Arts Park, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia Website: http://www.ursuladutkiewicz.com

Shawn Callahan a friend and married to my sister Sheenagh. The Callahan's are family and great friends who often help and support me as an artist. 2007 Shawn gave in-kind information/chat to RMIT students who have been working on the 100yrs of women's suffrage project about ways to interview to garner interviewees own unique story with open questions. http://www.anecdote.com.au/index.php

Australian copyright agencies I encourage and support all artists to join to protect their copyrights in both visual and text expressions. Viscopy - http://www.viscopy.com.au
deals with visual copyrights and Copyright Agency Limited deals with text http://www.copyright.com.au

Tina Fiveash is a photographer who is completing her Masters; we are close friends and associates since 1989/90. We often talk art practice over the phone these days as we live in different towns. I admire Tina's thoughtful process of each photograph. It's not just a happy snappy often each work or series of work have taken a few years to develop and evolve. Her technical abilities far surpass even the most professional artist, fluent in both new and old mediums. http://www.tinafiveash.com.au/

Wolf is a digital and paper artist and old friend. We met in Canberra and exhibited at ANCA
with a group of artists who formed a casual group where we would talked art, 'show & tell' our recent work and supported each other with our art practice and general well being. Wolf now lives in Wollongong where she has set up a small business in web and paper base design. http://www.pixelmorph.com.au/

Dinesh Moylan a composer and musician and a friend since the early years, almost 35 years. We both respect each other's journey, how we have managed away of living as artists; a few years ago Dinesh asked if I would do a cover for his next album, I was tickled pink to be asked. http://www.dineshmoylan.com/index.php?id=be55367337b87dcc6946a31c2ece35cf

David Holmes a composer and musician a new friend, formed over dinner and laughing a mutual friend's home. David writes songs from his experience like Dinesh however his style is different. David is constant and continuous and a well know musician/composer in Melbourne. http://www.soundvault.com.au/David%20Holmes.htm

John Dalsen and I met in Fremantle a little after the Cup when 'Freeo' was bouncing with energy and excitement. We had artist studios in the same street and admired each others work. We have kept loose ties since then. John moved to Byron while I traversed the coast line of Western Australia and the Northern Territory Landing in Canberra to be with my then sick father artist Gray Smith. http://www.johndahlsen.com/

Two remarkable designers and educators consider social, cultural and environmental impacts of design and convey this to their students. Soumitri Varadarajan http://users.tce.rmit.edu.au/Soumitri.Varadarajan/index.htm RMIT School of Industrial Design: Program Leader, Industrial Design. Mechanical Engineering (Mysore University, India) , a post-graduate qualification in Industrial Design (National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India), and a Phd (The Life Cycle of the Object, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India). Hindu Hitachi Scholarship, 1991-92, 6 Months in Design studio in Hitachi, Japan. Liam Fennessy RMIT School of Architecture: Lecturer: Program PVC Design & Social Context, Architecture & Design