2020 Shelter in Place
Rose LucasSharon Monagle (Artist)

Poet Rose Lucas and visual artist Sharon Monagle collaborate to reflect on their personal and shared experiences of 2020. These conversations, across words and paint, touch on the terrible fires of Summer 2019-2020; the uncertainty of the autumn isolation; the short reprieve of winter; the lockdown of late winter into spring; and the tentative emergence and transitions of late spring into summer. While 2020 in Melbourne was certainly challenging, this artistic collaboration also points to ways in which crisis can lead to enrichment and reconnection.