The SLAB

08/09/2025

03/09/2025

This Friday night a seminar by Doug Kahn presented by MAPBM
Douglas Kahn is Honorary Professor at Sydney College of the Arts, and Professor Emeritus at University of California at Davis and University of New South Wales. Books include Noise Water Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts (MIT, 1999), Earth Sound Earth Signal: Energies and Earth Magnitude in the Arts (University of California, 2013), and Energies in the Arts (MIT, 2019). In collaboration with Dr. Pia van Gelder (ANU), his current project is The Energies Artists Say.

Solarception: Not seeing blue in a second sense in the eye, presented by Douglas Kahn

15/05/2025

I am sitting the Altitude exhibition tomorrow at Muse Gallery. Do call in if you are in the city and check out this reactivated gallery space.

ALTITUDE at THE MUSE

The Altitude exhibition of selected works by artist members of Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains continues at the MUSE Gallery, TAFE NSW Ultimo!

The MAPBM Altitude exhibition recently on show at NSW Parliament House is continuing at the MUSE Gallery, TAFE NSW Ultimo campus from 2 to 23 May 2025 in an exciting partnership between MAPBM and NSW TAFE. The exhibition is being installed at the Muse by TAFE Arts and Cultural Administration students under the supervision of Senior Curator Isobel Johnston.

Venue: The Muse Gallery, 651 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW.
Exhibition dates: Friday 2 to Friday 23 May 2025.
Exhibition hours: 11am to 4pm, Tuesday to Thursday, 11am to 3pm, Fridays.

Please note that the finissage previously planned for 24 May has been cancelled - apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Artists: Brad Allen-Waters; M Bozzec; Jo Davies; Kris Deray; Beata Geyer; Jody Graham; Yvette Hamilton; Sabine Le Tourneau; Fleur MacDonald; Ian Milliss; Chia Moan; Ro Murray; Sean O’Keeffe; Katya Petetskaya; Pam Vaughan; Rebecca Waterstone and Leanne Wicks.

Altitude Curator: Miriam Williamson.
Muse Gallery Curator: Isobel Johnston.

15/05/2025

ALTITUDE at THE MUSE

The Altitude exhibition of selected works by artist members of Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains continues at the MUSE Gallery, TAFE NSW Ultimo!

The MAPBM Altitude exhibition recently on show at NSW Parliament House is continuing at the MUSE Gallery, TAFE NSW Ultimo campus from 2 to 23 May 2025 in an exciting partnership between MAPBM and NSW TAFE. The exhibition is being installed at the Muse by TAFE Arts and Cultural Administration students under the supervision of Senior Curator Isobel Johnston.

Venue: The Muse Gallery, 651 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW.
Exhibition dates: Friday 2 to Friday 23 May 2025.
Exhibition hours: 11am to 4pm, Tuesday to Thursday, 11am to 3pm, Fridays.

Please note that the finissage previously planned for 24 May has been cancelled - apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Artists: Brad Allen-Waters; M Bozzec; Jo Davies; Kris Deray; Beata Geyer; Jody Graham; Yvette Hamilton; Sabine Le Tourneau; Fleur MacDonald; Ian Milliss; Chia Moan; Ro Murray; Sean O’Keeffe; Katya Petetskaya; Pam Vaughan; Rebecca Waterstone and Leanne Wicks.

Altitude Curator: Miriam Williamson.
Muse Gallery Curator: Isobel Johnston.

21/04/2025

The 4th in the MAPBM seminar series coming up this Wednesday at Rosey Ravelston's bookshop. Bookings via the eventbrite link below.

MAPBM presents 'Sonaurality: the vibrating relations of sound and listening' with Dr Gail Priest.

In the fourth of our seminar series, MAPBM is very pleased to present 'Sonaurality: the vibrating relations of sound and listening' with Dr Gail Priest, RoseyRavelston Books Lawson at 6:00pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025

Gail Priest is a sound artist living on Dharug and Gundungurra lands. For over 25 years she has explored the aural realm through installations, audio releases, concerts, sound design for theatre and dance, curated exhibitions and publications. For the MAPBM series she will present her evolving thoughts on sound and listening as an interdependent relation that challenges the division of subjects and objects into discrete entities. Drawing on her work (in collaboration with Thomas Burless) around the translation of sonic vibrations into material forms, she will use Jane Bennett’s concept of shared energies (2010) to better understand the relationships between the human and non-human, the organic and inorganic.

To make a booking please visit https://events.humanitix.com/mapbm-presents-sonaurality-with-dr-gail-priest. This session is open to the public as well as MAPBM Members, but book early as places are limited. This session will be especially relevant for all performance, visual, digital and installation artists who use sound in their work. Your ticket price includes a donation towards one free drink at the seminar.

22/03/2025

Please join us for the upcoming Altitude exhibition opening in NSW Parliament House with guest the Hon. John Graham, Minister for the Arts.
6pm Thursday 3rd April. RSVP essential by 27th March via Humanitix link in comments below.

ALTITUDE

An exhibition of selected works from artist members of Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains. The artists are inspired by the environment they live and work in, ranging from Greater Western Sydney to Central Western NSW.

Artists: Brad Allen-Waters; M Bozzec; Vivienne Dadour; Jo Davies; Kris Deray; Beata Geyer; Jody Graham; Yvette Hamilton; Sabine Le Tourneau; Fleur MacDonald; Ian Milliss; Chia Moan; Ro Murray; Sean O’Keeffe; Katya Petetskaya; Pam Vaughan; Rebecca Waterstone and Leanne Wicks.

Curated by: Miriam Williamson
| https://www.modernartprojects.org/news/altitude

1 to 23 April 2025
Fountain Court NSW Parliament House
6 Macquarie Street Sydney NSW
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.

Sponsored by Trish Doyle MP,
Member for Blue Mountains
Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change,
Energy, the Environment and Heritage.

EXHIBITION OPENING:

The exhibition will be opened by: The Hon. John Graham, MLC, Minister for State, Minister for Transport, Minister for the Arts, Music and the Night Time Economy

‍6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Thursday 3 April 2025

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT

Image credit: Yvette Hamilton, 'Solar Observation #8' 2024 inkjet print on cotton baryta paper from cameraless unfixed lumen photogram 95 x 130 cm Courtesy of the artist.

27/09/2024

Today we farewelled Michael Petchkovsky. You were much loved and will be greatly missed. Michael was instrumental in giving us the encouragement to move forward with the The SLAB as an ARI with his Masters work being the inaugural show. Michael's presence will always loom large at The SLAB.

23/04/2024

A recently published story on the very talented artisan and SLAB Co-Director Brad Allen-Waters. These beautiful pieces are proudly handcrafted here in the Blue Mountains.

Celebrating the best of Australian design and manufacturing Dive behind the scenes in our exciting new feature, where we chat with the creative minds behind our most beloved lamps. Get an exclusive peek into their creative journeys and discover the inspiration that fuels their design process. For th...

15/04/2024

COLD CASE - Hit and Run
I will be interviewed on KRR 98.7 FM from 10:00am this Wednesday as part of the development of work for Cementa24.

"Williamson Park" is the site of an unsolved crime against my father that took place in 1951, an outspoken unionist at the cement works with political ambitions in a safe Country Party electorate.

Part fact, part fiction this is the next step in a call out to the local community for any information (fact or myth) to develop the work with my partner 'in crime' Brad Allen-Waters and collaborator Ian Milliss.

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The SLAB is a contemporary art space in the Central Blue Mountains. It hosts one off events showcasing the work of artists from the region.