WHEN : 1st – 30th June Artists Laura Luck and Nick Nielsen will be turning Brisbane’s public phone booths into places to experience stories from the city’s past. The stories are taken from an extensive series of interviews with a diverse range of city residents. Every day a new highlight will become available from a […]
WHEN : 24th May – 7th July / Opening 31st May, 6:00pm WHERE : Griffith University Art Gallery In New York in the late 1970s a young Richard Prince, working in the tear sheet department at Time Life, began to manipulate images from advertising, reconfiguring them as his own and, in the process, creating some
WHEN : 31st May, 6:00 – 11:00pm WHRE : Room 60, 22 Carraway Street, Brisbane Inspired by the National Cultural Policy. Join performance artist, producer and theatre-maker Eloise Maree in an intimate, one on one work to create a physical cartography of your culture. What is culture? Is it the TV you watch? The songs
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DEADLINE : 31st May Each year Boxcopy presents a curated program of exhibitions and events through a process of invitation and proposals. We welcome proposals for exhibitions and projects from artists, curators and collectives. The next review date for proposals is 31st May 2013. Boxcopy is now accepting proposals for our 2014 Exhibition Program. For
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DEADLINE : 31st May 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (4A) is proud to announce that applications are now open for its studio residency program in Beijing. Through this initiative three early career artists will embark on a month-long residency in September at the studios of renowned Chinese Australian artist Shen Shaomin. The residency program
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DEADLINE : 31st July, 2013 McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park and Southern Way has announced the third call for entries for the 2015 Biennial Sculpture Commission valued at $250,000. This unique commission forms part of an ongoing dedication to the presentation of public sculpture by McClelland in association with Southern Way. The 2015 commission will be positioned
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WHEN : 29th May – 22nd June / Opening 31st May, 6:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery James and Eleanor Avery work both individually and collaboratively, and have been collaborating on large scale sculpture and installation projects, including commissioned public art projects, since 2004. They work between Brisbane, Australia and London, UK and many of
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WHEN : 29th May – 22nd June WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Window Gallery Box Dispatch 02 sees Alexander Jackson Wyatt dispatched from SLOT in Sydney to Current Projects @ Ryan Renshaw Windowbox. Currently based between Germany and Sydney, Alexander Jackson Wyatt works across installation and image production. Operating between spatial intervention and image production, he
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DEADLINE : 29th May, 2013 Established in 2004 the d’Arcy Doyle Art Awards has long since been a favourite with art lovers and artists throughout Australia. It was created to honour the late Queensland landscape artist and long time Mudgeeraba identity d’Arcy William Doyle, as well as to encourage emerging artists. It is now recognised
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WHEN : 28th May, 6:00pm WHERE : The Hold Artspace Join the closing event for Simon Degroot’s exhibition ‘Titanium Anvil’. Taking place in the standard artist talk format, Degroot will discuss the work included in the exhibition and the role that images play in the creation of meaning and the formation of value in contemporary
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WHEN : 26th May – 30th June / Opening Event 26th May, 11:00am WHERE : Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland Photographer Richard Nolan-Neylan brings the private space of the artist’s studio or workspace into the public realm with Going Public, a series of portraits of prominent Queensland artists and their studios. Curated by Jacqueline Armitstead, this
WHEN : 26th May, 10:00am – 4:00pm WHERE : Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts Are you an artist? Are you in business? Artists sometimes have difficulty thinking of themselves as a business. However, if you want to make money from your work and see your career grow, it is important to give some thought
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WHEN : 25th May, 2:30pm WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art José Da Silva, Senior Curator, Australian Cinémathèque, QAGOMA, will give insights into ‘Earth and Elsewhere’ an exhibition of contemporary Collection works that connects personal and social histories to bigger questions about the origin and nature of the universe. ‘Earth and Elsewhere’ brings together works
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DEADLINE : ASAP Frock on the Block is a one-day-only outdoor pop-up market for emerging fashion, arts, crafts and design in Brisbane. Held at the Parade Ground at the QUT Creative Industries Precinct in Kelvin Grove, the market acts as a platform for new fashion designers, visual artists, graphic designers, photographers, entertainers and musicians to
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WHEN : 25th May, 6:00pm WHERE : The Box 29 Vulture St. West End The monthly celebration of the arts community & fundraiser for The Box artspace. Art: Romii Fulton-Smith, Erin Groennenboom, Kinly Grey, Lucy Forsberg Live Music: MKO, Dog Faced Killaz, Ashley Farlow, Moza.
WHEN : 24th May, 6:00pm WHERE : 1/11 Leonard Street Woolloongabba, Brisbane A collection of works from 2009 to 2013 (one night only). Harwood’s paintings are given breath by an antithesis of mark making techniques and a referral to geometric structuring. His works are dynamic, visceral and masculine. The opposing variations of paint application applied
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WHEN : 24th May, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Love Love Studio, 27 Florence St Teneriffe This show explores how our society represents and copes with the emotional trauma of falling in and out of love. Artists: Stephen Sloggett, Drew Flaherty, Char Chamez, Clinton Cunningham, Fintan Magee, Stuart Koppe,Emily Devers, Candice Halfpapp, Matt Johnson, Anna
WHEN : 23rd May – 30th May / Opening 23rd May, 6:00pm WHERE : Upstairs, Shop 2/30 James St, Fortitude Valley Brisbane,(above Ksubi) ‘This Is How Memories Are Made: Woodcuts by Alex Gillies’ Brisbane woodcut artist Alex Gillies returns with his third solo exhibition, This Is How Memories Are Made, an exploration of the fleeting
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WHEN : 23rd May, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art Darren Jorgensen (University of Western Australia) traces a history of esoteric art in Australia, looking at how Norman Lindsay, Danie Mellor, and others mobilise ritual images in their work. Yet in synthesising different ritual traditions—Christian, indigenous, Masonic, pagan, and sex magic—these artists fall short
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WHEN : 4th May – 2nd June WHERE : Queensland Centre of Photography Kanazawa Study was completed whilst on an artist in residence at the Centre for art and architecture Kanazawa and the Kanazawa Art port. The work researches how the difference in design and material change over diverse time spans and class systems in
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WHEN : 22nd May – 8th June / Opening 22nd May, 6:00pm WHERE : Metro Arts Seeing Things presents new work by emerging artists Dan McCabe and Mitchell Donaldson, co-founders of Addition Artist-Run Initiative. Incorporating found objects, drawing, painting and photography, the exhibition engages their shared interest in abstraction and materiality in relation to contemporary
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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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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
DEADLINE: 20th May, 2013 theGRID: hybrid arts collective and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery invite applications from artists for a three-month residency at theGRID. Artists must have more than five years’ professional practice and reside outside the Toowoomba region. ‘Off theGRID’ is a pilot residency program offering a visiting artist a full time studio at theGRID.
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WHEN : 3rd May – 1st June / Opening 3rd May, 6:00pm WHERE : SmallWorks Gallery McLeod is one of New Zealands most respected painters. His recent large scale exhibitions at the Wellington City gallery and the Tauranga art gallery highlighted his relatively recent transformation from abstraction to full blown figuration. His paintings are set
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WHEN : 18th – 24th May / Opening 18th May, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : The Box Westend Lucinda has been creating illustrations exploring the notion of nostalgia. “I think subconsciously it has something to do with me being pushed out of my 20’s this year.” “Using imagery inspired by storybook illustration and tattoo art;
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DEADLINE : 17th May, 2013 Australia’s one-of-a-kind multi-arts Festival for young and emerging artists and cultural practitioners is looking for the next generation of producers to deliver the 2013 Festival. If you are aged 18-26 and interested in: Exploring new ideas and creativity Cultural producing and programming Interactive experiences of art, live music, performance and
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WHEN : 17th – 26th May / Opening 17th May, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : The Hold Artspace New work by Brisbane-based emerging artist, Simon Degroot. This exhibition is a display of bright and colourful paintings of bulky shapes and translucent forms. Abstract compositions of mechanical fragments are painted in a graphic style and flat
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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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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
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
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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WHEN : 15th May – June 1st WHERE : Fireworks Gallery Firebrand is a 20th Anniversary Group Exhibition focusing on artists Michael Nelson Jagamara & Laurie Nilsen.
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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WHEN : 14th – 25th May WHERE : Woolloongabba Art Gallery A exhibition of new works on paper by artist Donal Fitzpatrick. Donal has held numerous senior academic positions including Head of Design and Art at Curtin University, Perth, WA, Head of Creative Arts and Humanities, Charles Darwin University, Head of Fine Arts, Massey University,
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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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