WHEN : 6th Sep, 7:00pm WHERE : Lust for Life Tattoo Gallery Espresso Bar In four years, Sarah Hickey has held eight solo shows and participated in twenty-two group shows. A recent Curvy magazine featured artist, Hickey has taken out the WLS Sponsors Award at the Art from the HeART, and finished finalist in The […]
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WHEN : Until 11th Sep WHERE : White Canvas Gallery Reframed’ is the third in a series of annual exhibitions by a group of twenty-six local artists. Their exhibitions are characterised by a multiplicity of styles and mediums across painting, photography, objects, installation and jewelry, representing a diverse range of creative practice. Outside of their
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WHEN : 6th – 22nd Sep WHERE : Milani Gallery Greek Australian painter and installation artist whose artwork focuses on industrial surfaces. Image : Extinct/Endangered, 2007, Acrylic on metal, 60 x 76 cm
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WHEN : 6th Sep, 2:00 – 3:00pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum A panel discussion responding to the exhibition Polly Borland: Everything I want to be when I grow up, with curator Alison Kubler, Frances Bonner and Jay Younger. Polly Borland’s photographic practice has straddled commercial/photographic documentary, and fine art practice, and is characterised by
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WHEN : 6th Sep, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art Geneticists Vincent Harley (Prince Henry’s Institute, Monash University, Melbourne) and Peter Koopman (Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane) and LGTBI community advocates Tony Briffa and Sally Goldner discuss the science and politics of sexual determination and differentiation; chaired by Elizabeth Stephens (Centre
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WHEN : Until 16th Sep WHERE : Queensland Centre of Photography 10 of Australia’s finest contemporary photographers were invited to explore their creativity using Fujifilm’s recently developed, compact, new generation Finepix X100 digital camera, submitting 10 photographs each for publication in the book and exhibition ‘10×100: 10 Australian Photographers’. The photographers are Max Pam, Narelle
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WHEN : Until 15th Sep WHERE : Heiser Gallery Jane Burton was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1966. After moving with her family to Tasmania in 1980s, Burton attended the Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart where in 1991 she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) and in 1993 received an Honorary Research Associate. The
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WHEN : 4th Sep, 6:00 – 7:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Do you want to learn how to write about art? Join industry professionals Tess Maunder (The Maximilian) and Fiona Crawford (A Girl Called Fred) as they share their knowledge and experience of the use of blogging and social media in the arts sector.
WHEN : 4th – 16th Sep WHERE : Graydon Gallery, 29 Merthyr Road, New Farm Ellena van Riet is a Brisbane artist known for her abstract, mixed media artworks. The following words by New York based Australian artist, David Rankin, capture the spirit and feeling of Ellena and her painting: “Ellena van Riet is a
Smoke Screen (2012), spray paint on canvas, timber frame, approx. 100 x 50cm www.mitchdonaldson.tumblr.com
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WHAT : Design Call Out DEADLINE : 23rd Sep, 2012 Suncorp Bank is giving young Australians the chance to flex their creative minds and win big with Blank to Bank, a promotion inviting young Australians to develop a bank account they would like to bank with – including the design of a product icon. It’s
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WHEN : Until 9th Sep WHERE : Lethbridge Gallery The highly anticipated new collection from Brett Lethbridge will be on exhibition in September. Contact us for a preview of the passionate and beautiful artworks Brett Lethbridge is a multi award winning artist with a national reputation for his boundless creative energy. His work ranges from
WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 31st August Australia’s one-of-a-kind multi-arts Festival for young and emerging artists and cultural practitioners is on 10 November 2012 at Brisbane Powerhouse. All interested artists are asked to please fill in both the Artist Application Form and the Technical Specifications Form and send to info@backbone.org.au. Please remember to save
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WHEN : 31st Aug WHERE : Queensland College Of Art, 226 Grey St, Brisbane An exhibition of third year sculpture students from Queensland College of Art. The closing will be held on Friday night, the 31st August, where you can come, have a drink and view works made to get ready for their grad show
WHEN : 31st Aug, 6:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Drawing upon a rich European iconography of mythology, folklore and fairytales, Polish born Beata Batorowicz explores the weighted history of Polish/German experiences of WWII in her new body of work, Tales within Historical Spaces. In particular, the project is inspired by the little known history
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WHEN : 24th Aug – 2nd Sep WHERE : Parer Place,The Edge, The Concourse, Federation Square, Perth Cultural Big Screen, Satellite Gallery Virion is a biennial art exhibition, and online archive of digital creative practice, that is shown via a global network of public screens. The 2012 exhibition includes over 150 submissions from around the
WHEN : 1st Sep, 2:00pm WHERE QUT Art Museum Lincoln Austin, Sean Phillips and Arryn Snowball are three Queensland artists working in different media, but with a shared sensibility. Join the artists as they discuss their parallel concerns and inspirations. RSVP essential 07 3138 5370 or artmuseum@qut.edu.au
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WHEN : 1st Sep, 5:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Boxcopy In this new object based installation, Ruth McConchie explores the links between personal histories, processual and material obsessions and specificities of site. Her project develops from a fascination with notions of privacy and secrecy in relation to space and examines the sensitivities and nuances of
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WHEN : 30th Aug, 8:00pm WHERE : The Waiting Room, 11 Browning St, West End, Brisbane COST : $10 Duskdarter is proud to announce its first two releases, Built From Sticks’ Half Steps and Guatemala’s Grey Literature. Built from Sticks A rare solo performance by Jamie Curran of Ghost Notes. Delicate guitar instrumentals, scattered flowing
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WHAT : Submissions Open DEADLINE : 31st August, 2012 Australia’s leading Realism art event has $52,000 in prizes and covers 7 genres. Now in its 7th year and touring to 11 venues throughout the Eastern states, the Mortimore this year will be bigger than ever. There is a pre-selection process to determine finalists. Entry is
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WHAT : Artist in Residence Program DEADLINE : 31st August, 2012 Are you an academic, an artist, a performer or a professional working in the audiovisual area? The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) invites proposals from people who wish to conduct research into the national audiovisual collection. We expect that the research
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WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 31st August, 2012 The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world and is hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, an internationally recognised art and culture publication. Four shortlisted artists and four student artists will be selected for exhibition in spring 2013. Artists working in
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WHAT : Call For Artists DEADLINE : Feb 1st, 2013 The Digital Associates Program provides independent artists, collectives and curators with opportunities to present quality and innovative new media and digital work. Applications to exhibit in 2013 are now open. The program provides subsidised access to a unique exhibition space with infrastructure designed to facilitate
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WHEN : 30th Aug, 6:00pm WHERE : Blake House, 35 Adelaide Street, Brisbane BACK AND FORTH is an art exhibition that pitches a number of Australian visual artists alongside some of Australia’s most exciting djs in a collaboration that celebrates the culture and tradition of the mix-tape. Inspiration itself comes in many forms and the
WHEN : 29th Aug – September 2nd WHERE : Metro Arts Wigwam for a Goose’s Bridle is an exhibition of new work by Judy-Ann Moule, which examines through gesture, conflicting experience and how we relate to others. Upturned objects form a circle like tents around a campfire. Balancing precariously these uncanny but familiar domestic materials
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WHEN : 29th Aug, 7:30 – 12:00pm WHERE : Oh Hello, 621 Ann st Fortitude Valley, Brisbane RAW is an indie arts organisation for artists, by artists. Every month RAW Brisbane hand-selects and showcases approximately 20 artists in film, fashion, music, visual art, photography, performing art, hair and make up for a one-night creative event.
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WHEN : 29th Aug, 8:00pm WHERE : Judith Wright Centre Maria Minerva’s brand of ecstatic post-modern disco is dipped in the deepest echoes of reverb and consumer effects. Disregarded by those seeking hi-fidelity, it’s these transformative elements that have come to define her as something of a dancefloor visionary, a cherished provocateur of dirty groove.
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WHEN : 29th Aug, 5:00pm WHERE : Bleeding Heart Gallery
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WHEN : 27th Aug- 15th Sep WHERE : Metro Arts, Studio 3.5 This exhibition finds Liam O’Brien in the midst of a rigorous re-evaluation of his artistic practice, attempting to (re-)locate his work in the realms of the political, the social and the personal. Through the increased experimentation involved in this process, the work Liam
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WHEN : 24th Aug – 2nd Sept WHERE : Airport Village, Brisbane Art with Altitude is a free 10-day contemporary art festival at Airport Village presented by Brisbane Airport. Inspired by the theme, LAND to SKY and BEYOND, the festival will take you on a creative journey to new heights. EXPLORE TEMPORARY ART INSTALLATIONS AT
WHEN : 25th Aug, 10:00pm WHERE : Judith Wright Centre Bremen Town Musician will be playing a few shows across Brisbane throughout the next month, the first kicks off at Queensland Poetry Festival sharing the bill with the post punk poetics of Where Where you at Lunch featuring Max Ryan, followed a close Olympian second
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WHEN : 25th Aug, 6:30pm WHERE : The Tidy Artspace Nick McGavern is a visual artist who has exhibited works of various medium. He also has worked on many animated shorts and music videos and has been a freelance 3D artist since 2008. Nick has continued his development in the 3D CGI medium aiming towards
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WHEN : 24th Aug, 6:00pm WHERE : The Block- QUT Kelvin Grove, Brisbane n. Chimera [ki-meer-uh] 1. A fanciful mental illusion or fabrication. 2. A grotesque product of the imagination. 3. A fabulous beast made up of parts taken from various animals. Illusion, dream, fantasy, delusion, spectre, snare, hallucination. ‘Chimera’ will explore the state of
WHEN : 24th Aug, 6:30pm WHERE : 28 Withington St, East Brisbane justice yelledham (syd) shuugar club sound witches lold growth cola hippies on smack (bris) liannes island love blend 42 from outer space
WHAT : Drawing Prize DEADLINE : 24th August, 2012 Clayton Utz is proud to support the Arts through the Clayton Utz LAUNCH Art Award. The Award offers a $10,000 winner’s prize and exhibition space for the finalists and is awarded to Queensland-based artists or artists with a strong connection to Queensland. This year’s judge will
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WHEN : 23rd Sep, 4:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : D Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus Ever thought your idea or design would make a good business ? The QUT Innovation Space (QIS) teams up with The Dub, to bring together an inspiring event for anyone who’s ever considered turning an idea into something more. Leading
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