NSW Art Gallery comes back to life!

Let’s celebrate NSW Art Gallery reopens on 1st June! Good eye, Friends, yes, banner ads show the time of Archibald when I sketched it. Local libraries come back to life, too. As well as book loan, their community work is a pivot point in society such as advocacy, education, literacy and social work. I’d send big cheers to those brave fighters and our heroes!!
We'll share joy there.
Friends, stay safe and let's enjoy painting, too.

NSW Art Gallery comes back to life!

Publisher Helen Chamberlin in Drummoyne Art Prize

I'm honoured, my work, “Publisher Helen Chamberlin” in finalists in Drummoyne Art Prize 2020. A portrait is a sitter and an artist’s collaboration and labour of love. I deeply appreciate Helen’s encouragement and support. Friends, thank you very much for longitudinal cheers!!  
Oh, so many friends in Australian publishing industry celebrate It. https://www.facebook.com/sadami.konchi Thank you very much. 

Friends, let's have a dream and strive for it!

Publisher Helen Chamberlin in Drummoyne Art Prize

Let's Hug Again After This Tough Time

Dandelion seeds, invitation to departure. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see,”– Edgar Degas. Thank you for support and patience with my blog. Stay safe. Let's meet again after this tough time. 

In the Covid-19 outbreak, Australian publishing industry has been developing strategies to access readers by social media. eg) CBCA NSW Lunchtime Storytime Facebook Page or our Website. You can meet authors and illustrators. Publishers and creators have meetings by Zoom. https://www.cbcansw.org.au/storytime


I, a 2020 May Gibbs Fellow, look forward to my residency in Adelaide. 
Now, May Gibbs Childrens Literature Trust calls Applications for 2021 Creative Time Residential Fellowships close on 31st May. Published authors or illustrators of at least one book for children or young people are invited to apply for “the gift of time”. The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust provides accommodation, local support, and travel to our host city Adelaide. 

Visit maygibbs.org.au to find more information, provided under ‘creative time fellowships’.
N.B. This information is most effectively viewed on a computer

For application details, contact Libby Tozer, Fellowships Coordinator: contact@maygibbs.org.au

May Gibbs Trust is now on Instagram you can find us @childrensliteraturetrust

Friends, have a dream. See you after this pandemic. Best wishes, special thanks and big cheers to you!!

Let's Hug Again After This Tough Time

Tamil Drumming Festival

Tamil Drumming Festival celebrated traditions and firsthand ancient music and cultures at Blacktown Arts Centre! This lady dances as well as playing! Amazing. Lovely to see players and audiences all smiling, chatting in their mother tongues, proudly and friendly.

Now, I can play a parai, one of the oldest drums! Thank you for teaching me.

Children were adorable and working so hard to play instruments. Some came from Adelaide or Perth. I really appreciate their come along such a long way.  

 

We enjoyed a range of exciting performances and beautiful, colourful folk dancing! One dancing symbolised a farmer's catch-up cow. Interesting. May these different cultures and languages stay flourishing forever on the earth.

Friends, happy painting! 

Tamil Drumming Festival

Capturing Movement and Beyond, Musicians

Capturing movements is equal to the ability of observation and drawing. Sketching musicians is my daily exercise of eyes and hands. After a drawing class in NSW Art Gallery, I enjoyed sketching a guitarist in a cafe. Music is the food of love and life. 

He and I passionately chatted over music, drawing and life. His father was a visual artist and painter. Life is beautiful and people are lovely. Sweet feedback came to me on FB. 

Jackie Hawkes you always capture the gentleness of life, Sadami

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  Sadami Konchi Jackie Hawkes, thank u so much. That's what I'd like to do🤗💓

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I always look for musicians on streets. I often sketch buskers at a weekend market. This lady was an accordion player. Again, she and I discussed about art, life and music. We shared joy and pain. It’s a great joy and honour to draw them. An individual personality and emotion comes up in a subject. 
Friends, enjoy drawing and painting everyday. Happy Painting!

Capturing Movement and Beyond, Musicians

Eel Festival 2020

An Aboriginal young dancer at Welcome ceremony in Eel Festival at Sydney Living Museum, Elizabeth Farm. Parramatta means "place of the eels" in Burramattagal language. So, this festival respects Indigenous people's culture and language and discovers the heritage. Lovely to see anyone hugging each other, having fun and smiling! 

The dance performers talked of the importance of equality and emphasised, "We're the same human beings." Yes, indeed. 

Thank you very much for modelling!
Your team's dance and music performance was great. Always people interest me most. A very hot day, but cool breezes were nice. 

Busy. Please pardon my laziness of blogging. But thank you very much for visiting and supporting. I've been working on the picture book projects, a book cover and portraits. Sketching like above is my break between projects at a weekend. They are my references at the same time. Also, very happy to see many blog friends have become big names in art industry. 
I'll strive for my own dream and want to achieve it. 
Friends, you, too, let us find our own ways and become "who I am" fully.
Happy Painting!  
    

Eel Festival 2020

Sadami, Headliner for CBCA Kids' Corner

Thank you very much for honouring me a headliner in "Kids' Corner" in CBCA, Children Book Council for Australia NSW newsletters Jan/Feb 2020. Right now, rain! A decent fall!! I hope this rain will ease firefighters work and comfort residents burnt by bushfires. 

"https://www.cbcansw.org.au/kids-corner-worksheet
BUSHFIRES AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES - SADAMI KONCHI
When I heard that the Clifton Creek Primary School Library in Victoria had been burnt to ashes, I immediately sent copies of my picture books to the KIDS’LIT CLUB, a network which is supporting these damaged schools. Quality new books were urgently needed to arrive before the new school year began. It was very upsetting to think of the communities and schools affected by the bush fires.
Being an illustrator, I drew the firefighter image to insert this message into the books, “Hi, Friends, Love, Hope, Dream! Enjoy reading!” I hoped this would help lift the spirits of the students and teachers.

Sharing personal stories on social media can encourage others to care. The responses to the posting on my Facebook page about the school show that so many people want to find a way to feel that they are can help get schools and communities back on the road to reading and creating stories.
Every person has the ability to be involved somehow as communities begin recovering and rebuilding. It is like tiny droplets coming together to make a strong stream to make a better world.
Each individual effort makes a difference.
SADAMI KONCHI is a unique illustrator whose latest book, My
Dog Socks, with text by Robyn Osborne (Ford Street Publishing)
shares a special kind of imagination..
http://thestylefile.com/illustrator/sadami-konchi/https://www.instagram.com/sadamikonchi/"

Sadami, Headliner for CBCA Kids' Corner