Get crafty in this introductory paper cutting workshop with Brisbane-based artist, Elysha Rei. Elysha will introduce the history of this intricate international folk artform and how it has emerged in the contemporary art scene. Elysha will also teach you all the essential design and paper cutting techniques you need to create your own paper cut […]
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About ArtAscent: The mission of ArtAscent is to promote artists of images and words, and connect them with art lovers. This is accomplished by calls for artists and writers, artist profiling, art magazine publication, and artist and writer online showcasing. Each call is theme based, with the intent to showcase diverse creative explorations of that theme
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Contemporary Art Gallery Online announces their 3rd Annual International “All Women” Online Art Competition for the month of February 2017. Contemporary Art Gallery Online encourages entries from all Women 2D and 3D artists regardless of their experience or education in the art field. A group exhibition of all entrants will be held online at Contemporary
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Grants for Media Art 2017 of the Foundation of Lower Saxony at the Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art in Lower Saxony, Germany, for the production of a new project in the area of media art, through a residency at the centre in Oldenburg. The Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art will award three Grants for Media Art 2017
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WANTED: Your A3 response to the current state of the world REQUIREMENTS: ART: A3 on paper, unframed DUE: 4pm Tuesday 28 Feb 2017* FEE: $15 to exhibit * Drop off at Jugglers anytime between 10am-4pm Mon-Fri along with fee payment and the ENTRY FORM: http://bit.ly/2kZD9qj All entries accepted until we run out of space (excl.
It’s time to submit your work for the Voies Off Award. Photographers from all over the world can apply to participate in this photo competition, award and festival. At the core of the Voies Off Festival is the night projections of the work of 60 award nominees, with the festival embedded in the opening week of
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The annual MELT Portrait Prize, a celebration of queer arts and culture, is a lively visual exhibition that showcases the works of global artists at the Brisbane Powerhouse. In MELT, it is a time of celebration for the LGBTI+ community. A time to acknowledge the hardships that this community has endured and the triumphs that
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Now welcoming applications, the Frieze Artist Award is an international, open call for an artist 25–40 years of age to realize a major site-specific work at Frieze London. The chosen proposal will be presented as part of Frieze Projects, the fair’s celebrated non-profit programme established in 2003 and curated by Raphael Gygax. Frieze Projects and
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In this workshop, established maker Lisa Guy will teach you the skills to make your very own contemporary hand woven wall hanging. You’ll use a weaving loom and beautiful wool and cotton yarns to create your own unique design. Because the class size is small you’ll get plenty of one-on-one assistance from Lisa. You will
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The connections between space, touch, play and making are celebrated in Our Kind of Playground. Through a collection of interactive works and ‘play spaces’, this exhibition encourages you to touch, reassemble and understand through the action of play. Drawing the visitor to physically engage with exploring material and design thinking, Our Kind of Playground reaffirms
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Artist: Emma Rochester Closing Event: Saturday, 4 March 6pm – 8pm Venue: POP Gallery, 27 Logan Road, Woolloongabba Gallery Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-4pm, Thursday, 12pm-8pm Image: Emma Rochester, ‘Custom-designed fabric documenting pilgrimage to the Black Madonna Icon at the Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa (Grace of Panagia -Virgin Mary) in Amorgos’ (Detail) 2014-2016, digital print, 128 x 182 cm
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Griffith University Art Gallery explores the complexity of memory making in their new exhibition The Mnemonic Mirror. With social media now recording our lives as exact archives of people, places and events, memory is no longer impacted by hazy recollections and nostalgia. The Mnemonic Mirror questions the implications of this change and scrutinises the consequences;
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Spear is the accomplished debut film from Bangarra Dance Theatre Company’s celebrated choreographer Stephen Page. A breathtaking blend of dance and cinema, the film explores the trials faced by young Indigenous men today, and highlights the importance of place to one’s sense of self. 1.15pm Sat 25 Feb (1hr 24mins) GOMA | Cinema A | Free
SARAH HICKEY – INTERIOR JUNGLES Sarah Hickey’s new collection speak of dualities and shadow selves, of dark and light, instinct and culturally imposed restraint; the wild and the tamed. “The constant unveiling and reforming of identities is a significant focus of my practice. These female forms, replicas of the living, act as avatars, fantasy selves,
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Mother is a journey through thirteen images of a woman in a deserted Australian landscape. The ‘mother’ is always alone, her baby absent, although evidence of a child remains in the empty pram, abandoned toys on the hopscotch court, the slackness of the skipping rope. These images possess an arrested stillness that speaks to a
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INK REMIX: Contemporary art from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. 《墨变》——来自中国大陆、台湾和香港的当代艺术 Ink Remix is the first exhibition in Australia to explore the exciting new developments in ink art, which has emerged as one of the most important artistic trends from Asia in recent years. While the art form is commonly associated with traditional Chinese painting
Berlin based tattoo artist Daisy Watson returns to her home town to exhibit a collection of illustrations, paintings and collage she has developed over the past year. The exhibition is an exploration of drawing on things other than skin. Alongside original artworks, limited prints and other merchandise will be available for sale. Entry via Greaser
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Seven emerging curators and seven Queensland artists have come together to present Uncanny, an exhibition that explores the strange in the everyday through a variety of media including video, sculpture, and photography. Co-curated By Margaret Hancock Davis and Brian Parkes, GLASS: art design architectureshowcases 23 outstanding projects by contemporary Australian artists, designers, and architects. It
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The lively evening discussion program GOMA Talks returns during ‘Sugar Spin’ for a discussion on pleasure, gratification and meaning in art and life. Across two lively events, join special guest panelists and ABC Radio National hosts Sarah Kanowski (Books and Arts) and Paul Barclay (Big Ideas). In ‘Guilty pleasure’ hosted by Paul Barclay, guests ponder
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I’ve found that colour is key in triggering memories of places I’ve been to in the past. Overnight is a collection of paintings recalling an impromptu overnight trip to Pantai Kerachut, a beach on Penang Island, Malaysia. Situated in the Penang National Park, the scenery wasn’t particularly memorable however an interesting series of events ensured this trip has
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“’Keep Calm’ concentrates on the fading, the flickering of light and the colour pink to coax the natural rhythms of the body to simply connect to what is always available, the breath. Rhythms are required for the body to function properly, for the mind, and to bring us back to self, our true essence. The
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Join artists Clare Milledge (Sydney) and Archie Moore (Brisbane) as they discuss their work in the context of the exhibition The Mnemonic Mirror. The artists will consider the value of personal memory and the contexts of social and cultural histories as inspiration for their works. Griffith University Art Museum – 226 Grey St, South Bank, Brisbane. Clare Milledge,
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Mitchell Fine Art presents ‘Monochrome’ an exhibition exploring the enduring theme of black and white artworks. Black and white adds a timeless fine art appeal to an image. Painting in black and white focuses an artist to concentrate on the elements of composition and form. The exhibition showcases artworks from a range Australian artists who utilise
Brisbane Street Art Festival (BSAF) is an annual, city-wide outdoor art festival and your chance to engage with some of Australia’s incredible creative talent across multiple sites, venues and artistic disciplines. As part of the BSAF, ReForm will take creative works and art by QUT students and alumni to the streets and the public. With
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Confluent decay responds to the contradictions and dystopian fears that underlie the optimism of the Post-internet age. Craig O’Shanesy is an oil painter who merges ‘real world’ personal landscapes and portraits with the ‘collective database’ of imagery experienced by delving into the virtual. Fiction, memory, reality and history are suspended in painterly gestures of varying
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Drawing from alternative currencies, banking archives, pop culture and contemporary art, Creative Accounting scratches below the surface of the economic system to reveal money’s enigmatic side. Money is many things at once: an abstract rendering of value; an agent of propaganda; a decorative device. It plays a central role in all of our lives yet
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To launch our First Thursdays program, Radha La Bia, alter ego of performance artist Shahmen Suku, will take over the IMA for one night only. Suku is a performance artist based in Sydney, who explores racial and cultural identity, gender roles, the home and kitchen, food and storytelling. Growing up in a modern matriarchal Indian family in
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The IMA is pleased to present an ambitious new installation, The Foundry, with visuals by Caitlin Franzmann and sound composed by Dale Gorfinkel from recordings made with Ross Manning as part of our Green Room program. The project will open at 5pm on Saturday, 28 January, in the front space on the Judith Wright Centre, and run until 11 February. The installation draws imagery from historical artefacts
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This degustation experience has been created especially for the GOMA Turns 10 celebration season. Join us in GOMA’s two-hatted restaurant, for a unique culinary collaboration with Brisbane-based artist Elizabeth Willing and QAGOMA Executive Chef Josue Lopez. Together, Elizabeth and Josue have created a sensory seven-course degustation with beverage pairings that responds to the themes of
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Yonder is a collaborative multi-arts festival curated by The Brisbane Collective and Brisbane Street Arts Festival. As BSAF’s main event, Yonder will feature performances from the best creative minds in music and art, including emerging local bands and artists, visual art exhibitions, live painting and theatrical performances. Over the course of one evening, an already
Mitchell Fine Art launches its 2017 exhibition calendar with the annual group exhibition ‘Director’s Choice’. Curated from the gallery collection, Director Mike Mitchell has carefully selected artworks from various artists, showcasing some of the galleries finest works. Comprised primarily of artworks by represented artists, the exhibition includes new paintings from two artists added to the gallery’s
A group exhibition showcasing new work from local emerging Brisbane artists for Brisbane Street Arts Festival curated by The Brisbane Collective. Letting their imagination run wild, artists will create their interpretation of their own ‘Lord’. Their creation could be human, animal or vegetable and be a manifestation of their fantasies. Original artworks will be up
The Brisbane Street Arts Festival (BSAF) is back for it’s second year in February 2017 with an absolute stellar line up of local, interstate and international artists. With over 20 different locations around the city the BSAF 2017 program will offer a kaleidoscope of colour, sound and movement to capture the hearts and minds of
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Christian Flynn was born in Innisfail, Queensland in 1978. A graduate of the Queensland College of Art, Flynn was awarded a Masters of Fine Art with First Class Honours in 2007. Flynn’s interest in pop culture, particularly video games and science fiction, is articulated within his work. The vivid colouring of his geometric renderings strikes
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Evolving from a field trip to New York City ‘Tremor of Form’ extends Helga Groves ongoing interest in geophysical processes. This series attempts to trace geological time by cross-referencing the tangible physiology of Central Park alongside geological specimens selected from the Natural History Museum. Topographical mappings of rare geological surfaces are translated into the mediums
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For three weeks our studios have been busy with the stir and whir of artistic creation. Closed off to the general public our upper studios have been playing host to so many secret delights. Soon though the secrets will be out. Come and revel, friends, in our very first residency showcase. Open House // Cycle
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