Treecreate Studio welcomes Felicia Lloyd

We are really excited to have another wonderful artist working with us at Treecreate Studio – Felicia Lloyd.

Her practice explores ways to engage communities in the process of making and she will be leading a number of workshops in the coming months. Felicia works across a range of media and is a highly experienced facilitator and curator.

Welcome Felicia!

Artist biography

Working in digital and new media, photography, and printmaking, Felicia Lloyd is a local
artist living on Yarun (Bribie Island). With professional experience including teaching and
workshop facilitation, design, curation and events management, her work has been featured
in the Queensland Regional Art Awards, solo and group exhibitions, private and public
collections, including the QLD State Library.

Felicia created a number of temporary public artworks in the Gladstone Region and more recently for the Moreton Bay Art at Large Foreshore Footpaths project, with her artwork installed at Airforce Park in Bongaree. In 2023 she was an artist in residence at the Hub
Creative Artist Studios at Caboolture Regional Art Gallery and facilitated printmaking workshops at Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Bribie Island Community Art Centre and Emerald State High School.

Felicia Lloyd is a skilled arts professional who works with schools, community groups and not for profit arts organisations to deliver art workshops, events, and experiences.

With over 20 years connecting with artists, to mentor and support them as they develop professional and creative skills, she has expertise in engaging audiences in a way that is accessible, sustainable and prompts creative collaboration.

Statement of intention

I will create an open printmaking studio as I undertake the research and development for a
body of work. Creation of prints, artist books and boxes, altered books, reclaimed objects
and artefacts will explore the historical development of Bribie Island in terms of place
(physical location, geography, landscape), time (pre and post world war 2) and space
(psychological, collective memories). Found objects and imagery from early enterprise and
tourism will be utilised to explore the impact of development of the Moreton Bay region on its
environment and people . Intention at some point is to exhibit artefacts as an “inconvenience
store “ where visitors are invited to explore a makeshift souvenir shop and experience hands
on printmaking demonstrations.

Links

Weaving Water |World Water 2024

We are very excited to be presenting our next iteration of Weaving Water with a virtual program leading up to World Water Day 2024.

Weaving Water | World Water 2024 explores the concepts of water, relational ways of being, ecosystems restoration and connectivity. It is a virtual residency program happening between 11 to 22 March, culminating in an exhibition acknowledging World Water Day, Friday 22 March at Treecreate Studio.

The theme for World Water Day in 2024 is Leveraging Water for Peace.

“World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is all about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. 

A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. This is to ensure that all have access to safe water throughout the world by 2030! 

In 2024, the World Water Day campaign is led by the UN-Water Expert group on climate and water.” UN Water https://www.unwater.org/our-work/world-water-day

Our continuing Weaving Water program brings together scientists, knowledge holders, technologists and creatives to work collaboratively, with a focus on linking diverse knowledges to co-create across disciplines and meditate on the themes of ecological restoration, water and the more-than-human.

Check out this page on the Weaving Water website for more information.

UpStage partnership with Treecreate

We are very excited to announce a new partnership with Aotearoa based digital community UpStage.

As part of the Weaving Water @ Yarun program we worked with Vicki Smith on creating a virtual presence using UpStage and we loved using the tool so much, we decided it would be great to have an instance for Treecreate projects!

About

UpStage is an online venue for live performance where remote performers collaborate in real time using digital media. It all happens in a web browser which makes it very accessible across devices.

Visit upstage.org.nz to find out more, sign up for news and walk throughs or help support this artist led project.

Thank you ❤

This project has been supported with a Continue Creating grant through the Regional Arts Development Fund, administered by Moreton Bay Regional Council.

Alternative Reality Gardening

An AwhiWorld project

In 2023, Dr Maggie Buxton curated and produced a publication and symposium project titled Alternative Reality Gardening, which aimed to open portals to different realities using the gardening theme.

The project invited scientists, technologists, theorists, poets, crafters, dancers, artists, and engineers from AwhiWorld’s cross-disciplinary network of collaborators and partner organisations to contribute.

This provided another opportunity to collaborate with Treecreate and Tracey, who provided a poem and a series of cyanotype images using her father’s funeral flowers. 

Tracey’s contribution was also supplemented by a symposium talk.

Weaving wetlands @Plant Lab 2022

Weaving wetlands @Plant Lab 22

Love letters to the Dugongs

In 2022, Tracey and Meeting of the Waters: Locative Media Oceania (LMO) participant Simone Johnson started to have conversations about their mutual love of the Dugongs and Manatees. This resulted in a series of love letters being written by them to these magical and elusive creatures.

Simone and Tracey then presented their love letters to the Dugongs and Manatees to the LMO group on a zoom call in December 2022. The theme of these calls was Water Play and was an opportunity for monthly catch up and information share between past LMO participants. Here is the recording of the presentation.

From this presentation, there was more interest in the Dugong Love Letters by organisers of the 2023 Dugong Symposium, run by the Bribie Island Environment Protection Association (BIEPA) at the Bribie Island Seaside Museum. More letters were shared from Simone and well as one from Abu Dhabi by Kim Robertson.

At the recent Weaving Water @ Yarun residency there was a lot of interest in the dugongs, with one of the events being a tour with the Ferryman of Pumicestone Passage where about four dugongs were seen. This created great excitement for the group of residency participants and more love letters were written to the dugongs.

Bronwin Patrickson, a sound artist who creates interactive walks was inspired to not only create a love letter in the form of a story but also a sound walk with the love letters from Simone, Kim and Tracey as well as new ones by Tamsin Kerr and Bronwin. The sound walk also has contributions from many of the other residents ❤

Bronwin’s gorgeous story focused on the dugong losing its tail, which spoke to the changing form of Yarun, which is known as the dugong because of its shape. The northern end of the island (the tail) experienced a breakthrough from the ocean in 2022 and since then the tip of the island has been shifting towards the mainland.

Here is a link to the sound walk Love Letters to Dugongs: A Walking Postcard and a screenshot of this lovely work which is designed to be experienced in-situ ❤

We hope these offerings to the dugongs grow over time with more humans offering their love letters.

Weaving Water | World Water 2024

We are excited to announce a virtual program designed to build on the Weaving Water @ Yarun program which happened on Yarun Bribie Island in later 2023.

Dates: 11 to 22 March 2024

Expression of Interest

Weaving Water | World Water 2024 explores the concepts of water, relational ways of being, ecosystems restoration and connectivity. It is a virtual residency program scheduled for 11 to 22 March, culminating in an exhibition acknowledging World Water Day, Friday 22 March at Treecreate Studio.

The theme for World Water Day in 2024 is Leveraging Water for Peace.

“World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is all about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. 

A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. This is to ensure that all have access to safe water throughout the world by 2030! 

In 2024, the World Water Day campaign is led by the UN-Water Expert group on climate and water.” 

UN Water https://www.unwater.org/our-work/world-water-day

Our continuing Weaving Water program brings together scientists, knowledge holders, technologists and creatives to work collaboratively, with a focus on linking diverse knowledges to co-create across disciplines and meditate on the themes of ecological restoration, water and the more-than-human.

Our inaugural onsite residency, Weaving Water @ Yarun was held between 27 November and 8 December with over 20 participants converging on Yarun Bribie Island to connect, create and learn about the fragile ecologies of this sand island situated in Moreton Bay, Australia

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World Wetlands day Treecreative walk

Date: Saturday 3 February


To commemorate World Wetland Day, come join us for a fun morning exploring the Bibimulya Wetlands through mindfulness meditation, a soundwalk and creative exploration.

The theme of World Wetland Day 2024 is Wetlands and Human Wellbeing

The walkshop incorporates bushwalking with mindfulness practice and exploration with artistic mediums including drawing, painting, writing and photography.  

The walks are playful and fun and encourage you to add your own stories of special places where you feel connected, at home and enjoying nature. 

The mindfulness meditations will help you slow you down, pay attention to your surroundings and to take time to breathe.

Please bring your smartphone and headphones, a hat and some water.

Suitable for all ages. 

*Under 18s need to be accompanied by a parent or carer.  

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Weaving Water @ Yarun

Our major project for 2023 was Weaving Water @ Yarun an onsite and virtual program held between 27 November and 8 December.

This project explored the concepts of water, relational ways of being and connectivity. Weaving Water @ Yarun brought together First Nations knowledge holders, artists, scientists, technologists and local community to explore and reflect on the beautiful environment of Yarun Bribie Island, its fragile ecology and related issues impacting the more-than-human world.

Highights

There were a range of public events as well as some special events for residents.

  • Welcome to Country with Aunty Leisha Krause and smoking ceremony and performance by PIEEC jarjums
  • Cultural Awareness session with Aunty Flo Watson and Michelle Watson
  • A dugong sunset tour with the Ferryman where we saw the elusive seacows grazing on seagrass.
  • A range of workshops and seminars at the Bribie Island Seaside Museum with Nola Turner-Jensen, Jean Yern, Kim Newall, Harete Tito, Bruce Phillips, Tracey Benson and Trudy Lane.
  • Weaving Water @ Yarun symposium with speakers including:
    • Sherry Bruce (BIEPA Dugong Diaries), 
    • Trudy Lane and Kathleen Catalan talking about Shore Birds
    • Anne Leitch (CoastAdapt)
    • Tommy Dick and Anne Leitch – Love in the age of Climate Change
    • Pasha Clothier, Rewa Wright and Tracey Benson – Interconnections of light, plants and water
    • Michelle Maloney (Australian Earth Laws Alliance)
  • An open day at the residency venue which was attended by more than 40 people from our local community
  • A behind-the-scenes tour of the Qld Museum collection hosted by Dr Bianca Beetson, the Director of First Nations at the Qld Museum
  • A morning of water related Artist Talks at the Bribie Island Seaside Museum with Sandy Sur, Desna Whaanga-Schollum, Dr Sarah Jane Pell, Darren Jew and Dr Leah Barclay

We also had some great workshops and talks for the residents including:

  • Krista Ellis demonstrating weaving techniques for the Torres Strait
  • Kristine Diekman teaching the group about creating sound installations using sensors and fabric.
  • Tracey Willms Deane shared printmaking techniques using eco-inks
  • Sarah Jane Pell facilitating a Waterplay session using an underwater 360 camera.
  • Fernanda D’Agostino and Sophia Wright Emigh exploring virtual performance technologies
  • A panel with Nina Czegledy, Pasha Clothier, Pier Luigi Capucci, Elena Giulia Rossi and Roberta Buiani
  • A workshop exploring Oceans connections with Sue Finley

This was an expansive program and one at a scale not before attempted by Treecreate. We plan to build on this experience and support other like-hearted international programs into the future.

Thank you so much to our partners and supporters for believing in this project and helping it come to life!

AwhiWorld at Weaving Water @ Yarun

It was great to have our ongoing partners and collaborators AwhiWorld at Weaving Water @ Yarun, Treecreate’s major project for 2023.

Dr Maggie Buxton presented a talk at the symposium, which explored the amazing work of AwhiWorld, which included some of the projects Tracey has been involved in over the past few years. You can check out her presentation below.

Our collaboration goes under the working title of Tasman Threads and seeks to link together our values, places and practice.

Creative technologist Kim Newall attended the 11 day in-person program and presented a talk as part of the public events at the Bribie Island Seaside Museum. Here are some pictures from his talk.

Kim also provided guidance and tech support to the Treecreate team, helping to trouble shoot and set up our 3d printer so we can co-create and run workshops. It was great to also see the 3d scanner that he brought along – nice piece of equipment!

We are very much looking forward to our continuing work together making threads of connection across the Tasman.