The Dax Centre in Parkville, Victoria, Australia | Non-profit organisation

The Dax Centre

Locality: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +619349 2538

Address: 30 Royal Parade 3052 Parkville, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.daxcentre.org/

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25.01.2022 Studio Dax Online starts next week! Across July and August well be bringing you a series of online art-making activities hosted by four inspiring Australian artists Jessie Brooks-Dowsett Renee Yerondais Antonia Sellbach... Katie West Be inspired, join in and explore your creativity from the comfort and safety of your own home! Supported by City of Melbourne See more

24.01.2022 Today is #wearitpurpleday2020 ! Wear it Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people. ... Wear It Purples 2020 theme envisions the importance of encouragement, empowerment and emphasis on making effective change for LGBTQ+ folks and all minority groups.

23.01.2022 We are so excited to announce we will be re-opening our gallery doors Wednesday the 18th of November! We will be open Wednesday to Friday 11.00am to 3.30pm and the last Sunday of each month 12pm 3pm. From the 18th of November you will be able to experience our current exhibition Child and Mother in person. ... Not to be missed this exhibition is our largest to date with over 250 pieces on display including new works by Del Kathryn Barton, works by Patricia Stewart and selected works from the Cunningham Dax Collection. Child and Mother will run until January 31st 2021, however we will be closing for a few weeks over the holidays (December 19th 2020 re-opening Wednesday January 6th 2021). Be sure to come and visit the gallery to experience this incredible exhibition up close for yourself!

23.01.2022 We are proud to be a PANDA Week 2020 Partner. In this most unusual and difficult year, Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Action Week is more important than ever. With many expecting and new parents struggling due to COVID-19, it’s critical that we work together to support families facing mental health challenges at this time. PANDA week this year runs from Sunday 8th - 14th of November.... About @pandanational For the last fifteen years PANDA has been using a week in November to raise awareness about perinatal mental illness and to reduce stigma so those affected can seek help. The theme for PANDA Week 2020 is ‘Tell someone who cares’. This year, more than ever it’s vital that expecting and new parents who are struggling know they’re not alone and can reach out for help. And just as importantly, they can know that when they do reach out, they will be supported by those they confide in, whether family members, health professionals, PANDA or other perinatal mental health specialists. In support of PANDA Week we will be sharing artwork and lived experience stories by PANDA's volunteer Community Champions to help reduce stigma, show how important it is that those affected know they are not alone and can reach out for help, and that perinatal illness is complex and every person’s experience is different. www.panda.org.au

23.01.2022 Theres still time to secure your copy of the limited release exhibition catalogue. Head to https://www.daxcentre.org/shop and get your order in by September 3rd to guarantee your copy of this beautifully curated catalogue. Image shown: Del Kathryn Barton, Mandala of the flesh 2020, acrylic, gouache, oil stick, dupion silk border on paper, hand finished frame

23.01.2022 We re-open our gallery doors today! You can now come and experience the incredible Child and Mother exhibition up close and in person. From today we will be open:... Wednesday to Friday 11.00am to 3.30pm The last Sunday of each month 12.00pm to 3.00pm We look forward to seeing you soon! Image: from the child and mother exhibition - Renee Sutton, Untitled, 1959, gouache on paper, 42 x 33.5cm, the Cunningham Dax Collection

22.01.2022 We are proud to have been nominated for the 2020 #drguislainaward which recognises initiatives to de-stigmatise mental illness and create awareness about mental health. Congratulations to all the other nominees! #endmentalhealthstigma #mentalhealthawareness

20.01.2022 Our new exhibition Child and Mother is now open! Two immersive virtual experiences of this extraordinary exhibition are available for you to explore on our website. Head to www.daxcentre.org/childandmother... Patricia Stewart and Del Kathryn Barton met by chance and found an instant and immediate connection. In Child and Mother the two share a space as creatives, as women with lived experience of mental health issues, as mothers and daughters. From Patricias extensive personal collection and works from the Cunningham Dax Collection, Barton has curated an exhibition celebrating Patricias unique aesthetic grown from her mental health journey. Including new works by Del Kathryn Barton made in response to Patricia Stewarts extraordinary oeuvre spanning over 25years, Child and Mother is a rich visual exploration of relationships and connection.

20.01.2022 WANTED: Creative LGBTIQA+ young people 12-25 years to participate in the planning of an arts-based wellbeing project in the Macedon Ranges! Paid positions. About the positions: The Dax Centre and Macedon Ranges are seeking creative young people who are passionate about the arts as a way to connect & empower other LGBTIQA+ young people to join the project Steering Committee.... Essential criteria: LGBTIQA+ 12 - 25 years Living in or attending school in the Macedon Ranges Available to attend 3 meetings on Wednesdays 5:00pm (via Zoom), commencing August Available to participate in at least 1 focus group About the Steering Committee: The purpose of the Steering Committee is to enable the Dax Centre to gather input from diverse LGBTIQA+ young people & services that work with LGBTIQA+ young people in the Macedon Ranges regarding their wellbeing needs & their creative interests. This information will then be used to develop a proposal for an arts-based wellbeing project. This project is supported by VicHealth and is a partnership between Macedon Ranges Shire Council and The Dax Centre. To register your expression of interest click here: https://bit.ly/QMH_MRSC_EOI For any additional information email [email protected] Call Out closes midnight on Sunday July 29

20.01.2022 Weve noticed some new friends joining us over the last little while (Welcome! ) so we thought we might share with you a bit about The Dax Centre and the Cunningham Dax Collection. In addition to our exhibitions and education programs, The Dax Centre houses the Cunningham Dax Collection which is named after its founder Dr Eric Cunningham Dax (1908 2008). The Collection consists of more than 16,000 artworks by artists with lived experience of mental health issues, is ...the only one of its type and size in Australia and only one of four collections like it in the world! Head to our website where you can discover more about the Collection by heading to the Collection page or browse our current Collection @Home mini online exhibition by clicking on the link on the Dax @Home page. Artwork shown: Isabella Duncan, Margarets Dove, 2005, acrylic on artists board See more

19.01.2022 One of the exquisite new works created by Del Kathryn Barton for the Child and Mother exhibition showing now at www.daxcentre.org/childandmother Del Kathryn Barton, the glow is freed 2020 ink, acrylic, oil stick on paper, dupion silk border with hand finished frame, 168 x 121 cm... Words from @delkathrynbarton about this work: "Speaks to my first pregnancy... to be suddenly-catapulted-into-the-absolute- ephiphany-experience-of-the-pregnant-body... the countless ways I was suddenly and totally in a new life... a totally new way of understanding-and-being-and-beholding-and-caring for my body... A sense of complete-wonderment-of-that-symbiotic-connection-to-the- child-growing-inside... The-great-power-meaning-and-mystery... The idea of the inhabitability-of-the-body-and-the-simultaneous-journey-of-the-other-being. My son freed a glow in me - but he was the glow, and still is the glow."

19.01.2022 Do you live in regional Victoria? Were running online art-making workshops just for you! Our aim for the workshop is to promote positive mental well-being using the philosophy of busy hands, calm mind. ... We will be creating handmade postcards using 3 different mediums, which you can send out to friends, hang on your wall as miniature art, or use as a journaling technique. Upon registering for a workshop we will send you a materials goodie-bag with everything you need! Participants have the opportunity to join the online workshop and also provide their feedback through an online survey after the workshop. Criteria for participation: Individuals with lived experience of mental health issues who live in regional Victoria. Workshop 1: Thursday July 30, 10-11.30am (registrations close Sunday July 26th at midnight) Workshop 2: Monday August 10, 1-2.30pm (registrations close Sunday August 2 at midnight) Participants will be remunerated $75 for their time. The payment will be via a $75 Mastercard Gift Card that is accepted everywhere Mastercard is normally accepted. All payments will be provided via an email gift voucher post the workshop completion. Click the link below to register! https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-art-making-for-conne Artwork shown: Kylie Steinhardt, Untitled, 2018, felt tip pen on paper, 29.7 X 21cm

19.01.2022 Next up in the Studio Dax Online program is Antonia Sellbach @antonia_sellbach is an abstract painter based in Melbourne, Naarm. Her work explores the variables of working with modularity and rearrangeable abstract forms. Her recent Phd Productive Limitation: Painting Abstract Emergent Languages through Serial Form explores these notions as they relate to contemporary abstraction. Both Sellbachs art practice and her surrounding research ask us to evaluate how we rel...ate to and communicate with abstract forms. Alongside her arts practice, Sellbach has worked as an arts educator and grants writer. She is represented by Nicholas Thompson Gallery in Melbourne. Antonias online activity will be available for you to enjoy on our socials and website this Wednesday August 5th! Studio Dax Online supported by City of Melbourne See more

18.01.2022 From the Cunningham Dax Collection Isabella Duncan, Angels trumpets over Celias fence 2002, acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 121 cm

18.01.2022 FREE art-making workshops for metro Melbourne! After the success of our workshops in regional Victoria we are launching two new art-making workshops for people living in metro Melbourne! One online workshop and an in person workshop at The Dax Centre!... Workshop 1: Exploring Connection: to ourselves, each other and the earth Date: Sunday November 29th Where: The Dax Centre, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville Workshop 2: Among the Trees A creative exploration using natural found objects Date: Monday December 7th Where: Online No prior art-making experience is necessary for either workshop, and both workshops are FREE! Places are limited, so head to our website www.daxcentre.org/publicprograms for more details and to book!

17.01.2022 Our new exhibition Child and Mother opens next week Thursday 10th of September! Patricia Stewart and Del Kathryn Barton met by chance and found an instant and immediate connection. In Child and Mother the two share a space as creatives, as women with lived experience of mental health issues, as mothers and daughters. From Patricias extensive personal collection and works from the Cunningham Dax Collection, Barton has curated an exhibition celebrating Patricias unique aesthe...tic grown from her mental health journey. Including new works by Del Kathryn Barton made in response to Patricia Stewarts extraordinary oeuvre spanning over 25years, Child and Mother is a rich visual exploration of relationships and connection. Explore this powerful exhibition from home through two immersive virtual experiences; an interactive, self-guided 360 virtual tour and a curated walk-through video both available on our website from next Thursday September 10.

16.01.2022 "Art is a mercurial form of expression, its capacity to be defined varies, but I feel it is open and available for everyone. Its the thing that will ultimately and always get us through Jessie Brooks-Dowsett Jessie is one of the host artists for the Studio Dax Online program. Her art-making activity will be available online for you tomorrow here on our facebook page and on our website! @jessiebdart... Studio Dax Online is supported by @cityofmelbourne

15.01.2022 Patricia Stewart, A right royal child - struggling for breath (artificial feeding), 1995, oil and mixed media on board, The Cunningham Dax Collection Just one of the exquisite works in the Child and Mother exhibition on now at The Dax Centre. We're open Wednesday - Friday, 11.00am to 3.30pm and every last Sunday of the month, 12pm - 3pm.... www.daxcentre.org/childandmother

14.01.2022 Next up in our #studiodaxonline series is Renee Yerondais This special series of online art-making activities is designed to inspire you to explore your creativity from the comfort and safety of your home Rene surrenders her body to dance at home, and shares some tips on how to get started with your own iso practice.... Allow your body to be moved by the music with abandon, let go of your thinking mind to witness with love not judgement - Renee Remember to share your responses to these art-making videos by posting them and using #studiodaxonline We hope you enjoy

14.01.2022 Youre in for a treat. Enjoy this art-making video by artist @katiewularni for this weeks instalment of #studiodaxonline Artist Katie West invites you to a session of drawing natural dyeing to create some pieces to enjoy in her own home while reflecting on a not always easy relationship with drawing and mark-making on entirely blank surfaces. You can learn more about Katie and our other Studio Dax Online artists by heading to https://www.daxcentre.org/daxathome/studio-dax-on...line/ Share your at-home art-making by hashtagging #studiodaxonline Supported by City of Melbourne

14.01.2022 On tonight! Creative Expression & Wellbeing online forum Join us at 7pm where #studiodaxonline artist @reneeyerondais will be discussing all things art and creative expression, as well as covering some tips on how we can apply creative expression to our daily lives! Click the link below to join:... https://saneforums.org//Topic-T/m-p/897154/highlight/true

13.01.2022 FREE online art making workshops for people in regional Victoria! Spend an afternoon exploring your creative side in a fun and inclusive online workshop hosted by artist and facilitator Heidi Everett. It made me feel motivated and inspired as well as connected to art and other people Workshop participant, 2020... Our aim for the workshops is to promote positive mental well-being through creativity and art making, the workshops are FREE and no prior art making experience is necessary! Head to www.daxcentre.org/publicprograms for all the details and to book Artwork shown: by Bec Knaggs from a previous workshop

13.01.2022 We are delighted to announce our next exhibition will be opening on ! Curated by Del Kathryn Barton and inspired by the impressive oeuvre and unique aesthetic of Patricia Stewart, is a rich visual exploration of relationships and connection. Featuring new works by Del Kathryn Barton, Patricia Stewart, and works from the Cunningham Dax Collection. From September 10th an interactive, self-guided 360 virtual tour along w...ith a curated walk-through video experience of the exhibition will be available on our website at https://www.daxcentre.org/exhibitions/childandmother/ We are also excited to announce a beautiful full colour, 98 page limited release is available for pre-order online now via The Dax Shop. Get your order in by September 3rd to secure your copy! https://www.daxcentre.org/shop/ is supported by Gandel Philanthropy The digital experiences for this exhibition have been made possible with support from @cityofmelbourne See more

13.01.2022 FREE online art making workshops for people in regional Victoria! Take some time out to nourish your creativity, relax and socialise in a safe and inclusive online space with our at-home art making workshops! These online workshops are for people with lived experience of mental health issues who live in regional Victoria.... Our aim for the workshops is to promote positive mental well-being through creativity and art making, the workshops are FREE and no prior art making experience is necessary! Head to www.daxcentre.org/publicprograms for more information and to book! Image credit: Kate Golding

13.01.2022 Next up in the #studiodaxonline series is @antoniasellbach ! Artist Antonia Sellbach invites the viewer to engage with the simple, soothing process of abstract, geometric collage. This is easy to do at home, collage is portable and can be done at any desk or on the floor with minimal supplies (paint, brush, cardboard or balsa wood). The outcomes and variations can be almost endless. ... Sellbachs artworks explore the ways in which ordering and reordering objects becomes connected to our internal thought processes as well as how we communicate externally, a process she refers to in her research as linguistic abstraction. the process of sorting, ordering, repeating and exploring I think these are fundamental aspects of play which are also very inherent to the process of making art. Antonia Sellbach

10.01.2022 Dreaming of a trip away? Until then you can visit our online exhibition 'Dreaming of a distant land' and explore far away worlds through an artists eyes Renee Sutton, Untitled, 1960, gouache on paper, 255 x 205mm www.daxcentre.org/exhibitions/dreamingofadistantland

10.01.2022 The first in our #studiodaxonline series Over the next three weeks well be sharing with you three more videos from Australian artists covering a variety of artistic disciplines to inspire you to create at home. This week its gestural abstract artist Jessie B-D Artist... Arts Therapist, Educator and Artist, Jessie Brooks-Dowsett takes us into her home studio to share a bit about her practice and the connection she finds between art, wellbeing and mental health. Help us create a supportive and inclusive creative online community, share your responses to these art-making videos by posting them and using #studiodaxonline We hope you enjoy

09.01.2022 This week is #PANDAweek, a week raising awareness about perinatal anxiety and depression, including signs to look for and where to go to seek support. As a PANDA Week Partner we will be sharing artwork and lived experience stories by PANDA's volunteer Community Champions to help reduce stigma, show how important it is that those affected know they are not alone and can reach out for help, and that perinatal illness is complex and every person’s experience is different. Today... we share Antonette Gaffney's artwork. Images 1 & 2: ‘Our journey’ Image 3: ‘Exhausted love’ "’Our journey’ shows a small, vulnerable cub and its mumstrong and focused, but in a state of finding her new identity as a parent and caregiver. Both are uncertain and feeling alone, but ultimately entwined in this journey of child and parent. ‘Exhausted love’ is a more personal expression of learning ‘how to’ parent and care for a child. It is wonderful, confronting, confusing, messy and joyful all at once it is completely exhausting! Antonette Gaffney For more information about perinatal anxiety and depression head to www.panda.org.au PANDA

09.01.2022 Del Kathryn Barton, 2020, the universe found me, acrylic, gouache, oil stick, dupion silk border on paper, hand finished frame, 155 cm x 110 cm One of the five incredible new artworks created by Del Kathryn Barton for the Child and Mother exhibition. On now at The Dax Centre.... Opening hours: Wednesday - Friday, 11:00am - 3:30pm Every last Sunday of the month, 12.00pm - 3.00pm www.daxcentre.org/childandmother

08.01.2022 If you havent already head over to https://www.daxcentre.org/daxathome/collection-home/ to view our current Collection @Home, a series of mini online exhibitions featuring selected works from the Cunningham Dax Collection. Artwork shown: Bruce Doyle, Still life with aquarium 1988, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29.5 cm Bruce Doyle... 1939 1992 Bruce Doyle was a prolific artist who did not receive recognition during his lifetime. He died of natural causes in his fifties, having lived with schizophrenia since his twenties. Many of his works were painted at home. Doyle held an exhibition at Caulfield Arts Complex in 1990 and the following are excerpts from a press release accompanying that exhibition: Doyles paintings are characterised by an exuberance in content and style. His love of the world around him and his enthusiasm for painting radiates from each picture. Expressionist may be one way to describe these works. Doyle himself describes them as abstract realist. I am a free soul when it comes to my art said Doyle, who began painting 15 years ago. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, Doyle also completed a six month drawing course with Alan Sumner at the National Gallery Art School. This background in drafting and professional training is subtly revealed in the formal qualities of Doyles work in his compositional skill and his exciting sense of colour.

08.01.2022 We are so excited to share with you @newday__sunrise a collaborative exhibition fundraiser organised by Artist Jacquie Lazzarotto (@jac.weave ) New Day Sunrise is a collaborative exhibition with a group of mostly Victorian artists who will all interpret a sunrise photo from a series of pictures I took every morning through Melbourne’s extended lockdown. These pieces from various mediums will be sold in a virtual online showing celebration of each new day, even through a pe...riod of time where days blur and motivation, purpose and focus have become so hard to maintain - Artist Jacquie Lazzarotto The exhibition opens online this Monday 9th of November. We are so grateful and honoured that 100% of proceeds from the sales the artworks in the exhibition will be donated to @saneaustralia and The Dax Centre Website details coming soon #newday #newdaysunrise #lockdownsunrise #newdayexhibition #celebratelife #melbourneexhibition #artformentalhealth

08.01.2022 It made me feel motivated and inspired as well as connected to art and other people Workshop participant, 2020 FREE online art-making workshops for residents in regional Victoria! Take some time out to nourish your creativity, relax and socialise in a safe and inclusive online space with our at-home art making workshops.... Our aim for the workshops is to promote positive mental well-being through creativity and art making, the workshops are free and no prior art making experience is necessary! These online workshops are for people with lived experience of mental health issues who live in regional Victoria. Head to www.daxcentre.org/publicprograms for more info and to book! Supported by the Victorian Government Artwork by: Bec Knaggs

07.01.2022 Head on over to Queer My Head to learn about their FREE online queer arts therapy taster sessions!

07.01.2022 The next Collection @ Home is now live on our website for you to enjoy! Collection @ Home is a series of mini online exhibitions of selected works from the 16,000+ artworks in the Cunningham Dax Collection. This Collection @ Home is curated by our gallery manager Stef Harris. Click the link below to view Stefs Collection @ Home:... https://www.daxcentre.org/daxathome/collection-home/ Artwork shown: Emma Anna imag_ne maquette 2009, acrylic on timber, 12 x 75 x 6 cm

06.01.2022 Child and Mother artist Patricia Stewart discusses the beginning of her creative journey. View more of Patricias works in the Child and Mother exhibition now showing at www.daxcentre.org/childandmother Child and Mother is supported by Gandel Philanthropy and City of Melbourne

06.01.2022 Online drawing classes for children and teens! Join artist and educator Jane Karnowski to explore drawing as an intuitive and playful expression of creativity. Using carefully selected artworks from the current exhibition, Child and Mother, we will work creatively, share and talk together online followed by offline time for independent making.... Its social at a distance while exploring your creative side with like minded people For more information and to book head to www.daxcentre.org/publicprograms

06.01.2022 This week for #studiodaxonline we have artist @katiewularni Katie West belongs to the Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara tablelands in Western Australia. The process of naturally dyeing fabric underpins her practice the rhythm of walking, gathering, bundling, boiling up water and infusing materials with plant matter. Katie creates objects, installations and happenings that invite calm, reflection and attention to the ecologies we live within and participate, following the ...understanding that the health and wellbeing of the environment is a reflection of the health and wellbeing of people. #studiodaxonline is supported by @cityofmelbourne

06.01.2022 As a #PANDAWeek2020 Partner this week we will be sharing artwork and lived experience stories by PANDA's volunteer Community Champions to help reduce stigma, show how important it is that those affected know they are not alone and can reach out for help, and that perinatal illness is complex and every person’s experience is different. Today we are sharing Elisabeth Hall's work (@the_arty_anxious_one) Artwork title: ‘Everything is Fine’... "I have been using art as therapy for severe post-natal depression, anxiety and panic attacks after the births of both my daughters, in 2013 and early 2020. COVID-19 has brought emotions and stressors to a peak with me, and balancing family, work and my mental health has been a very difficult challenge. I have needed two hospital stays this year for my mental health, and I feel like I have a duty to be open about that because when I first experienced PND/A, I knew nobody who had gone through the same thing. Along the way, I have felt privileged to have been able to be somebody who people have felt safe enough to confide in about their own struggles with post-natal mental health. Although I have support from family, a fantastic psychiatrist and an amazing workplace, it’s still incredibly difficult at times. I go to work and put on my ‘professional face’ that says ‘everything is fine’, but on the inside I sometimes feel completely alone, lost and like I’m screaming for help and an escape. The piece chosen is recent, and represents painting a picture for the world where ‘everything is fine’ and I’m happy and bubbly and capable, when on the inside it all feels like a lie, like wearing an absurd mask. I’ve played around with mixed media to represent this superficial happiness to be sparkly and bright, in a dark inner world where I’m begging for help with a sign written in blood (ribbon). I would like to encourage any parents who are experiencing symptoms of PND/A to seek help as soon as possible, and to find a health professional that suits you. Art therapy isn’t for everyone, but if you’re looking for something to help you understand what you’re feeling, then it can be really helpful and cathartic." - Elisabeth Hall For more information about perinatal anxiety and depression head to www.panda.org.au @pandanational

05.01.2022 Pre-orders for our limited release Child and Mother catalogue close midnight tomorrow Thursday September 3rd! Get your pre-order in to guarantee your copy of this beautifully curated catalogue. All funds raised through the sale of the catalogue go to supporting The Dax Centres mission to provide artists with lived experience of mental health issues opportunities for creative expression, while fostering social change by expanding the publics awareness of mental illness and b...reaking down stigma through art. Click here to purchase: https://www.daxcentre.org/shop/

03.01.2022 This week is #NAIDOCweek which runs till the 15th of November. NAIDOC week celebrates history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Tyrown Waigana (@crawlincrocodile) a Perth based artist and designer, has been named as this year’s winner of the prestigious National NAIDOC Poster Competition. "The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land." The Dax Centre acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as traditional custodians of the land on which it operates. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging, and value the rich history, unbroken culture and ongoing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to country.

02.01.2022 Artist opportunity: Mental Health and Art Engagement in the Loddon Campaspe Region The Dax Centre is taking expressions of interest for people with lived experience of mental health to participate in group art activities or individual discussions on their experiences in accessing creative experiences or opportunities. To find out more and apply head to https://www.daxcentre.org/artist-opportunities/ ... Artwork shown: Kylie Steinhardt, Untitled, 2018, felt tip pen on paper, 29.7 X 21cm

02.01.2022 Studio Dax Online starts this week! This special series of online art-making activities is designed to inspire you to explore your creativity from the comfort and saftey of your home Hosted by four Australian artists, the activities are designed to be both fun and practical and explore the connection between art, wellbeing and mental health. ... We kick off the series with the ever talented @jessiebdart Jessie is a Melbourne based gestural abstract artist, she grew up between the beaches of Sydneys east coast and the bushy mountains of Melbournes Dandenong ranges, her connection to nature is a formative element in her work, reflecting a personal dialogue between environment, experience, interaction and moments of time. Jessie engages her senses and uses her body as a conduit for the art making materials, exploring the relationship between self, experience and environment. Working in a mix of acrylic, inks and pastels, Jessie uses experimental methods to create marks that speak to her instinctual bodily responses, in reaction or recollection of her daily experiencing. Be sure to follow @daxcentre where well be posting a new video from the series each week Supported by @cityofmelbourne #studiodaxonline #artformentalhealth #vicgalleriesfromhome

02.01.2022 Next up in the #studiodaxonline program is Renee Yerondais! Renee Yerondais is fascinated by the human condition and our existential experience of living. She trained in philosophy of the mind before discovering the power of her body, through meditation practices, including dance. Shes danced consciously since 2007 and is about to complete her training as a @5Rhythms teacher. Renee offers classes in Melbourne and you can find her on Facebook and Instagram @melbourneci...tywaves Renees online activity will be available for you to enjoy this Wednesday July 29th! Stay tuned to our insta and facebook! The Studio Dax Online program is supported by @cityofmelbourne

02.01.2022 Additional dates added! Do you live in regional Victoria? The Dax Centre is running a series of online and face to face workshops for people in Regional Victoria with lived experience of mental health issues to participate in group art activities and discussions on their experiences in accessing creative experiences.... Participants also have the opportunity to provide their feedback at the end of the workshop. All materials are provided and it is free to register! Dates still available: August 10th - Online workshop (almost full) New date - August 19th - Online workshop New date - August 25th - Face to face workshop Click the link below to find out more and to register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/the-dax-centre-ltd-17125732

02.01.2022 Theres still time to check out the current Collection @ Home showing online now. Head to https://www.daxcentre.org/daxathome/collection-home/ Artwork: Romy Dwosh, GEN, Eric 2007, earthenware with nuts, 19 x 15 x 15 cm

01.01.2022 Need a little mid-week pick-me-up? View our #studiodaxonline series of art making videos exploring the connection between art, wellbeing and mental health at daxcentre.org/daxathome/studio-dax-online Artwork shown by #studiodaxonline artist @jessiebdart... Jessie is a Melbourne based gestural abstract artist, she grew up between the beaches of Sydneys east coast and the bushy mountains of Melbournes Dandenong ranges, her connection to nature is a formative element in her work, reflecting a personal dialogue between environment, experience, interaction and moments of time.

01.01.2022 We're back open and so delighted you can now view the Child and Mother exhibition in person! This is just one of the beautiful works created by Del Kathryn Barton for the exhibition. Del Kathryn Barton, mandala of flesh, 2020, acrylic, gouache, oil stick, dupion silk border on paper, hand finished frame, 155 cm x 110 cm... www.daxcentre.org/childandmother

01.01.2022 Our new exhibition Child and Mother opens this Thursday September 10. Explore this moving exhibition of over 200 work including paintings, drawings and sculpture from home at www.daxcentre.org/childandmother Curated by Del Kathryn Barton and inspired by the impressive oeuvre and unique aesthetic of Patricia Stewart, Child and Mother is a rich visual exploration of relationships and connection. Featuring new works by Del Kathryn Barton, Patricia Stewart, and works from the Cunningham Dax Collection.