Jim Beam

• Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits (Southern Glazer's)—the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol—today announced that it has appointed Matthew Metz to the position of President, Central Region, effective February 2024.
• In this role, Metz will report to John Wittig, Southern Glazer’s Chief Commercial Officer, and will be responsible for leading all business activities in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas markets.
• “Over the years, Matt’s exceptional leadership skills and deep industry knowledge have brought tremendous value to Southern Glazer’s,” said Wittig.
• Metz joined Glazer’s in 2013 as Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing for Texas.

• CLERMONT, Ky., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker's® Bourbon, an ultra-premium single barrel bourbon, is proud to unveil an original collection of five distinctive art pieces as unique as the brand and its namesake.
• As a single barrel bourbon, no two barrels of Baker's Bourbon are the same.
• Crafted from repurposed metal, each elaborate, sculpted art piece in the "Made Different" collection brings to life the legacy and craftsmanship behind the Baker's Bourbon, celebrating the small details and nuances that make a masterpiece, a masterpiece.
• Starting on November 17, fans of bourbon and art alike can find more information and purchase each piece on Barbie The Welder's website, www.barbiethewelder.com/bakersbourbon .

• “Our geographic diversity has benefitted us this year with strong performance in our Asia Pacific and International regions, which has helped offset a challenging environment in North America.
• Single Malt Scotch helped propel performance in Europe and Asia with Bowmore posting double digit growth and Laphroaig delivering strong mid-single digit sales growth versus last year.
• Asia Pacific delivered strong performance of 16% sales growth versus last year as the region rebounds post-COVID, and the International region saw solid 10% sales growth.
• Beam Suntory continues to work toward our long-term ambition of becoming the World’s Most Admired Premium Spirits Company.

• For 15 years, artist Raphaela Rosella and the women close to her have forged their own complex visual narratives, despite frequent interventions by the criminal justice system.
• Rosella is an Italian-Australian documentary artist devoted to long-term, socially engaged collaborative projects made with participants from Nimbin, Casino, Lismore and Moree in regional New South Wales.
• This means active collaboration in making images and a body of work, as well as continually seeking consent if sharing it with an audience.

Welcomed into a home

• Some of the audio-visual archive was produced by participants while imprisoned, in response to a legal system that confronted them at a young age.
• The women see their collaborative work as a “site of resistance” where they can detach their identities from the procedures and labels imposed by bureaucracy.
• Rather than granting sole storytelling agency to one artist or organisation, these women take a central role in communicating their own histories and perspectives.
• The show feels like being welcomed into someone’s home: there are fabric curtains, handwritten cards, family photos, the reassuring sound of nearby voices.

Crucial questions

• Many of the people whose lives we engage with in the show are Aboriginal, and all have been impacted by violence.
• One participant, Tammara, was killed in 2020 after the pair had been working together for a decade.
• Wall text and a small, handwritten note from mother to her newborn baby tell us that Rowrow is under prison guard.
• As an audience, we are driven to ask questions.

Collaborative dialogue

• Documentary photographers have historically sought to reveal problems and inequalities in the world, fuelled by a desire to provoke change.
• Lewis Hine famously played a role in reforming child labour laws in the USA through his images of young children at work.
• Rosella, by contrast, engages in a genuine collaborative dialogue.
• You’ll Know It When You Feel It is at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, until August 19.