Cherie Johnson is a proud Gamilaroi and Weilwum woman who calls Newcastle home. From dancer to artist, teacher to businesswoman, Cherie has worn many professional hats, but none more important than her current role as founder and managing director of her transformative company, Speaking In Colour.
I’ve always thought that ‘fabulous’ is much less a word or a feeling but more a personality trait. The old saying goes; “Some people are born fabulous; some people achieve fabulousness and some have fabulousness thrust upon them.” Personally my fab quota is on the low-end of the scale but quite frankly, I’m happy to leave all of that to the professionals: professionals like – the ever fabulous Timberlina.
For Lauren Freestone, her Indigenous artworks have never been more in demand and life has never been busier, but a solid connection to family and country has kept her feet firmly on the ground as her artistic career soars.
Light white smoke swirls in the dusk air at Blacksmiths Beach, as a smoking ceremony is performed. This ceremony is part of an Indigenous-led initiative that is reviving the practice of cultural burns and offering an ancient approach to dealing with climate change.
Melanie Norman’s debut solo exhibition explores vulnerability and getting out of our comfort zones.
I’ve been swimming at Merewether Baths
during summer for almost thirty years.
But when the days become shorter
and the temperature starts getting a
little cooler, I stop using the baths.
This is the time of year that a brave
group of swimmers known as the Merewether Mackerels begin their weekly ritual; one that was started close to fifty years ago
After a years-long reading slump, all it took for Hannah to get her nose back into books was one very particular genre and the promise of a happy ending.
Attention wine lovers! To celebrate the 20th issue of Swell, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Hunter Valley winery Tyrrell’s Wines to offer one very lucky person a truly phenomenal prize.
Thirteen-year-old Xavier Neil is on a mission – to show other kids (and adults alike) that making a difference and giving back to your community doesn’t have to be difficult.
Twenty-five members of Women of the Hunter in Photography (WH!P Collective) currently have their works on display at Newcastle’s Watt Space Gallery as part of their ‘Stories of Light’ exhibition.
