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June 2009 - Helen Sanderson is one of the 130 Queenslanders whose unique stories are told in the recently released book Queenslanders All Over. The book was written by Joan Burton Jones, and published by Bond University Press. Prime Minister and Queenslander Kevin Rudd wrote the foreword for the book.

Queenslanders All Over is an in-depth look at sport, business, the arts, community and innovation throughout the State. It tells the stories of a range of Queenslanders who have lived all over the state, studied, worked, performed etc in a diverse range of areas. The stories offer the hopes and dreams of families and communities and change over time. Various sporting luminaries tell their stories, as do those from business and the arts.

"There are people in the book who are well-known and those who are unknown, but should be known. I wanted to give a voice to those people who largely go unnoticed,'' Joan Burton-Jones.

“Australia is a young country by Western business standards and many of the people here have been pioneers or are the children of pioneers in their chosen field. These stories have been approached from the point of view of people’s occupations. The fit and disabled share their stories as do the old and young, the famous along with many unsung heroes. Here you will hear stories from the fruit and vegetable markets, from taxi drivers, firemen, lifesavers – stories full of hope, courage and larrikin humor – from those who generally are not heard, but without whose efforts our towns, cities and rural communities could not survive. Above you can see photos of some of Queensland’s iconic businesses that you’ll find in the book, Billabong, Australia Zoo and Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.” Joan Burton-Jones.

Bond University Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Stable said the book was in keeping with the charter of BUP to publish high quality general, academic and educational works.

“Queenslanders All Over will be important for current and future generations to obtain an appreciation of our State.’’

Joan has been a supporter of the drawings Helen does in her travel journals, and it is these works that that are highlighted in Queenslanders All Over.

1st June 2009 - Helen Sanderson was asked by The State Library of Queensland to archive the Helen Sanderson website to preserve it for future generations. It will be set up in the PANDORA, Australia’s Web Archive, which was set up by the National Library of Australia in 1996 to enable the archiving and provision of long-term access to online Australian publications. The State Library of Queensland cooperates with the National Library in order to build and preserve a comprehensive collection of Australian online publications. State Library’s brief is to enhance the Queensland presence in this national archive.

26th June 2009 - In Your Dreams opening at Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland.

29th April 2009 - In Your Dreams opening at Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland.

6th March 2009 - In Your Dreams opening at Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Queensland.

19th September 2008 – In Your Dreams opening at Albury City Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales.

13th September 2008 - Helen was invited by good friends Adele Outteridge and Wim de Vos to show a piece in their tenth anniversary celebration exhibition at The Studio, West End.

1st - 5th September 2008
Helen Sanderson was invited to work with local Rockhampton artists in the Artist in Residence Room of the Walter Reid Cultural Centre in Rockhampton recently. The project was an initiative of the Rockhampton Art Gallery , and received funding from the Regional Arts Development Fund which is a partnership between State Government Arts Queensland and Rockhampton Regional Council. During the five days, the artists explored
and absorbed the feel of the local river landscape, learning much life on the river and its history. Artists worked with photography, drawing, rubbings, painting, and simple printmaking techniques. They worked to complete two artists' books during the week, most artists contributing to both. The first book was aiming to look at the architecture of the buildings along the Rockhampton reach of the river, and the structure of the bridges crossing the river.
The second book is a more organic book, documenting and exploring with the images of the water, rocks, vegetation and people who use the river. This book also used some interesting found papers, as well as some hand made papers. Several children joined in with a dozen or more adults who participated in the project. Artists came from varying backgrounds, and all learned from each other as well as from the experimentation and
explorations they made on their own. These books will be displayed in the Rockhampton Art Gallery in conjunction with a larger exhibition relating to the Fitzroy River.

6th August 2008 – Helen has been accepted to show her new book “A Little Australian Story” in the Noosa Regional Gallery Back to Basics: Books exhibition for 2008

1st August 2008 - Two Vines - from Ballandean to Tuscany – exhibition of paintings at Montego's on the Bay, satellite exhibition curated by Art Gallery of the Sunshine Coast

August 2008 – 3 page article printed in Textile Fibre Forum Issue 3 No 91 2008 – In Your Dreams. Article by Helen Sanderson

4th July 2008 - In Your Dreams opening at Logan Art Gallery, with Helen invited to give opening address. Helen also is giving a workshop for the gallery in two weeks time.

10-11th May 2008 – Helen has been invited to teach a two day workshop in the Walter Reid Cultural Centre by the Rockhampton Art Gallery.

9th May 2008 – In Your Dreams opening at Rockhampton Art Gallery. Helen has been asked to speak at the opening ceremony.

February 2008. Helen has been invited to participate in a collaborative project with two Canadian artists, Karen Cornelius and Agatha Doerksen. The final work will be a new media work to be shown in Canada.

January 2008. Helen was invited to participate in a collaborative book project by Ko de Jonge, Holland. The piece will be part of ART=START+.

January 2008. Helen had her artist’s book Melbourne Cup 2006 selected in the Libris Awards – the Australian Artist’s Book Awards, that were held in Mackay Artspace, Mackay, Queensland.

December 2007. Participated in the 3 artists 3 countries exhibition at the Museum für Papier, at Lenningen, Germany.

October 2007. Helen flew to Munich to participate in the Long Night of Museums at Amerika Haus where the exhibition In Your Dreams was showing. The exhibition opened earlier in the month. The Long Night/Lange Nacht attracts vast numbers of people to attend the museums and art galleries in the city, starting at 7pm and closing at 2am. The city provides transport to all the venues, and charges € per ticket, which covers entry to venues and public transport. Helen received support from Arts Queensland to attend this important function. She spoke in the gallery that evening, and delivered a lecture in the venue two days later. Workshops were also given.

Layering the Landscape workshop January 2007
Helen Sanderson is to teach a Layering the Landscape workshop for the Black Lable series at the Charles Sturt University, for their Mitchell School of Arts summer school 21^st– 25^th January 2007. Black Lable are a series of advanced visual art workshops. www.csu.edu.au/student/community-ed
There are still a few places left in this workshop, and if you are interested you can contact them at commed@scu.edu.au

This is an experimental workshop and could suit people interested in drawing, painting, printmaking and making artists books or quilts. We will be exploring the local landscape of Sofala and possibly Hill End, through photography, drawing, painting, rubbings and gathering found objects. With this repertoire, and local mapping and historical information, we will make quick spontaneous explorations to reduce, imbed, and layer this subject matter together to create images that deal with more than just a “what you see is what you get” image. The experimental work will be bound into a simple reference book, and some more stand alone works on paper will be completed.

Co-Ordinates, an exhibition of paintings and books exhibits at RM Galleries at Palma Rosa, Hamilton in Brisbane on 2^nd – 21^st November 2006.

Helen has been invited to participate in the Florence Biennial Exhibition in Florence, Italy in 2007.

In Your Dreamsopens in Canada in July 2006 before moving to Germany in 2007 and Australia in 2008.

Layering the Landscape workshop was presented at Buderim in May 2006.

Helen was invited to participate in a landscape exhibition at Warwick Regional Art Gallery in Jan 2006

Antarctica Exhibition was displayed at Maria Perides Gallery, Commercial Rd, Brisbane from November 4 - 26 2005.

Helen will give a two day workshop for the Rockhampton Art Gallery in September 2005. She has also been asked to speak at their annual lecture series in the Gallery.

In Stuttgart in July 2005 Helen met with Lene Rose Gruner and most of the German artists from the In Your Dreams project, as well as Agatha Fast, one of the Canadian artists who is currently living in Germany.

Helen is working on curating a new international exchange exhibition In Your Dreams with artists from Canada and Germany. The project was completed during 2005, with the opening exhibitions to be in Canada in 2006, Germany in 2007, and touring to Australia in 2008. She is participating as one of the Australian artists.

Helen's work has been selected for juried exhibition Women at Work in Contemporary Society to be held at Warwick Regional Gallery, in conjunction with the gallery showing early 20th Century Australian woman artist Vida Lahey's painting Monday Morning borrowed from the Queensland Art Gallery. Exhibition:14 March -14 April 2005.

Helen has been invited to present book works for a Melbourne exhibition in August 2005 Black + White.

Helen is curator of Bookworks, an exhibition of Queensland artists’ books. The exhibition opened at the Craft Queensland gallery, at 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, on Friday 26th March and closes on 3rd April 2004. Ask the Curator about exhibition details.

Work is continuing on Antarctica exhibition .. now displaying in Gallery Room 10.

Helen's work included in Envelope, an exhibition opened in Detroit, USA February 2004 - visit the Envelope web site.

Helen will give a two day workshop for the Rockhampton Art Gallery in September. She has also been asked to speak at their annual lecture series in the Gallery.

Helen is curator of Bookworks, an exhibition of Queensland artists’ books from March 26 to April 3. Ask the Curator about exhibition details.

Work is proceeding for upcoming Antarctica exhibition Visit Gallery - Antarctica Room

Work is included in exhibition Envelope opening in February 2004, Detroit USA - see web site.

Helen's work is included in the Christmas 2003 Show at Maria Perides Gallery in Newstead.

Helen is invited to exhibit in the15 artists exhibition at the Redcliffe City Art Gallery in September 2003.

Works will be showing at Brisbane Grammar School Art Show, September 2003.

After teaching the Layering the Landscape workshop at Noosa earlier this year, Helen has been invited to present the opening speech at Books 2003 - works of imagination - Watermarks, at the Noosa Regional Art Gallery on 5th September 2003.

Following a trip to Antarctica earlier in 2003, Helen is exhibiting a book on Antarctica at Books 2003 - works of imagination - Watermarks, at the Noosa Regional Art Gallery on 5th September 2003.

Work is being shown in the Warwick Art Prize at the Warwick Art Gallery in September 2003.

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