Artery Cooperative Open Studios and Fundraiser. 2-5pm, Saturday 2 December 2023, 101-107 Helen Street, Northcote.
If you're curious to gain insights into how a diverse range of artists go about getting creative, including yours truly, you're invited to come along to the Artery Cooperative Open Studios and Fundraiser this Saturday. This remarkable cooperative has been created by artists and is run by artists in order to support artists to make art. Find the official Artery website here.
If you're curious to gain insights into how a diverse range of artists go about getting creative, including yours truly, you're invited to come along to the Artery Cooperative Open Studios and Fundraiser this Saturday. This remarkable cooperative has been created by artists and is run by artists in order to support artists to make art. Find the official Artery website here.
Press Gang performing at the Baldessin Studio's Printmakers' Picnic. 12:00 - 5:00pm, Sunday 26 November 2023, 90 Shaftesbury Avenue, St Andrews.
The Press Gang are pumped to be bringing the party to the Printmakers' Picnic for yet another year. Head to the hills for an afternoon of petanque, paella and printmakerly bonhomie amongst the gums and mud brick at the beautiful Baldessin Studios. Featuring new members and new songs! Full details here.
The Press Gang are pumped to be bringing the party to the Printmakers' Picnic for yet another year. Head to the hills for an afternoon of petanque, paella and printmakerly bonhomie amongst the gums and mud brick at the beautiful Baldessin Studios. Featuring new members and new songs! Full details here.
Interview with Celina Lei, "Changing the direction of your arts practice - when, why and how?", Arts Hub, August 2023.
Three artists, including yours truly, discuss new directions in their art practice and why they're making the change.
https://www.artshub.com.au/news/career-advice/changing-the-direction-of-your-arts-practice-when-why-and-how-2653647/
Three artists, including yours truly, discuss new directions in their art practice and why they're making the change.
https://www.artshub.com.au/news/career-advice/changing-the-direction-of-your-arts-practice-when-why-and-how-2653647/
Erin Irwin, 'Best of Sustainability: Jazmina Cininas', Art Edit #35, 2023, pp. 46-47
I'm honoured to have my lagerphones and artist books from recycled materials showcased in the 'Best of Sustainability' feature in the latest issue of Art Edit.
You can read Erin Irwin's article, and access the full issue, here.
I'm honoured to have my lagerphones and artist books from recycled materials showcased in the 'Best of Sustainability' feature in the latest issue of Art Edit.
You can read Erin Irwin's article, and access the full issue, here.
And the winner of the 2022 Australian Folk Music Awards for Community/Cultural Project of the Year is ... The Sparrow Made Some Beer!
I am absolutely over the moon! Thank you to the Folk Alliance of Australia! And The Lost Clog!
Click here to view the awards presentation and live performance.
Documentation of the full The Sparrow Made Some Beer project available here.
I am absolutely over the moon! Thank you to the Folk Alliance of Australia! And The Lost Clog!
Click here to view the awards presentation and live performance.
Documentation of the full The Sparrow Made Some Beer project available here.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer shortlisted for two Australian Folk Music Awards!
I am declaring 2022 the Year of the Sparrow!! I am over the moon that my collaborative project with The Lost Clog is a finalist for both the Traditional Folk Music Album of the Year AND Community/Cultural Project of the Year!!!! Award winners will be announced at the Brunswick Ballroom on Wednesday 26 October. Full details of the awards available at the Folk Alliance Australia website, or click here.
Full documentation of The Sparrow Made Some Beer project available here.
I am declaring 2022 the Year of the Sparrow!! I am over the moon that my collaborative project with The Lost Clog is a finalist for both the Traditional Folk Music Album of the Year AND Community/Cultural Project of the Year!!!! Award winners will be announced at the Brunswick Ballroom on Wednesday 26 October. Full details of the awards available at the Folk Alliance Australia website, or click here.
Full documentation of The Sparrow Made Some Beer project available here.
Lupine Lagerphone Let Loose in the Museum!
I am delighted and honoured to announce that my grey wolf lagerphone has taken up permanent residence in the Museums Victoria collection! A huge thank you to curator Moya McFadzean for coming along to The Sparrow Made Some Beer and setting the wheels in motion to preserve this jingling canine for posterity. Long live the lupine Lithuanian-Australian lagerphone!
Photo by Andrius Lipšys
Click here to view Museum Victoria's Instagram post featuring Moya McFadzean talk about the acquisition of the wolf lagerphone to the collection
or here for the extended YouTube version featuring behind-the-scenes interview with Jazmina Cininas and cameo appearances by The Lost Clog.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer, CD and online album
It's been a monumental undertaking, but the final stage of The Sparrow Made Some Beer is now complete with the release of the CD and online album. Featuring the songs from the live performance, recorded by the magician of the mixing desk, Mischa Herman, with Ben Smart guest starring on percussion. The artwork is a celebration of the lagerphones, with English translations of the songs in accompanying booklets.
CDs are available from Lost Clog gigs and Ragainė in Vilnius, Lithuania, or stream online via Spotify, Apple music, YouTube, Amazon music and Pakartot.lt.
Many thanks to the City of Melbourne Arts Grants for their support for the recording and the launch event at the Melbourne Lithuanian Club on 29 May.