WHEN : 8th May, 7:30am – 9:30am WHERE : State Library Queensland The Queensland Design Council, the Integrated Design Commission of South Australia and the design sector, through the Australian Design Alliance, agree that it is critical to have a national response to design. This forum examines what a national design policy could do for […]
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WHEN : 6th May WHERE : Interventions ▐▐▐battery-operated/acovstic experimental & improv ovtdoor sqvat show▐▐ †Confirmed: → THE PERFECT LOVERS legendary outsider Jamie Hume (TYOTSO, ARLD) & His band. going on ten years, now. manifest #?? → KODAK BEACH an unexpected new solo, acoustic noise project from Marisa Allen (Bremen Town Musician). → KAHL MONTICONE beautiful.
WHEN : 5th May 2.30pm WHERE : Gallery 1.1 GOMA Judy Watson, Brisbane based artist,used the histories of Queensland frontier life from the point of view of five generations of Indigenous women in her family to create her installation In our Skin 2012, on display as part of ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’. Join her for the
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WHAT : Call For Entries DEADLINE : 6th May, 2012 The Future Generation Art Prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a worldwide contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. The Prize will be a major contribution to the open participation of younger artists in
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WHEN : 4th May, 7:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery Liam O’Brien will present his final performance of ‘To Laugh In The Face Of Futility’ and his first live performance of ‘I’m Too Drunk To Tell You’. Liam O’Brien is a Brisbane-based emerging artist, with a Bachelor of Photography with Honours degree at
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WHEN : 4th May, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Cloudland A collaboration of design, fashion and inspiration, ‘Muse Exhibition’ will showcase three artists in a night of art and design. Featuring works from Benjamin Reeve, Matt Stewart & Cezary Stulgis. Each artist will showcase a collection of their own work that relates to the fashion
WHEN : 5th May, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Boxcopy A collaborative project by Polly Dance, Ray Harris, Matthew Huppatz, Logan Macdonald, James Marshall, Riley O’Keffe and Patrick Rees. FELTSpace is excited to announce that its next major project for the 2012/2013 calendar year will be a partially funded residency in space. The residency is
WHEN : 3rd May, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : IMA Cheryl Thornton, from Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, talks about their collaborations with artists, including David Noonan, Yvonne Todd, and Jon Cattapan.
WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 4th May, 2012 Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) invites artists/designers to submit an Expression of Interest for the creation of a Landmark Entry Statement for Brisbane Airport. Respondents are asked to express their interest by submitting a portfolio and statement of approach according to the requirements specified in this document.
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WHAT : Art Award DEADLINE : 4th May, 2012 Now in its third year, the Lethbridge 10 000 is an exciting art competition open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit 2D artworks up to 60cm in any direction. The judging is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality
WHAT : CALL OUT – Designers / Artists DEADLINE : 3rd May 2012 WHERE : Tractor Design School In association with Semi-Permanent, Tractor is proud to announce the launch of a new design competition. Semi-Permanent is turning 10 this year and to celebrate we’re looking to create a poster or a motion piece that communicates
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WHAT : Call for video submissions WHERE : Three Projects DEADLINE : June 10th Three projects is a collaboration between No Frills* Co-director Kate Woodcroft and Brisbane artists Timothy P. Kerr, Sarah Byrne and Joseph Breikers. TP presents new projects which play on the form of the gallery and extend specific preoccupations in their work.
WHEN : May 2, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Current ProjectsStudio 3.5, Level 3, Metro Arts, 109 Edward Street, Brisbane Passages brings together a selection of Brisbane based artists who make text-based artworks, including zines, catalogue essays and ephemera that engage the spaces of visual art and critical writing. It will investigate how text and
Gareth Sansom’s paintings are eclectic, studded with allusions both historical, cultural and personal. There is something almost diaristic about his work, but its presentation is anything but linear and logical. Abiding themes are mortality, ageing, sexual identity, popular and youth culture and cinema. Stylistically Sansom uses a wide array of painting techniques but signature devices
WHEN : 1st May, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Corporate Culture showroom – 925 Ann St. Fortitude Valley DIAloguesContinuing Professional Development (CPD) Seminar Series delivers a contemporary and engaging discussion on current issues that face the design professions ln Queensland. First hand knowledge, experience and case study examples are delivered by leading professionals in design
WHAT : Call Out – Drawing WHERE : Jugglers Art Space DEADLINE : 11th June $4000 Major Prize (acquisitive) Honourable Mention to the value of $500 (non-acquisitive) Peoples Choice to the value of $500 (non-acquisitive) APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN Opening Reception of Finalists and Winners Announced Friday 3 August from 6pm. Enter online visit www.jugglers.org.au
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WHEN : 1st May, 6:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Join industry professionals as they share their knowledge and experience of the contemporary art writing environment, how it works and how to break in. This is the first program in the professional development series, Art Write. The program is designed for emerging arts writers, artists
WHEN : 29th April, 2:00 – 5:00pm WHERE : Metro Arts, The Basement Level ARI invites you to take part in a Banner Making Workshop. The workshops are free and open to all women who would like to share their experiences and ideas, and work collaboratively with Level on this project – the banners created
WHAT : Open Call to Artists, Writers and Curators DEADLINE : April 30th Chan Hampe Galleries (Singapore) in partnership with Metro Arts (Australia) is calling for applications from emerging artists and curators or writers in their first five years of practice for an international residency program that will take place in Singapore and Brisbane, Australia.
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WHEN : 28th April, 6:00 – 8:30pm WHERE : Hangar – Lower 151 Musgrave Road, Red Hill, Brisbane Caitlin Franzmann creates work that encourages perpetual shifts between a person’s internal and external space. In ‘Hold’ she will create an intimate and sensory experience for visitors to consider not only the visible, but also the less
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WHEN : April 28th, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Art Factory, 84 Merivale Street, South Brisbane For the past few weeks Queensland College of Art’s artist in residence Naoya Sakaguchi (Tokyo), has been practicing out of Brisbane S.H.S’s Art Factory Gallery. As well as working with the students of Brisbane S.H.S, Naoya has been presenting
DEADLINE : 27th April WHERE : Grey St, Southbank, Brisbane NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE 2012, FRINGE EXPERIENCE STREET EXHIBITION: “Postcards to Brisbane (wish you were here!)” In five photos – show what you love about where you live. Simply send the iamges to : apa@apa.qld.gov.au Sponsored by South Bank Corporation & supported by the Australian Institute
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WHEN : 27th April – 16th June / Opening : 27th April 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Griffith Art Museum Major survey exhibition and publication featuring the best photographic talents from or within Australia and the United Kingdom. Known for halting the status quo, arresting the scene and exploding a new perspective on the practices
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WHEN : 27th April – 11th May WHERE : Spiro Grace Art Rooms Jan Van Dijk’s paintings explore the absurdity of human kind through explorations into gritty characters and humorous narratives in paint. His paintings move beyond the real and exist in a realm where the work is more about the futility and frailty of
WHEN : 26th April, 6:00 – 10:00pm WHERE : QUT Creative Industries A mixed reality artwork/performative exhibition project exploring Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Making the green one red was developed by director Kerreen Ely-Harper and new-media artist Andrew Burrell. The project is designed for both a real and virtual audience, with live actors in a physical space
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WHEN : 27th April, 3:00 – 5:00pm WHERE : The Edge Portable is proud to present an exclusive series of talks with fashion thought leader and internet icon, Susie Lau. London based Susie Lau pioneered the fashion blogging revolution in 2006 with the launch of her blog Style Bubble. Her daily posts featuring a highly
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WHEN : 27th April 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Doggett St Studio Achim is an abstract artist who moved to Brisbane from Johannesburg in 1997. Achim has a thirst for finding new and innovative ways of expressing his passion for the arts and continues to experiment with applying alternate mediums, methods and textures in his
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WHEN : 26th April, 2:30pm WHERE : Gallery 1.1 GOMA Join Jane Morley, fashion designer, consultant and researcher with a specific interest in sustainability, as she investigates a return to the use of particular materials in selected works on display in ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’. Free. No bookings required
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WHAT : CALL OUT – animations and motion graphics pieces DEADLINE : 26th April The Nexus Festival is seeking entries for inclusion in its screening programme. The festival will also include exhibitions, panel discussions and workshops from industry leaders. An open call is made for animations and motion graphics pieces. Selected works will be included
WHEN : 26th April, 12:30 – 2:00pm WHERE : Griffith University Art Gallery
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WHEN : 26th April, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : IMA The rise and fall of local artist-run initiatives. Panel discussion with Chris Bennie (MSSR), Brooke Ferguson (Current Projects), Rachael Haynes (Level), and Grant Stevens (formerly The Farm), chaired by Peter Anderson.
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WHERE : 25th April – 19th May WHERE : Jan Manton Art Chonggang Du taught at Jinan Craft Arts School and Shandong Arts Academy for 18 years before moving to Australia in 2003. He has since completed a MFA at Monash University where he wrote a thesis titled ‘Hybridity and Art’ in 2009. Du’s notion
WHEN : 24th April, 5:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery Ryan Renshaw Gallery will be hosting a private, advance viewing of works to be exhibited at the 2012 Hong Kong International Art Fair, where they will mount a solo exhibition of work by Queensland-based artist Martin Smith. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW
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WHEN : Sunday 22nd April, 10am – 4pm WHERE : Circle Gallery (Art Shed Brisbane)274 Montague Rd West End* Flying Arts is holding a number of professional development workshops and forums for artists over 2012. Topics include project management, setting up and running an arts practice, sustaining an arts practice, finding the money for a
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WHEN : 22nd April, 1.00pm WHERE : Cinema B, GOMA Led by curator Julie Ewington, Curatorial Manager, Australian Art, this lively discussion with artists in ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’ unravels the contributions female artists have made to the contemporary art of this country over recent decades. Featuring participating artists Bindi Cole, Natalya Hughes and Jenny Watson.
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WHEN : 21st April – 24th June WHERE : QUT Art Museum Continuing a tradition that developed during the First World War, the Australian War Memorial has, in the last decade, commissioned many official artists to explore and record the Australian experience of war and peacekeeping around the world. Perspectives presents the unique insights of
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