We R You ABC Radio with Lily Partland | Aldona Kmiec participants

We R You on ABC Radio Ballarat

ABC Ballarat Lily Partland interviewed participants of We R You faces Ballarat public art project. Great stories from great people – thank you again for your participation, energy and sharing your beautiful stories. The City of Ballarat’s arts and culture unit has been working with various community groups and services on an inclusive public art…

Backspace Gallery Ballarat My Australia Invitation Aldona Kmiec Photography

My Australia

Photography Exhibition & Open Studio “My Australia is one outcome of Aldona Kmiec’s ongoing inquiry into the nature and meaning of ‘multiculturalism’ in contemporary Australian society. Working with local culturally diverse communities, Aldona creates images that are sometimes straightforward and at other times atmospheric and abstract. Taken together, her body of work is a narrative…

Ryu last two weeks in Australia

Best of 2012

Best Shots 2012 What a year… Met more people in one year than I could afford to print business cards for! 😉  But all happy. Everyone reflects on 2012, so why not – it’s a great chance to get all the archives together and clean up my desktop yay! Enjoy the story & I look…

ballarat city council multicultural ambassador

40 Under 40

The Courier edited out some important words, so I’m posting a full text here. NAME: Aldona Kmieć AGE: 35 OCCUPATION: Professional Photographer, Multicultural Ambassador City of Ballarat 2012-2014 WHAT ARE YOU HOPES FOR THE FUTURE OF BALLARAT: MORE OPEN I’d like to see Ballarat being liked more by its own people. For people who have…

Uniting Care Under the Floorboards project welcomes Ballarat Artist Aldona Kmiec

Under the Floorboards_ Media Release 1 August

Uniting Care Ballarat, Under the Floorboards Everyone’s journey is different, A red carpet is rolled out for some. Whilst others trod under the floorboards, Away from the lights and the sun… UnitingCare Ballarat’s unique project, Under the Floorboards, welcomes Ballarat Artist Aldona Kmiec as the first artist-in-residence at the agency’s busy Outreach Centre in Dana…

Under the Floorboards Uniting Care Art Project

Under the Floorboards_ Media Release 26 July 2012

Under the Floorboards Everyone’s journey is different, A red carpet is rolled out for some. Whilst others trod under the floorboards, Away from the lights and the sun… UnitingCare Ballarat begins a unique artistic project, Under the Floorboards, with the first of 12 artist residences commencing on Monday 30th July.  Under the Floorboards is a…

AOP Open Awards 2011 Entrant London UK

2011 AOP Open Awards London – Voting Open

MEDIA RELEASE  The 2011 AOP Open Exhibition has now been launched online, and the Public Vote is officially open! Polish born artist photographer Aldona Kmiec has been living and working in Ballarat for over a year now.  The artist assimilated to a different culture and the local community quite rapidly and has been working on…