The Bundaberg Arts Festival is the Bundaberg region’s longest running competitive arts exhibition with more than $16,000 in awards – provided by the Bundaberg region’s businesses. Our 2013 exhibition featured more than 400 entries from 150 artists, appealing to all, resulting in our visitor numbers quadrupling over two years. The festival explores the diversity of […]
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The annual Mandjar 9×5 exhibition has become a major event in the Peel region attracting up to 150 artists whose two dimensional and sculptural works reflect the diversity and quality of artwork produced and donated to the Mandjar 9×5 by Western Australia artists. The Heidelberg 9×5 is firmly embedded in the tradition of Australian art
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The Great Southern Art Award is a competition and exhibition traditionally held over the Easter period at the Vancouver Arts Centre in Albany. It is an opportunity for Great Southern artists to have their work displayed professionally and be seen by over 2000 visitors. It is generally entered by over 130 artists, and features work
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Now established as a key exhibition in the contemporary art calendar, the annual exhibition of selected finalists is a reflection of current national practice in still photography. Thanks to the assistance of The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Foundation for the Arts, the winner receives a $20,000 prize and their work is acquired by Gold
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If one task of representation is to show us how the world looks, abstraction is free to do something else, and reflecting our sense of the world, rather than what’s otherwise visible to the naked eye – whether on the part of the painter or the viewer – is key to its perpetual attraction – Bob Nickas Michelle Eskola
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Michelle Eskola is a Brisbane based artist born in 1987 at Mount Beauty, Victoria. Eskola’s practice explores the intersection of polarities of light, space, abstraction and formation to investigate the role of painting in contemporary culture. This investigation focuses on the conventions of composition, illusion, repetition and display across digital and time-based media. This interest
Enter the hypnotic, immersive, vibrational world of sonic artist Luke Jaaniste. As part of his Fresh Ground residency, Luke is creating and curating a series of sonic immersions, to mesmerise your body, mind and soul. This is listening for your whole body, in a vibrational space of sound, presented in an emptied out, darkened Performance
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On Saturday, 21 February, the IMA will host a series of lectures and artist’s presentations, Factory/studio/tumblr*, that depart from the Hito Steyerl’s exhibition Too Much World. In close conversation with Steyerl, we have invited Berlin-based scholar Karen Archey to further develop her essay, “Hyper-Elasticity, Symptoms, Signs, Treatment: On Hito Steyerl’s Liquidity Inc.”, she will expand
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Marisa Purcell employs her depth of experience with oil, acrylic, watercolour, and drawing media to conjure an internal landscape at symbiotic play with notions of micro and macro cosmologies. As she works, her method stretches paint’s physical qualities by combining thinly veiled layers of colour, allowing it to pool and dry slowly. She says, “the most beautiful
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Despite a proud history, the place of the motorcar in Australia may well be at a turning point. In the current frenetic era of innovative technology and inbuilt obsolescence, many of the items we only dreamt could exist are now often taken for granted, or discarded quickly without a thought. Is the car, formerly an
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It’s a new year and we’re looking for a new intern to help out on the 2015 Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing. The role is to assist Project Manager Holly Riding and Director Peter Breen in the production of the competition. The role includes the opportunity to experience firsthand how to deliver a nationwide
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Poly Gone Cowboy presents it’s first exhibition for the year. ‘Life, Death & in Between’ features new works by 3 Queensland artists whose work draw upon principals of illustration and design. Please join us to celebrate the latest works from Elana Mullaly, Ken Smith & Philip Schouteten.
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I’ve watched Warren Palmer’s work since the 1970s. He is an artist who exemplifies that feeling we get that something is happening in our own backyard comparable in concept, style and quality to the latest ‘brainwave’ being fed to us from ‘overseas’ in the art magazines, TV art shows and Biennales to which local art
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Dogs. Why a show on dogs? What kind of cues does a show centred around dogs send out? Too much potential for cuteness, the vernacular, the sentimental. Too much probability of strained humour – of clichés and corniness. Too much evidence of easy anthropomorphisms as a way of revealing human traits. And yet the representations
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Last year, when Piet Noest began a series of paintings in response to Kent Farbach’s compositions Chrome (1995) and Chrome II(2014), his goal was to visually express the dynamics of sound through line, form and colour. He and Farbach had worked together previously during 1994-1995, when Noest created watercolours and paintings based upon the composer’s work and
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In 2015, the IMA celebrates its forty-year anniversary, making it one of Australia’s oldest and continually vibrant spaces for contemporary art. The IMA is seeking a full-time Operations Manager to join our team as we embark on our fourth decade. The new member of this dedicated team must be self-motivated, goal-oriented, and able to work in a
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Corrie Furner is a graduate of the Queensland College of Art. She has exhibited at Globelight 2014, The GAS: GUAG 2014 and was awarded Highly Commended, in the Survey Co. Art Award. Light is central to her practice and used as a way of transcending objects, spaces and states of being, transforming the ordinary into something new,
2970Degrees – The Boiling Point: Friday Now that the 2.5 days of explosive thought and action that was 2970Degrees – The Boiling Point has ended, I can breathe and process my thoughts into somewhat of an adequate reflection of what occurred. The Beyond the Horizon report by Bernard Salt – released earlier this year –
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Lindy Lee’s work came to prominence in the 1980s and has evolved in tandem with key developments in Australian art, including the turn towards Asia. The first major survey of this artist’s practice, the exhibition explores Lee’s acclaimed early photocopy work, and the work that evolved following her embrace of Buddhism and her Chinese heritage. Also included are recent works
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Carte Blanche is an alliance of contemporary artists with diverse skills and strengths, connected by their mutual interest in artistic development, and their personal passions for varied issues. This exhibition features intriguing installations created by participating artists. Materials are used in unexpected ways with a common thread of reprocessing, giving new purpose to the minutiae
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Carindale Connect and B4C (Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee) are teaming up to deliver an art show inspired by nature and sustainability on Saturday 21st February. Both emerging and professional Brisbane artists are being invited to help raise awareness of theSustainability Centre at Carindale and the local environment. The exciting new art exhibition is also celebrating local art
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The Nat Yuen Collection of Chinese Antiquities comprises over 80 pieces donated to The University of Queensland since 1994 by Dr Nat Yuen. Dr Yuen has long been connected to The University of Queensland. He graduated in Medicine in 1965, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Medicine in 1995, and in 2010 received the UQ International Alumnus of the Year Award.
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The IMA is pleased to present a lecture by Anne Barlow, Director of Art in General, New York. This is the inaugural presentation in a series of lectures running throughout the year titled What Can Art Institutions Do? At Art in General, Barlow has most recently curated projects with artists Basim Magdy, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Jill Magid, Shezad Dawood,
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Lethbridge Gallery’s annual summer group show brings all of the artists from the gallery together in a showcase of the exhibitions held throughout the year. Image: Eternal Flame by John Morris. Timber, paint, 14 x 13 x 43cm To view the exhibition artists click – HERE
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The Brisbane Collective and To Be Continued Magazine present: HOMEGROWN PEEP SHOW. A pop-up, group collaboration of artists exhibiting in celebration of our fourth issue of TBCMAG, we are hosting COMMISSION FREE ART SALES, a range of LIVE ART plus your chance to get involved in our first TBC ART AUCTION where money raised will
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‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion’ explores the tremendous innovation of Japanese fashion designers from the early 1980s to the present. With nearly 100 garments featured in the exhibition, ranging from the classic and elegant to outrageous, this will be a fascinating experience and rare opportunity to view these unique creations first hand. Japanese
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Extended Jewellery will highlight the diverse practices of ten contemporary Brisbane jewellery and small objects practitioners. Developed through extensive periods of post-graduate study, including double degrees, Honours, Masters and pending Doctorates, each artist will present their refined perspective on the dynamics of thinking through jewellery. Extended Jewellerywill showcase new works by Beau Allen, Pippin Blackwell,
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Now in its 46th year, the Gold Coast Art Prize provides an opportunity to showcase excellent contemporary art practice from across Australia. The prize is open to all Australian artists working in any art media except photography. There is a total of $30,000 for acquisitions. 2014 Selected Artists: Greg ADES Robert BENNETTS Naomi BISHOP Elisabeth BODEY
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Donna Maree Robinson is a multimedia artist whose work explores the poetic potential of an environment which she infuses with layered meanings, imagination, memories and history; a visual intersection of the natural world and our human existence within it. Robinson’s practice crosses disciplines and media that include video projection, digital photography, sculptural works, installation and glass. She has a Master of Contemporary Art
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Exhibition Dates: 4th – 28th February Two opening nights Saturday 6th February Drinks & Gallery Winner announced 4:30 – 7:30 Saturday 13th February Drinks & People’s choice winner announced 4:30 – 7:30 Petite Piece Prizes Gallery Winner Three Week Solo Exhibition at Aspire Gallery and One year representation. Chosen
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Create a personalised statement piece that will be the jewel of your wardrobe with the ever fashionable Brisbane-based artist Hannah Bronte.A Thousand Fibres is kuril dhagun’s new monthly workshop series for adults, featuring some of Brisbane’s most exciting and talented Indigenous artists in. Pull up a cushion, pour a cuppa, and learn a new skill
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Crowdfunding is becoming more popular every day and is popping up in the news more and more. Crowdfunding has been used to successfully raise funds for all sorts of projects – charitable causes, creative endeavours, community projects, and a lot more besides. As one of the fastest growing forms of e-commerce on the planet, it’s
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Apply to pitch your innovative and inspirational idea for a chance to win $25,000 Brisbane City Council’s Innovation Award is for a successful pitch of inspiration and innovation in the creative sector. Applications for the $25,000 award are now open, closing midnight on 12 January 2015. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application
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CUSP: Designing into the Next Decade is a journey into the innovative world of design thinking. From furniture and gadgets to clothing and housing, design can improve how we look, move, work and feel. It has increasingly become clear that design can transcend mere ‘form or function’. When staring down the barrel of unprecedented planetary
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The Institute of Modern Art (IMA) is pleased to present Too Much World, the first survey in Australia of the artist, writer, and filmmaker Hito Steyerl. Running from 13 December 2014 to 22 March 2015, this comprehensive exhibition features six works from the past decade, including Liquidity Inc., which premiered earlier this year. Steyerl is a leading
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Ntaria Hilerre (Hermannsburg Horizons) featuring Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra / Many Hands Art Centre and the Hermannsburg Potters Artists: Ngurratjuta Iltja Ntjarra / Many Hands Art Centre Douglas Kwarlpe Abbott Stanley Ebataringa Rienhold Inkamala Lenie Namatjira Kevin Namatjira Gloria Pannka Ivy Pareroultja Hubert Pareroultja Marie Abbott / Ramjohn Mervyn Rubuntja Peter Tjutjatja Taylor Marcus Wheeler Kevin Wirri Hilary Wirri
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