Project
Jyll Bradley commission
International Artist Jyll Bradley has just been in Canberra researching for a significant Centenary of Canberra project.
Jyll’s reputation lies not only in the beauty of the exhibitions, photographs and installations she creates around botany and flowers, but in the fact that she creates these works in collaboration with communities.
While in Canberra she met with a large number of organisations including the Friends of the ACT Arboreta and the Australian Garden History Society, and toured the National Arboretum, the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Westbourne Woods, and the Bendora and Pryor arboreta.
Jyll is currently developing a project that will highlight Canberra’s unique botanical history and environment for the Centenary and engage the community in developing a new work.
Jyll has put a call out to the Canberra community to submit their stories and poems about trees for her to consider for inclusion in her project. Your poem or story can be submitted to:
Attn: Centenary of Canberra City of Trees project
Centenary of Canberra unit
Chief Minister and Cabinet Directorate
GPO Box 158
Canberra ACT 2601
Or
Read more about the project here: Canberra Times article by Sally Pryor.
Image: Jyll Bradley at Bendora Arboretum
