Now living in Ballarat, Ian Wilson is enjoying all the city has to offer including the 10th Annual Ballarat International Foto Biennale.
Almanac Art: Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and the Delight of Context
May 23, 2023 by 8 Comments
One of the joys of overseas travel is visiting many of the world’s great art galleries and museums and viewing the wonderful treasures there reports Mickey Randall.
Almanac Arts: Filling the Cultural Reservoir
August 28, 2022 by 2 Comments
Melbourne is a city full of such diverse and wonderful cultural activities to participate in as Ian Wilson so clearly shows.
Almanac (Footy) Art: Not another bloody ‘Art of Football’ exhibition!
March 28, 2022 by 1 Comment
Citrus Bob Utber’s art curating career has come out of retirement with ‘The Art of Football’ exhibiting at the Balranald Art Gallery.
Purple Thistle
February 2, 2022 by 7 Comments
Encountering a purple thistle while out rambling took Kate Birrell back through the years to Diggers Rest and memories of her encounter with the Sunbury Rock Music Festival. If she had her time over again…
Almanac Poetry: Pisanello’s ‘The Virgin and Child with the Saints George and Anthony Abbot’
January 3, 2022 by Leave a Comment
According to Kevin Densley: ‘In this poem, I put my own spin upon a fifteenth century painting by Italian artist Pisanello, an unusual work featuring an Egyptian hermit, a saint with a legendary association with a dragon, and the Virgin and Child.’
Almanac Rugby League: Norm ‘Sticks’ Provan
October 15, 2021 by 1 Comment
This John Campbell painting celebrates his day at the 1965 NSWRL Grand Final – even though his beloved Bunnies lost. It was also Norm Provan’s last game for St George. John also penned a few words.
Almanac Life: Friday Night Rivers
October 8, 2021 by 7 Comments
The gathering storm, the carpark, a mystery man, and squawking magpies are all part of Kate Birrell’s day before she sets off on her jog.
Grand Final – Move over Knight, here’s the Zalac poster
September 27, 2021 by 5 Comments
Old Dog shares the work of his artist mate Zelko Zalac, a Dees premiership poster designed in a style reminiscent of the late, great WEG.
Almanac (Cartoon) Footy – AFL Grand Final 2021: What a MARVEL-ous game it may be!
September 20, 2021 by 1 Comment
Yvette Wroby is reliving every Marvel movie this lockdown; it has inspired her cartoon insights into this year’s Grand Final. May the best team win, and may the game be spectacular and marvel-ous!
Almanac Life: Covid-19 Life and Hair
September 1, 2021 by 2 Comments
Yvette Wroby and Colin are having a bad hair Monday. Or Tuesday. Or whatever day it is….
Almanac Art: Wednesday night – Disrupted
August 25, 2021 by 1 Comment
Kate Birrell’s latest, on listening to Raf Epstein during Melbourne’s latest lockdown.
Almanac Life: A Covid-19 walk with Colin and a mask….
August 24, 2021 by 2 Comments
Yvette Wroby is out and about walking her dog Colin. She has created some drawings of their walk.
Almanac Life: Macbeth marks strongly but misses to the near side
August 23, 2021 by 4 Comments
There’s luckily no curse to reckon with for Mickey Randall as his pub preoccupation serves as the matinee for a Shakespearean tragedy…or is it the other way around?
Almanac (Cartoon) Life: Covid-19 lockdowns have taught me…
August 23, 2021 by 1 Comment
One constant for Yvette Wroby over all of the lockdowns has been Colin the dog’s nightly toilet trips…and the night sky.
Almanac (Cartoon) Life: Maybe next year…
August 17, 2021 by 4 Comments
Yvette Wroby is hoping for a better future, for the planet and the Saints…
Almanac Music: She Passed By Me At The Fair (Song Lyric)
August 9, 2021 by 6 Comments
Something a little different from Kevin Densley – his most recent song lyric, written only weeks ago. ‘With Irish ancestry on both sides of my family, this lyric for a traditional-sounding Irish folk ballad was bound to come out sooner or later. Imagine these words in a brief, melodic song, wistfully sung.’
Almanac (Cartoon) Life: Has anyone noticed?
Yvette Wroby on the world and footy…..