DEEPER MESMERISM will present two lie-down and move-around performance-installations exploring hypnotic spatialised music, created by Luke Jaaniste (various electronics) with collaborating improvisors including Jordin Steele (voice), Marisa Georgiou (voice) and James Scott (bass): PORTAL is an ongoing project that uses many identical vintage keyboards (Yamaha Portasounds from the early 1980s) to create hypnotic spatialised harmonies, […]
‘Friday Night: May’ delivers an array of performance work in development and an exhibition, as the building opens for another edition of our open house event; connecting artists and audiences in a lively social environment – through our building and at the foyer bar from 6pm. Work in Residence artist Julie Vulcan – who you
Melbourne artist Martin Tighe’s new collection Leaven Bread features thirteen still life paintings. This series of paintings is a continuation of the artist’s fascination with bread and its significance in our lives. Bread as a subject has layered meanings in society, from symbolising basic nourishment to complex religious iconography. ‘ Bread is often a universal
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Call for artists and writers: ArtAscent is now accepting submissions for the international call for artists themed “Unknown.” A concept that is beyond the range of one’s knowledge, experience, or understanding. A thing that is strange, unfamiliar, and obscure. A place that is not discovered, explored, or identified. A person that is not famous, not
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Blue Monaro is a collaborative exhibition of new work by Brisbane artists Bridie Gillman and Kylie Spear. This exhibition responds to The Walls’ location in Miami, Gold Coast; one of Australia’s most popular tourist destinations. Blue Monaro utilises objects associated with Miami’s ‘leisure lifestyle’ in order to elicit experiences of sentimentality, seduction and awkwardness. Using
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SNAP15 is a collection of seven Brisbane photographers of both international and local recognition who know their way around a camera. International award winning landscape photographer Fred McKie relies upon meticulous research, planning and patience. “My most celebrated photograph to date Monument Valley Storm was captured during an overnight excursion to Hunt’s Mesa in America,
Heartbreak and triumph, jubilation and devastation: it’s all on show at the Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition, featuring works by Australia’s most outstanding photojournalists. In 2014 over 2000 photographs were considered for selection in the Nikon-Walkley Awards for Excellence in Photojournalism – the pinnacle of achievement for Australian press photographers judged by industry experts and awarded
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The Mayor and Councillors of Moreton Bay Regional Council have the pleasure of inviting you and your family to view Creative Power: The Art of George Baldessin. This exhibition is curated by Tess Edwards Baldessin, the artist’s widow and is toured by Maitland Regional Art Gallery. It is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian
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Christoph Wachter & Mathias Jud present Landung in Australien, an exploration of refugee and asylum seeker policies. We perceive ourselves to be in a shrinking world of digital communication and borderless travel. However, this is only a reality for the privileged few, those with civil rights and residence permits, while others are excluded and suppressed.
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Situating the viewer as an intruder to the privacy of domestic space, Empty Places/With Suspicion challenges personal reliance on the secrecy of intimate thought and activity. For the exhibition the gallery becomes the site of a derelict home; the decaying qualities and eerie ambiance of which impart a sense of hopelessness and existential belittlement. OPENING
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con│struct: Celebrating Queensland Sculpture explores the extraordinarily diverse field of sculpture. It features ten artists that represent the scope and depth of contemporary sculpture across the state who have a sustained practice working in the sculptural realm. Artists include: – Lincoln Austin, Eleanor and James Avery, Laurindo de Abreau Sotto, Simone Eisler, Jason Fitzgerald, Hew
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The IMA is pleased to launch Mikala Dwyer’s monograph Drawing Down the Moon. For more than twenty years, Mikala Dwyer has pushed the limits of installation, sculpture and performance, establishing herself as one of Australia’s most engaging contemporary artists. To launch the publication, the Mikala has invited Brisbane artist Caitlin Franzmann to deliver her performance:
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LOVELOVE STUDIOS has Studio space available in Milton, 4064. This would suit visual artists and computer based designer. An exciting, established art gallery and studio space in the heart of Milton’s flourishing commercial district is offering cheap studios spaces with WIFI and 24hr access. Super close to public transport, Officeworks and art supplies store. Restaurants, cafe’s
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Access Arts’ Community Arts workshops provide members with a supportive, inclusive and creative environment to engage with various art forms, encouraging positive social interaction, a strong sense of community, and artistic expression of each individual. Anyone is welcome to attend these workshops, whether or not you experience a disability and irrespective of your previous experience.
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This exhibition of work from printmakers based in Aberystwyth (Wales) and Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) is a collaborative project linking artistic communities from opposite sides of our planet. Through the activity of printmaking, the participating artists were asked to explore the significance of river histories, particularly the legacy of catastrophic flood events, for communities. This highlights
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Workshops available at The Edge for the first half of 2015 are now live. Choose an old favourite to sharpen your creative skills or something new, from motion design to fabrication, Raspberry Pi, zines, comics and more. Workshops are a chance for you to create something new, whether it be a robot, a social media strategy or
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“Tell me a story” is a command familiar to anyone who spends time with young children, but with patience, the child will provide an equal reward by revealing a new way of seeing. Early modernists recognised the potential of childish mark-making and imaginative perspective, and Michael Muir has had similar experiences as a parent of
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Abbey McCulloch holds a Masters in Fine Art from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University. Named as one of Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists by Art Collector in 2009, 2010 and 2011, she has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize three times (with portraits of Toni Collette [2007], Nell Schofield [2009] and Naomi Watts
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The exhibition will present recent and new work by Richard Bell and Emory Douglas, including their major collaborative painting Peace heals, war kills 2011-14. These will be exhibited alongside recent embroideries Emory Douglas has made with artists from the Zapatista movement.The exhibition will also premiere a new film by Richard Bell. Opening event: Thursday 26 March
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Iconic Brisbane artist Sue Pickford will be launching her works at Bosz Gallery on Friday 27 March alongside Emeritus Professor Sasha Grishin. The exhibition explores contemporary themes influenced by the philosophical and socio-political themes of her own era, in relation to place, race and culture. “Through the appropriation of iconology and cultural schemas, I use
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The Old Windmill at Wickham Park, Spring Hill, will be lit-up by digital artist Alinta Krauth with a projection-mapped art installation on the 17th and 18th of April, from 5 to 8pm. The installation titled, Wind blisters and those who try to run is part of the U.R{BNE} Festival 2015 Wickham Park Showcase, which will
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Interruptions brings together three documentary photographers dealing with the personal relationships of family. Intrinsically linked with memory and place the works act both as an expression of family relationships and as tools of communication and reflexivity within the relationships. Isaac Brown, Tammy Law and Nina White explore the function and methodologies of documentary photographic practice
Thus the house is not experienced from day to day only, on the thread of a narrative, or in the telling of our own story. Through dreams, the various dwelling-places in our lives co-penetrate and retain the treasures of former days. (Bachelard, The Poetics of Space, 27) It is the nature of human beings to
Zeppelin currently has one street side window projection space. We encourage artists working within the moving image to express their interest.Works will be exhibited between 8:30pm and 11pm each evening from the 15th- 27th of Feb. If you are interested in being part of this project – zeppelinprojects@gmail.com Established in 2014 ZEPPELIN is a physical space occupying the number 284 Albert
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Exploring the influence Australian and Aboriginal artists have had in shaping our culture and understanding, A Time and a Place: Landscapes from the Griffith University Art Collection features contemporary and historical artworks acquired since the early 1980s. The exhibition aims to engage and reflect diverse art histories and visual languages through the lens of Griffith
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Introducing Silent Conversation an exhibition by Sha Sarwari. Opening night Friday the 10th of April, doors open at 6pm. Join us and meet the man with a thousand stories and a consistently intriguing body of work. Sha’s multilayered and experiential work promotes notions of peace and freedom whilst examining socially and politically relevant themes such
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Nature’s Threads is an exhibition of textile artwork inspired by the patterns, colours, textures and organic forms found in the natural world. This connection to nature is explored not only through deriving inspiration from its characteristics but by using fibres whose originals lie in the organic environment, such as wool, silk, paper and cotton. The
Australia Council has developed a new grants model which will support a diverse range of artists, artistic practice, organisations and arts activity. The new model will make it easier and simpler to apply for grants. Area of practice based peer assessment of artistic merit and excellence will remain central to grant decision making. The new
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Ann Thomson was born in Brisbane in 1933. After studying with Jon Molvig in the mid 1950s, Thomson left Brisbane for Sydney and completed her studies at the National Art School in 1962. With the exception of a three year period spent in Brisbane (1974 – 1977), during which time Thomson completed a 9 metre
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Since 2008, Art from the Margins (AFTM) has been instrumental in bringing artists together and bridging the gap between artists living in isolation, the public and the wider community. AFTM supports and promotes the work of artists living with adversity, disadvantage and social isolation, including artists living with mental health issues, physical or intellectual disabilities
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Inspired by Prue Gibson’s book Rapture of Death, Aaron Butt’s solo exhibition broadens the term rapture to encompass his fascination with particular objects and images and his subjective responses to this visual stimuli. Rapture most commonly refers to the ascension from earth to heaven, whereas the less commonly known rapture of death refers to the
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Firstdraft is seeking proposals from writers and artists interested in writing to be considered for the Firstdraft Writers Program for the June 2015-Dec 2015 time period. The Firstdraft Writers Program seeks to foster an expanded arts writing practice, whereby writers are positioned alongside artists as both makers and thinkers. It welcomes writers exploring the intersection
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EXHIBITION PROGRAM Artists/curators are encouraged to propose well considered exhibitions, performances and happenings. We are looking for artists/curators who can provide evidence of previous work that is conceptually sound and visually engaging as well as proposals that are clear, thoughtful and ambitious. Preference will be given to proposals that work directly with consideration of and in
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SafARI is now calling for submissions from artists, collectives, and/or groups working across Australia to be considered for SafARI 2016. SafARI is the unofficial fringe exhibition to the Biennale of Sydney, which showcases the work of emerging and unrepresented Australian artists. It is a ‘zeitgeist’ driven festival timed to coincide with the crucial first opening
Designed to assist young artists The Melville Haysom Memorial Art Scholarship, administered by the Gallery, is a scholarship to assist young artists. Designed to promote, encourage and advance the development of visual arts in Queensland, the scholarship is offered to artists aged 25 years or under. The scholarship offers $5000 towards materials and expenses for
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We would like to invite all Brisbane creatives to attend the This is Not Art (TiNA) artist information session at Inhouse ARI. Are you an artist, writer, performer, thinker, maker, or do-er? This is Not Art (TiNA) is a national festival of experimental practice across multidisciplinary forms that happens in Newcastle over the October long weekend. Calls
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