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The Sunny Art Prize

The Sunny Art Prize is the first program outside of museological institutions that envisions the decentralisation of the art world as a way to broaden the horizons of both artists and the communities they engage with. The Prize is organised annually by the Sunny Art Centre in London, and offers a selection of thirty artists

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How To: Photograph Your Art for Prints and Promotion

Pursuing a career as a professional artist requires documenting your artwork professionally, and the quality of the presentation of your artistic output can determine the future of your career and is essential for securing exhibitions, grants and other professional opportunities. Date: April 28, 2019 Time: 10am – 4pm Location: TAFE Qld Southbank Cost: $75 ($60

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Magmart: Video Art Festival

Magmart | video under volcano is an international videoart festival, which over the years has seen the participation of more than 1400 artists from +80 different countries, with thousand submitted videos. The Festival is open to all international videoartists. Partecipation is free. Between all submitted video, will be done a final selection based on vote

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Olive Cotton Award

The Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture is a $20,000 biennial national award for excellence in photographic portraiture dedicated to the memory of photographer Olive Cotton. The winning work is acquired for the Gallery’s Collection. The exhibition is selected from entrants across Australia and is a significant opportunity for photographers living and working in Australia. Entries are

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Collective Informant: Ficto-Critical Writing Workshop

Join UNSW researcher Simon Taylor (aka fiction writer S.T. Lore) for an interactive workshop exploring modes of creative and critical writing. Participants will be guided through the process of creating a ficto-critical response to Fiona Connor’s ‘Community Notice Board (Essex Street Market)’, on display now as part of the exhibition ‘Haunt’ at the IMA. First

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The 9th Asian Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

The hugely ambitious APT series returns to QAGOMA this summer, bringing significant art from across the Asia Pacific to Brisbane. Overflowing with colour and life, this free contemporary art exhibition presents a unique mix of creativity and cross-cultural insight. Featuring more than 80 artists and groups from over 30 countries, APT9 challenges conventional definitions of

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The Designers’ Guide: Easton Pearson Archive

The storytellers of Australian fashion, Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson’s unique approach referenced art, travel, film, literature and music  to create a bold aesthetic characterised by daring patterns, innovative materials, meticulous techniques and a sustainable ethos. For the first major exhibition from Museum of Brisbane’s Easton Pearson Archive, we worked together with Pamela and Lydia

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WOMEX 19

WOMEX 19 Call for Proposals is Now Open: Inviting all Artists, Bands, DJs and Producers, Filmmakers, Industry Experts and Visionaries to submit proposals for WOMEX 19, the 25th edition of the most important international meeting in the world music scene, to be held in Tampere, Finland in October 2019. WOMEX organisers Piranha Arts and this year’s local Finnish

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Grants: Australia-Indonesia Institute

The Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII) seeks to foster links between Australia and Indonesia by increasing cultural awareness, promoting cooperation and exchange, and enhancing understanding between the two nations. Call for applications for seed funding grants. Australian and Indonesian citizens and organisations are eligible to apply (see guidelines for more details). The objective of the Australia-Indonesia Institute

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Palm Island and Our People

The inspiring history of Palm Island is celebrated in a fascinating showcase of images, memorabilia and digital stories. Palm Island and Our People acknowledges the centenary of the first placement of people to the island as an Aboriginal Reserve and explores the history of this tropical paradise. The showcase provides an opportunity to commemorate the past 100

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Professional Development Series: From Studio to Gallery

Join current exhibiting artist, Dan McCabe, as he explains his process of developing a cohesive exhibition. This discussion is suited to emerging artists and curators. Dan will cover the pros and cons of studio critiques and feedback, setting realistic timelines, maintaining a sustainable studio practice, writing exhibition proposals and funding applications, commissioning writers and what

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ON PAPER

ON PAPER presents its annual printmaking contest to promote the art of printmaking and the connection between printmakers around the world.The SHORTLISTED artists will exhibit at the Sala aLfaRa, Oviedo (Asturias, Spain) in July 2019. Each artist can submit one piece of work on a paper size of 300mm x 400mm (30cm x 40cm) or the equivalent 11x17in. The

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Poland | IN OUT FESTIVAL

Filmmakers and visual artists are invited to participate in an open international competition happening along with 13th edition of IN OUT FESTIVAL. The competition is organized regularly since 2005 by LAZNIA Centre of Contemporary Art. Participants can submit videoarts, documentaries, experiments and animations focusing on this year’s theme VIDEO/PERFORMANCE. The contest is a two-step process:

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World of WearableArt Awards

The World of WearableArt Awards Competition is a unique platform for designers to showcase creativity and inspiration, expand horizons through global connections to other creative companies, experiment with new techniques and technologies and build on professional portfolios of design work. Each year, the World of WearableArt invites designers, artists and makers from around the world

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Kilgour prize 2019

Since 2006, the Kilgour Prize has encouraged innovation within portrait and figurative painting. In 2019, the prize is now in its ninth year. The KILGOUR PRIZE 2019 will award $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art, and a People’s Choice of $5,000 to the painting voted most popular by the general public. Every year the Gallery receives hundreds

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Rhys John Kaye: Rose Hill

Please join us to celebrate the opening of Rose Hill, an exhibition of new paintings by Rhys John Kaye, Friday 5 April, 6-9pm. Kaye is a self-trained painter from Gold Coast, Queensland. He specialises in large scale paintings and illustrations with imagery that draws from his experiences with love, life, death and freedom. Kaye currently

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To look and to wonder

Brisbane and Elsewhere Art UnTriennial, in partnership with Wreckers Artspace, present ‘To look and to wonder‘, featuring new work by Kylie Spear, and Talia Smith. The word mirage comes to English via the French mirage, from the Latin mirari, meaning “to look at, to wonder at”. In contrast to a hallucination, a mirage is a

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Exchange: In Focus curator and artist talk

Join one of the curators of ‘In Focus: Blind Photographers Challenge Visual Expectations’, Dr. Megan Strickfaden (CAN), with featured artist, Sarah Boulton (AUS), for a lunchtime talk about this exhibition. On tour from Canada, the exhibition features 9 international blind and partially-sighted photographers depicting compelling narratives about inhabiting, negotiating and interpreting the built environment. This

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John Gollings: the history of the built world

MGA, Australia’s only gallery solely dedicated to the collection and exhibition of photographs, is pleased to announce John Gollings: the history of the built world a new travelling exhibition showcasing the work of one of Australia’s most celebrated photographers. The exhibition is an important part of MGA’s commitment to promoting the work of Australian photographers.

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WORKSHOPPED 19

Australian Design Centre and WORKSHOPPED are calling for applications for WORKSHOPPED19 until 23 April 2019. This is an outstanding opportunity for designers to showcase their work in a dynamic exhibition hosted at the Australian Design Centre. Join the long list of renowned WORKSHOPPED alumni including; Karina Clarke, Adam Cornish, Jon Goulder, Dale Hardiman, Trent Jansen,

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Queensland State Archives Creative in Residence

Queensland State Archives is accepting applications for its 2019 Creative in Residence Program. The program offers Queensland based creatives the opportunity to work with QSA’s historical collection, developing output related to your creative practice. QSA would welcome applications from artists, musicians, poets, writers, photographers and performers with project proposals that transform our collection into works

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