As you create, the artists will share the ideas, materials and playful approaches that shape their practices, offering a glimpse into the creative thinking behind their work.
Whether you’re catching up with friends or embracing a little creative time for yourself, settle in with nibbles and bubbles and enjoy an evening of relaxed, artist-led making. You’ll leave with a one-of-a-kind artwork ready to brighten your home.
Sunday Jemmott (they/she) is an emerging artist based in Magandjin/Brisbane. Their work concerns the expression of play through expanded painting.
In her recent work, Sunday mobilises trivialised aesthetics to reframe the devaluing of play in art history and contemporary culture. Their methods include harnessing abstraction, multi-disciplinary painting and sculpture, activated through installation and high-key colour.
Sunday explores play and re-introduces the power of joy to viewers. Their experimental and whimsical work uses the rigour of craft and intense chromatic colour to advocate for play, mediating the intersection between the lowbrow and rigid notions of modern painting.
Renee Kire is an early career artist of Australian and Māori descent, living and working in Meanjin (Brisbane). Her practice is grounded in feminist art history, drawing inspiration from historically overlooked female artists and reimagining minimalist sculpture through a contemporary, gender-conscious lens. Kire uses the playful investigations of form, colour and space to respond to her surroundings and invites audience interaction within an installation environment.
Kire has completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours (Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, 2022) and has presented her work in spaces such as the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Buxton Contemporary, Rockhampton Museum of Art, Brisbane Powerhouse, Metro Arts and Outer Space. In 2023 she was recognised as a finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award.
