response to permewan’s shed

July 19, 2016 by catbailey

Finding loads of shoe boxes decorated with a running river theme, combined with a flood story from a local elder, I made this installation of the flood watermark on the outside of the Permewan’s shed, in Hamilton, in 2015. It was a quick response to the immediate environment and history of the shed. I love the tag on the outside of the shed.  Bummer it is not mine. I prefer working on the outside of a building and thanks to artist Trevor Flinn for the opportunity to do […]

Categories: Blog, Installation, Public Art and Community Engagement • Tags: art, artist, Australia, community engagement, contemporaryart, environmental art, graffiti art, hamilton, installation, photography, shed, Trevor Flinn

Jumping girl

March 6, 2015 by catbailey

This image was made during the production of VAPPortland.

Categories: Blog, Photography, Vap-project • Tags: amusement, art, arts, catandfin, catbailey, crazyartist, entertainment, happiness, inspiration, model, muse, pathos, photography, Portland, running late, saddness, the vapproject, the virtual arboretum portland, VAPProject

Media Release for The Sea Creatures Street Art Project

October 13, 2014 by catbailey

Media Release for The Sea Creatures Street Art Project, written by Ms Danita Smith. Teacher. Narrawong District Primary School. Who: Students and teachers from Narrawong District Primary School and artist Catherine Bailey What: The Sea Creatures Street Art Project (Paste-up mural made with street art techniques). Possibly the largest paste-up, of its kind, in the State. Where: On Sportspower wall in alleyway between Elijah’s Sportspower and Beach Hut Pizza, in Bentinck Street, Portland. Victoria. Australia When: Launch – Upwelling Festival […]

Categories: Blog, grant links, Public Art and Community Engagement • Tags: art, artist, Artsvictoria, Australia, children'sart, community engagement, environmental art, kidsart, paste-ups, photography, Portland, seacreaturesstreetartproject, Street art, travel, Vicarts, Victoria, visitportland, visitvictoria

The Virtual Arboretum Portland, Australia (Pilot Project)

April 22, 2014 by catbailey

The Virtual Arboretum Portland, Australia Project concept, initiation, facilitation and management Cat Bailey. Happy to announce a new project is now underway. http://virtualarboretum.com.au/ The Virtual Arboretum Portland is a regional partnership project to create a contemporary, responsive experience to Portland’s natural environment. Artists Sandra Winkworth, Colleen Hughson, Carmel Wallace and Catherine Bailey will each research and create a unique, dynamic, site-specific performance, installation or video responding to the immediate surrounds or socio/historical/environmental aspects of the trees and green spaces in […]

Categories: Blog, Projects - ongoing, Public Art and Community Engagement, Whats on • Tags: artists, contemporary art, installation, photography, Portland’s natural environment. Artist, raf, rav, regionalartsfund, regionalartsvictoria, site-specific performance, the virtual arboretum portland, Very exciting, video

Falling – coming to a wall near you.

September 19, 2013 by catbailey

This beautifully executed work work is by Frank Makin. He is in year 7 at the Portland Reengagement Centre, Portland, Victoria. He did a pretty amazing jump in order for someone to get the photo of the pose he wanted. He is  a naturally gifted painter and i really enjoyed watching him work. He was very focused. To me it looks like he is free-falling in space, from a great height. Two young artists worked on this paste up. One […]

Categories: Blog, Public Art and Community Engagement • Tags: brandon higgins, corey prederch, frank makin, graffiti art, jared bourke maddox windmer, painting, paste-ups, photography, reengagement centre, talent, youngartists

Roadtrip – A day where everything had poetry

May 20, 2013 by catbailey

Road trip, without my baby, spent watching the seemingly unsymmetrical formations of flying crows and clouds and their shadows on the burnt brown land. © Cat Bailey 2013

Categories: Blog • Tags: my town, photography, roadtrip, writing - non fiction

Blog for Portland Botanical Gardens project 2013

May 9, 2013 by catbailey

Instagram #pbgproject May 6th, 2013 Started the Portland Botanical Garden’s Art and Community Engagement Project today. There are 1250 Dahlia Plants at the Portland Botanical Gardens, which are grown for public enjoyment and to use in the wreaths and flower arrangements for ANZAC day on the 25th of April. They have been grown in the gardens since 1926. As its after Anzac day and the Dahlias have had their day in the sun, our interactive community engagement pop up event […]

Categories: Blog, Public Art and Community Engagement, Uncategorized • Tags: anzac day, art, Australia, Cat bailey, children, community art, community engagement, croquet club rooms, croquet., dahlia, david garnier, dog, dogintree, environmental art, facebook, floral arrangements, flower artist, flower words, flowerart, Gardens, Glenelg Shire Council, hello, instagram, instagram photos, Kalbari Kindergarden, kyeema, Narrawong Primary School, pgotos, photography, Photos, playing, pop up events, Portland, Portland Botanical Garden's Community Engagement Project, Portland Botanical Gardens, Portland Child and Family Complex, Portland Croquet Club, social media, stories, students, Victoria, windows, words in flowers, wreaths

Community Engagement at the Portland Botanical Gardens

May 3, 2013 by catbailey

Instagram #pbgproject On Monday, the 6th of May, the Portland Botanical Gardens (PBG) began a community engagement program, which involved artist, Catherine Bailey, as artist in residence for 70 hours over 3 months. As part of this project David Garnier, the Head Gardener at PBG showed a new younger audience the wonders of the gardens. David had some exciting ideas for the kindergarten children from Kalbari Kindergarten and The Portland Child and Family Complex, school children from Narrawong Public School […]

Categories: Blog, Public Art and Community Engagement, Uncategorized, Whats on • Tags: art, artist, botanical gardens, catherine bailey, children's art, community engaement, community engagement, Dahlias, Glenelg Shire Council, hot house, instagram, kamikaze gardening, parks and gardens, photography, Photos, pop up events, Portland Botanical Gardens, regional arts fund, regional arts victoria, school children, the arts, trees, word games, wordart

Photography Oct 2008

January 30, 2013 by catbailey

Photos taken in Paris Parks and Gardens 2008.

Categories: Photography, Uncategorized • Tags: Paris, parks and gardens, photography