MARION LE CRAYON
Inviting storytelling into our exhibition
Tuesday the 11th of June 2024 from 10am to 11.30am
at the Terrace Greenhouse Gallery, South Fremantle
Step into the enchanting world of The Wilding Stories, a transformative storytelling experience nestled within the REWILDING art exhibition.
Join Margot in a circle of women to hear a powerful audio story trilogy - a tale of daughters and sisters, told three ways … a Celtic style tale, a Noongar-English campfire yarn, a soaring lyric ballad … reinterpreted by brilliant artists in story, poetry and song. And behind the tale of witches and weeds and brewing discontent, lies a powerful metaphor from Mother Earth.
As we listen, the stories evolve and move us to deep levels of connection to the tale beneath the veil, the stories of our own in the vessels we each hold.Together we breathe in the stories and together we then breathe out and share our responses; in collective conversation ranging through so many potential levels of our lived experiences, our dreams and visions, our relationships to our each other as sisters, our family narratives and our vulnerable, wild planet.
Settle in the comfort of cushions and blankets as you enjoy tea and cake, creating a cozy and nurturing atmosphere in the embrace of art celebrating the feminine spirit.Through reflection and connection, participants will leave with a deep sense of sisterhood and belonging. Don't forget to bring your water bottle, and join us for an unforgettable exploration of the feminine spirit.
'We are women. We are willing. We are one.'
WIN A FREE TICKET HERE:
REWILDING
03.05.2023
Last year I had announced a collaboration with the talented underwater photographer Julie Casali. Well, this has merged into a quite ambitious group exhibition with 8 artists now!
At the beginning of 2023, I was craving more connection with different artists, and I realised that I had quite a few creatives around me, only we didn't take the time to connect properly. So I decided that once a month, we would gather at my house for a morning filled with art, conversations, sharing skills, tea, cake... That's how the idea of an exhibition came to life. There is a common thread in all of our work, and so the theme of the exhibition was quite obvious..
Lately, we have been gathering at The Wild Gypsy, in Hilton, a creative place newly founded by Kate and Em. The space is beautiful, cute, cozy, and Kate and Em are going to be offering a ‘creative cafe’. It’s like a cafe, except that instead of ordering a latte, you can order a little envelope with everything you need to have a break and create, craft, with some prompts. You can also sip a tea or coffee while doing it, they have that in stock, just make it yourself and leave a gold coin donation. They’re also offering workshops for little and big people, so make sure to check them out here! Kate is also going to offer a workshop during the exhibition
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For REWILDING, I am continuing to use the metaphor of the ocean in my work, I am not done with it yet! ^^
I have been really inspired by ‘If Women Rose Rooted’, by Sharon Blakie, and ‘Women Who Run With The Wolves’, by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. I have also been profoundly touched by The Wilding Stories, a story telling experience led by Margot Edwards. Amazingly, she will be coming to the Greenhouse Art Gallery to gift us with this incredible listening lounge during the exhibition!
Get more info and book your ticket here!
Remember the Fremantle Underwater Film Festival? The logo I created for Tania is going to be for sale during the exhibition. It is a beautiful watercolour painting of 56cm x 56cm, in an oak frame. All the profits of the sale are going to go to the next FUFF, or to an ocean conservation charity of Tania’s choice.
...An exciting collaboration!
4.5.2023
Let me introduce you to Julie Casali, talented underwater photographer living in Fremantle. Like me, she loves her client work, and like me, she is also longing to dive in and express something deeper. I can't remember exactly how we met, but we've been talking about a collaboration for quite a while, and so, naturally... an exhibition is coming up for next year! We are still in the exploration / brainstorming phase but we've established quite a few things that we really want to create and share.
More information to come!
And yes, it's me on the photo!
Fremantle Underwater Film Festival 2023
The logo for the Fremantle Underwater Film Festival 2023 is finally in colour! The original watercolour painting will be donated to the festival to auction and raise funds for the ocean conservation.
I loved creating alongside Tania Douthwaite who is the founder of the FUFF.
Tania is also a freedive and yoga instructor coach and you can find out more about her on her website.
It was a hot day for the chalk art workshop! Many of you came despite these extreme conditions! It was amazing, we covered quite a big chunk of pavement. Very nice to have the ocean 2 steps away to stay inspired and to cool down! Thank you for those who came, drew, commented...!
Fuff
This year for the first time I am taking part in the Fremantle Underwater Film Festival. I have helped the fantastic Tania to come up with a logo and illustration for the visual for 2023. The coloured version is yet to come!
Monday the 9th of January is the opening of the festival, and it's also the day you can come and create a colourful and astonishing school of fish with me, on the pavement beside Bathers Beach Club. We will become chalk artists from 1.30pm to 3pm, don't forget a hat, some sunscreen and some water as it can be hot! I will bring the rest!
Participation is free. Children must be accompanied by their parents or guardian.
You can find the program for the Fremantle Underwater Film Festival / OceanLife festival here, and book your tickets!
Emergence
Thank you all for coming to the show featuring the work of 6 of us !
Thank you Sarah, Alex, Cate, Suzanne and Larissa for this incredible adventure.
Thank you Paula for the support and the beautiful speech. Find Paula and her wonderful work HERE.
Thank you to the Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery for hosting us.
This adventure has been rich in lessons for me, and has pushed me to explore and dare painting big, as well as thinking in 3D.
I will be back for more, I have had a long break after 2 exhibition in 2021 and I am only starting to recover, in March 2022! Stay tuned!
Emergence
Emergence is a group exhibition coming up soon!
More info in the next few days, I am still producing some work...!
Website here
Pavement Art kids workshop
20/06/2021
Thank you!
Thank you for the people and their children who braved the rain and created this wonderful, colourful school of fish on the pavement outside of Kerfuffle and on the windows! I have been told the clients of the cafe were very pleased to discover this joyful piece of art in the morning! One of the things I have loved and realised during this exhibition is that I really love bringing the community together around art! It is very satisfying, fulfilling, and I love meeting new people! Thank you for your support and smiles!
A beautiful article by Stephen Pollock from the Fremantle Herald, published on the 19th of June 2021
Come and create an astonishing school of fish chalk drawing on the sidewalk outside of @kerfufflecollective cafe!
An opportunity for children of all age to celebrate my current exhibition 'Lots Of Fish', street art and our beautiful ocean.
Just bring your imagination.
I am Marion Le Crayon so naturally I will provide the crayons 😆 Participation is free.
Children must be accompanied by their parents or guardian.
The cafe will be open for you if you want a treat too 👍✨☕🥐
Exhibition opening
night
Friday the 14th of May 2021 - Kerfuffle, 244 South Terrace South Fremantle 6162
SPEECH
Did you miss out on the Opening Night? It's ok, the Art is staying up at the Kerfuffle Cafe until the 7th of July! And I want to invite you to another event related to 'Lots Of Fish' (more info to come). So if you missed that one, I hope you can make it to the next one!
If you are reading this post, it means you are truly interested and supportive, so thank you. Here is the speech you were meant to hear at the Exhibition Opening Night:
"I would like to begin by acknowledging that this land we meet on today is the traditional land of the Whadjuk people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Whadjuk people as the Traditional Owners of the greater Walyalup area and would like to pay respect to the Elders past, present and future.
Thank you Yating for hosting us in your beautiful cafe. For about a year or so when this place was still called 'There', I kept driving past thinking 'I need to check this place out'. It was not before a few months ago that I finally did, and met Yating through a friend* photographer who exhibited his beautiful work here before, and suggested that I did the same.
I had attended a workshop on how to put an exhibition together with Paula* a few weeks before that and I jumped in!
Like Paula said, you can't do it all alone, and I can't thank you all enough for making this possible. Through your encouragements, feedback, advice, help, support, guidance, I grew and was carried to do this. I'd like to particularly thank my partner for his patience and love and support everyday, and for inspiring me to express something from within through Art, which he does in his theatre practice. I want to thank my children for showing me the way, always.
This exhibition opening is a thank you for all of you who made it possible, and it is also a way to share.
Sharing is the act of giving a part of ourselves to someone else so that we can both enjoy it. I hope you can enjoy these ink drawings and screen prints tonight.
They're all about love, of course. I love that so many fish can create one movement all together. Did you know that in a school of fish, there is not one leader, but they are all leading and moving as one consciousness? When I was drawing them, I liked to think that we are all like these fish, all different and all the same, part of one consciousness creating a movement.
There are many ways to experience and interpret these drawings, and your interpretation will be the right for you.
A bit after starting this series, I found out through a friend and energy worker that fish can be a symbol of our emotions; the ones we need to go through to grow and become stronger, to become who we are.
Finally, an amazing movie called 'Seaspiracy' came out as I was working on 'Lots Of Fish'. Check it out if you haven't watched it yet, it is very eye opening. It is not only about the fishing industry, it also about the planet, it bring some awareness and solutions to different issues we are facing today. I like to see these women depicted here as sea goddesses or Mama Earth representations.
You'll notice that some of the Artworks are in plastic sleeves and some aren't. The plastic sleeved ones are the screen prints, the ones without sleeves are the originals. There are only 4 originals here because some of them have already found new homes, and also because I created some on iPad with Procreate. The Tote Bags are screen printed by me too, on fair trade cotton tote bags.
If you wonder how I got here, doing what I do, I have been drawing for as long as I can remember. I went to Art school back in France, where I studied 2D animation. Somehow, I have never felt satisfied working in animation studios. It may have come from the lack of creativity, the crazy deadlines, too much screen time, or perhaps the fact that I had this taste of freedom in my mouth; the freedom of working for myself, which I experienced when I was drawing caricatures on summer markets in France, to finance my Art studies. I haven't stopped drawing caricatures. I used to draw them at the Fremantle Markets for a while, and I am now focusing on drawing at events like weddings, parties, corporate events...
As much I like caricatures, 'Lots Of Fish' was born from wanting to express something different and deeper.
Thank you again for coming and enjoy the night, and the fantastic music played by Marcus!"
