Connections
St Michaels
Sacred art, a historic city sanctuary, and a cause that matters
I’m delighted to have been welcomed by St Michael’s Uniting Church to display the ‘Connections’ Exhibition. St Michael’s has long been committed to art and music as expressions of people’s faith and it has felt like quite a natural alliance to work together on this exhibition.
We’ve chosen the title Connections because we see that connection is at the heart of Divine love for people and planet. I am showing intriguing and affirming old and new work which explores the diversity of people and the quality of radical inclusion.
It means an enormous amount to me that we’ve arranged that 40% of profits from exhibited work or prints sold will directly fund work of The Torch, an organisation supporting First Nations artists with lived experience of incarceration to reconnect with culture and earn income from their art. We first came into contact with The Torch in January of 2025 at the Blak Injustice exhibition at Heide Art Gallery. The stories shown there were haunting and necessary to tell. It moves me that St Michael’s has committed independently to First Nation’s truth telling for quite some while and participated in work toward the successful treaty in Victoria. That we can financially support this work is meaningful to me and to the church.
The opening is October 4th from 11:30 to 2pm. After the opening, you can view ‘Connections’ from:
4 October 2026 to 14 November 2026
Wednesdays 12:00 – 2pm,
Thursdays 12:00 – 3pm
Sundays 12:00 – 2pm