https://www.emmamclean.com.auRSS Feed for Emma McLean | Writer + EditorenMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://art-museum.uq.edu.au/second-sight-witchcraft-ritual-power• Proofread the exhibition blog for 'Second Sight: Witchcraft, Ritual, Power' • Assisted the curator with version control and publication workflowMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://art-museum.uq.edu.au/second-sight-witchcraft-ritual-powerhttps://www.museumofbrisbane.com.au/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20809370123&gbraid=0AAAAADjnGMbpQNSvQ9GzqFLllmr_6cNXo&gclid=CjwKCAjw56zWBhB0EiwAdPOQOfYnLoGImTTvDjegBC_W-ucF6gSb64deu29-d6f8vh9IyQ_aZPdVZxoCxj8QAvD_BwEFrom 2019-22, copy-edited and proofread for: • Large and small-scale exhibitions, including didactics, labels and interpretive texts • Regular EDMs • Social media copy • Exhibition catalogues • Website blog posts • Annual reportsMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.museumofbrisbane.com.au/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20809370123&gbraid=0AAAAADjnGMbpQNSvQ9GzqFLllmr_6cNXo&gclid=CjwKCAjw56zWBhB0EiwAdPOQOfYnLoGImTTvDjegBC_W-ucF6gSb64deu29-d6f8vh9IyQ_aZPdVZxoCxj8QAvD_BwEhttps://store.mca.com.au/products/the-national-4-australian-art-now-2023?_gl=1*39s1nl*_gcl_au*NTI3NjU1ODczLjE3OTA5NDkwMjIuLS4tLjE3OTA5NDkyMjUuMzQ0NzUzNTE4LjE3OTE3MjMzMDAuMTc5MTcyMzI5OQ..*_ga*NTU4MjI1MDIxLjE3OTA5NDkwMjI.*_ga_6S9JXLH9FT*czE3OTE3NzE5NTkkbzMkZzAkdDE3OTE3NzE5NTkkajYwJGwwJGgw&_ga=2.28131964.1584455240.1791723293-558225021.1790949022• Ensured version control across texts • Copy-edited and proofread for Carriageworks' artist contributors • Wrote and edited detailed artwork captionsMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://store.mca.com.au/products/the-national-4-australian-art-now-2023?_gl=1*39s1nl*_gcl_au*NTI3NjU1ODczLjE3OTA5NDkwMjIuLS4tLjE3OTA5NDkyMjUuMzQ0NzUzNTE4LjE3OTE3MjMzMDAuMTc5MTcyMzI5OQ..*_ga*NTU4MjI1MDIxLjE3OTA5NDkwMjI.*_ga_6S9JXLH9FT*czE3OTE3NzE5NTkkbzMkZzAkdDE3OTE3NzE5NTkkajYwJGwwJGgw&_ga=2.28131964.1584455240.1791723293-558225021.1790949022https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/From 2023-26, copy-edited and proofread for: • Look magazine print, digital and social media (Look is the AGS membership publication) • The Members Hub website • AGS travel brochures • The bi-monthly highlights brochure for members • Event descriptions • The regular member EDMMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/https://art-museum.uq.edu.au/second-sight-witchcraft-ritual-powerAs an addition to the exhibition, Second Sight, I proofread the following blog for The University of Queensland Art Museum.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://art-museum.uq.edu.au/second-sight-witchcraft-ritual-powerhttps://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/about-lookAs deputy editor of Look magazine, I copy-edited and proofread throughout the publication process.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/about-lookhttps://www.goldi.com.au/portfolio/margot-mckinney-publication/I provided detailed jewellery captions for the exhibition catalogue, World of Wonder: Margot McKinney and proofread the overall text.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.goldi.com.au/portfolio/margot-mckinney-publication/https://store.mca.com.au/products/the-national-4-australian-art-now-2023?_gl=1*1thnksn*_gcl_au*NTI3NjU1ODczLjE3OTA5NDkwMjIuLS4tLjE3OTA5NDkyMjUuMTk5MDQ2OTYwLjE3OTA5NDkyMjUuMTc5MDk0OTIyNQ..*_ga*NTU4MjI1MDIxLjE3OTA5NDkwMjI.*_ga_6S9JXLH9FT*czE3OTE3MjMyOTMkbzIkZzAkdDE3OTE3MjMyOTMkajYwJGwwJGgw&_ga=2.234365918.1584455240.1791723293-558225021.1790949022As an Editorial Assistant at Carriageworks, I copy-edited and proofread The National 4 catalogue.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://store.mca.com.au/products/the-national-4-australian-art-now-2023?_gl=1*1thnksn*_gcl_au*NTI3NjU1ODczLjE3OTA5NDkwMjIuLS4tLjE3OTA5NDkyMjUuMTk5MDQ2OTYwLjE3OTA5NDkyMjUuMTc5MDk0OTIyNQ..*_ga*NTU4MjI1MDIxLjE3OTA5NDkwMjI.*_ga_6S9JXLH9FT*czE3OTE3MjMyOTMkbzIkZzAkdDE3OTE3MjMyOTMkajYwJGwwJGgw&_ga=2.234365918.1584455240.1791723293-558225021.1790949022https://lemonadeletters.com.au/about/We thank all of the writers, readers, editors and writers who made Lemonade special. Lemonade is art criticism for the Sunshine State. Lemonade is inspired by the yellow glaze that filters Queensland’s sky. It references the effervescent sensation of quenching a summer’s thirst, and is a subtle ode to the state’s first art critic—Gertrude Langer—and her penchant for describing art as fresh and refreshing. Lemonade offers love letters to the artworld, promising to satiate a contemporary thirst...Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://lemonadeletters.com.au/about/https://www.goldi.com.au/portfolio/margot-mckinney-publication/The book follows the same structure as the accompanying exhibition ‘World of Wonder’ and explores Margot’s various worlds – World of Pearls, World of Colour, World of Opals – and her process and jewellery-making practices. The highly pictorial pages provide an upclose view of bespoke sculptural pieces of every colour and form, revealing their exquisite detail and beauty. The book follows the same structure as the accompanying exhibition ‘World of Wonder’ and explores Margot’s various worlds – W...Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.goldi.com.au/portfolio/margot-mckinney-publication/https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/about-lookYour window into the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Australian visual art.Look is the art magazine for members of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.This bi-monthly publication takes readers on a deep exploration of the art on show at the Art Gallery, bringing artists, artworks and ideas directly to readers’ homes through artist interviews, studio visits, specialist articles, in-depth stories on exhibitions, artworks and so much more.Look magazine was first published in 1985 and has evolved...Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/about-lookhttps://store.mca.com.au/products/the-national-4-australian-art-now-2023?_gl=1*fbm8la*_gcl_au*NTI3NjU1ODczLjE3OTA5NDkwMjI.*_ga*NTU4MjI1MDIxLjE3OTA5NDkwMjI.*_ga_6S9JXLH9FT*czE3OTA5NDkwMjIkbzEkZzEkdDE3OTA5NDkxODUkajYwJGwwJGgw&_ga=2.79529884.98273594.1790949022-558225021.1790949022The National is a biennial survey of contemporary Australian art. The National 4: Australian Art Now brings together 48 new artists projects involving more than 80 artists across Country, generations and communities. Presenting the latest ideas and forms in contemporary Australian art, the exhibition is a partnership between four leading Sydney cultural institutions: the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Campbelltown Arts Centre (C-A-C), Carriageworks and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (...Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://store.mca.com.au/products/the-national-4-australian-art-now-2023?_gl=1*fbm8la*_gcl_au*NTI3NjU1ODczLjE3OTA5NDkwMjI.*_ga*NTU4MjI1MDIxLjE3OTA5NDkwMjI.*_ga_6S9JXLH9FT*czE3OTA5NDkwMjIkbzEkZzEkdDE3OTA5NDkxODUkajYwJGwwJGgw&_ga=2.79529884.98273594.1790949022-558225021.1790949022https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/articles/the-art-of-travel-wanderlustThree experts leading international art tours for the Art Gallery discuss the beauty of learning, creating and travelling, with an eye for adventure.Gina Fairley Arts writer, curator and contemporary jewellerHow do you approach your creative practice? Studio time is only one part of making. For me, that creative practice starts long before in the form of feelings and connections that spark for me through walking and diarising. As a journalist I am hardwired to digest ideas. As a jeweller, enteri...Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/articles/the-art-of-travel-wanderlusthttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/e58e6ee0-d6a3-4f54-8ae0-e915dc615624.pdfSushil Aryal, chef behind the MOD. Dining menu at the Art Gallery, speaks to Look about his favourite flavours, Nepalese culture and food tailored to gallery-goers.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/e58e6ee0-d6a3-4f54-8ae0-e915dc615624.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/1717808c-b964-4552-ba0a-6728a240a337.pdfIn Antecedent, three Meanjin-connected artists come together in recognition of the threads bind their work. Together, in their singular styles, they investigate meaning, authorship, presentations of history, and subjectivity. Considering the past was written with bias, so too are the ways in which information has been categorised, contained and retold.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/1717808c-b964-4552-ba0a-6728a240a337.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/26e11062-d7ab-49de-b38c-f46cdeec3e2b.pdfA striking, hand-painted mural greets me outside Eliza Gosse’s Darlington studio. Two figures bookend the central text – a waiter holding a serving tray and an artist wielding a palette and brush. The cursive script reads: ‘Buon Gusto Authentic Cuisine’ followed by the word ‘studios’.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/26e11062-d7ab-49de-b38c-f46cdeec3e2b.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/cae2f7d1-4cfa-4a2f-afaa-d4f62718f0cf.pdfAt the age of 36, artist Agnes Goodsir was poised to leave Australia and join the thrum of Europe. From 1900 she hopped between London and Paris and, while in London, she met American-born divorcee Rachel Dunn. They became a devoted pair and moved to Paris together, setting up their lives in the bohemian Left Bank from 1921.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/cae2f7d1-4cfa-4a2f-afaa-d4f62718f0cf.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/66178d5e-943e-4fc4-9a60-ad4521dce63b.pdfIn time for this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, artworks by queer artists take centre stage.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/66178d5e-943e-4fc4-9a60-ad4521dce63b.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/60b7eb52-9ec0-4ed2-b5f5-4fc3ffc77af1.pdfAs you wander this year’s Archibald Prize you might ask yourself, what really makes a portrait? According to the Archie’s rules, artists are obliged to conduct at least one live sitting with their subject, to employ paint (in some way), and to depict ‘preferentially … some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics’.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/60b7eb52-9ec0-4ed2-b5f5-4fc3ffc77af1.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/25588a19-a281-4d85-80a8-b58bbe491785.pdfOne subject, two ways. How do artists explore similar themes through different styles? Here, two works in the Art Gallery’s collection present snowy scenes of winter.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/25588a19-a281-4d85-80a8-b58bbe491785.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/8fd61e2b-49f3-431d-b669-0bcb83149737.pdfI pull up on Marikit Santiago’s street and walk to the last townhouse along a lane edged with cypress trees. I ring the doorbell and Santiago welcomes me into her home. I notice some of her exquisite paintings on the walls. They portray her children when they were babies surrounded by foliage and glinting gold leaf. In her lounge room, a large rug features a stylised snake that reminds me of the serpents that adorn her paintings. I start to wonder where her studio could be.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/8fd61e2b-49f3-431d-b669-0bcb83149737.pdfhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/b74780e1-3b1e-4c87-8bcb-76420b92bd38.pdfFrame conservation is a delicate and intricate business. One wrong move or a single heavy breath can uproot your gold leaf and send it spiralling. This fine craft isn’t for everyone, especially the restless, but it is a world in which Emma Northwood thrives.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/526684/uploads/b74780e1-3b1e-4c87-8bcb-76420b92bd38.pdfhttps://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/loribelle-spirovski/A stone’s throw away from Newtown’s Enmore Road are lines of peaceful terrace houses. Bathed in sunlight on this spring day, Loribelle Spirovski’s street is leafy and narrow. I open the gate to her home and she invites me into her living room with a warm smile. As we settle on the couch, her cat Nana nestles between us making a perfect croissant curl.Spirovski was born in the Philippines in 1990 and, at the age of eight, immigrated to Australia with her parents. She tells me, ‘As a kid, I really...Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/loribelle-spirovski/https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/mucha-and-the-art-of-advertising/Following the success of Gismonda 1894, featuring Sarah Bernhardt, Mucha was in high commercial demand. His designs endorsed a range of products from biscuits to baby food, champagne and bicycles. During his time in America, Mucha was even invited to design soap boxes that were named in his honour, making him the first artist to feature on a household product. Mucha did not disparage his commercial opportunities. Rather, he drew on his skill as an illustrator to create advertisements that were e...Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/mucha-and-the-art-of-advertising/https://onespace.com.au/artist/bronte-naylor/Bronte Naylor (b. 1993) is an Australian Visual Artist working across exhibitions, public art, installation, research and community engagement. In 2022, she completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) Graduating First Class at University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Collaborations with St+ART India, Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans, First Coat International Art Festival and Big Picture Festival have firmly positioned her as a prominent practitioner within the international public art land...Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://onespace.com.au/artist/bronte-naylor/https://onespace.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/KONSTANTINA_Wumera-nangamay-Muru-Walan_Catalogue_2026.pdfI meet with KONSTANTINA at the close of a fresh winter’s day. She sits within her studio, which lies just beyond the home she shares with her partner and three sons. Surrounded by trees and haloed by a rosy sunset, the studio was built on Constantine’s terms with found timber and plenty of salvaged windows.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://onespace.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/KONSTANTINA_Wumera-nangamay-Muru-Walan_Catalogue_2026.pdfhttps://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/painting-pixels/Looking around the shared space dotted with works-in-progress from paintings and soft sculptures to fashion design, I ask how she finds sharing her environment. ‘I really love it,’ she says. ‘When leaving art school, the first thing I missed was the community that it fosters. I like that I can walk into the next room and talk to somebody likeminded.’Connection is important for Warner and offers a healthy balance to her practice which dives deeply into the experience of isolation. ‘The fragmentat...Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/painting-pixels/https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/articles/three-of-a-kind-colour-in-focusIt’s got to be one of the most important things in an artist’s artillery: colour. If the colours aren’t right, an artwork just won’t sing. The below artists take interest in the placement of colours, how they offset each-other and interrelate.Antoni MiraldaColoured bread 1973Miralda agitates our colour associations in this installation. He asks, ‘Think about why these colours? Why is it easier for me to eat the yellow than the blue? Bread baked in unexpected colours disconnects us from a predict...Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/articles/three-of-a-kind-colour-in-focushttps://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/articles/the-art-that-made-me-richard-lewer'It’s a big relief and celebration all in one go’, said Richard Lewer of his 2026 Archibald Prize win, ‘I’d seen past winners and known it was quite a crazy ride, and now I’m part of it.’ Lewer, a six-time Archibald Prize finalist, has now taken out the top award with his portrait of Pitjantjatjara Indigenous Elder, artist and traditional healer, Iluwanti Ken. The pair have known each other for several years and in the lead-up to her portrait, they spent time together on Country at Tjala Arts in...Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/articles/the-art-that-made-me-richard-lewerhttps://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/articles/three-of-a-kind-colour-in-focusIt’s got to be one of the most important things in an artist’s artillery: colour. If the colours aren’t right, an artwork just won’t sing. The below artists take interest in the placement of colours, how they offset each-other and interrelate.Antoni MiraldaColoured bread 1973Miralda agitates our colour associations in this installation. He asks, ‘Think about why these colours? Why is it easier for me to eat the yellow than the blue? Bread baked in unexpected colours disconnects us from a predict...Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.artgallerymembers.com.au/look/articles/three-of-a-kind-colour-in-focus