I had the good fortune to be work on a "Tree of Life" public art project which brought together community housing tenants and members of the wider community. We designed and made three ceramic tree murals as part of Housing Week 2009 and the project was supported by the State Government of Victoria, South Port Community Housing Group, Gasworks Arts Park and facilitated by Martin Foley, the State Member for Albert Park. It was fantastic to have everyone supporting me to create the trees at three of the SPCHG's rooming houses. The process proved to be a lot of fun and the making days include a BBQ really adding to the flavor of the occasion. The project received funding from The Office of Housing, Vic health and the City of Port Phillip and was auspice through the Gasworks Arts Park. Catherine Acin documented the project and is responsible for the images below.

I am excited to be exhibiting work for the PolArt Festival in Adelaide along with family members Wlad, Ludwik and Adam Dutkiewicz. The exhibition also includes works by many other artists of Polish origin working in Australia today. Click on the Link below for more details. Open from the 29 December untill 10 January 2010 at the Royal South Australia Society of Arts.

 http://www.polart2009.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=70

During the Tree of Life workshops I had the good fortune to have Catherine Acin documenting the Housing Week Project. Gasworks Arts Park has mounted a photographic exhibition of some of the amazing photos she took. The Tree of Life Housing Week Photographic Exhibition opens Tuesday 22 of December until January 10th. You are invited to the opening at Gasworks Arts Park Foyer Gallery from 6 pm untill 8 pm on the 22 of December at 21 Graham Street, Albert Park. Gallery hours 9 till 5 daily. Photo by Catherine Acin.

For more detail click the link below

http://www.gasworks.org.au/whats_on/visual-arts.php?offset=0#Tree of Life Photographic Exhibition