Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Art is an important part of our lives as individuals and as a community. Art enables us to express ourselves as individuals and our place in the community and the world. Art enables us to reach out to others, to share our stories, to make connections, to understand, to be understood and to be challenged, entertained, enlightened or puzzled. No matter how art makes you feel, it is a connection.

I would like to thank Grace's Gallery and Gifts, at Glenelg, for inviting me to open their SALA exhibition, entitled Vibrance. The exhibition features the following local artists. Grace Lam, whose gallery we were at, is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist and entrepreneur. Grace has Down syndrome, a visual impairment and a hearing impairment. Grace's art is indeed vibrant, brightly coloured and happy, inspired by Australian landscapes and flora. Sue Baker is an established artist working with encaustic medium to make coloured wax pictures that are set using a blowtorch. Tatiana Georgieva is a Belarusian artist and graphic designer whose stunning aquatic themed works feature a combination of mediums. Erin Skull is an emerging photographer working as Ezzabelle, with a focus on stunning extreme close-ups of nature. Georgina Fry is working as the Last Unicorn, using a medium of painting to replicate the inspiration of the natural environment. The exhibition is open until 1 September. I encourage locals to pop in and have a look.