Contemporary art in heritage redevelopments – a panel discussion.

Join us for fascinating insights about selecting and placing contemporary art in heritage refurbishments, renovations, and redevelopments.

Deliberate inclusion of contemporary art in the interior/exterior design strategy when restoring or redeveloping heritage buildings offers ways for the past to be experienced in the present, and for the present to activate the past.

Examples include the State Buildings in Perth and Ace Hotel Sydney where curated art collections and commissioning artists have created impressive focal points that recontextualise and enliven the building.

The panel discusses their approach to selecting, commissioning, and creating contemporary art for heritage redevelopments.

Details:
Wednesday 29 March 2023 5:30-7:00pm
Art Collective, Cathedral Square
Further details and registration here.

Facilitator:
Neil Cownie, architect.

Panellists:
Michelle Blakeley, architect
Elaine McElroy, interior designer
Joanna Lamb, artist

Neil Cownie
With more than 35 years experience as an architect, Neil combines his passion for design in all its forms – architecture, landscape, furniture, lighting and objects – with his clients’ aspirations to realise their dreams in built form, always aiming to create timeless buildings that will endure.

Michelle Blakeley
Michelle has designed and managed projects which have won multiple awards for public buildings, urban design, sustainable design and heritage, and winning the 2022 Australian Institute of Architects WA Presidents Prize for WA.

Elaine McElroy
Over 25 years of professional practice, Elaine selects art and arranges its placement for properties often during their redevelopment phase. She is currently Design Manager for all AMB Lifestyle Asset properties and Fini Group. Recent projects include The State Buildings’ hospitality venues, including Beer Corner, Wine Merchant, POST and Wildflower restaurants, and COMO The Treasury Hotel.

Joanna Lamb
Joanna is an artist and active member of Art Collective WA. A painter and printmaker Joanna is known for highly refined geometric compositions of contemporary life. Her works are included in the collections of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Parliament House, The University of Western Australia, and Murdoch University; and was recently commissioned to create a site-specific work for Ace Hotel Sydney.

Paul Uhlmann, Turbulence, 2014, oil on canvas, 180 x 150cm. COMO The Treasury Hotel Art Collection, Perth. Courtesy the artist and Art Collective WA.