We are looking for a new co-director You will be part of a small team overseeing and contributing to the operation and development of a young and growing ARI on the Sunshine Coast/Kabi Kabi Country. We are currently based out of The Old Lock Up in Maroochydore, supported by Artscoast + Sunshine Coast Council. […]
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Jan Murphy Gallery is excited to present ‘Based on a true story’ by Michael Muir. Michael Muir’s paintings are predominately inspired by his experience of the landscape, particularly places he has travelled to for the first time. Born in Scotland, Muir’s childhood was spent moving throughout South East Asia before settling in Sydney. This peripatetic
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Join us on a three–part art historical journey that will trace universal themes seen across historic, modern and contemporary art. Links between artworks, including works from QAGOMA’s Collection will be illuminated. Discover the fascinating stories behind artists from the past through to Michael Zavros and eX de Medici. The three sessions held on Saturday 5, 12 and 19
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The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is delighted to announce the 14th Biennial International Miniature Print Competition and Exhibition. This juried competition and exhibition, limited to works that are no more than four square inches (25.8 square cm), encourages artists to explore the miniature print format and provides them with an opportunity for exhibition. It is
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Lockhart Nights presents new paintings by Hobson musing on community life after dark. The paintings capture a wide spectrum of experiences including the colourful chaos of a new series Run amok. Here the artist revisits some of the challenging realities she sees in her community, particularly with young people balancing boredom and opportunity. Survival on
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Since 1989, I have been making art. I have made art works for gallery shows both solo and group. I have made artwork for private commissions. I have used my art practice to make contributions to commercial enterprises the likes of Mambo and Deus Ex Machina being used extensively in clothing and retail installations. I
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Back by popular demand, join Studio Maverik for a Thursday session of self-guided long pose life drawing, with plenty of time to capture the finer details of each pose. Long pose life drawing entails an experienced nude Life Model holding a single pose for an extended period of time. In this two-hour session, you will
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Drawing on the Pause presents a series of figurative, abstract, and diagrammatic works inspired by improvised music. Created between December 2019 and November 2020, the exhibition spans the period just prior to the pandemic until the end of Melbourne’s second lockdown. During this time of social distancing, artist Briony Barr created hundreds of drawings in
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Jan Murphy Gallery is excited to present Landscapes by Claudia Greathead, her fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. Drawing on the history of symbolism, Greathead’s latest paintings continue to blur the line between figuration and abstraction. Sifting through emotions and experiences, Greathead orders and makes sense of her world through colour, line and composition. The
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Jan Murphy Gallery is pleased to present ‘A change of scenery’ by Louise Tate. The exhibition ‘A change of scenery’ by Louise Tate translates her experiences in the south of France, where she did a residency in 2022 before travelling through Italy. On returning to the studio, Louise sought to distill what she’d seen and
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The Australian landscape can instill fear and inspire awe – it is an ecosystem that is entirely its own. The picture of Australia evoked by Dorothea Mackellar’s prose in ‘My Country’ still rings true more than 100 years later. She is a land that is beautiful and terrifying, she can be harsh just as
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Re-thinking Habitat addresses the natural habitat’s entanglement with the manufactured. These co-mingled creature–objects use their agency to interact on some invisible level among themselves within the space. Maybe they are lost and looking for new directions or they could be gathering strength to actively voice their concern for the future or maybe they are collaborating
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Having begun in 2007, The Percivals is an open competition for artists. While showcasing the outstanding and innovative work currently being produced by Australian artists, the competitions have also given many emerging artists an opportunity to engage with portraiture and share their expressions of themselves and those close to them. The Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Percival Photographic Portrait
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Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) invites you to submit your application for the 2024 National Photography Prize. Every two years the National Photography Prize offers an opportunity to consider the vital role of photography in contemporary art in Australia. The National Photography Prize brings together artists from across Australia who are developing and challenging photographic
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William Robinson is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most distinguished contemporary artists, best known for his landscape and portrait painting. Robinson is critically acclaimed for his arresting landscape compositions of South East Queensland rainforests and seascapes of northern New South Wales. Robinson’s landscapes, with their multiple, ever-shifting perspectives generate a hallucinatory yet real experience
The 13th Hornsby Art Prize is organised and sponsored by Hornsby Shire Council and delivered in partnership with the Hornsby Art Society. Artists are invited to submit works in the following categories: Painting Drawing Printmaking Digital art stills Sculpture Prizes: The Art Prize has an overall prize pool of $23,000, with the major prize worth $10,000.
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Douglas Schofield will present a new series of paintings in his upcoming exhibition, Weather Permitting. His artistic practice is primarily focused on gardens, with the shapes, textures, movements and forms of the garden embedded and reflected in his abstract paintings. In this body of work, he considers the impact of the weather and changing climate upon
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Every day, we encounter countless brief moments of connection with others—simple gestures, passing glances, or shared smiles—that often go unnoticed or unappreciated. In my work, I aim to capture and celebrate these ephemeral encounters, elevating them to a place of prominence and emphasising their significance in shaping our human experience. I encourage viewers to pause,
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The Head On Student Awards are open to Australia’s young photographers from kindergarten to year 12. There is no theme and you can enter work of any photographic genre or style. The Head On Student Awards is one of four categories of the Head On Photo Awards. Since 2004 we have been helping photographers all over the world
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Put on your glad rags and get ready to get crafty with two of the city’s most beloved creatives. Join Rachel Burke and Bonnie Hislop for a night of colour, creativity and craft for one night only in the Museum. Grab a glass of bubbly and get stuck into a glittery adventure as Rachel and
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A cut and paste session for collage artists and the collage curious. Beginners will love this introduction to collage – no prior experience is required. Share conversation, dip into a treasure-trove of materials and make collages inspired by a monthly creative brief. Hosted by Emma Anna @emma_anna_chatter and The Burrow @theburrowwestend All materials are provided
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Discover the vibrant world of pastel art and unlock your creativity by learning the basics in this introductory workshop. Experienced facilitator, Tricia Reust will guide you through a series of hands-on exercises on: mark making glazing blending wet underpainting with soft pastel. Tricia will also take you through the best way to set up your
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The Portia Geach Memorial Award is Australia’s most prestigious art prize for portraiture by women artists. The Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, Portia Geach. The non-acquisitive award of $30,000 is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit, ‘…for
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Join us at Pine Rivers Art Gallery for the launch of our exciting new exhibition, Fresh Eyes and enjoy an engaging floor talk with Libby Harward and exhibiting artists. Fresh Eyes is an exhibition held every two years, focusing on capturing the evolving landscape of the Moreton Bay region. It invites four artists with a
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A group exhibition of abstract painting curated by Lindsay Crawford. Suburban Abstract showcases a collection of works by 10 local artists exploring daily, suburban experience. ARTISTS: Leighton Craig Yuki Crawford Lindsay Crawford Shari Elise Dillon Michael Donnelly Philippa Ellis Sam Eyles Caroline Gasteen Loki Groves Kahl Monticone Opening Event: Saturday August 19th, 5pm to 9pm
Situated in the expanded field of drawing, Residuals and residues explores the ways in which the residues of history shape our present experiences. It investigates the complex entanglement of Raymond William’s notion of “structures of feeling” with the remnants of the past, and how this relationship relates to the politics of place. These works use experimental
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A rich and diverse exhibition featuring 12 different interpreations of still life. Featuring: Tsering Hannaford Warren Crossett Andrew Bonneau Clare Toms Paul Trefry Daevid Anderson Jeremy Eden Nick Coulson Robert Riggs Ross Harvey Margaret Ingles Image: Unwrapped by Daevid Anderson, 40.5 x 40.5cm | Oil on board
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Since its inauguration in 2016 the Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award has quickly established itself as an important award in the ecology of the arts. With finalists selected from across the country, the non-acquisitive annual award is a survey of outstanding queer artists working across mediums reflecting their potent personal and political perspectives on
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Drawing on the history of symbolism, Greathead’s latest paintings continue to blur the line between figuration and abstraction. Sifting through emotions and experiences, Greathead orders and makes sense of her world through colour, line and composition. The resulting paintings explore quirky tonal terrain, Meridian green and Phthalo blue bounce against zesty golden shades, in contrast
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William Robinson is revered as one of the nation’s great contemporary painters, recognised for his multiperspective depictions of the Australian landscape. While he is most readily identifiable by his monumental paintings, his print works are scarcely understood or fully acknowledged for their aesthetic value and contribution to the artist’s remarkable creative vision. This exhibition provides
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Please join us for a conversation between Charles Esche and Richard Bell on the nascent legacy of documenta fifteen. Charles Esche is the director of the Vanabbe Museum, Eindhoven, and was on the finding committee for the curators of documenta fifteen, the Indonesian collective, Ruangrupa. Richard Bell exhibited in documenta fifteen. Much controversy has surrounded
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Join us at the launch of Tammy Law’s publication Cancelled & Removed, which explores the impact that immigration laws and processes have on family narratives. Developed from Tammy’s MoB Artist in Residence and exhibition, Fractured Dreams & Indefinite Scars in 2021, the inspiration for this publication dates back to 1986, when three generations of Tammy’s mother’s family were
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ANTENNA is a collaborative project by Debris Facility and Bridget Chappell which tunes into the disruptive, discursive and joyous potential of radio, transmission and localised distribution. By re-turning the dial both conceptually and literally on pirate radio, the artists sketch out blueprints for autonomous and micro cultural ecologies, embracing the possibilities of “narrowcasting” – the
Presented by Brisbane City Council and produced by Museum of Brisbane, Botanica is Queensland’s premier outdoor exhibition of site-specific contemporary artwork, taking place in Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens. Featuring artworks and installations from some of Australia’s leading contemporary artists and designers, this open-air exhibition at the nexus of art and design practice inspires conversations about our
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The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Fall 2023 artist grants. We are offering $3,500 and $1,000 grants to artists & photographers around the world. For this open call, we will be providing 6 grants totaling $11,000 USD. 2 artists will each receive $3,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. This is
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Applications to exhibit at QCA Galleries are now open! Apply to exhibit from January – May 2024. We accept proposals from QCAD students, staff, and external applicants. Please take the time to read through the information listed on the QCA Galleries website, including the Terms and Conditions prior to applying. If you have any questions
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