The Social Fabric project is a vibrant celebration of our creative self-expression and community identity in the Gladstone Region, envisioned by Jen Hollstein.

33 participants were guided to get in touch with their intuition as the driving force in the creative process, experiencing a flow of activities such as meditative visualisation, expressive painting, movement to music, and reflective writing in a group setting.

This process resulted in the artwork portraits below, capturing moments of pure and true self-expression that illuminate the magic of intuitive creativity.

This was the goal of Social Fabric as a Visual Ethnography project: to use photography and videography to create compelling visual stories that contribute to our region’s contemporary history.

The collection showcases our unique and brilliant individual creativity, while demonstrating that - when brought together - we make up the vibrant spectrum and intricately profound tapestry of our community’s collective expression.

Social Fabric exhibited at the Old Community Hall in Agnes Water in May 2025.

  • I am galaxy, reset the Universe

  • I played with the light to dance with the dark

  • I am sensual, nurturing, infinite love

  • I feel like it felt flowy and messy

  • I am held firm by love's enduring grasp

  • I am based in white light

  • I am in charge of the boundaries

  • I quiver, flicker, and radiate with golden energy

  • I am chaos with childhood joy

  • I am flexible, centred, and bright

  • I am free like bubbles

  • I am colours of the rainbow, to a certain degree

  • I am large, expressive strokes

  • I have a centre point of existence within and I’m tuning into that to stay balanced, present, and at peace

  • I feel a burst of energy that gives hope

  • I feel happy and relaxed

  • In search for the wild rose

  • Ancestors and Belonging

  • I radiate

  • Centre and Stillness

  • I am a warm glow

  • I am getting there, running through the jungle in Brazil as a child

  • I am a lily pad floating amongst the swirl

  • I am the pink who wants to yell, embrace, and live

  • I am melting into the pink

  • I am the wave that washes over

  • I am a warm hug

  • When I journey to the beyond, it’s not the end, only the beginning

  • I am a glistening leaf, sparkling

  • I am under the tube of paint - anticipating the next drop

  • I am dappled light through the trees

  • Sometimes fire, sometimes water, other times earth. I am small in the Universe, but totally connected