Last year, I co-edited and contributed to the publication: Museums, Collections and Communities: reflections on the life of Martin Hallett. A collection of essays, the ebook documents the work of Australian museums over the last 40 years, charting critical shifts in practice.
Martin worked hard to make museums a catalyst for positive social change, in which everyone has a voice and has ownership. His work influenced critical shifts in practice, including new models for community engagement; diversification of collections and stories; the introduction of context interpretation in exhibitions; new approaches to conservation, restoration, and documentation; and increasing work with regional stories and collections. Not to mention, his designing of the original digital catalogue that became KE-Emu, now used in major museums around the world.
Martin began digital painting in his retirement. One of his artworks graces the cover:
Where the Weird Things Are Vol.2
“Long as our arms and blue as the sky, the worms move amongst the brown, curled leaves that have fallen with the overnight rain.”
From my short story Terriswalkeris Terraereginae in this speculative fiction anthology: a great value volume full of freaky-fun ideas, a sense of humour and taste of the weird and wonderful down under.
Edited by Clare Rhoden and Austin P. Sheehan for Deadset Press, you can buy it here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Where-Weird-Things-Are-Fantastic-ebook/dp/B0C2LXFP18
And here: https://books2read.com/WTWTAv2/