Lachlan Bell is an active member of the Sydney Estonian community and is involved across Sydney Eesti Selts, Virmalised and Sõrve Summer Camp. Lachlan is one of 10 finalists currently exhibiting work in the 2021 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize. In its 10th year, the Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize supports and recognises a new generation of Australian visual artists. Artists in the early stage of their careers are invited to enter an original work (or series) reflecting the theme of the Macquarie Group Collection, ’The Land and Its Pscyhe’. This collection has been supporting emerging Australian artists for more than 30 years.

Submitting two photographic prints from his 2020 Snowmelt series, ‘Memento Mori (Dalgety)’ and ‘Pushing Up Burr-daisies (Boloco)’, these images were taken on Ngarigo country around Dalgety in the Snowy Mountains region, Southern NSW. The images reflect on the ephemerality of human presence within a foreboding and temperamental landscape and question the evolving nature of our relationships with fraught history, colonial monuments and contested legacies. Felicity Fenner, Chair of City of Sydney’s Public Art Advisory Panel and curatorial consultant to Macquarie Group, writes “These photographs by Lachlan Bell are set in regional Australia. The forgotten graves in a country churchyard, and the rusting petrol bowsers superfluous in a modern world, stand like sentries protecting memories embedded in the landscapes of lives past.”

Lachlan Bell’s 2020 photograph ‘Memento Mori (Dalgety)’ has been acquired by the Macquarie Group Collection and will sit alongside works of acclaimed artists such as Ben Quilty, Emily Kane Kngwarreye, Juan Ford, Joan Ross, Mabel Juli, Reg Mombassa, Shaun Gladwell, Janet Laurence to name a few. Director of the Macquarie Group Collection, Helen Burton, said: “Congratulations to our winners. The exceptional quality of the finalists’ works reflects the depth of talent to be found among Australia’s next generation of visual artists. This year, we received a record number of submissions and I’d like to congratulate everyone who entered the Prize. Thankyou for sharing your unique talent.”

Official press release for the Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize:

The works submitted by Lachlan and the other 9 finalists are available to purchase and view in the online exhibition. A limited run of 6 prints is being made for Lachlan’s two photographs, and for any inquiries, questions or potential commissions please contact him via email: lachlan.bell@eesti.org.au

Lachlan is also currently a Finalist in the Blacktown City Art Prize and the UNSW Kudos Gallery Emerging Artist + Designer Prize, and is currently working as a research assistant for UNSW Lecturer Clare Milledge for the upcoming 2022 Sydney Biennale.

Lachlan’s work is also visible on his website: L[C]Bell and on Instagram: @loch.man

Sydney born Australian/Estonian artist Evan Indrek Pank concluded his military service in Estonia in June and went on to do an artist residency in Tartu at TYPA Centre, print and paper museum. During this time he created work for a solo exhibition at Gallery Lane Cove in Sydney as part of winning the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Award in 2019.

“‘Attachment/Detachment’ is an exhibition that portrays the experiences of Evan Pank, navigating military service in Estonia during the global COVID-19 pandemic and the separation to his country of birth through the strict border controls of the Australian and state governments.”

A mix of contemporary and experimental print artworks, the exhibition features three large paste-up artworks and small experimental prints created with handmade paper from recycled army newspapers and spent bullet casings.

ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT Exhibition

Evan Pank

6 November – 4 December 2021
Gallery Lane Cove
164 Longueville Road,
Lane Cove NSW 2066

More images of his work and exhibition can be found on Instagram: @evanpank.art
Facebook page: EPANK Art
website: www.epankart.com

It is our pleasure to invite you to our virtual forum for Estonians across the globe. The event will be held on 27 November at 4 p.m. (UTC/GMT+2) and can be followed in Estonian, English or Russian. Please feel free to share this information with your contacts in the Estonian community of your country (information in Estonian below).

The forum includes discussions about our diaspora communities and the presentation of the preliminary results of the diaspora survey. We’ll try to find answers for several questions: Why do many Estonians live abroad? How does Estonia support their efforts to maintain and strengthen their Estonian identity? How can we together make Estonia greater?

The President of Estonia Alar Karis will share his thoughts with Estonians across the globe. Between the discussions, the Estonians living in the United States, Sweden and Czech Republic will join us. Musical entertainment is provided by London-born Kymbali Williams, whose Estonian roots and love for Estonia brought her to live and work in Estonia.

Participation link:
https://worksup.com/app#id=ESTONIANSFORUM2021

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Kutsume Teid jälgima virtuaalfoorumit eestlastele üle maailma, mis toimub laupäeval, 27. novembril kell 16.00 Eesti aja järgi , ning jagama seda infot ka eesti kogukonnaga oma riigis. 

Foorumit saab jälgida ja sellele kaasa mõelda mistahes maailma punktist, kus on toimiv internetiühendus. See toimub eesti keeles, otsetõlked inglise ja vene keelde on jälgitavad paralleelkanalites.

Seekordsel foorumil saab osa mitmest arutelust. Kuidas väliskogukonnad elavad? Mida ütleb suur diasporaauuring selle kohta, kes on üldse eestlased välismaal? Miks on riigile välismaal elavate eestlaste käekäik oluline ja mida selles vallas tehakse? Mis on see, mis teeb Eesti suuremaks?

Foorumil osalejatega jagab oma mõtteid Vabariigi President Alar Karis. Arutelude vahel teeme lülitusi kogukondadesse USAs, Rootsis ja Tšehhis. Muusikat teeb Londonis sündinud Eesti juurtega Kymbeli Williams, kelle armastus Eesti vastu on ta toonud siia elama ja töötama. Virtuaalfoorumit juhib ühiskonnateemade erksa tõstatajana tuntud Tarmo Jüristo.

Loe rohkem kava ja esinejate kohta

Programm ja üritusel osalemise link: https://worksup.com/app#id=ESTONIANSFORUM2021

​Virtuaalse kohtumiseni 27. novembril!

DATES FOR 2022 – Sunday 2nd January to Sunday 9th January

Great news, Sõrve 2022 is going ahead!

The whole camp has been booked so Sõrve will have sole use of the site.

Registration is open at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Sorve2022

Reminder: make payment by 30 November so as not to incur a 10% late fee

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The following financial assistance is available on request: admin@sorve.org.au

• First timer discount (advise on registration form)
• Travel cost assistance for country NSW and interstate children
• Hans Ott Scholarship to subsidise fees

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GOLF DAY – KÄÄSITÖÖ – CULTURAL ACTIVITIES – ESTONIAN LESSONS FOR ALL AGES

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IMPORTANT COVID-19 INFORMATION

To keep us all safe, Sorve will follow NSW Dept of Sport and Recreation COVID-19 protocols, and it is a condition of attendance that everyone over the age of 16y, including visitors, are to be fully vaccinated.

Additional COVID-19 safeguards are being put in place under the direction of

our camp doctor, Dr Konrad Kangru

Please take the time to read our COVID-19 Plan at  http://www.sorve.org.au/index.php/covid19-information   as acceptance of these protocols will be a condition of registration.

We look forward to seeing you at Sõrve 2022