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The Social Glue The Social Glue of Sydney is a studio-based collage group, meeting in Alexandria every second Saturday 12-3 pm and every second Wednesday 7-10 pm.

The Social Glue of Sydney collage meet in Alexandria tonight - reserve your spot via link in bio. Card made in a Social ...
08/09/2026

The Social Glue of Sydney collage meet in Alexandria tonight - reserve your spot via link in bio.

Card made in a Social Glue meet by Mia Ardianto

To Yayoi (making art until the age of 97) and all the other artists in our real and online communities who have “followe...
27/08/2026

To Yayoi (making art until the age of 97) and all the other artists in our real and online communities who have “followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me (us) to live”

From Social Glue session collage to National Portrait Gallery painting. Delighted to see that the inverted fish that Noe...
19/07/2026

From Social Glue session collage to National Portrait Gallery painting.

Delighted to see that the inverted fish that Noel McKenna made at a meet of Social Glue turned into this excellent painting in the show that finished at today in Canberra

So glad that a social glue contingent got down to see the show before it closed. A big pilgrimage but worth it.

The day always races by at the and I never manage to post anything until it’s all over. Here’s on her own still with t...
11/07/2026

The day always races by at the and I never manage to post anything until it’s all over. Here’s on her own still with the new Down There for Dancing Zine. If you missed out today then we will make some available for sale from Monday online so check back in there for postage or pickup options. You can also leave a comment below and we will contact you with the link. Chuffed that someone showed up early today to buy both Down There for Dancing and Glittering Love to add them to the zine collection at Sydney Uni Library.

Thankyou Other Worlds Zine fair for creating my favourite creative event of the year, where weird and wonderful creative enthusiasts find one another. Some stellar work today and wonderful conversations as always

On the folding table at our pre-zine fair gathering last night. A new zine by Social Glue founder Kathryn Bird, aka fea...
10/07/2026

On the folding table at our pre-zine fair gathering last night. A new zine by Social Glue founder Kathryn Bird, aka featuring the analog collage sequence Down There for Dancing.
It’s the perfect pair for Glittering Love, the other ‘sealed section’ zine with salacious content, which was a sell out last year’s fair. Both offerings fold out to A3 posters and down to alluring mini zines.

It’s been a delight to have The Social Glue of Sydney show reflect a huge array of approaches to collage and levels of e...
23/05/2026

It’s been a delight to have The Social Glue of Sydney show reflect a huge array of approaches to collage and levels of experience.

Thanks to lovely .mckenna for allowing us to show 4 beautiful works he made in sessions of The Social Glue - 1 fitted perfectly in our Skulls section, 1 in our Dots section and 2 in our Domesticity section. Included in these pics - tribute to one of Noel’s collages made by our own .scissors yesterday.

Noel’s work appears courtesy of Darren Knight Gallery.

Introducing Social Glue artist Alice Crawford , who is featured in our exhibition at Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown...
23/05/2026

Introducing Social Glue artist Alice Crawford , who is featured in our exhibition at Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown.

Alice Crawford’s practice includes collage, textile art, botanical illustration, photography, and animation. Much of this work responds to the notion of the ‘anthropocene’ and the need for humanity to create new modes of kinship with the other marvellous creations we share the Earth with, but some of it is just for fun.

We have our last group workshop of our exhibition kicking off in 2 hours in the gallery. It’s one of our regular meets, ...
23/05/2026

We have our last group workshop of our exhibition kicking off in 2 hours in the gallery. It’s one of our regular meets, 12-3, every second Saturday, which normally take place in our lovely ballroom HQ in Alexandria Town Hall.

In the card room at Chrissie Cotter, each card represents one person spending 3 hours side by side collaging with us in a Social Glue session. They are a calling card record of our presence engaged in a creative pursuit outside of money and all that comes with it. All these hours of communal activity represented side by side is pretty moving, actually. Those who attend today and make their own cards will join the exhibition in its final days.

Thanks for the beautiful responses to this show.

Get your eyes on us.Last 3 days of The Social Glue of Sydney exhibition, a survey of 9 years of work made by participant...
21/05/2026

Get your eyes on us.

Last 3 days of The Social Glue of Sydney exhibition, a survey of 9 years of work made by participants of all ages and levels of experience.

Friday 22 - Sun 24, 10-4

Join a Social Glue Saturday meet in the gallery 12-3 tomorrow. Free and all materials provided. All ages welcome.

Works available for sale online via our roomsheet during the exhibition and afterwards.

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Late afternoon light in the gallery, filtered through the chain link of the tennis courts next doors making Dramatic Rea...
21/05/2026

Late afternoon light in the gallery, filtered through the chain link of the tennis courts next doors making Dramatic Reactions glow from outside as well as inside.

Dramatic Reactions is a work of heightened emotions, constructed of 4 underlit Perspex panels slotted into a wooden plinth. The artist is Social Glue founder Kathryn Bird, aka

As with many of Kathryn’s works, the genesis is a trip to the source of so many of our works,

The plinth, the perspex and very likely many of the images are Reverse Garbage finds.

Only 3 days left to view this splendid show which takes in so many responses to the medium of paper collage. It’s been a delight seeing the responses of visitors.

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Leichhardt, NSW
NSW 2040

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