Maryann Mussared

	What's new in Dec 09? In the lead up to Christmas, the Gallery in the Homestead at Strathnairn Arts Association has a wonderful exhibition of desirable gifts called "Objects of Desire". Don't miss this great opportunity to stock on Christmas gifts. I have some new folded books and finally some more etchings, framed and ready to go on the wall. November highlights: My ever changing installation of folded books READ has now completed its 'run; at the Australian Defence Forces Academy Library. The work looks great in the space and so appropriate. (See READ 09 portfolio) September highlights: I was really pleased to be invited to exhibit in the opening exhibition at the Belconnen Arts Centre. Two of my paintings and a small installation of folded books were included in "Surfacing" and I had a lot of fun running free drop-in workshops in the foyer of the Centre during September. (See READ 09 portfolio) Also in September: My exhibition "*Birds and Bees"* with long time artistic collaborator Jo Hollier has now finishedi at the Cowra Japanese Garden Cultural Centre. It was a very successful exhibition and we look forward to exhibiting there again, hopefully during Spring. (See Secret Life of Bees" portfolio) National Touring Exhibition: The international textile exhibition *"Australia Naturally"* with my triptych of "Contours" continues its tour around Australia after returning from Paris last year. The exhibition was on exhibition at Barometer Gallery in Paddington earlier in the year , has just left the Geelong Fibre Forum and heads for the Regional Gallery in Alice Springs very soon before a long tour of the Northern Territory Regional Galleries.
	READ 09 - book sculptures So many unread books and stories and so little time in our lives. This body of work reflects on the book as a potentially obsolete object, threated by the inexorable march of technology and the advent of online publishing. What will happen to the billions of books on our shelves - read or unread? Works completed in the past three weeks are currently being documented and will be downloaded early October. Please visit again!
	Secret Life of Bees print series First exhibited at M16 Gallery in Canberra in July 2005, this group exhibition was curated by Annie Trevillian. The works produced were predominanetly textiles, paper and found objects and based on the notion of wrapping. The exhibition toured to Cowra Regional Gallery in September 2005.
	Vantage Points 2008 Work from my recent exhibition at the ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT.
	Archive 2007-08 This extensive series was originally created for the exhibition "How Does My Garden Grow" at the Cowra Japanese Memorial Gardens Gallery. It has provided me with the opportunity to 'archive' my extensive collection of hand made paper samples and scraps from antique kimono and obi. The first half of this series was exhibited in September last year at Cowra and more recent works can be seen at the Marianne Newman Gallery in Crows Nest, Sydney.
	Storylines 2006 Work from my exhibition at Mawson Gallery, ACT, in 2006. This work reflects on the millions of lives who perished in the global conflicts of the 20th century and their untold stories. Inspired by the poignant stumblestone (stolpersteine) memorials of German artist Gunter Demner installed in the pavements in German cities such as Hamburg. This body of works with textured red surfaces, applied squares of paper and gold leaf were completed upon returning from living and surviving a bitterly cold northern European winter in 2005 when the only colour in the grey winter landscape was the bright red ‘Hanseatic League’ flag seen all over the city of Hamburg and the gold squares refer to the experience of stepping over stolpersteine (stumblestones) in the streets near my apartment.
	Media and Reviews The Canbera Times and Muse Magazine reviews and previews.
	Plimsoll Line 2003 Works from a joint exhibition with my long-time collaborator and mixed media artist Lorna Crane at the ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT. We have both been fortunate to have had studios and to have exhibited there since the early 1990s
	Still Cryptal Orchard 2001 Works exhibited as part of the Festival of the Contemporary Arts 2001 at Craft ACT and 2003 at ANCA Gallery, Dickson, ACT.
	Paintings and mixed media A selection of other works completed over the past decade.
	Paper and Textiles Images of work created for national touring exhibitions since 1996.
	Photo Gallery Possessing a digital camera has provided me with another creative outlet. In this portfolio are images that have inspired my creative journey in the past few years.