There is something of the subtle trickster at play in Amber Boardman’s mythical paintings of human foibles. In her work, eye-catching, jewel-like hues and fleshy, earthy tonalities produce absurd portraits and wacky situations. Seducing us with sophisticated improvisations in juicy, wet-into-wet paint, comforting schadenfreude and a seemingly toddler-like sensibility, Boardman’s distinctly intelligent formal sensibility propels […]
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Experimenta, Australia’s leading media arts organisation, presents Experimenta Recharge: 6th International Biennial of Media Art at The Block, QUT Creative Industries Precinct. Looking closely at the role media art plays in re-telling and creating stories,Experimenta Recharge focuses on artists whose work is inspired by and entangled with the past, exploring whether knowledge changes when it
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The IMA is pleased to present the inaugural Green Room exhibition by Brisbane-based artist Dale Harding, White Collared. Harding is a descendent of the Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples of Central Queensland, who has gained recognition for works that explore the untold histories of his communities. Recently he has been investigating the social and political realities experienced by members
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Emerging documentary photographer, Kelly McIlvenny, presents a visual investigation into the women changing the reality of maternal health in Nepal, documenting how they dealt with the challenging physical, cultural and social environments of Nepal in order to help produce Nepal’s successful reduction in maternal deaths over the past twenty years. Dates: Wednesday, 26 August – Saturday,
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Celeste Chandler was born in Hobart in 1977. In 1998 Chandler graduated from the University of Tasmania, Tasmanian School of Painting, with a Bachelor in Fine Art (majoring in painting). In 2003 she obtained her Masters in Fine Art from the same institution. Chandler’s work has been curated in a number of group exhibitions including
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Please join exhibiting artists Sam Cranstoun, Marian Drew and Carl Warner in a conversation about light, art and science with exhibition curator Samantha Littley and Dr Margaret Wegener, Lecturer, UQ Physics. Afternoon tea served following the discussion. Free. All welcome. Image: Marian Drew ‘Three light forms’ 1999 colour pigment print on paper 58.6 x 73.6
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Part of the Ampers&nd Program of the Brisbane Writers Festival. Celebrate the launch of Lucida Journal: Habitat, Queensland Centre of Photography’s first ever printed edition of the journal. Following the closure of our gallery space in 2014, this edition of Lucida Journal explores the theme of what makes a home. Join artists, curators and academics
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Indirect Response is an exhibition of new works by Simon Degroot exploring a translation of image details in abstraction. This exhibition considers how an abstract translation of architectural shapes can maintain a line of reference as they are painted and repeated in physical space. In particular, how a strategy of translation can be used to
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Alrey Batol’s third solo exhibition, ‘Kerbside Ikebana’, brings together new works examining material culture in the First World. Alrey’s practice looks at our attitudes of affluence particularly towards novelty, obsolescence and disutility. This exhibition will feature an array of works from photographs and handmade paper, to a large installation work that reassembles unwanted kerbside furniture
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Curated by The Brisbane Collective and showcased at Crowbar Brisbane as apart of the Big Sound live music showcase, we have enlisted 11 of the best live music photographers / videographers for a 3-day showcase of their work. From festivals to small venues, they have captured your favourite musical acts and an assortment of prints
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The Mandorla Art Award employs a thematic spiritual inspiration that changes with each exhibition. These inspirations are defined by quotations from the Bible and all participating artists are requested to interpret these in their own way. In 2016, artists will interpret the theme ‘The Resurrection’ in figurative and abstract form and through various media. This
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he Montalto Sculpture Prize is an acquisitive award open to all artists working in any medium. The Prize has been extended in 2016 and will now run eight months, from February to October 2016, to give artists the opportunity to show their works for an extended period. The Mitchells share a passion for wine, food, nature and
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The focus of this Masterclass is on developing a photographic concept of Place, facilitated through interpretation and listening to another’s experience and perspectives. Participants develop a concept and create an individual photo story of place. Presented in conjunction with Judy’s exhibition Grounded. Facilitator: Judy Parrott Where: Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, 420 Brunswick St, Valley
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Starting with the question “Why Jewellery?”, students, graduates and staff from the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University and Queensland College of Art seek to create their answers based on each individual’s background and experience. The exhibition is a starting point in demonstrating the variety of contemporary jewellery. The first showing of this exhibition
Transgressiphoria explores the tenuous boundaries between children’s play and adult paraphilias through the equivalency constructed by the appropriation of found glamour photography and discarded popular culture toys. Mass cultural waste is tenderly manipulated and assembled into enigmatic sexual gestures that reify the banalities of perversion and become a satirical comment on contemporary culture’s pornofication of
disassemble | reassemble highlights the relationship between humans and nature, and contemplates the attitudes, both caring and careless, that shape human life on the planet. The foundations of the exhibition arose from memories of the early 1990’s environmental superhero, Captain Planet: the star of an animated children’s TV edutainment series that advocated environmentalism. In the
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As part of the 2016 Artistic Program, Metro Arts is bringing back its Artist Run Initiative (ARI) in Residence Program. With a specific focus on providing a visible platform for experimental and interdisciplinary practices, the ARI in Residence opportunity will support a collective over 12 months to develop or refine a structure and operational model
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Public art is a key contributor to Brisbane’s reputation as a vibrant and active new world city, and one that attracts people to live, work and invest. To assist in the delivery of high quality artwork throughout the city, Brisbane City Council is seeking applications from talented curators to be listed on the Register of
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Interview between Llewellyn Millhouse and Jaden Gallagher L: Your work up until this project has been mostly sculptural installations, consisting of ready-made and everyday materials and relying on the physical quality or spatial experience of the work, what has directed your interest to the particularly flat and immaterial world of digital video production and motion
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Big or small arts projects require good management and attention to detail to be successful. Having a good plan takes the mystery out of the process, the uncertainty out of coordination and some of the pain out of delivery. This workshop introduces the principles of effective project management and explains how a little method to
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Are you an artist seeking an affordable and alternative space to exhibit your art? Look no further and be a part of beautifying Banyo’s living room, Site Café. Site Café will play host to a group exhibition next month; Spring @ Site, and is calling for artists to submit works on paper, 20cm x 20cm
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Lilith: A Feminist History Journal is seeking submissions for our next issue. Please note that Lilith only publishes articles that constitute an original piece of research. Lilith will also consider publishing un-refereed reviews and discussion pieces. We particularly encourage submissions from Australian and international postgraduate students and early career researchers. Submissions for the 2016 issue must be received by 30 September
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Brenda May Gallery is seeking proposals from professional practising artists in Australia and New Zealand for the following curated group exhibitions. Sculpture 2016: Bronze, 27 January to 20 February 2016Sculpture 2017: Water, January to February 2017 Art history abounds with examples of sculptors employing bronze; from scarce, but insightful, Ancient Greek vessels, to the large-scale
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Looking for experience in arts administration, marketing and publishing? Eyeline Publishing is currently seeking interns and volunteers to assist with administration, marketing and production of Eyeline contemporary visual arts magazine. Duties include assisting with marketing and research, data entry, filing, mailouts, publishing production and digital development. Days and hours are flexible, commitment to a set day each
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Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research will host the inaugural Drawing International Brisbane Symposium, to be held at the Queensland College of Art (QCA) at South Bank, Brisbane from 30 September – 2 October. The Symposium will promote an active dialogue between curators, artists and academics on the role and significance of contemporary drawing practice.
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In our second annual photography competition, we’re asking you to share your favourite place in Queensland with us and our online community to win a share of over $5,000 in Canon equipment and other prizes! Your favourite place could be in the natural or urban environment. It could be in your backyard, the beach, the
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Entries are now open to Australian residents for a national acquisitive contemporary art prize. The $15,000 Grace Cossington Smith art award winner and finalists’ artworks will be displayed at the Grace Cossington Smith Gallery at Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga from 7 November to 5 December 2015. Finalists will each be awarded $1,000 and will be selected by a
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Carly Kotynski is a practising artist working in the areas of sculpture and public art. Her artworks are largely inspired by society, the natural world and the interconnectedness of all living things. She creates sculptural forms that engage the senses toward the beauty, fragility and resilience of the natural world. These hand-woven pieces evolve slowly
MAKE SPACE is an opportunity to work in the blank space of The Walls once a month, to meet other makers in your community and to see your work on the walls. MEET a special guest artist at each event – artist announced the day before the event! BRING your art/craft/writing project and materials; whether
Theme: This call theme is “Violet.” A bluish-purple shade, a flowering plant, the name of a woman – violet takes on a variety of forms. Violet is even associated with royalty, the unconventional, and ambiguity. Violet can be expressed in a symbolic, literal, modern, traditional, abstract, or completely unique way. Colour your canvas and notepad with
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Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience, and further their engagement with the international art world. Previous finalists include John Keane, former official British war artist
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Entries are now open for the 2015 MAX Indigenous Art Competition which is bigger and better! Major Prize Winner – $2,000 cash prize Major Prize Winner Youth – $1,000 in acquisitive prizes Download the 2015 MAX Indigenous Art Competition Entry form here Launching in NAIDOC week around Australia, we are eager to celebrate the diversity
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The Laundry Artspace is currently accepting entries for the ‘the laundrie national emerging art prize’. For information on how to enter please see our ‘How to Enter’ form. Entries close Friday the 14th of August You can access our How to Enter form on The Laundry Artspace website
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Sensual and tactile, Craig Waddell’s work celebrates both the sublime and the imperfect. Laying down paint, wet into wet, observing while intuitive colour and gesture build and change, he destroys, renews and resurrects images from everyday life. Waddell has exhibited widely throughout Australia and received numerous prizes, awards and residencies, most notably winning the Mosman
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Incomplete Thought is a striking look into the mind and politics of Bleeding Kansas artist Robert Chalender. Owner of Strait Jacket Press, Robert set up shop in Fortitude Valley two years ago, it is in this studio on Brunswick, St. where Robert tends to vent his frustration about the world onto canvas. Born and raised
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“I really am turning into a moth. The light on my phone keeps me searching for truth in all the wrong places…” ~ Nick Drake Nick Drake considers the urban landscape of Brisbane — and the people who occupy it — with distrust and intrigue. Sourcing visual material for his paintings with his smart-phone during