THE ALTERNATIVE ARCHIVE – THE ONLY HOSPITAL FOR MILES
lake grace regional artspace
5-23 april, 2019

Click here to view The Only Hospital for Miles exhibition catalogue

Focus theme: The Australian Inland Mission Hospital. Only three of these buildings remain in Australia, one of which is in Lake Grace and is a significant part of their community’s history. The building, the collection and the stories from people who worked and lived in the building are the focus of the show.

Local Co-curators: Michelle Slarke, Kerrie Argent and Tania Spencer

Lead Curator: Anna Louise Richardson

Participating artists: Kerry Scally, Jeanne Melville – Taryn Blight – Jayne Argent – Phyllis Dunham – Judith Stewart – Lenore Gladish – Leanne Young – Michelle Slarke – Kerrie Argent – Tania Spencer


Click on an each participating artist’s name below to discover details about their work.

JAYNE ARGENT – I had favourites, now they are throwaways

TANIA SPENCER – 40 Babies a Year Born Here

MICHELLE SLARKE – Mapped / Ampoules / Remade: Artefacts After Burning Series

KAREN SCALLY – Precious Building

TARYN BLIGHT – Masked By Time

MICHELLE SLARKE – Mapped / Ampoules / Remade: Artefacts After Burning Series

PHYLLIS DUNHAM – The Kitchen

JEANNE MELVILLE – Where The Journey Leads

LEONORE GLADISHFamily Connections

LEANNE YOUNG – It Feels Like Only Yesterday

JUDITH STEWART – Wheels of Progress – New Life; New Land; New Hope


Photographer: Rebecca Clark (mentored by Caro Telfer)

Project partners: There has been significant community input with the artists working with the Lake Grace Visitors Centre and the Shire of Lake Grace to bring this project to fruition.


INSIGHT INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

PICTURED ABOVE: ELSIE BISHOP AND HELEN MACDONALD, FORMER STAFF FROM THE AIM HOSPITAL DISCUSS THEIR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AT THE HOSPITAL WITH EXHIBITION ARTISTS.

 

.