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Free, sessions run frequently, no bookings required

Artist Claudia Nicholson’s new animated short film is a collaboration with the writer Enoch Mailangi and young artists from the Sydney Children’s Hospital School, and brings the world of a children’s picture book to life. Told through an unfolding conversation between different animals, the simple yet profound story explores the power of friendship.

The short film screens outdoors at Inglis Park, right next to the popular playground and Newmarket dining precinct. Sessions include a free drop-in creative workshop where you can join in and paint animals from the story. All welcome, though Nicholson has developed Oh. especially for children 5-12 years.

Nicholson’s work has previously appeared in Vivid Sydney, Bankstown Biennale and Shortwave Festival at Sydney Opera House and, and is now curated for Randwick by Talia Linz as part of the Winter Wednesdays Art Series.

Above: Claudia Nicholson, Sculpture Garden, 2021. Watercolour on paper, 21 x 30 cm. Courtesy: the artist

About Claudia Nicholson

Over the past decade, Claudia Nicholson’s multidisciplinary practice has examined her relationship to the Latin America region—specifically, Colombia—in an ongoing attempt to negotiate geographical, cultural, and temporal distances. Particularly notable have been her alfombras de aserrín (sawdust carpets), silletas (wearable fresh flowers displays), and watercolour paintings.

In 2023-24 Nicholson was the artist in residence at the University of Technology Sydney and undertook a research and development program that culminated in a solo exhibition at UTS Gallery. In 2022, she was commissioned by the Sydney Opera House to develop a new video work The Deep Rivers Say It Slowly for Shortwave Festival. In 2020 she was commissioned by the National Gallery of Australia to develop Art Trail, an art interpretation resource for children. In 2019 she was commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art to light up the museum's facade for Vivid Sydney. Nicholson is a recipient of the NSW Emerging Visual Arts Fellowship (2017).

Recent exhibitions and commissions include: New to the Collection, Campbelltown Arts Centre (2025), Same Same But Different; Bankstown Biennale, Bankstown Arts Centre (2024), Spot The Difference, Penrith Regional Gallery (2024); Braving Time: Contemporary Art in Queer Australia, National Art School (2023); Belonging, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2019). In 2024, her exhibition ‘If the Mountain Is Burning, Let It Burn’; UTS Gallery received significant press coverage, including reviews by Memo Review and Art Monthly Australasia, a profile in Art Collector magazine and a radio interview with Daniel Browning for ABC’s The Art Show.

Alongside her artistic practice, Nicholson has worked as an artist educator at the Art Gallery of NSW, Biennale of Sydney and Arncliffe Public School. She is currently a lecturer at UNSW School of Art & Design.

About Talia Linz

Talia Linz is a contemporary art curator and writer with a particular interest in site-specific practice and commissioning new work. With a background in feminist and queer methodologies and performance, she is committed to supporting interdisciplinary and collaborative practice, working with artists to realise ambitious and innovative projects. She believes in the social and civic role of art and its ability to inspire meaningful engagement and connection with diverse audiences. Linz has worked extensively with Australian and international artists at all career stages, curating and co-curating a breadth of projects from large-scale international biennales and major solo commissions to national and international touring exhibitions, performances, public programs, residencies and education initiatives. She holds an MA in Curatorial Studies (University of Toronto, Canada), an MA in Writing and Editing (University of Technology, Sydney), and a BA in Performance Theory and Practice (University of Western Sydney). Most recently she was Senior Curator at Artspace, Sydney, and part of the curatorium for the 23rd Biennale of Sydney: rîvus.