Illuminated by Fire

Pull up a chair and join us by the fire…

From June 29–July 3, Melbourne’s iconic Fed Square will betransformed by some of Victoria’s most gifted regional artistsand their communities.

As part of Regional Arts Victoria’s statewide project Illuminated by Fire, 10 extraordinary projects will be installed and showcased with a series of events, talks and tours.

Stave off the winter chill and join our artists on a guided tourthrough 10 projects as diverse as they are beautiful. Listen tohow they explored the theme of fire through art: how do youcook the perfect scone in a wood-fired stove? What makes aSpider Orchid bloom?

And how can adversity bring communities together? They willalso shine a light through the winter gloom with guided nighttours that explore the installations after dark. Make sure yourug up when the sun sets, as all the artworks will come alive with light displays and stunning fire imagery.

The artworks will be supplemented by a program of daily talksconducted by emergency services workers, writers, academics, artists, and journalists on the role of fire in our environment. Take a self-guided adventure through art, or let yourself be hosted by one of our regional artists.

We all know that fire has the capacity to tear communities apart.

Join us at Fed Square to see how it can bring people together.

Thank you

Project Supporters

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The Project

The Artist

Illuminated By Fire Project TeamFollowing the Black Saturday Bushfires, local artist Sharon Collins

was inspired to create a sculpture symbolizing the unity and bond of the Flowerdale Community.

The end result being a large light box in the shape of a tree, an image adopted by the community as a sumbol of renewel. This

tree symbol has now been tattooed on over 100 local residents.Once illuminated, Adorned with resin hand casts taken from

hundreds of community residents, the tree celebrates the sense of unity that has emerged from this tragic event

Sharon Collins has always had a strong desire for the arts, painting with acrylics on canvas have been her dominant form concentrating

mainly on contempory to childrens art. Her interest in Lifecasting began in 2005 after casting her son’s hands and feet, but this soon

developed into adult body casting including full face and torso casts.The 2009 bushfires, whilst destroying all past works, inspired Sharon

even further to push new ideas and recreate her portfolio.

Her latest works have included a number of mixed mediums including working with acrylic and ash on canvas and her most recent, being the

casting of over 250 Flowerdale residents hands.

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Artistic Director Donna Jackson

Curator of Stories Malcolm McKinnon

RAV Director Lindy Allen

Production Coordinator Julia Earley

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AcknowledgementsIlluminated by Fire – Flowerdale was made possible only because of the enormous support and assistance of people with the vision, trust and encouragement to see this project take shape. It is with enormous gratitude that we thank the following individuals and organisations:

To the 262 Flowerdalian’s who cast their hands and shared their stories with us. You were all my inspiration.

Tony Turner - for his amazing efforts and hours constructing our beautiful tree.

Odette Hunter - for her assistance in casting and all the behind-the-scenes tasks.

Molly’s Kitchen - for cooking our amazing dinner.

To my family for believing in me and allowing me to spend so much time away from them.

And to the entire Flowerdale community for being truly amazing - your attendance here tonight validates the community spirit.

How to find your hand on the tree

It would be a good idea to work out which area your hand is in before you enter the display.The hands are laid out in boxes, with the trunk of the tree being box A up to the top branches which are box G and H.On the following pages you will find diagrams of each box with lists of names belonging to hands on those boxes beneath.There will also be a large alphabetical list (by surname) which you can consult before you look at these lists and diagrams to find out which box your hand is on.But don’t forget to take in the overall effect of this wonderful artwork, which is as unique as Flowerdale itself

Antolos, Ivan & Ashlee - Lund, Rebecca h21Craig, Sally - VBBRA h06Cubley, John h02Cubley, Josie h03Gouley, Marilyn - RDO h05Grundy, George and Maureen h24Hanna, Tracey h18Hannah, Daryl - Entertainer h14Harrington, Betsy - VBBRA h11Henson, Fiona h01Howard, Jen - VBBRA h09Kringle, Yvonne h04Notley, Ben h13Phelan, Scraps h23Phelan, Steph & Jim h13Phelan, Viv & Steve h19Pitt, Judy h12 Pitt, Russell h07Pleash, Leanne h08Primrose, Ben, Kerri, Devlin, Ryder & Loreli h20Spalding, Glen - Forcus, Kim h17Tebbutt, Kim & Trinity h22Tebbutt, Nigel & Max h15Turner, Tony, Rubin & Vicki Miller h25Walsh, Kristy h10

Andrews, Gill b23Colliacovo, John & Sally b06Davis, Ross b19Dunn, Hayley b05Dunn, Joel b08Dunn, Sharon b07Gouge, Ronnie b22Gouge, Trudy & Len b14Greig, Val &Jess b04Hallett, Megan b09Hallett, Rod b11Hallett, Tanya & Mitchell b10Harris, Narelle & Noble, Marco b13Hybinett, Alex b18Hybinett, Natasha & Hayden b16Hybinett, Peter b20Iezzi , Mick & Carol b17Price, Billy b03Price, Julie b02Sibley, Andrew b15Temperton, Molly b12Warren, Dorothy & Peter b01Wyatt, Hiroko & John b21

Alien, Flowerdale g09Butterworth, Ray g24Collins, Sharon & Bailey - Minten, Mike & Maartin g01Davie, Gordon g06Davis, Susan & Troy g08De Maria, John & Emily - Baiteman, Julie g25Driscoll, Aron, Carol & Michelle g14Dunn, Coen g10Edge, Ayden g28Edge, Ebony g27Grant, Chrissie & John g15Grant, Madison g17Grant, Shae g18Hildebrand, Dean & Khyal g12Hildebrand, Evie & Mc Giveney, Emma g22Hunter, Joeltyn g04Hunter, Lochie g02Hunter, Odette g05Hunter, Skyler g03Kiss, Sandi g11Linsken, John & Diane g23Linsken, Meegan & Shawn Notley g13Mageness, Gerri g16Milbourne, Joe g29Sanders, Jay g19Sanders, Kaitlen g20Sanders, Riley g21Stubenrauch, Alan g07Wilcoxin, Kirran g26

Edwards ,Colin c13Crash c23Dunn, Ray c01Grant, David c07Hanson, Caleb c14Hanson, Kristen c15Hanson, Seth c21Hanson, Shyanne c16Hendrie, Paul c08Kamar, Jeanette c12Mc Guire, Anthony c19Michael, Paul c17Mitchell, Dana, Hayley & Tayah c20Parry, Nigel & Vicki c06Pascoe, Barb c10Pascoe, Charlotte c09Patten, Vicci & Trent c05Rowe, Jackson c11Sullivan, Bonnie c02Sullivan, Kerrie c04Sullivan, Yak c03Turner, Paula c22Wallis, Megan c18

Admiral, Ash - VBBRA f25Barling, Andrew & Bende f21Barling, Emma f23Barling, Laura f22Britten, Sherri f20Brumen, Olivia- TATTOOIST f30Fish, Jake & James f11Giddings, Cheyenne f17Giddings, Chloe f15Giddings, Vikki f16Hill, Matt - Darley f24Hubbard, Ben - VBBRA f26Keilbaska, Chris f12Keilbaska, Henry f07Keilbaska, Sarah f13Lobitecki, Ann & Kayla f18Lobitecki, Rob & Kira f19Maas, Frank - VBBRA f27Milany, Nick - VBBRA f28Mitchell, Alannah? f09Mitchell, Jay & Aakasha, Mc Dougall, Angeleena f08Nagel, Chanze & Tony f01Nelson, Debbie f03Nelson, Levi f04Nelson, Zac f05Parry, Dwayne - Daniels, Jess f02Parry, Luke - Burt, Shelby f06Thomas, Trish f14Welsh, Melissa - Darley f29Wilson, Kim f10

Baker, Judy d17Bourke, Debbie d04Bourke, Jesse d05Bourke, Shawnee d13Bourke, Shayne d06Cook, Ash d12Cook, Ruby d11Cowman, Robert & Patricia d14Hall, Samm d23Hall, Thomas d20Hybinett, Lesley d10Mc Donald Robert d30Mc Donald, Alison d31Mc Donald, Eddie d24Mc Donald, Emma d27Mc Donald, Grace d28Mc Donald, Laine & Isobel d19Mc Donald, Wayne d21Mc Guire, Kelly - Rio Cross d03Mitchell, Judy d01Moore, Wally d16O Brien Erynn d09O Brien, Luke d02O Brien, Sharon & Paul d08Pritchett, Bev d25Pritchett, John d22Reed, Louise d15Stubbings, Joanne - Mummery, Adam d26Stubbings, Ric & Sally Coliacovo d29Warren, Reece d18Williams, Peter & vicki d07

Auty, Peter e31Burgess, John & Anna e11Butterworth, Anne e14Carter, Helen e04Cornelissen, Caroline e16Cornelissen, Craig e08Cornelissen, Jack e09Cornelissen, Richard e07Denke, Gabby e20Denke, Jazz e22Denke, Kurt e21Denke, Russell e19Denvil, Richard e29Dunn, Karen - Corneille, Michael e28Dunn, Mick e32Dunn, Morgan e34Fern, Kim e25Fern, Sharon & Terry e15Hunter, Heather e05Hunter, Jodie & Hodge, Jake e18Hunter, Mal e06Hunter, Malcolm e10Hunter, Matthew e17Macey Blair, Jarrah e30Nelson, David e33O Malley, Sharon e26Shultz, Alan e24Shultz, Debbie e27Stutchbury, Chris e35Thompson, David e23Walker, Ray & Karen e13Zupanovich, Phillip e12