Tag: Andrew Collis
‘The drawings were made at lightning speed’
Bondi-based artist Danielle Joy Golding’s exhibition Ethical Expressions 2 opened at the Orchard Gallery in Waterloo on Saturday July 22.
Blak & Blu celebrates the bravery of using ballpoint
Four prize winners were chosen from 20 finalists in the second Blak & Blu art award for drawings which use black and/or blue biros on A4 paper announced on September 10.
Remembering Terry (1970-2021)
The memorial service for Terry James Irving (17/6/1970–10/6/2021) at the Park Café on Chalmers, February 15, included spoken and musical tributes, tears and laughter. Those who knew him best remember a proud Bundjalung man, fiercely loyal, quick-witted – a lover of animals, music and painting.
Blak & Blu art award draws passionate responses
Blak & Blu art award for ink on A4 paper showed just how passionate the artists who entered are about social justice said judge and multiple Archibald Prize Finalist Kathrin Longhurst.
Local artists express community concerns
The inaugural Blak & Blu art award for ink on A4 paper nears its official launch on December 11, 2-4pm, at the Orchard Gallery in Waterloo.
Cartoon show – ‘norrie has social justice in her sights’
The SSH Cartoon Show launched on December 1 was a long time coming – but it was worth the wait.
In and out the windows
In this Q&A, Catherine Skipper reveals how Covid-19 isolation prompted a popular Instagram project that brought people’s imaginative life and home life together in art and spawned ‘This Time 2020’, the Orchard Gallery’s current exhibition in Waterloo.
Raising funds, maintaining high standards of journalism
The South Sydney Herald’s Celebrate Community fundraiser was held online over Zoom on December 11. The event to raise funds for the paper was also a celebration to mark the end of the year.
Local artists and their treasures unearthed
Posters in the local area invited creative people to bring their works to the gallery and we were overwhelmed by the response.
Vale Ross Smith
Ross Smith SSH Distribution co-ordinator collapsed on Waterloo Green on October 4 as he was preparing to start distribution of the October issue of the paper.
A Community of faith
A variety of preachers at South Sydney Uniting Church during Rev, Andrew Collis's leave.
Rituals acknowledge hurt, affirm hope and healing
The representatives of the different groups who gathered to acknowledge the suffering of the young were: Tim Gray (Indigenous peoples), Father Peter Maher (Catholic...
Marathon looms for Weave supporter
Weave Youth & Community Services to benefit from marathon men's effort at upcoming Blackmores Sydney Running Festival.
Open book on life in love
The launch of Dorothy McRae-McMahon’s book, A Life and Death Conversation with Ali, was an occasion for warm reflection. The event was held on July 6 at the South Sydney Uniting Church and was chaired by parish minister Rev. Andrew Collis. More than 100 people were in attendance, including publisher and editor Rev. Dr Ian Price, guest speaker Julie McCrossin, family and friends of the author and the author’s deceased partner Ali Blogg.
Looking out for others – the art of Jovana Terzic
Serbian-born Jovana Yoka Terzic has been artist in residence for the past year with the South Sydney Uniting Church. She currently has an exhibition in the church’s Orchard Gallery. The title of her exhibition is Vision Quest.
Looking out for others – the art of Jovana Terzic
Serbian-born Jovana Yoka Terzic has been artist in residence for the past year with the South Sydney Uniting Church. She currently has an exhibition...
Weaving stories of survival and healing
For three years now, in support of ASCA’s Blue Knot Day, Heather Robinson, chair of the South Sydney Uniting Church, and minister Rev. Andrew Collis, have led a prayer service for adults surviving child abuse. This year, however, on Saturday November 3, the church was host to a unique visual art and storytelling presentation.
Running for Pemulwuy
SSH editor, Andrew Collis, will take part in the Melbourne Marathon on October 14 – on behalf of the Aboriginal Housing Company’s Pemulwuy Project.
AHC marathon
REDFERN: The Aboriginal Housing Company completed another lap in its Pemulwuy marathon with the submission in August of the Preferred Project Report. The report responds to the issues raised during the public exhibition and adjusts plans from the comments received. The Department of Planning will now make an assessment of the proposal.
The people behind the SSH
Dorothy McRae-McMahon is a minister-in-association at the church and the features editor. “When we began the paper around a decade ago, we felt that...



















