Call for artists and writers: ArtAscent is now accepting submissions for the international call for artists themed “Portraits.” The likeness, personality and mood of a being – captured in image and word. Portraits reveal character or lack thereof. A view of someone, a moment in time – captured and frozen in eternity. A portrait of […]
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‘Shifting Ground’ brings together six diverse Brisbane artists whose works address contemporary experiences of the landscape. Stepping in to the landscape to perform, interact, reflect and respond, these artists present new ways of seeing and experiencing the natural world. With a focus on intermedia dialogue and interventions in the conventional, ‘Shifting Ground’ provides insight into
Through the deconstruction and analysis of everyday devices, Michael Candy has developed a unique rationale of ‘instinctive engineering’ which he uses to investigate interaction technologies. These ideas are manifested in the construction of physical installations or electromechanical objects that oftentimes exist on the verge of what is socially or ethically legal, from devices that use IED cell phone
Poly Gone Cowboy presents, ‘Tales, Fables and Other Exaggerations’, a collection of new work by Cairns based artist Regular Rick (aka Rick Beresford) featuring a number of collaborations, painting, drawing and a variety of printmaking techniques. The show is a tongue in cheek exploration of religion, money and power and often draws on slang based
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… everything in nature is resurrection. Voltaire (1694-1778) Ogród represents Renata Buziak’s personal and global garden – across the earth, in terms of nature and culture, we share far more than we differ. Buziak came to Australia from Poland in 1991, escaping turbulent times in Europe. Now resident in Australia for more than half her life, her aesthetic interests
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Critics often label today’s design as expensive and elitist and see the modern day designer as someone operating in a “bubble” of isolation. Burst Open is an exhibition that examines this notion, and through the lens of the emerging global phenomena of open source design, turns it into an optimistic opportunity. Open source refers to free
Brunswick Street Gallery welcomes application from emerging artists for solo or small group exhibitions in a single one, or combination of our gallery spaces. With an inclusive platform we encourage you to begin a conversation with us about becoming involved. With new exhibitions every two weeks, we regularly feature solo exhibitions and curated group exhibitions. Openings
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Yarra City Council is looking for artists to exhibit at Richmond Town Hall, Fitzroy Library and Richmond Library as part of our 2015 exhibition program. Richmond Town Hall Richmond Town Hall, located at 333 Bridge Road Richmond, plays an important role in the delivery of services to the community. Members of our community attend the
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spaced is a recurring international event of socially engaged art. Conceived and coordinated by International Art Space (formerly IASKA) spaced brings together international and Australian artists with communities throughout Western Australia to explore the relationship between globalisation and local identity. spaced seeks to foster the development of new modes of interaction between artists and communities
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Through her practice and creation of exquisitely beautiful, hand crafted objects, Nadine Cameronexplores various concepts including the cultural relevance of body adornment and heraldry, and the symbolism and awarding rituals of medals and explores the concepts of time and space in small scale sculptures. Through these works Cameron reflects on universal systems of meaning and understanding. This
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15 Artists is an annual acquisitive award and exhibition, which plays a pivotal role in the ongoing growth of the Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Collection. We invite artists to submit work that reflects our Collection’s focus on culture, identity, spirit and sense of place. This exhibition has an $8,000 acquisitive prize which will be
QUT Visual Art Honours Graduate ExhibitionThe 2014 QUT Visual Art Honours Cohort warmly invites you to the Opening Reception of their Graduation Exhibition Everything All At Once, to be officially opened by the Executive Directors of the Institute of Modern Art, Aileen Burns and Johan LundhOpening Reception: 6pm – 9pm Wednesday 26th of November, 2014Exhibition
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A culmination of Anita Holtsclaw’s year as Artist in Residence, ‘searching’ builds on dialogues of longing and loss in the landscape found in art history and cinema. The exhibition draws from Bas Jan Ader’s work In Search Of The Miraculous (1975) to contemplate the poetic act of searching. In doing so it explores how the
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Michael Nelson began painting some 25 years ago in Papunya, Central Australia, in the classic dot and circle tradition of desert sand painting. Much of his work centres on the country in the Mt Singleton area and tells of traditional Dreaming stories including Possum, Kangaroo, Emu and Lightning. Michael Nelson was recognised nationally and internationally
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Please join Lindy Lee, Rex Butler and Michele Helmrich in a conversation about the transformative influences on Lindy Lee’s practice, including her early photocopy work, and the work that evolved following her embrace of Zen Buddhism and her Chinese heritage. Associate Professor Rex Butler is Reader in Art History in the School of English, Media
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A-CH Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Bianca Mavrick.For this forthcoming exhibition, Mavrick explores a playful approach to personal family-heritage from her position as a third-generation immigrant in Australia. Framing memory through personal recounts and archival materials, she examines idiosyncratic aspects of globalisation and cultural assimilation, looking specifically at how these themes
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A new work developed specifically for presentation at Boxcopy, ‘Dry Gulch’ considers the relationship between the artist’s body and the oft-inhabited contemporary art space. For the exhibition Mark Shorter will extinguish the natural light that permeates Boxcopy and occupy the space for the duration of the show. As viewers enter the darkened room, their pupils
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Blake House Gallery presents ‘Miracle Fruit’, an exhibition featuring photographic works by six contemporary Brisbane based artists. Lynette Letic David Spry Jarryd Lynagh Kale Munro Fraser Stanley Nicholas Eckhardt The exhibition runs from 21st–28th November at Blake House Gallery, Level 2, 35 Adelaide Street, Brisbane. For more information, please visit our exhibition – Website
The Hold Artspace, on behalf of the artists, warmly invites you to the opening of ‘West 35th and 8th: QCA Photography NYC Tour’.In September 24 photography students from QCA representing Creative Advertising, Social Documentary and Art Practices embedded themselves in New York City and produced individual projects that articulated their experiences of this vast and
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The Watermark Print Exhibition showcases for the first time the 2011 Folio Box project; a collection of twenty-six limited edition prints by alumni printmaking students and lecturers of the Queensland College of Art alongside artworks by international guest artists; Tamarind Master Printmaker Lynne Allen, Sarah Bodman and Paul Laidler. The Queensland College of Art Folio
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My Kind of Soldier Australia’s “Rum Rebellion” had almost nothing to do with rum. On the 26th of January 1808, exactly twenty years after the foundation of the Colony, Australia had its first and only successful military coup. While spirits had a part to play in the theatre, what drove the New South Wales Corp
By valuing honesty over notions of purity, a gentle irony seeps into Miranda Skoczek’s search for the sublime: her work rests upon the coexistence of beauty and imperfection. “Seeing, finding and revealing” are invested with spiritual importance for the artist and the viewer, and create a shared, meditative, visual world not unknown to artists like
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As part of The Subtropic Complex, the IMA is pleased to present a new work by Clark Beaumont, Showtime. Clark Beaumont is the Brisbane based collaborative duo Nicole Beaumont and Sarah Clark. Their participatory performance aims to further instrumentalise the role of the audience within their practice. Join us for drinks and to participate in
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Nature’s apparent chaos is ultimately deceptive: oceanic tides are orchestrated by powerful astronomical helixes, and the bee-swarm returns to a hive of mathematical precision. Jason Fitzgerald works on similar principles, creating labyrinthine sculptural reliefs that resonate with the minutiae of nature whilst distilling a universal rhythm. A professional cabinet maker with a compulsive drawing habit,
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The exhibition will feature new video work, sculpture and works on paper by Daniel McKewen. Daniel McKewen is a visual artist whose practice focuses on cinema, the entertainment industry, and the creative, critical, and emotional behaviours of its fans. His work explores the intersections between his roles as an artist and a fan as he engages
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New paintings from Queensland and the Northern Territory by Peter Hudson. Since their beginning, humans and animals have totally relied on land and sea for their existence. The natural laws and systems of the ‘garden of eden’ always have, and continue to provide food, shelter, fire, and rain. Land IS life, the most precious gift
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Aspire Gallery, found in the heart of Brisbane’s No 1 art precinct, is a rental gallery for the arts community situated in Paddington, Brisbane. We are able to boast a beautiful space with wonderfully high ceilings and hardwood floors, that provide a truly unique and professional space. With three large lease areas, jewellery cabinets and
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Assisting emerging Australian artists and art history scholars to develop their talents The Vida Lahey Memorial Travelling Scholarship, administered by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Foundation gives one emerging Australian artist or Australian art history student the extraordinary opportunity to develop their practices or research through an itinerary of national
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Queensland College of Art presents QCA Showcase 2014.Includes 2014 graduate exhibitions, graduate awards, artist talks, workshops, panel discussions, screenings, high school experience days, and more.27–30 November, South Bank. Free entry.Opening night: 27 November, 4.00pm – 9.00pmBrisbane’s hottest emerging artists, designers, photographers and filmmakers. See the full program of events at: www.griffith.edu.au/qca-showcase
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Calling for Expressions of Interest. We believe there is a better way for performers and producers than waiting for rare slots in theatres and losing life savings presenting in fringe festivals where there are more performances than audiences members and the entire budget goes on venue hire and paying for everything but the creation of
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Institutions describe, and in many ways circumscribe, contemporary life. (How we work, exhibit, believe, are educated, represented, defended, funded, etc). An institution can be considered ‘captured’ when interested parties – powerful elites, but also wilful or subversive individuals – exert influence within or upon it to systematically achieve their ends. In line for a $30million dollar
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un Projects is currently seeking proposals of writing in the form of articles, reviews, interviews and fiction for issue 9.1 of un Magazine, to be published in April 2015. We are also calling for proposals of artist pages. For issue 9.1 editor Pip Wallis invites content around the theme of Subject. Visit the website to find out more about the direction and
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An exhibition by Lynden Stone. Lynden Stone is a full-time visual artist. She also teaches part-time at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Brisbane where she completed her PhD in 2014. In her research project, she investigated how artists can explore and represent the enigmas that quantum physics presents to our perceived reality. She
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Architecture: Made by Women – Japan explores the accomplishments of female architects in Japan and their influence on place-making. Glean an insight into the challenges and opportunities these architects face as they work within a culture that values tradition and craftsmanship in addition to a fiercely modern outlook. This exhibition presents a selection of Japanese female
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Spiro Grace Art Rooms signature doors will be transformed into an interactive live set for Camille Serisier’s upcoming exhibition ‘The Wonderful land of Oz’ opening Thursday, November 6. The exhibition will present multiple interpretations of initial drawings and collages based on Australiana calendars of native flora and fauna. The live tableau vivant, constructed photographed sets
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SUBMISSIONS OPEN – WHO CAN SUBMIT ? Anyone who wishes to be involved is invited to participate, regardless of age, education, profession, gender, or location. Artworks accepted include drawings, photographs, text, pictures, stickers, posters – anything creative and considered that can be rolled and distributed by bicycle. Writers, poets, and lyricists are invited to get involved in the project. You can
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