Gifted Arts

Cover of Gifted Arts
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Between worlds: Belinda Mason and Blur Projects
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Alasdair Foster

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Body, remember: Wrap me in a sister cloak
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Ali Gumillya Baker

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Regimes of care: Concerning the afterlife of artists
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Robert Cook

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CAT
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The idea of redemption: Artmaking in prison
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Alasdair Foster

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On thin ice: Creating a life beyond addiction
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Ginger Gorman

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Flesh after fifty: Changing images of older women in art
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Jacqueline Millner

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Guildhouse
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How can I live in your world? Empathic strategies in contemporary Asian art
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Reuben Keehan

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Shahidul Alam: You're blocking the sun
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Kelly Hussey-Smith

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In 1992 the Premier of WA initiated the Premier's Gift Commissioning Project in conjunction with the Crafts Council of WA inviting artists to design and produce protocol gifts and souvenirs within a lower price range, which though of exclusive design could be manufactured in multiples using light local industrial processes where appropriate.

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