Storms and Broken Suitcases is a series of autobiographical tales of travel, illness and strange encounters by Sarah Howell.

8th December 2005 - early January 2006
Avago window, under-the-stairs, and various other locations around the Salamanca Arts Centre.
77 Salamanca Place, Hobart

Supported by the Salamanca Arts Centre and Is Theatre's Emerging Artist Training program.

Artist Bio:

Sarah Howell’s artistic practice covers many genres – drawing, writing, sculpture, jewellery, street events and online collaborative projects – but the starting point for much of her work is drawing, in particular, comic strip narratives.

In 2003/04 Sarah co-curated “The Dark Woods” a survey exhibition of Australian comic book art that is currently touring nationally. It is this experience, combined with Sarah’s background in street events and sculpture which has prompted her to develop an interest in creating temporary installation events that use the narrative and symbolic language of graphic novels and mini comics to explore concerns about identity, ritual, storytelling and knowledge sharing.

Late September last year I finally stepped down from the board of the Hobart Fringe Festival, since then I have been trying to focus on my own work. Key achievements I have made in the last 14 months include:

* Consistently writing and drawing in my journals (approx. 120 pages a month),

* Making my first zine,

* 11 workshops in comics and zine making in Tasmania, South Australia and NSW.

* Completing a course in Improvisation with Is Theatre to improve my observation, particlularly of body language.

* Attending the National Young Writers Festival in Newcastle on behalf of the Tasmanian Writers Centre.