Join Rachel Burke and Bonnie Hislop for a night of colour, creativity and craft for one night only in the Museum.
Grab a glass of bubbly and get stuck into a glittery adventure as Rachel and Bonnie teach you how to make an insta-worthy vessel out of found materials, and fill the night with making new friends and new art.
Can you come out to play?
Bonnie Hislop is a Brisbane-based artist with a particular focus on ceramic handbuilding and illustration. Grounded in technical skill, her practice has evolved from creating illustrative ceramic planters to large-scale sculptural work. She unites bright colours and satirical concepts to engage her audience in a dialogue with the physical world around them. Her work intersects traditional representations of ceramics with a craft aesthetic to create a contemporary interpretation of the ceramic medium. Bonnie’s practice aims to encapsulate universal experiences of frustration, angst, grief, emotional fatigue as well as feminine strength, intimacy and desire. The performative, brightly coloured ceramics forge an existence through joy and curiosity. In 2022 she and photographer Melanie Hinds developed an ongoing collaborative series which puts Hislop in the frame with the artwork, extending the messaging of the ceramic piece. This collaboration seeks to subvert perceptions on the classic ‘artist portrait’ and expectations of femininity.
Bonnie has facilitated workshops at institutions across Brisbane and Australia and is currently featured in Museum of Brisbane’s Clay: Collected Ceramics.
Rachel Burke is a practicing multidisciplinary artist, designer, and author based in Brisbane, Australia. Best known for her vibrant, tactile wearable artworks and iconic tinsel creations, her work is inspired by a love for naive craft materials and transforming the mundane into the magical. She has worked on many creative collaborations with global brands including Disney, LEGO, Barbie, and Airbnb and her work has been acquired by clients across the globe, including Harry Styles, Kesha, Ru Paul’s drag race stars and Beyonce’s child Blue Ivy.
Rachel has exhibited her artwork in gallery spaces across Australia, including Museum of Brisbane, Saint Cloche Gallery, Hamer Hall, The Australian Centre of the Moving Image, Enough Space, GAFFA, and the Redlands Art Gallery.
She has published three books with Hardie Grant. Craft Roach, Be Dazzling and Daphne & Daisy.
