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I exhibited my work Reach for the Moon in the online exhibition Planetary Limits in October 2020. The exhibition was curated by Michele Guieu from the participative arts project What’s Next for Earth. This project has been developed by the Millenium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere at Stanford University. Following my participation in the exhibition, I was asked to write an article for their Covid-19 Diaries Series. In this series, artists share their thoughts and artwork inspired by the disruption caused by Covid and the unusual time in which we are living. I wrote about my Covid experience, which brought some unexpected opportunities despite having to endure the Melbourne lockdown. More importantly, however, I focused on my reactions to the Australian bushfires, the most devastating on record, and the…

5 November 2020 | Art Almanac This article was previously published in the 5 November 2020 Art Almanac e-newsletter, along with reflections from a number of other artists, art administrators and gallery owners. Hindsight is 20/20. So, we asked artists and people working in the arts how this year has fractured or evolved their approach to creative life and what they would like to see change for the better in the arts. Reflecting on the year that is, brings us into the present to plan for the future. Artist - Nancy Lane Cliché as it sounds, this year has led to doors closing, but new doors opening. An exhibition planned for May with Creativity Cluster, a group of nine women artists that I facilitate, was postponed when Melbourne went into…

A treasure trove on the ground In Melbourne I take my watch for repair to a jewellery shop. In Luang Prabang, however, watch repairers work in small kiosks on the street across from the Dara Market. What fertile ground this was for a found object assemblage artist. As the watch repairers downsized watchbands for Lao people, they tossed the links on the street. When the kiosks closed for the day, I would walk by and carefully scan the pavement, gutter and parking area nearby looking for these tiny treasures. Missing links These ‘missing links’ became the common theme across several of my miniature wall sculptures. One of my sister's friends suggested the name for my first watchband work. I thought the name was so clever, however, that I kept using…