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Spotlight Australia: Merging Tradition, Community, and Activism in Ceramic Art

Australia’s cities are vibrant and modern, and the country’s overwhelmingly urban population is diverse and hip. Yet this antipodal island’s geographic remoteness feels almost palpable – hence its nickname, The Land Down Under. Its vast, largely uninhabited interior feels omnipresent, host to a unique ecosystem that has forged a distinctive Australian spirit highly attuned to the natural environment and the inherent threats posed by climate change. These sensibilities were evident in the work of the four ceramicists whose exhibitions I had the pleasure of viewing during my brief stay in Melbourne.

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