Alisoun Neville Art

12/10/2026

It's National Carers Week (11-17 October), and a carer you know might need some care today.

This year's theme is "Care for a Carer: Making carers visible." Swipe through for practical actions you can take right now.

One useful thing you can do is connect a carer to support. While some carers will already have this in place, there are too many who do not yet identify as carers or know about the supports available.

For example, if you live locally and know a carer who needs a space to pause, recharge and connect, please tell them about the Making Space group in Newhaven. It's free for carers registered with Carer Gateway and I can help new carers with that process. If it's too late for today, it will be on again next month.

Making Space – Creative Peer Support for Carers
When: Today, 1:30-3:00 PM
Where: Living Space Studio Gallery, 6 Forrest Ave, Newhaven
To register: contact me on 0405 778 518
Next sessions: 9 November and 7 December.

National resources you could share:

Carer Gateway: Call 1800 422 737 or visit carergateway.gov.au
Carers Victoria: Call 1800 514 845 or visit carersvictoria.org.au

Help make carers visible. Please share this post.

08/10/2026

I dropped this butterfly cushion sample in to Brinnie T Design | Interiors today, got some valuable lessons on plumping pillows and stock photography, and witnessed the rekindling of another special friendship (slide 3).

It’s really special to have Jo’s support of my work, both as a local designer and as a friend. We have talked many times about how unique and distinctive our ideas of beauty can be, and what restores us as individuals, which can often be different to what we’re told will do the trick. I feel restored again by Jo’s joy in her products, in the diverse beauties found in colour, pattern, texture, and in Jo’s capacity to put them together in her own unique and beautiful ways. When next in Cowes…

07/10/2026

Such a joy to listen to Aunty Melissa and her legendary visitor Gidja Walker in Living Space today. Such staunch women, rich histories of fighting for what’s right, generous hearts, beautiful souls. So full of gratitude for women like this, I really struggle with the words. Melissa’s beautiful artwork behind.

24/09/2026

The creative process can be mysterious, even for those of us who work in it every day. It can also be simple — be brave, show up, play, enjoy, learn, do it again.

But some days it asks more of us. We get fearful. Stuck. Can't find the way in. That's what the Creative Wayfinding Workshop is for — paths, bridges, companions, even a place to rest.

Newhaven, Phillip Island. The day after the football.
Come alone, bring a friend, bring one of the kids.
Info and bookings see https://www.crayonsandstuff.com.au/workshops-and-events/p/creative-wayfinding-workshop

19/09/2026

How do you find your way into a creative idea — and what might happen when you approach it from a different direction?

Creative Wayfinding is a playful afternoon of exploring different ways into your creativity, using words, images, the senses, memory and materials, and the inspiration of other explorers beside you. Suitable for beginners and committed explorers — no artmaking experience required.

Sunday 27 September, 2.30–4.30pm
Living Space Studio Gallery — Phillip Island
6 Forrest Avenue, Newhaven (next to Island Healing)
$40 full / $30 concession and young folx

Excited to welcome guest co-host Melissa Nelson-Campbell to Living Space Studio Gallery for this workshop. Melissa is a creative arts therapist and school counsellor who shares a passion for exploration and connection through the arts. She loves showing people that there's no need to be "good at art" — just room to play, experiment, connect and discover what might happen when we give ourselves permission to create.

A creative school holiday / long weekend activity on Phillip Island.

Bookings at https://www.crayonsandstuff.com.au/workshops-and-events/p/creative-wayfinding-workshop

15/09/2026

What comes to you when you read this?

For me it's art making, in conversation with the process and materials. Dancing, gardening, swimming. Taking care of another.

14/09/2026

Art you can use.

Enjoy some island imagery in a new range of tea towels, bringing birds, plants and coastal wetlands into the everyday.

Less stuff. Better stuff. Things that are useful, beautiful, and in love with living.

The new range is now at Living Space Studio Gallery, Newhaven, alongside tea, art, and other wonderful things. Great in the wet, and coming soon online.

13/09/2026

Artful weave. Wallpaper and textiles that help you love your space.

Explore the collection:
https://www.crayonsandstuff.com.au/artful-weave

08/09/2026