‘Laughing Lady’ The Tavern Club, Chicago 1950s

A/P Pigment print on Museo Max Archival Cotton Rag Paper.

To see the selection of 6 beautiful prints currently available for purchase, visit: https://www.foxgalleries.com.au/maggie-diaz-after-dark/

We are delighted to announce our first online exhibition with Fox Galleries.  ‘After Dark’ features a selection of single edition prints of jazz and blues musicians during her years in Chicago.  The first publicity photographs for the now celebrated ‘Ramsey Lewis Trio’ will be on view, including the original band members Eldee Young and Redd Holt.  Also included – an elegant portrait of Kiki Williams, who was a blues singer at a low key nightclub, The Nocturne. These images of musicians who enlivened Chicago’s nightlife and furthermore, of African Americans who took the stage and shared their art in pre-civil rights movement America, are emblematic of Diaz’s intuitive eye for impactful photographs.  To view this online exhibition, visit the Fox website or come to the gallery’s stockroom starting 19 July!

It is with great delight that we share this year’s finalists in The Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women, 2017.

Thank you to judges Julie Millovick, Hoda Afshar and Robert Imhoff for the beautiful selection of work, which may now be seen at: http://www.maggiediazprize.com/

Please join us for the announcement of the $5000 prize @ Brightspace,

8 Martin Street, St Kilda

Friday 1st of September,  6-9pm

Ladies at the Bar, Tavern Club Chicago, c1957

Due to popular demand, Maggie Diaz – Between Two Worlds has been extended till Saturday the 11th of March.

Join us for closing drinks from 4-6pm and grab the last chance to experience this beautiful exhibition @

Fox Galleries, 79 Langridge Street Collingwood.

Phone:  03 85603583

foxgalleries.com.au

OPENING EVENT @ FOX GALLERIES

Please join us to celebrate the opening of ‘Between Two Worlds’

79 Langridge Street, Collingwood on Sunday February 19, 2017

from 2.00 – 4.00pm

An Australian Ballet, Gardenvale Tunnel 1970s c-Type print 100 by 100cm

Between Two Worlds

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

MEMORIAL SERVICE

I am pleased to announce that on the eve of Maggie’s birthday, The State Library of Victoria is hosting a public memorial service in her honour.  I cannot think of a more appropriate way to celebrate Maggie’s birthday and am very grateful to everyone who made this possible.  Special thanks to Madeleine Say, who has been involved with the Diaz Collection since its launch in 2005, has overseen the handover of the archive and as Manager of the Picture Collections Department, will be our host for the event.  For those of you who were unable to make it to the memorial at Sacred Heart Mission, Johan Scheffer will repeat his comprehensive eulogy and the event will also feature a presentation of the slide show ‘I Don’t Do Sweet’ with Maggie’s timeless commentary. Please join us!

Maggie Diaz Memorial

Friday 24th February

4.00pm – 5.30pm

EXPERIMEDIA SPACE

Experimedia (click to see venue details)

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

328 Swanston St, Melbourne

Maggie, late 50s by Clem Fraser

A postscript:

In 2014 I was interviewed by Shots Magazine, an American photographic printed journal that truly honours photography.  As our first American feature, this was a big deal for us and I remember proudly sharing the finished article with Maggie.  She knew that they were her photographs on the pages and she was “duly impressed” by the printing and the presentation.    During the interview, I spoke about Maggie’s dementia and her being caught ‘between two worlds’ and this became the apt title for the article, thanks to editor Russell Joslin. Of course,it also referred to the idea that Maggie always felt stranded in Australia. She constantly referred to her past life in America, even though in the end, more than fifty years had passed.   Interestingly, this really sums up so many things about my life as well.  For 12 years, I was caught between my passion for Maggie and her work; the absolute obsession with her story – and my own life and family.  Now, as I sit in the strange place between grief and healing,  ‘Between Two Worlds’ seems like the perfect title for our latest exhibition. I am delighted to be working with Arts accountant and fine art valuer and consultant, Michael Fox and partner Marianne Carollo, to put this exhibition together and I look forward to seeing you at one or both of our February events.  Thank you for your ongoing interest and support.

Gwendolen De Lacy, February 2017

DIAZ, Maggie

25.2.1925 – 16.10.16

Passed away peacefully in the comfort of the Sacred Heart Community. A memorial service will be held at 11.00am, Friday 28^th October – Sacred Heart Church, 83 Grey Street, St Kilda. All welcome.