Open Studio

This series offers a window into evolving work from the Library’s Fellowship Program. Across 3 lunchtime sessions, you’ll hear directly from creative artists and researchers, who will share an update on their unique Library fellowship projects. Designed to be informal and interactive, these sessions give you the chance to see ideas taking shape, spark conversations and discover how the Library is a living site of creation, research and innovation.

Auslan interpretation is available upon request.

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Tuesday 28 July:

Violinist and Head of Strings at Monash University, Dr Anna McMichael will discuss her project Sounds of an Icy Continent: Sounds and sights of Antarctica, developed through the 2025 Climate Futures Artist Fellowship at State Library Victoria. Drawing on the Library’s collection of historic photographs and records of Antarctic exploration, the project explores and impact of climate change through new works of music and immersive multimedia installations.

Tuesday 18 August:

Writer Michael Dulaney discusses his new book, Sentinels: When diseases spread between animals and humans, which explores the connections between environmental exploitation and the rise of diseases jumping between species. The book was developed through Michael's 2024 Climate Futures Fellowship at State Library Victoria.

Tuesday 15 September:

Greek-Australian writer, chef and printmaker Ella Mittas will discuss her artist book, developed through the 2025 Tate Adams Memorial Fellowship at State Library Victoria and Baldessin Studio. The book brings together woodcut prints, recipes and essays tracing how food carries cultural memory, histories and identity across Georgia, Bulgaria, Italy and Greek-Australia.

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