The 2014 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, or JADA, is a drawing exhibition toured by Grafton Regional Gallery that promotes innovation and excellence in Australian drawing and features a who’s who of Australian contemporary artists. The winning work and acquisitions join the Grafton Regional Gallery JADA Collection which contains an impressive selection of contemporary Australian drawing […]
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Cream: Four Decades of Australian Art chronicles the development of modernism in Australia from 1940 to 1980 and showcases significant artworks which have rarely been seen outside Rockhampton. This exhibition was developed by Rockhampton Art Gallery and supported by an Australia Council Visions of Australia Touring Grant. The project has also received financial support from
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Emma Lindsay is a fine artist currenlty based on Brisbane, Australia. Lindsay graduated from the Queensland College of Art in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons 1) degree. Her art explores critical contemporary issues regarding extinction, globally endangered species and their habitats, climate change and the human activities connected to the global loss
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Poly Gone Cowboy is pleased to present it’s latest exhibition, a group show featuring new collage based works by local artists: Justin Stenton-Dozey, Katy McHugh, Harley & Händen, Geoff Monk and Angela Hughes. The art show complements the album launch of Seamus Kirkpatrick’s spoken word/improv act ‘Extinction of Animals’ Opening night reception: Friday 23rd Oct, 6pm
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Nicola Moss’s upcoming exhibition Synergy explores how we connect, develop, and conserve the earth’s natural ecosystems. Moss’s latest body of work has evolved both in the studio and on site across a variety of natural Australian landscapes. With an air of optimism, Moss investigates the myriad of ways we connect and respond to our natural world. Nicola Moss’s work is highly
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Senior Warlpiri artist Michael Nelson Jagamara will make a lightning visit to Brisbane to promote and celebrate the successful 2015 launching of Lightning Strikes sculpture series. Michael Nelson Jagamara, (MNJ), was born in 1946 at Vaughan Springs, in Central Australia. In 2014, MNJ completed an angular ‘lightning’ sculpture design derived from his age old Rain +
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Poly Gone Cowboy presents ‘Rush 2 Relax’, recent artworks by Poly Gone Cowboy resident artists Samuel Tupou & Clinton Barker. The recurring theme within this exhibition is the phenomenon of accelerated workload to gain time off. The eternal tug of war with the hyper-speed of our modern day lifestyle’s in a quest to achieve a
The Burning is an exhibition of new work by Benjamin Crowley made during his year as Artist in Residence, focusing on the existential concerns of living with truth and sincerity and avoiding ‘bad faith’. Coined by Sartre and related to self-deception, living in bad faith is to adopt false values and to disown innate freedom
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“My mother wanted marble columns in our family home. My father cut some thick cardboard tubing to fit around the pre-existing rectangular archway into the rumpus room, plastered the outside, then had an expert marble painter come over to create a marble effect. This is Marble Realness, an attempt at passing a kind of class
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“The vertical and the horizontal, the landscape and the portrait, the figure and the ground—these frictions are subtly manifested in the behaviours of sleeping and the behaviours of waking. Ghosh’s works occupy an uncertain space, and although she has described it as a space of death and rebirth, it seems more apt to describe it
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Artists: Alex Cuffe, Libby Harward, Nicola Morton. Curated by Rebecca Ross and Danni Zuvela. This project asks three contemporary artists to respond to the concept of the headland in its many forms, with specific reference to the distinctive Burleigh headland, which has been important for placemaking since time out of mind. The Kombumerri people, a family
As 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the attempted coup in Indonesia on 30 September 1965, Dadang Christanto will undertake a restaging of his moving 1979 performance work at the opening of ‘Nineteen Sixty-Five: Dadang Christanto’. RSVP to the opening: bit.ly/1965christantorsvp MORE INFO: bit.ly/amprograms Image: Dadang CHRISTANTO, Tooth Brushing (1979) Performed at 4A Centre for Contemporary
Artworks by members of the blind communities of Seoul and Brisbane are described, not displayed, in this unique new exhibition. Each artwork is locked inside a cabinet, never to be seen. You’ll listen to audio recordings from each artist describing their work or sharing an insight into their lives. This way you’ll form your own impressions
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A reconstruction of the first Conceptual art exhibition in Australia sent by Ian Burn, Roger Cutforth and Mel Ramsden in 1969 to Pinacotheca gallery, Melbourne. Their work –Xerox Books, Six Negatives and photo-documentation – sent from New York proved influential on a generation of Australian artists. The reconstruction will be accompanied by video, journals, paintings
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Text is commonly understood as the written medium of human communication that represents language; however, in literary theory a text can be any object that can be ‘read’, such as an artwork, a song, a film, a building. In other words, it can be any coherent set of signs that conveys some kind of message
We often talk about design in terms of end products, but sometimes it’s better to think about design as a process, as a way of thinking. Design thinking is becoming increasingly recognised as a powerful process for creatively exploring the challenges of the 21st century, beyond the traditional realm of designing products. Think Outside is
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Every region has its own unique feel and aspirations. So how does a Council’s Art Collection represent this? The Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Collection reflects the vision, diversity and character of the region. Focussing on culture, identity, spirit and sense of place, the Art Collection is an important source of reference and inspiration, which
M16 Artspace invites artists to submit work for the annual M16Drawing Prize. This prize is for works on paper or other surfaces using either traditional or non-traditional drawing materials and techniques, including digital media. Finalists’ work will be exhibited in the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2015 exhibition. Judges: Deborah Hart, Curator of Australian Art, National
2016 ARTIST AS ACTIVIST TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIP The online application to the Artist as Activist Two Year Fellowship program is now open. See below for details on how to apply. This is the only open call for grant proposals the foundation will announce in 2015. THEME
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Open Call / Think Tank lab Triennial, the International Festival of Contemporary Drawing is an open competition addressed at artists living in Poland or abroad. The contest motto and theme is A DRAWING AS AN OBJECT CONTAINING KNOWLEDGE. The aim is to present various forms of acts of drawing and actions related to drawing. It is a competition
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Capture, illustrate, write and create your visions of people and other creatures. Portraits can be expressed in symbolic, literal, modern, traditional, abstract, or completely unique ways. What portraits can your imagination create? If your work is selected you will be: Published in ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal – a beautiful collectable keepsake that is available in digital
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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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