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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Hung out to dry is more than an homage to the backyard rotary hoist. It is a playful, provocative and contemplative exploration of the quotidian routine of laundry. Part oral history project, part artistic response, this exhibition reveals the significance of clothesline aesthetics, gendered labour and environmental sustainability, as embodied in the air-drying of washing. Artists include Chris Bennie, Bill Henson,
Exploring the past raises many issues for the photographer today, since prehistory, specifically pre-human history, has a somewhat incredible connection to the contemporary physical world. This series of work considers dinosaur imagery that we often do not get to see: the excavation site and surrounding landscape; the human enterprise of digging; and the somewhat abstract
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Since 1998, China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA) has launched a call to photographers all over the world to document folklore phenomenon extensively and in depth. To this end, CFPA founded Humanity Photo Awards, a biennial international photographic contest. This event is blessed with UNESCO’s support and is granted with UNESCO’s logo since the 2nd HPA
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The Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards is an opportunity for you to become involved in Brisbane’s cultural life by celebrating images that reflect Brisbane’s creative lifestyle. The Photographic Awards invite professional photographers to submit images they feel represent an expressive, energetic and enthusiastic Brisbane. Cash prizes are awarded to category winners. The three categories and their
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‘In This Unfolding’ represents neural form and states of consciousness through delicate fine silver and gold jewellery alongside intricate sterling silver sculptures. The theme of our changing nervous system from birth through to ageing is explored through reflections of floral and animal anatomy. These complex organic creations simultaneously allow us to examine our impermanence and shared connection
“Since graduating from art school, I have been primarily concerned with the painting of the human figure in a narrative context and the depiction of the human presence – tht is the Portrait. This focus all stems from my devotion to the great figurative masters such as Velasquez and Rembrandt and my firm belief and
“I am a Queensland based artist focusing on ceramics as my working material. Primarily, I aim to create large scale ceramic installations, which draw from varying points of personal experience and significance. I intend for these installations to alter the gallery environment, bringing viewers into a place of contemplation.” Image: Remains III. Photography: Grace Yu For more
Möller’s inventory of painted forms is cast in different hues with shimmering backgrounds. Surrounded by dappled aqueous fluids, these delicate microorganisms hover in amorphous space: a sense of movement and suspension is conveyed. Bereft of context, Möller’s diminutive specimens appear as marine creatures swamped by a hallucinatory and intriguing underworld. Philipinum, with its dappled, camouflage
Rex Warrimou (Sabïo) is the Jagorai (Law Man) of the Dahorurajé clan. He is the senior custodian of Ömie creation knowledge and the ‘keeper ‘of many important Dahorurajé clan stories. Rex’s father, the late Chief Warrimou, entrusted him with this prestigious role. By the late-1940s, missionaries had encroached into Ömie territory and were endeavouring to
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The Hold Artspace warmly invites you to the opening of three concurrent exhibitions opening on Saturday the 21st of March from 6-8pm. Greer Townshend | ‘With You’ Underpinned by ideas of fragility and the self, ‘With You’ brings together recent works by Greer Townshend. Using expressive mark making, absence and recurring motifs, Townshend’s charcoal works
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The IMA is pleased to present a lecture by Chris Saines, Director of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, followed by a conversation with Johan Lundh, Co-Directors, IMA. This is the second presentation in a series of lectures running throughout the year titled What Can Art Institutions Do? Saines has 30 years’
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Subject Line brings together the work of three emerging artists and one writer who are connected to the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim regions, and whose work links via writing, text, signs, messages, the media and the plethora of sign based information that feeds into our daily lives. Subject Line situates the practices of Tallara Gray, Michelle Gunther and
Pecha Kucha Brisbane is an event where any designer, artist, architect, interactive media or alike, are given the soapbox to present their designs, thoughts and ideas. Format: 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame. Presentations are short, concise, interesting; a platform to inspire and a chance for you to be heard.
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WHAT IS RAW? RAW:natural born artists is an international independent arts organization that hand-selects and spotlights independent creatives in visual art, film, fashion, music, hair & makeup artistry, photography, models and performing art. RAW’s mission is to provide up-and-coming artists of all creative realms with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate
Artist, Featonby, is proud to announce that his art will be exhibited to the public for the very first time. With all new original works, in a bright and energetic display, Featonby’s aim, is to give you a taste of everything that has made him the artist today. Each piece incorporating vibrant neon colours, ranging