CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COLLECTIVE SHORT STORY IN THE CREATIVE NOOK
The Creative Nook returns to Devonport Regional Gallery for the touring exhibition, National Photographic Portrait Prize, from 7 February to 8 March, and features Launceston writer Cameron Hindrum.
Launceston writer and author, Cameron Hindrum has been assisting the Gallery with the beginnings of a short story inspired by the portraits in the exhibition. Visitors to the Gallery are encouraged to add to the story, bringing the characters alive from the works in the exhibition through creative writing.
The Creative Nook operates throughout the exhibition, with the short story expected to evolve and grow as visitors continue to add to the story, resulting in a completed short story by the final week of the exhibition.
Cameron Hindrum will be assisting budding writers and Creative Nook participants, explaining the process at the Gallery on Saturday 7 February, 12 – 3 pm. The public are encouraged to drop by at any time to contribute to the short story and be guided in their writing by Cameron.
The story, titled ‘The Final’ begins with characters inspired by the following works:
Nikki Toole, The Last Season, Jake Toohey, 2013, digital print
Justin Aaron Spaull, The Conscious Unconscious, Saturday
Morning Sleep-in, 2013, digital print
The story begins:
“Don’t wake your mother.”
Justin’s shadow paused in the half-light of the hallway. “I won’t,” it whispered.
“You off for a run?”
“Yeah. Coach wants us doing three kilometres a day.”
The shadow drifted backwards towards the kitchen door, and finally half of Justin appeared from the left hand side of the door frame. He was getting tall, his father noticed. He needed a haircut. In the early light, though, he still looked like a child, like the kid who’d chased the footy up and down the park all those years ago. He chased the ball for real now, Club Junior Champion two years in a row, Best on Ground in last year’s narrow grand final loss. Nick leaned on the kitchen bench…
Read more at the Creative Nook…
WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE: CAMERON HINDRUM
Where: Devonport Regional Gallery
When: Saturday 7 February, 12–3 pm
Who: all ages
Cost: FREE
Drop-in – no bookings required
CREATIVE NOOK
Help create our collective short story, inspired by works in the National Photographic Portrait Prize touring exhibition.
Where: Devonport Regional Gallery
When: During Gallery open hours, 7 February to 8 March, 2015
Who: Ages 15+
Cost: FREE
About the Creative Nook
The Creative Nook is an interactive art-making workspace within the Gallery, that is presented during selected exhibitions. The Nook was last presented as part of the BODYWORK Exhibition in November 2014, which featured paper-based jewellery making. The art medium changes depending on the exhibition.
About Cameron Hindrum
Cameron lives and writes in Launceston, where he pays his bills by teaching English. His short novel The Blue Cathedral (Forty South Books) was published in 2011 and two volumes of poetry, Private Conversations Volumes 1 & 2, appeared in 2012, published by Another Lost Shark and Walleah Press respectively. He commenced work on his second novel for an MA in Creative Writing and in 2014 he commenced a Doctorate in Creative Writing, continuing work on the novel, through the University of Wollongong. He recently completed the draft of a play, ‘I Am A Lake’ commissioned by Mudlark Theatre hopefully for performance around The Island in 2016. Cameron has served as Director of the Tasmanian Poetry Festival since 2003 and since 2007 as the Tasmanian Coordinator of the Australian Poetry Slam. When the muse dictates, he blogs at www.brokenfrog.wordpress.com.
Writer, Cameron Hindrum
For more information about the Creative Nook and Cameron Hindrum’s writer-in-residence on Saturday 7 February, please contact the Gallery on P. 6424 8296 or E. [email protected].
EXHIBITION
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE
2014 Finalist Exhibition: 7 February – 8 March 2015
DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY, 45-47 Stewart Street, Devonport
Dianne Sheehan, Education & Public Programs Officer
