Spotlight on Maxwell Marsters
Maxwell Marsters has captured his cultural connection to the ocean in mesmerising slow motion. His short film opens with a closeup of waves crashing against rocks as if viewed through a kaleidoscope, then fades to family members performing traditional Polynesian dance as the sun rises over the ocean behind them. It's an evocative exploration of his heritage and his own relationship with the ocean.
This video artwork was produced for an HSC Visual Arts project, and recently featured in the Out Front 2024 exhibition at Manly Art Gallery & Museum. The exhibition celebrated 30 years of Express Yourself, the annual exhibition of local HSC students.
Spotlight on Kate Butcher
Kate Butcher (she/her) is an Australian visual artist and producer currently based between the Northern Beaches and Norway. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from The National Art School in Sydney, and a Master's degree in Fine Art from Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts. With a diverse artistic practice, Katherine's work spans various mediums, collaborations, and 'making public' formats.
Our creative community
The Northern Beaches is home to a higher than average percentage of artists, creatives and cultural workers.
Our local creative community generated $1,16m in economic output and $790 million in value added for the Northern Beaches Council area in 2018/19 (4.2% of Greater Sydney's total Cultural and Creative Sector value). Our artists and creatives are the drivers of a vibrant local economy.
The Northern Beaches creative sector has the 2nd highest number of jobs in NSW for specialised design and photographic services, book and magazine publishing and arts education and the 3rd highest number of jobs in NSW for architects, artists, musicians, writers and performers. Our creative economy supported 7,050 local jobs (6.5% of total jobs in the LGA) and provided employment for 13,207 residents (8.5% of all employed residents) in 2018/19.
Find out more about our local Northern Beaches cultural and creative sector.
Our Local Creatives
Each month we showcase some of the talented people who live and work in our community, exploring the diversity of artistic and creative practices on the Northern Beaches.
Find more of our creative community on Instagram through the hashtag #creativenorthernbeaches. With 5000+ posts, join in and use the hashtag to share your own local creative practice.
If you would like to apply to be or nominate a Local Creative, please email us at creative@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au
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