Open to UK and International Artists, Open Call opportunity to join the Artists Evolve Programme with the Visual Artists Association (VAA). Learn essential skills to grow your arts business online. Artists will be given free essential social media and online training via zoom webinars. Programme Schedule: Session 1 – Monday 3rd August @ 7pm Core […]
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In 2020, the theme of the AFTM Queensland Outsider Art Awards is “belonging”. A simple word for a huge concept – whether it be the need to belong or finally having found a place where they do. This compelling exhibition provides the platform for these artists to bring valuable life experience and showcase what ‘belonging’
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Celia Gullett (born 1959) began her art studies at East Sydney Technical College in 1979, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984. At that stage she didn’t feel sufficiently “worldly” to become an exhibiting artist. In the years to follow she experienced many things, including marriage and children, with painting remaining a constant
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Uncover Brisbane’s histories, myths and tales as told by the storytellers of our city. Featuring new stories by Victoria Carless, Simon Cleary, Matthew Condon, Trent Dalton, Nick Earls, Benjamin Law, Hugh Lunn, Kate Morton and Ellen van Neerven, The Storytellers creates an immersive and interactive experience combining historical objects, artworks, and written and narrated histories to share Brisbane’s many identities.
Jan Manton Gallery is excited to announce that after ten years at our Fortescue Street Gallery in Spring Hill, we have relocated to the riverside enclave of Teneriffe. Since opening in 2004 it has been an absolute pleasure showing a range of diverse and talented artists as well as receiving consistent support from collectors, curators and engaged audience members. Jan Manton Gallery’s next iteration
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In 2020 the Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) celebrates 10 years, a decade of rewarding and celebrating Queensland regional arts and the wealth of creativity and imagination thriving in the regions. The QRAA is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims
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Established in 2001, the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is Australia’s pre-eminent award for small sculpture presented by Woollahra Council. In 2020 there will be an increased prize pool of $29,000 to mark its 20th anniversary. The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize attracts strong support from artists, collectors and critics and is the first national acquisitive prize
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The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting is a unique triennial art prize that aims to celebrate excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium. This non-acquisitive prize is open to all Australian artists over the age of 18 years. Selected finalists will be exhibited in the Grey Street Gallery, located within Griffith University’s
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The Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper was established in 1998 and incorporated the former Spring Festival of Drawing and the Prints Acquisitive which began in 1973. In 2020, as part of MPRG’s 50th anniversary celebrations, MPRG will hold the prestigious biennial National Works on Paper (NWOP) acquisitive exhibition. With a long and rich history,
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The Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize is a biennial prize open to artists Australia wide and is now in its 7th year, having started as The Northern Rivers Portrait Prize. This national portrait prize was originally open to paintings and drawings but has now expanded to include portraits of any subject in any medium (please see Terms and Conditions). Last years judge Dr Michael Brand selected
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Does your work belong next to great photographers such as Martin Parr, Steve McCurry and Sarah Maple? Submit your photos for the Open Call for Fotofestival Schiedam in the Netherlands. 2020 is a year with a lot of events, a year that new history is written. The theme of the festival this year is “transitions”, we
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Announcing the STARVD ART 2020 Art Prize, a new Emerging Artist award launched during the time of COVID-19, designed to create a platform of recognition and support to those working to establish or continue their artistic practice in these uncertain times. The Art Prize program is open to all Emerging Artists* globally (ages 18 and
Kūlī nām dharāyā / they’ve given you the name ‘coolie’ evokes the lived experiences of indentured labourers taken from India to Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) to work on sugar plantations during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Continuing to trace her familial history, Simpson creates a new archive that speaks to shared narratives of indentured
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Since launching the first round of Making Art Work commissions a month ago, we’ve seen Tony Albert topple statues, watched Hannah Gartside lovingly make furballs from her studio, we listened to Mariam Arcilla interview creatives in New York and South Korea, tinkered with homemade instruments with Susan Hawkins, and much more. The next round of new projects will be produced by: Hannah Brontë, Monika Noémi Correa, Merinda Davies, Julian Day, Ana Paula Estrada, Gordon Hookey, Chantal Fraser, Jenna Lee, Steven Oliver, Sarah
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Children’s Health Queensland, through the Arts in Health Program has engaged CREATIVEMOVE to commission a public mural for their new adolescent extended treatment centre, Jacaranda Place. This project will best suit an artist under the age of 25, based within South East Queensland. The commission aims to connect with a similar demographic to the Jacaranda
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Marina Strocchi studied art in Melbourne (1979-82). She had a two-year sojourn in Europe (mainly Paris), then returned to Melbourne and commenced her social practice as an artist. She found herself in central Australia in January 1992 where she began her first series of landscape paintings. She returned to live at Haasts Bluff in August
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Clayton Utz is proud to support the Arts through the Clayton Utz Art Award. The Award offers a $20000 winner’s prize and exhibition space for the finalists and is awarded to Queensland-based artists or artists with a strong connection to Queensland. We are looking forward to seeing the rich diversity and quality of this year’s
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In this new series, landscapes are modelled into the humanised space of the still life. Photographic images torn from their rectilinear boundaries are rephotographed on mountainous tabletops converging photography, sculpture and collage in the context of my own practice. The push-pull of still life and landscape, through conflated geometries, dissolves traditional boundaries. Alongside my photographic
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A group exhibition of painting and sculpture from the Fireworks Gallery collection. Artists in the exhibition: David Paulson Fiona Omeenyo Ian Waldron Itamar Freed Michael Eather Phil Gordon Rod Moss Scott Redford To view the video of work – please click HERE Image: Anatomy Lesson by Rod Moss
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Bundit Puangthong’s perceptive search through worldwide cultural imagery is grounded in traditional technique and the buzz of the street. His dreamlike compositions draw on childhood experience stenciling puppet theatre backdrops with his grandfather, as well as years of formal study in Thailand and Australia. Old and new systems of visual persuasion are his “found objects”
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An online exhibition showcasing a collection of significant artworks from Australian artists. Click here to explore the catalogue. Image: Margaret Olley, Sunday flowers, 1977, oil on board, 76 x 102 cm.
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Join Anna Thurgood, Twenty exhibition curator, as she chats to the extraordinary photographers who have captured pivotal moments in Queensland’s history and everyday life. Talk series Thu 25 Jun, 5pm | Behind the lens with Anna Thurgood Anna Thurgood is curator of Twenty and will provide an overview of the photographs and a behind-the-scenes glimpse
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We invite you to join us on Sunday 9 August between 12 – 1pm to listen to artist Natalie Lavelle discuss her current exhibition Deliberate Pictures as well as her broader practice. We will also be open for viewing sessions prior to the artist talk. In accordance with COVID-19 restrictions, we ask that you RSVP to secure a spot for
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With the easing of restrictions and galleries welcoming back art enthusiasts, Mitchell Fine Art presents a vibrant exhibition from an artist born in the remote centre of Australia in the late 1920’s – Kudditji Kame Kngwarreye. Originally a stockman and a miner, Kngwarreye did not start painting until the 1980’s. A natural colourist, Kngwarreye had an
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The Australian Government recently announced the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Recovery Boost to provide one-off targeted investment to recover creative industries in regional Australia. The fund responds to the difficulties experienced by regional artists, arts organisations and communities who have been heavily impacted by COVID-19. The Recovery Boost will be delivered through the Regional Arts Fund in
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As a once-upon-a-time advertising art director and writer, Greville Patterson progressively became more and more educated in the art of photography, both commercial and otherwise. “While there is much to be appreciated in commercial photography, it was the ‘otherwise’ that I found the most compelling. Discoveries such as the Swiss magazine ‘Camera’ were a revelation
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artisan’s new online store meets the growing demand for quality, handmade Australian craft and design while promoting and generating much-needed income for Australian craftspeople. artisan, the not-for-profit home of craft and design in Queensland, known for showcasing handcrafted contemporary artisanal practice, recently launched a new Online Store. artisan’s Online Store has something for everyone who loves
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Marisa Veerman’s artworks are inspired by childhood innocence, fragility and emotion that draw the viewer inwards, making visible abstract human emotions. This vulnerability is juxtaposed against an abundant strength. Her gestural work communicates emotion to us with a raw honesty and quiet joy. Veerman’s background in textiles naturally leads to a process which channels her unique
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Survival. Balance. Growth: AFTM 2020 Emerging Artists Exhibition presents the work of four emerging artists as part of the Art from the Margins Emerging Artist Program. Recognising the interconnectedness of people and their environment, these works collectively reveal how achieving balance and growth within ourselves, our personal relationships and our environment can contribute to wellness
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Opening event on Wed 29th July 6-9pm Exhibition open on Sat 1st August 10-3pm & Sun 2nd August 10-3pm Come along to A Show Called Daydream. This event takes place on the unceded lands of the Yuggera and Turrbal people. Sovereignty over these lands has never been ceded. Wreckers Artspace is a not-for-profit project space
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BSAF and Ipswich Festivals have joined forces, to adapt during Covid-19, and deliver the largest street art project the City of Ipswich has ever seen. The program was originally scheduled to launch in May, however painting will now take place from late July. Watch as seven walls are transformed across Ipswich Central. On the weekend
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In this talk, Dr Louise R Mayhew confronts the art world’s ‘gender problem’ and uncovers historical barriers to women’s success. Discover the new strategies being used by galleries, artists and activists to see more women artists on gallery walls and learn how you can be part of this movement. Auslan interpreted. This talk is part
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Kawaii Plate Series 2020 Kawaii is the culture of cuteness in Japan. It can refer to items, humans and nonhumans that are charming, vulnerable, shy, and childlike. The kanji for the Japanese word for cute, ‘kawaii’, literally means ‘able to be loved, loveable’. The cuteness culture, or kawaii aesthetic, is gaining more popularity beyond the borders
Museum of Brisbane will reopen its doors on 17 July with the launch of The Storytellers exhibition, a special City Hall LEGO Build and the debut of new Storytellers Walking Tours where you can explore your city through art, history and culture. The Storytellers Exhibition Ever wondered what it would be like to spend a
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Outer Space may be in-between homes soon, but that’s not going to stop us supporting our community, offering opportunities for support or presenting exciting exhibitions. We are very pleased to announce that we are calling for applications for Into the Ether, our upcoming online exhibition series, and Stay Indoors! our at-home/in-situ residency program. Applications close 12 July 2020. INTO
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New Settings is an international programme dedicated to the performing arts, developed by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès in France. Every year it supports the creation and diffusion of new performance works. Applications open for 2021 programme. The New Settings programme is open to emerging and more established French and international artists. It supports hybrid performing arts