EPISODE TWENTY-ONE
Australian highlight: Ethel Anderson
Ah! moment: Supporting artists like Grace Cossington-Smith.
Not all innovations are gears and coding.
Between the Wars, Ethel Anderson was bringing visibility to a new art movement that was being overlooked by those in charge of the nation's galleries and newspapers. She supported artists to ensure that Australia had a Modern voice that would endure. Artists like Grace Cossington-Smith, who has the crown of producing Australia's first post-impressionist painting (The Sock Knitter, 1915), were producing a new visual identity for what was happening in Australia.
Ethel new this new work was important. She made sure these artists had space and visibility to take the place of the heralded (and dated) pastoral landscapes of "the Australian frontier".
Image: Photograph of Ethel Anderson, ca 1905, by the Freeman Brothers.
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This episode's comedic guest: Tori Crisp
Absolutely one of the most intelligent people I know, Tori is a producer, writer, comedian and actor – creating live comedy shows around Sydney, touring her own show around Australia and hosting multiple podcasts.
Tori is passionate about empowering women to reach their full comedic potential. She creates spaces for women, gender diverse and people from marginalised backgrounds to succeed at comedy, such as the weekly Good Girls Comedy stand up show, and a podcast of the same name.
You can find her on Instagram and Facebook as Tori Crispy, or performing at festivals around the country and in the hit production, Breaking: The Musical.