DIARY NOTE – MEDIA CALL – ART AND ACTIVISM 11 AM December 4

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Art and Activism
View from the Docks

The work of Sam Wallman

11am December 4
2 Murray Street, Pyrmont

Melbourne-based Sam Wallman is both a wharf worker at a container terminal in Melbourne and award-winning writer, cartoonist and illustrator.

View from the Docks showcases his latest work in an exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum opening on December 4. It depicts how life on the docks has changed – and stayed the same – over the past decades.

Sam is available for interviews.

Please contact:

Steve Riethoff e: [email protected] m: 0417 047 837

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