Image: Trace Bella, Starry Freedom (detail, 2023).
From ‘A Basket of Songs’, with lyrics and illustrations by Trace Balla and music by Andrew McSweeney.
'A Basket of Songs' Book Launch
Join us for the Launch of A Basket of Songs as part of Creative Constellations: Atlas of Radical Hope.
With lyrics and illustrations by Trace Balla and music by Andrew McSweeney, A Basket of Songs welcomes us all to connect to our hearts and the things that really matter.
Songs for celebrations, ceremonies, schools, sunsets, around fires and kitchen tables, at memorials, on your bike, anywhere a song can be sung.
Including the stories behind the lyrics, the song sheets link to online recordings, and beautiful illustrations.
When: Saturday 17 February 2024, 11am
Where: Under trees at Fitzroy Gardens – near the Old Bandstand, close to Clarendon & Grey Streets East Melbourne.
Creative Constellations: Atlas of Radical Hope is an exhibition co-produced and presented by CLIMARTE and the Cultural Gardeners. Please see full exhibition details here.
Held in association with the National Sustainability Festival, this collaborative exhibition and associated events have been made possible by Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation with support from the City of Melbourne and City of Yarra.