Karen McPhail-Bell, PhD, ACC, AFHEA

A lovely surprise to see the talented Bianca Alice at the Robina Art Gallery today. Check out her gorgeous art if you haven’t already!

Mum Jennie Bell & I are here again today and look forward to seeing you. Here every day except Monday’s public holiday until 12 October.

DrKMcB.com/letcolourspeak

Thank you so much coming to our artists talk today. Your support means the world and we loved sharing the joy of art and COLOUR with you.

Thanks @j_u_n_i_p_e_r_ for the 📸

Show info: DrKMcB.com/letcolourspeak

#artislife #goldcoastartist #burleighart #artisttalk

Meet the artists: Join us for a casual

Free tix for our event Friday events.humanitix.com/meet-the-art...

The Arts Development Fund is a City of Gold Coast council fund that supports the Gold Coast’s creative community by fostering professional pathways and skills development, contributing to our city’s vibrant lifestyle.

Big thanks to the @gccreativeevents crew for all the help hanging the artworks. If you’re not a member already, join us! The creative community is just what a creative needs ❤️

#duoshow #artexhibition #goldcoastart #creativegold

Mum Jennie Bell & I bumped in our duo show, Let Colour Speak, today. We’ve worked pretty hard to get to this point & we’re so excited to share our show with you!

Robina Art Gallery, 1-12 Oct
Meet the artists event: 12-1pm, Fri 3 Oct
Free community arts activity every day except 3 Oct

Want to creatively explore a new direction in life or work?

Join this powerful half-day workshop to move closer to what you know, deep down, you really want to do.

Limited tickets: drkmcb.com/workshop-nov25

#artsbasedcoaching #artsandhealth #creativelife #secondlife #midlife #newbeginnings

New NDIS needs assessments will use technology to simplify process but advocacy groups cautious about change Under the new model participants will be interviewed for up to three hours and will no longer need to provide supporting documents

AI cookie cutter assessments for vital supports: what could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Jennie Bell & I are so excited to share our duo show at Robina Art Gallery, 1-12 October.

I’m giving my newsletter community early access to my new work. A bit like a private, advance viewing of these special works.

If you’d like to be first to see the work, visit this link: DrKMcB.com/contact

Karen McPhail-Bell, PhD, ACC - Coach, Artist, Facilitator “Let Colour Speak” is a duet exhibition by Gold Coast artist Karen McPhail-Bell and her artist mother Jennie Bell, showing 1–12 October 2025 at Robina Art Gallery. This exhibition explores colour as...

Thanks to City of Gold Coast Arts & Culture for the support. 🙏 The Arts Development Fund is a City of Gold Coast Council fund that supports the Gold Coast’s creative community by fostering professional pathways and skills development, contributing to our city’s vibrant lifestyle.

Mum and I plan to be at the show every day with a community arts activity for interested visitors. You might catch us working on our next collaborative piece together too!

Make sure you’ve subscribed to my newsletter for sneak peeks of the works and details. We can’t wait to see you there!

We have created a joyful collection of works through our cross-generational conversation, with colour as a third voice. We can't wait to share our artwork and our collaborative process with you.

My mum, Jennie Bell, and I are thrilled to present our duo exhibition, Let Colour Speak, at the Robina Art Gallery, 1-12 October 2025.

Meet the artists event: 12-1pm, Friday 3 October. Details + free rego: events.humanitix.com/meet-the-art...

#goldcoastartist #goldcoastarts #Australianartist

The five issues I wrote about are:
-Environmental impacts
-Socio-economic and health impacts
-Stealing creatives’ work, displacing creatives from paid work
-Diminished critical thinking and creativity skills
-Tech determinism and digital colonialism

Karen McPhail-Bell, PhD, ACC - Coach, Artist, Facilitator Generative AI (GenAI) is frequently presented as bringing benefits for individuals, industries and even all of humanity. However, the ownership, production and execution of GenAI raises a series of et...

Have you been thinking about the ethical tensions that arise from using GenAI?

You might be interested in an article in which I wrote about five such issues, which I list in the comments.

Read more: drkmcb.com/blog/talkabo...

#genai #chatgpt #ai #aiethics

I'm writing something about gen AI and the context around it. I'll share with my newsletter soon.
DrKMcB.com/contact

We need to talk about AI...
Have you been thinking about AI? Is AI helping you? Concerning you? How is generative AI present in your work and/or life? What role does it play in the things that you care about?
PS Yes, an AI created a podcast about one of my research papers
#ai #generativeAI #chatGPT

💬 Full interview canvasrebel.com/meet-karen-m...

#ArtfulLeadership #CreativeLeadership #WellbeingAtWork #ReimagineWork

I was recently interviewed by CanvasRebel, where we explored the power of art, creativity and holistic wellbeing. I share about unlearning, career evolutions, and fostering supportive environments for creatives.

What does leading with creativity and care look like for you, right now?

Ooh sorry I can’t recall which now, I went to so many when I lived there 💜

A banner with the title "Is self-care just a buzzword?", with a large tree adjacent, deep roots into the ground. The contact details are below sub-text inviting people to share what self-care means to them.

Do you have thoughts, practices, feelings about self-care? I'd love to hear. Head straight to the LinkedIn article via the link - or share your comment/DM here: www.linkedin.com/.../self-car...

#SelfCare #Leadership #CollectiveCare #Wellbeing #Creativity #IndigenousSelfCare #RelationalSelfCare

There's been some discussion of implications for regulation of digital platforms, eg crikey.com.au/2025/02/24/g...
But am wondering about wider regulatory agendas being at risk, for eg
bmj.com/content/388/bm

Long term follower, after meeting you in SF at an art show. I now live in Australia :) any starter packs you love?

Have you got any creative collaborative projects on the go? My mum Jennie Bell and I do!

And we have exciting news about an upcoming show (sign up to my newsletter to be the first to know details, link in bio).

#artistcollaboration #motherdaughterduo #collaborativeart #goldcoastartist #loganart

Also, don't forget that COVID happened. It is still happening. People are still suffering from both active and Long COVID. If you need help talking with people about that specifically, I have a timeline that goes from the beginning to now. context.center/timeline/cov...

BREAKING: In response to our motion, the court has required CDC, FDA, and HHS to immediately restore critical health info and data that the Trump administration ordered the agencies to remove.

This is a huge win for doctors, researchers, and patients.

Australian Government urged to invest in climate health action, as communities suffer and new research sounds alarm Goals of limiting global warming below 2 °C are implausible under current policies, leading scientists have warned in an important new

www.croakey.org/australian-g...

Kendrick Lamar has 22 Grammies and a damn Pulitzer if you don’t know who he is that’s a You problem

The Health Wrap: health and rights under siege, the local playbook, private sector disputes – and dogs on duty Keeping up with the news exploding from the Trump Administration is "like drinking from a firehose", Dr Lesley Russell writes

"For me, it has never been more urgent to speak out. Trump has made clear what he plans to do & I suspect it will be even worse than he suggests. There will be long-term consequences for health, healthcare & social justice globally" – @LRussellWolpe www.croakey.org/the-...
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Work-in-progress…painting the feeling of landing back in Meanjin/Magandjin (aka Brisbane) after leaving 10 yrs earlier. Took me a year to be ready to paint this.

A lot more refinement in the bottom right quarter, up next 🌞

Any tips for painting sunset reflections on vehicles?