Send Help is the 2015 annual graduate showcase exhibition of outstanding artworks by QUT’s third year Visual Arts students. We are delighted to invite you to the opening night of Send Help. Come join us in H Block, QUT Kelvin Grove at 6pm on the 4th of November to help celebrate the exceptional achievements of […]
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Our ‘petite pieces’ competition is back for 2016. Last year, our small pieces competition boasted over 180 pieces and 70 different artists. We’re hoping next year can be bigger and better! Our ‘petite pieces’ competition is the perfect competition for any artists. The only requirement for an entry is that it must be approximately 40cm by 40cm (unless
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Australia Council for the Arts will be running a live online Grants Information Session on Friday 6 November at 11am (AEST) here –www.australiacouncil.gov.au/livestreaming Join us online on the 6th to find out about our 2 February Grants Round. Tweet your questions using #AusCoinfo
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Have your art featured in a public space in Ipswich and win a $150.00 gift voucher. Ipswich City Council has a proven commitment to reducing the occurrence of graffiti vandalism in the City and maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for the community and visitors. Council proposes to build on its commitment by introducing creative
Interested in playing with video projection, analogue synthesisers and sound visualisation? The CAVE is hosting an informal, experimental audio-visual jam session. Come along and play with modular synths, effects boxes, mixers, noise generators and drum sequencers, as well as video processing boxes, oscilloscopes, TVs and projectors. Jammers are welcome to bring along their own sound
Attention all artists, makers, tinkerers, programmers, developers and hackers. Each Thursday we host a meetup for those that want to get in and apply their skills to new and crazy projects which require a little bit of technical skill and pizzazz. We give you access to our power tools, soldering irons and Arduinos and just
The time has come to officially open my studio! Other than being my creative playroom and home to my photo business, Pixel & Halide, Little Mountain Studio is a space you can borrow for an array of different purposes to enable your creative ideas. To celebrate the Little Mountain Studio spirit with all things local and creative,
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Contemporary Art Awards is an annual online art award, based in the district of Brisbane. The aim of this award is to support Australian emerging artists in their early careers. The award does not restrict entries by category and welcomes all mediums including painting, works on paper, new media, photography, sculpture, and installation. In addition to the prizes
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12th Athens Digital Arts Festival | 19 – 22 May, 2016 – call for entries on the theme of Digital POP. Through this call, the festival invites proposals to unravel the notion of Pop in the digital era. ADAF 2016 explores the different aspects of Pop culture in the digital era, focusing on five strands: Digital
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But now there’s nowhere to hide Since you pushed my love aside I’m out of my head Hopelessly devoted to you Hopelessly devoted to you Hopelessly devoted to you [1] Performing is a natural and familiar form of expression for the artist, Erin Groenenboom. The artist’s performances are not for entertainment, nor ‘an act’ executed
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DISCIPLINES: All disciplines. vanguard & innovation, video art, Urban art, performance, plastic arts, New body language and movement, new dramaturgies, new technologies, sound maps, videomaping, installations, super8, photography, ect. ABOUT THE RESIDENCE: La Neomudejar is a cultural non-profit organization that was born with the purpose of developing and disseminating vanguard arts. The international artistic residence is
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Arts Queensland invites you to join us for an online Q&A to answer any questions you may have about the new Queensland Arts Showcase Program (QASP) and its three streams – Arts Ignite, Arts Illuminate and Arts Impact. This rolling program supports individuals, organisations or collectives to deliver vibrant and accessible arts and cultural experiences
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Brisbane City Council is calling on Brisbane artists to submit an expression of interest for this year’s Recycling Art Competition before Monday 23 November 2015. The Recycling Art Competition explores the creative potential of recycling household items and furniture, and inspiring others to see the possibility in things that may have otherwise have been thrown
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Firstdraft is a national artist-led organisation that creates a professional context for the exploration of ideas and incubates the emerging. We believe that in order to sustain a cultural ecology, we must provide a dynamic and energetic infrastructure that positions artists firmly at its centre. The Firstdraft Board of Directors is made up of a
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Sculpture at Scenic World celebrates its fifth exhibition in 2016 and is inviting submissions for Australia’s only rainforest exhibition to be held over 30 days between April 8 – May 8 2016. Artists are selected by an independent panel seeking highly accomplished artworks across all sculptural and installation mediums, by artists from all over the
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Technology is increasingly penetrating all aspects of our environment, and the rapid uptake of devices that live near, on or in our bodies is facilitating radical new ways of working, relating and socialising. Such technology, with its capacity to generate previously unimaginable levels of data, offers the potential to provide life-augmenting levels of interactivity. However,
Nicola Moss’s work observes how people connect, shape and interact with the natural environment through development, conservation and culture. Moss celebrates the uniqueness of flora and habitat, and aims to raise awareness of the natural environment by looking at issues of balance between human and environmental dependence and domination. Moss develops her work through numerous site
Artist submissions are now open for the inaugural MELT Portrait Prize. Taking place as part of MELT: A Celebration of Queer Arts and Culture, 10 shortlisted artworks will be displayed at Brisbane Powerhouse from Wednesday 3 – Sunday 14 February 2016. The winner will be announced during the second week of the festival and will
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Artists: Yoko Akama / Andrew Brown / Laurens Boer and Jared Donovan / Bettina Bruder / David Carlin, Lukman Iwan, Adrian Miles, Reuben Stanton, Peta Tait, James Thom, Laurene Vaughan, Jeremy Yuille / Chicks on Speed (Alex Murray- Leslie and Melissa Logan) in collaboration with Kenneth Feinstein / Beck Davis, Raune Frankjaer, Sara Adhitya, Zoe
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APPLICATIONS TO EXHIBIT AT MAILBOX ART SPACE IN 2016 ARE NOW OPEN. Applications close November 4th 2015. Please read the information below for further details on how to apply Applications should include the following • Contact details • 200 word project description– please describe the work you intend to exhibit, exhibition title and description of mediums used,
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This exhibition presents the new work by one of Brisbane’s leading watercolour artists, Bruce Buchanan. Influenced by the outback and coastal areas of Australia, as well as a recent visit to Italy, Bruce’s work explores forms and tonal contrasts of structures within the urban, rural and industrial landscapes. At present, Bruce is pushing the boundaries of
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REDSEA Gallery is very excited to present this exclusive exhibition by two of Australia’s most pertinent Urban Artists, Christian Palmer and Mike Chavez. Public Outcry will showcase the depth and talent of these two artists who utilise art as a communication tool to discuss contemporary issues. Palmer, who has been represented by REDSEA gallery for
The Surrealists designed diverse experiments in their attempts to reach a transcendental state in the creative process. They were investigating the irrational self – freer thought, truer self-image, less regard for their critics and social prejudices. This project proposes to practice drawing from life models in a life drawing session of approximately 12 hours. This
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This is a call out for applications to an unofficial Queensland College of Art Graduate Art Show. To be exhibited for one night only at The Laundry Artspace on Friday 27 November 2015. ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 5:00PM IMPORTANT INFORMATION: – Please note you must be graduating from the Queensland College of Art (or
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Be charmed by the personality of Brisbane through the works of 20th Century artist, William Bustard, regarded for his mastery in capturing Queensland’s distinctive sense of light. Bustard (1894 – 1973) was an artist, illustrator and stained-glassWINDOW designer, whose work continues to portray an optimistic view of a changing city. On arriving to Brisbane in
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Subvert Systems is a body of new work by Brisbane based multimedia artist Warren Handley. Through subversion of the intended function of everyday technologies Handley exposes how technology becomes normalised and interrogates the trajectory of ideas from science fiction to science fact. Produced by interrupting the usual function of flatbed scanners and exaggerating the resulting
Lmtdspace’s third show, incidence brings together the work of Renata Buziak, Kim Demuth, Celise Gibson and Henri van Noordenburg. The artists, each with their own techniques and material processes, explore, push and pull at the boundaries of contemporary photomedia practice. Public Programs Friday 09th October, 5pm – incidence floor talk by Victoria Garnons-Williams, PhD. Saturday 17th October, 2pm – incidence artist
My work is deeply rooted in the collective memory of Spain. These memories occupy in me, psychological spaces, evoking beliefs and rituals, enforced by my catholic upbringing, and by the political madness that people of my generation went through. Over the years, my mind has transformed this madness into a grotesque parody. Anna Gonzalez
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On an Account of Seeing and Not Seeing is the studio outcome of my Doctor of Visual Arts candidature and is an enquiry into the realm of perception, of seeing and not seeing, a metaphorical blindness, proposed through the act of drawing. The research project was prompted by the discovery of an old cardboard Leica camera
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Works by Darryl Rogers and David Howard “All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force… We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.” Max Planck (the originator of quantum theory) Opening night – Friday 9th October 6pm-9pm Image:
Alan Constable’s lifelong interest in cameras began around the age of eight, when he started using scraps of paper and cardboard from cereal boxes to fashion his own. It may come as a surprise to people unfamiliar with Alan’s story to learn that he is legally blind (with limited tunnel-vision); and also deaf, which makes
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Themed on the transformation and transcendence of water, Margaret Ingles’s new exhibition Above and Below evokes a state of relaxation and letting go of the busyness of everyday life. “Water helps us to connect to ourselves, to feel lighter, happier, weightless and naturally more buoyant. Whether in a pool or in the sea, we get
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This exhibition presents a survey of works by the late Australian artist Ian Burn, made during Burn’s time in London from 1965 to 1967. A panel discussion will precede the opening at 3.00pm. Contributors to the discussion include Ann Stephen and Andrew McNamara. The exhibition will coincide with ‘1969: The Black Box of Conceptual Art’
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The Institute of Modern Art (IMA) is pleased to present a major film installation by Patrick Staff, The Foundation, co-commissioned with Chisenhale Gallery, London; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; and Spike Island, Bristol. In this new work, Staff explores queer intergenerational relationships negotiated through historical materials. The film combines footage shot at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los
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‘friends that make music and play art’ …guest curated by Louise Bennett – ∑gg√e|n (SubTropical Goth) – ALL the Weathers (Apple core kiddie core best friends galore) – The Formaldehydes (Death pop cutie pies) – Scott Ferguson (debut) Corflute mate Dhana Merritt in conversation with Nicola Morton on all things Real Bad Music and #moonpsychics.
Mitchell Fine Art presents a display of bold minimalist artworks from the Kimberley region of North Western Australia. Depictions of ancient sites and stories of country are portrayed through expanses of ochre colour, thickly applied with tempered precision. The use of ochre is deeply embedded in the traditional cultural expression for these Kimberley Artists. Originally