Bronwen Davies
@bronwendavies01.bsky.social
Art administrator ~ living and working on Gayamaygal land, Sydney. 🌏🌿
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For an antidote to Black Friday, a lovely vintage illustrated poem about the art of enough www.themarginalian.org/2023/07/29/j...
The Ant, the Grasshopper, and the Antidote to the Cult of More: A Lovely Vintage Illustrated Poem About the Meaning and Measure of Enough
“Enough is so vast a sweetness, I suppose it never occurs, only pathetic counterfeits,” Emily Dickinson lamented in a love letter. In his splendid short poem about the secret of happine…
www.themarginalian.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For an antidote to Black Friday, a lovely vintage illustrated poem about the art of enough www.themarginalian.org/2023/07/29/j...
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I’m afraid Cardiff is fully booked at the moment.
King Harold exiled his brother.
William I imprisoned his brother
William II crushed his brother in battle
Henry I imprisoned his brother for life. In Cardiff.
Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey & John, well, did everything short of actually kill each other.
Edward IV executed his brother.
That’s the game
William I imprisoned his brother
William II crushed his brother in battle
Henry I imprisoned his brother for life. In Cardiff.
Henry, Richard I, Geoffrey & John, well, did everything short of actually kill each other.
Edward IV executed his brother.
That’s the game
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’m afraid Cardiff is fully booked at the moment.
Australian Museum Director, Kim McKay, on Jane Goodall, one of my faves.
I worked with Jane Goodall. She had the energy of a stalking lion
The much-love British primatologist, who died on Wednesday, changed the world by refusing to let it be made small.
www.smh.com.au
October 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Australian Museum Director, Kim McKay, on Jane Goodall, one of my faves.
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Nothing “sweet” about it!
“Accepting the advice of the #Climate Change Authority for a lower target than an initial 65-75% range signalled last year, PM @AnthonyAlbanese announced a ‘responsible’ climate target he said was in the ‘sweet spot’ for Australia” @theenergy #auspol
“Accepting the advice of the #Climate Change Authority for a lower target than an initial 65-75% range signalled last year, PM @AnthonyAlbanese announced a ‘responsible’ climate target he said was in the ‘sweet spot’ for Australia” @theenergy #auspol
September 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Boum Glacier
2000 | 2023 ✝️
Pyrenean glaciers will be gone within 10 yrs! 🔥
Boum passed away in 2023 and a moving tribute was paid to him last Sunday!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ha...
'Funny' to see headline from 2020 saying it will be gone by 2040! 😱
www.ladepeche.fr/2020/09/13/e...
2000 | 2023 ✝️
Pyrenean glaciers will be gone within 10 yrs! 🔥
Boum passed away in 2023 and a moving tribute was paid to him last Sunday!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ha...
'Funny' to see headline from 2020 saying it will be gone by 2040! 😱
www.ladepeche.fr/2020/09/13/e...
September 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Boum Glacier
2000 | 2023 ✝️
Pyrenean glaciers will be gone within 10 yrs! 🔥
Boum passed away in 2023 and a moving tribute was paid to him last Sunday!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ha...
'Funny' to see headline from 2020 saying it will be gone by 2040! 😱
www.ladepeche.fr/2020/09/13/e...
2000 | 2023 ✝️
Pyrenean glaciers will be gone within 10 yrs! 🔥
Boum passed away in 2023 and a moving tribute was paid to him last Sunday!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ha...
'Funny' to see headline from 2020 saying it will be gone by 2040! 😱
www.ladepeche.fr/2020/09/13/e...
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From top of Monte Perdido (3355 m) this morning! 😍
Rejoice in having been part of a generation (the last) that was able to look at this face and see ice! 🧊
📷 @lorenzopirineo
Rejoice in having been part of a generation (the last) that was able to look at this face and see ice! 🧊
📷 @lorenzopirineo
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
From top of Monte Perdido (3355 m) this morning! 😍
Rejoice in having been part of a generation (the last) that was able to look at this face and see ice! 🧊
📷 @lorenzopirineo
Rejoice in having been part of a generation (the last) that was able to look at this face and see ice! 🧊
📷 @lorenzopirineo
Signed.
Protect Murujuga Rock Art: Sign the Petition
One of Australia and the world’s most important artworks is being destroyed by acid gas pollution.
The Murujuga rock art on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia is a cultural treasure – and more...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
September 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Signed.
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A beautiful project led by tge extraordinary landscape architect, Jane Irwin…
A new lawn, events for 1500: The $27m plan to reinvent a Sydney landmark
The state government wants to hold more events at the sandstone building. Nearby residents say it will disturb their peace and create “traffic chaos”.
www.smh.com.au
September 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A beautiful project led by tge extraordinary landscape architect, Jane Irwin…
Expecting some great collaboration!
In a first, the city’s biggest cultural institutions are run by women
The six leaders of the state’s major galleries and museums discuss budgets, changing audiences and what they would give for 10 minutes alone with a billionaire.
www.smh.com.au
August 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Expecting some great collaboration!
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The Govt’s delay of the National Climate Risk Assessment is deeply concerning. Australians deserve to know the risks & suppressing this info ahead of the 2035 target decision undermines trust. I’m calling for its release, a national adaptation plan & at least 75% emissions reduction by 2035.
#75by35
#75by35
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Govt’s delay of the National Climate Risk Assessment is deeply concerning. Australians deserve to know the risks & suppressing this info ahead of the 2035 target decision undermines trust. I’m calling for its release, a national adaptation plan & at least 75% emissions reduction by 2035.
#75by35
#75by35
“The report we are publishing today is one we never imagined we would have to write," says Israeli human rights group.
Israeli human rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza
For the first time, the two leading human rights organisations have called for the international community to put pressure on the Netanyahu government to change course in the Palestinian territory.
www.abc.net.au
July 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“The report we are publishing today is one we never imagined we would have to write," says Israeli human rights group.
Action on this is long overdue @jasonclaremp.bsky.social.
Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students
Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Action on this is long overdue @jasonclaremp.bsky.social.
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NAIDOC Week 2025 honours young leaders, community vision, and the legacy of First Nations peoples. Healing Country means centering Indigenous knowledge to tackle the biodiversity crisis and build a healthier future for the next generation.
#NAIDOC2025 #NAIDOCWeek #StrengthVisionLegacy
#NAIDOC2025 #NAIDOCWeek #StrengthVisionLegacy
July 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
NAIDOC Week 2025 honours young leaders, community vision, and the legacy of First Nations peoples. Healing Country means centering Indigenous knowledge to tackle the biodiversity crisis and build a healthier future for the next generation.
#NAIDOC2025 #NAIDOCWeek #StrengthVisionLegacy
#NAIDOC2025 #NAIDOCWeek #StrengthVisionLegacy
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the Centre for Reworlding's @clairegcoleman.bsky.social will be running consultations for the next 9 months to develop the Knowledge Keepers project for Creative Climate (the new Australian peak body for climate and arts). Catch up with Claire to make your opinion known or to find out more.
Knowledge Keepers — Creative Climate
Central to Creative Climate is the creation of a First Nations led culture and arts circle, gathering or group ( working title Knowledge Keepers) of First Nations Elders, artists and knowledge holders...
www.creativeclimate.org.au
July 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
the Centre for Reworlding's @clairegcoleman.bsky.social will be running consultations for the next 9 months to develop the Knowledge Keepers project for Creative Climate (the new Australian peak body for climate and arts). Catch up with Claire to make your opinion known or to find out more.
‘Welcome to Wherever You Are’, a must see exhibition on now at Manly Art Gallery & Museum (where I have the pleasure of working!)
Welcome to Wherever You Are
6 June – 27 July 2025. This exhibition foregrounds the work of artists who enfold time and space, positioning us in relationship to an “environment” that is shaped by cultural, spiritual, political, s...
www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
July 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
‘Welcome to Wherever You Are’, a must see exhibition on now at Manly Art Gallery & Museum (where I have the pleasure of working!)
Megan Cope’s haunting installation, ‘The Tide Waits for No One’ features in a current ACCA exhibition alongside work by a range of local and international artists including Khaled Sabsabi. On until 24 Aug.
Five Acts of Love
Artists: Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Hoda Afshar, Megan Cope, Eugenia Flynn, D Harding, Saodat Ismailova, Khaled Sabsabi, Larissa Sansour & Søren Lind, Yhonnie Scarce, Ali Tahayori and Hossein Valamanesh
...
acca.melbourne
July 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Megan Cope’s haunting installation, ‘The Tide Waits for No One’ features in a current ACCA exhibition alongside work by a range of local and international artists including Khaled Sabsabi. On until 24 Aug.
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"This decision has renewed our confidence in Creative Australia and in the integrity of its selection process," Sabsabi and Dagostino said in a statement on Wednesday.
Good to see the right outcome in the end, and a very generous response by the artist and curator.
Good to see the right outcome in the end, and a very generous response by the artist and curator.
Creative Australia reverses controversial decision to dump Biennale artist
After controversially and suddenly withdrawing Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino from the 2026 Venice Biennale, Creative Australia has announced it has reversed its decision.
www.abc.net.au
July 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"This decision has renewed our confidence in Creative Australia and in the integrity of its selection process," Sabsabi and Dagostino said in a statement on Wednesday.
Good to see the right outcome in the end, and a very generous response by the artist and curator.
Good to see the right outcome in the end, and a very generous response by the artist and curator.
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The Australian Design Centre has had its funding cut. Design is so critically important, and so under appreciated and unsupported in Australian culture. ADC is looking for partners, sponsors, or people who can help them keep supporting designers and makers. Please share.
Important Announcement
Australian Design Centre (ADC) is an integral part of the arts ecology in Australia. This small, dynamic, independent organisation has nurtured and supported thousands of artists since 1964, presentin...
australiandesigncentre.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Australian Design Centre has had its funding cut. Design is so critically important, and so under appreciated and unsupported in Australian culture. ADC is looking for partners, sponsors, or people who can help them keep supporting designers and makers. Please share.
‘Australian creatives and arts organisations struggle to reconcile competing pressures’.
An opportunity for arts and cultural orgs. to to re-read their policies and adhere to their aims. Not sure that protecting the brand or ‘preserving the status quo’ would be among them.
An opportunity for arts and cultural orgs. to to re-read their policies and adhere to their aims. Not sure that protecting the brand or ‘preserving the status quo’ would be among them.
Speaking out on Gaza: Australian creatives and arts organisations struggle to reconcile competing pressures
As cultural institutions respond to political statements on the war, many artists say they face a choice between career opportunities and standing up for their beliefs
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
‘Australian creatives and arts organisations struggle to reconcile competing pressures’.
An opportunity for arts and cultural orgs. to to re-read their policies and adhere to their aims. Not sure that protecting the brand or ‘preserving the status quo’ would be among them.
An opportunity for arts and cultural orgs. to to re-read their policies and adhere to their aims. Not sure that protecting the brand or ‘preserving the status quo’ would be among them.
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This weekend transport yourself to a serene, snow-covered landscape with Igor Metelskiy's incredible photograph of an elusive lynx. Captured after six months of patient waiting.
www.sea.museum/wildlife
Produced by @nhm-london.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Lynx #WinterVibes
www.sea.museum/wildlife
Produced by @nhm-london.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Lynx #WinterVibes
June 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This weekend transport yourself to a serene, snow-covered landscape with Igor Metelskiy's incredible photograph of an elusive lynx. Captured after six months of patient waiting.
www.sea.museum/wildlife
Produced by @nhm-london.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Lynx #WinterVibes
www.sea.museum/wildlife
Produced by @nhm-london.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Lynx #WinterVibes
A new public artwork by Dharawal and Yuin artist Alison Page to grace the city. #PublicArtSydney
At more than five metres tall, new ‘superhero’ will rise above Circular Quay
Multimillion-dollar plans have been unveiled for a towering half-woman, half-whale sculpture to be installed at Circular Quay to speak to “female power in a white man’s world”.
www.smh.com.au
June 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A new public artwork by Dharawal and Yuin artist Alison Page to grace the city. #PublicArtSydney
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The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or giving birth under drones.
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
The war where women’s bodies lost their rights
The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or giving...
mondoweiss.net
May 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The war in Gaza is not only the story of rubble and airstrikes. It is the story of the girl getting her period under bombardment, the mother bleeding in silence and miscarrying on cold floors or giving birth under drones.
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/05/the-...
#Palestine #Israel