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Clark Beaumont in conversation with Bree Richards

WHEN : 22nd May, 6:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Nicole Beaumont and Sarah Clark began their collaborative performance-based practice in 2010 when studying together at QUT. Through live and mediated performance works, they investigate ideas and constructs around identity, female subjectivity, intimacy and interpersonal relationships. Late last year, Clark Beaumont were invited to participate […]

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Michael Muir

WHEN : 21st May – 8th June WHERE : Jan Murphy Gallery Honing his studio skills through formal studies in painting and design, Muir has departed from traditional plein-air painting to describe more ambiguous visual puzzles derived from the urban landscape. In our digitally redolent culture, his exclusive use of the palette knife acts as

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Gertrude Contemporary

DEADLINE : 27th May, 2013 Gertrude Contemporary presents a dynamic program of exhibitions across its three gallery spaces. Since its establishment in 1983 Gertrude Contemporary has played a pivotal role in stimulating the development of contemporary art practice in Australia and internationally, and is a leader in the field of exhibition, studio and cultural exchange

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Food Show

WHEN : 17th May, 6:00pm WHERE : WitchMeat ARI 80 Hampstead Rd, Highgate Hill An exciting exhibition engaging the concept of food through performance, sculpture, painting, installations and consumables. Artists: Harry Pearce, Rachael Archibald, Michael Candy, Christopher Cipollone, Amy Commins, Kinly Grey, Michael John Joseph, Radha La Bia, Shian Law, Lisa Lerkenfeldt, Harry Pearce, Nicola

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Lets Face It

WHEN : 16th May, 5:00pm WHERE : Ross Street Studio 22 Ross Street, Newstead Let’s Face It, an evening of live collaboration with twelve of the region’s leading artists and graphic designers is set to take place in Brisbane in mid-May. After the success of last year’s event, this, the second Let’s Face It will

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The Contemporary Australian Family Photographic Project

WHEN : 30th April – 26th May WHERE : Brisbane Powerhouse Photographing the diversity of contemporary family lives and relationships in Australia. The aim of The Contemporary Australian Family Photographic Project was to photograph the typical Australian family; to make photographs that record the socio-cultural landscape of contemporary family life (or relationships) in Australia today.

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LEVEL @ CIP with Debra Porch

WHEN : 14th May, 6:00-7:00pm WHERE : The Glasshouse, QUT, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane Join Debra Porch and three of her past students, Caitlin Franzmann, Kat Danger-Sawyer, and Chantal Fraser as they discuss the relevance of ‘histories’ to the future of women in the arts. The conversation reflects the importance of the ‘everyday’ as an element

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Christopher Handran

My practice explores perception and phenomenal experience, particularly as mediated by technologies such as photography, film and video. Using the most basic principles of these media, my work re-enacts the sense of wonder and experimentation that characterised early photography and film. I construct or modify cameras, lenses, viewing devices or film and video equipment using

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Shian Law Workshop

WHEN : 12th May, 10:00am – 4:00pm WHERE : Judith Wright Centre Judith Wright Centre’s current Artist-In-Residence Shian Law will present a workshop focussing on the integration of multimedia and other stimulus into the development of new dance works. Free to participate – registration complusory to info@judithwrightcentre.com The first part of the workshop focuses on

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The Brisbane Collective

WHEN : 11th May, 5:00pm WHERE : Via Studio, 50 Abbotsford Road, Bowen Hills, Brisbane Due to the success of the first exhibition, Brisbane Collective will once again present a pop-up exhibition event. With a selection of local artists and musicians, Via Studios, a rehearsal and recording studio, will be transformed into a creative space

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'Beast' by Gerwyn Davies

WHEN : 11th May – 1st June / Opening 11th May 5:00 – 7:00pm WHERE : Spiro Grace Art Rooms Gerwyn Davies’ striking photography exhibition, ‘Beast’ explores and challenges the intrinsic link between fashion and self-expression. The exhibition will be officially opened by Brisbane fashion curator Dr Nadia Buick, co-director of The Fashion Archives. Opening

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Anita Holtsclaw: Palaces

WHEN : 10th – 12th May / Opening 10th May, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : The Block QUT Kelvin Grove Palaces is a multi-channel screen-based installation that explores the part that landscape and narration play in cinematic constructions of gendered identity. The exhibition examines the ways in which our experience as a viewer of cinematic

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Boxcopy Weekender: Offsite

WHEN : 10th – 12th May WHERE : Boxcopy Launch & ‘Tag Team’ Discussion : Friday 10 May 8:00pm Presented in partnership with Accidentally Annie Street Space, Current Projects, David/David, Inbetweenspaces and Level. Collaboration by way of the artist run initiative and the art collective is a mainstay of Brisbane’s art community. Increasingly, local artists,

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Addition #4

WHEN : 9th May, 6:00pm – 8:00pm WHERE : Addition Gallery Addition #4 features five artists whose work is united by it’s emphasis on humour. While their processes and themes vary, comic tropes of irony, parody and absurdity are the staples of their particular critical perspectives. Whether slapping together crude drawings and crass slogans or

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Panoramas

WHEN : 6th April – 6th Oct WHERE : Museum of Brisbane A history of Brisbane Photography. Among the countless images taken since the introduction of photography to Australia in the 1860s, panoramas contain something special. These wide vistas possess a poignancy and power that capture not a single subject, but the broader context of

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Documentary Screening : Pilgrimage from Scattered Points by Luke Fowler

WHEN : 9th May, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art Luke Fowler’s 2006 documentary Pilgrimage from Scattered Points addresses English composer Cornelius Cardew. Cardew formed Scratch Orchestra with Michael Parsons and Howard Skempton in 1968. Their draft constitution, published in The Musical Times in June 1969, set out the framework for the orchestra’s work,

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Made Here Now

WHEN : 9th May – 15th June / Opening 9th May, 6:00pm WHERE : Artisan Made Here Now sees three local up-and-coming Brisbane based designers, Benjamin Breitenstein, Forrest Gillham and Julian Munro, convert artisan’s shopfront into a functioning design studio / communal workspace / pop-up exhibition. This innovative project invites the public, students and design

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Kate Shaw : Diamond Dust

WHEN : 1st – 25th May / Opening 3rd May, 6:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery My practice re-interprets notions of what constitutes landscape painting, both within an art historical context and a contemporary social context. The paintings deal with the tensions and dichotomies in both the depiction of the natural world and our relationship

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Pecha Kucha

WHEN : 8th May, 8:20pm WHERE : Brisbane Powerhouse Shantanu Starrick- [PIXELTRADE] Photographer + Traveller SURROUNDINGS– Architecture Jono Cottee- [VANGUARD FASHION] Liam Murray- Prefabrication + Modularisation Dario Cali- [DADUXIO]- Film Maker + Photographer Nic Martoo + Nic Gonsalves- Emergency Shelter Bridgette Cumming- [MY DELICIOUS YEAR] William Harvey-Jones + Katy Moir + Ben Sheehan –[CineCity 2013]

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Then There Were Nine

WHEN : 7th – 11th May / Opening 11th May, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : The Hold Art Space 274 Montague Road, West End Then There Were Nine are a collective of Photography students from CATC in Brisbane. This exhibition will feature work from nine emerging photographers. Each student will exhibit six to eight works,

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Vanessa Bertagnole

Vanessa Bertagnole, b. 1983, United States, is a photographer, artist, arts consultant and curator. After completing a Masters degree in Visual Culture Research from the Australian National University in 2011, Bertagnole relocated from Canberra to Brisbane where she is currently based. Bertagnole’s passion for photography began ten years ago when she inherited her grandfather’s old

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Wang Gongxin

WHEN : 22nd March – 3rd May / Special Launch 3rd May, 5:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : MAAP MAAP’s next exhibition in Brisbane continues a focused series of leading media artists. Wang Gongxin has a significant place in contemporary Chinese art history. As a senior first generation video artist in China, Wang has produced an

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