Welcome to a space to explore, create and play. Explore the still life tradition – art that features inanimate or ‘still’ objects like fruit, flowers, baskets, and bottles. The objects often represent life’s pleasures, like the beauty of a flower, and the cycle of life from birth to death. Be inspired by artist Robyn Stacey, […]
In January–February 2020 I undertook the Art Gallery of NSW Moya Dyring Studio Residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. I initially went in search of one of the oldest French instruments, the épinette des Vosges, a timber-stringed instrument that is still being made in Mirecourt, a commune in the Vosges department in northeastern
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Entries are now open for the $15,000 Omnia Art Prize. Australia’s premier contemporary art prize and exhibition. Selected artworks will be exhibited and available for sale at the exhibition from 19-23 May 2023. Image: Belem Lett, The Sun Burns For Us, oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium, 152 x 150 cm
Come alone or with your partner to The Shaper Studio – a self-contained living space and studio – on mumirimina country just south of Hobart. A residency in The Shaper Studio gives you a completely independent 72sqm space suitable for a single or couple. It has a bedroom, kitchen living room and well-lit studio. There
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Incinerator Gallery is excited to announce the Call for Entries for the ninth annual Incinerator Art Award. A nationally recognised exhibition that celebrates the crucial role art plays for contemporary Australian audiences. The exhibition is dedicated to Art for Social Change and invites entries from both emerging and established artists from all over Australia. NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES Incinerator
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An unmissable one-day free festival celebrating drawing and creativity. Get creative at artist-led Draw Along workshops and drop-in drawing experiences, plus be inspired by art exhibitions, instrumental music performances, talks, tours and live art demonstrations. Spark or rekindle your love of drawing through experiences designed to tap into the transformative benefits of drawing. From beginners
Calling all emerging fashion designers with a commitment to authentic design and sustainable practice. The National Wool Museum and the City of Greater Geelong are challenging designers to create one original outfit that represents their personal design aesthetic, showcasing their commitment to sustainable fashion. We the Makers is a major biennial event on the National
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KEPK is looking for expressions of interest from artists, curators and performers to join our 2023 program. This year, KEPK will be welcoming 10 exhibitions from external applicants into a program that emphasises experimental and interdisciplinary art forms, amplifying the work of local, interstate and international artists. Applicants will be assessed on portfolio, feasibility of
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A communal cut and paste session for collage artists and the collage curious. Beginners will love this introduction to collage – no prior experience is required. Share food, conversation, a treasure-trove of materials and make collages inspired by a monthly theme. In April we’re all about THE FOOL : chasing daydreams and new adventures. All
Jonathan Kopinski’s latest offering Nervous. Solid. Nothing. continues the artist’s exploration into psycho-scenographic imagery. Eschewing overt didactic arcs in favour of fragmentary and often incongruous motifs and images, Kopinski’s compositions present scenes severed from reality, with trace elements of it. The strange blend of visual language across photorealism, abstraction, collage and hand renderings give an initial
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Discover a time where humankind knew no borders. A place where objects and ideas were shared harmoniously across cultures. Travel across the iconic Coral Sea and explore the rich relationships of ancient First Nations communities – their trade, customs and connections. Connections across the Coral Sea reveals the latest archaeological research around the earliest movements
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The national acquisitive Sunshine Coast Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D and new media arts practice in Australia. Now in its eighteenth year, the exhibition presents the remarkable finalist works by artists from across the country. The artwork awarded with the Major Prize will be acquired into the Sunshine
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‘Within These Walls’ is an annual group showcase of works by local, interstate & international artists who have an interest in art in public spaces. From paintings to photographs, tapestry and sculptures – get creative.
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A communal cut and paste session for collage artists and the collage curious. Share food, conversation, a treasure-trove of materials and make collages inspired by a monthly theme. This March we’re delving into the weird and wonderful world of : DINOSAURS. Hosted by Emma Anna @emma_anna_chatter and The Burrow @theburrowwestend. All materials are provided but
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An initiative of Museum of Brisbane (MoB), BRISBANE ART DESIGN (BAD) champions the movers and shakers of the Brisbane art and design sector, and spotlights our thriving cultural identity through the places, histories and climate that bring our collective creativity to the fore. BAD 2023 will profile more than 150 events across 60 venues over
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6th Biennale of the Dolomites is calling for proposals. SMACH is an international call for artists. SPROUTING. The theme of the Biennale 2023 is a verb declined in the gerund indicating an action already in progress on a visible level or on invisible, microscopic, metaphorical levels. The term has a wide range of applications from
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‘Urbania’ is an ongoing series of shows bringing together small groups of independent artists who currently live and work in Brisbane. Artists: Ally McKay Casselle Mountford Clinton Barker Jason Binnie Kay Watanabe Kazumi Daido Kenneth Beck Loki Groves Rebekah Evans Opening Event: Saturday afternoon, February 25 from 3pm
Body-Cites has been curated by Centre for Projection Art (CPA) artistic director Priya Namana for FRAME: a biennial of dance 2023. Taking place across multiple sites in March, Body-Cites, as part of FRAME, will include a series of exhibitions, screenings and artist conversations, presented by CPA. As part of this, Body-Cites: choreographic experiments on screen, in collaboration with Composite Moving Image
Oriental Futures is a photographic series exploring the oriental setting that is apparent in sci fi cinema, particularly that of Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017). This series aims to reconcile the use of ‘Asia’ as decoration within predominantly white storylines by highlighting its appearance and making it central to the images. By
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The start of the year can fill us with the urge to reflect and reset. Join Claire Ritchie in this workshop to learn techniques to develop and refine your drawing skills. Establish your own daily journal practice for the year ahead with the skills learned during the event. While the commitment of drawing in a
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An immersive experience to cultivate community connection. This is a fresh space where immersive art, ritual, making and community come together. A guided experience hosted by UnitePlayPerform’s Artist, Founder and Master Facilitator ØFFËRÎNGŠ (featured within Play Moves exhibition), providing a unique experience for all participants. In this guided Kinship Playshop™, participants use object art, space, sense, movement, language
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See the world through the eyes of local artist Martin Edge. The Pine Rivers Art Gallery becomes an inclusive, playful, sensory experience of Martin’s wondrous world. Drawing from Martin’s memories, All the best, from Martin Edge will share moments from his life, be they everyday, whimsical or monumental. This project has been produced in collaboration with Pia
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An evolving installation of community kites and recollections. As Artists in Residence at Museum of Brisbane (MoB) for BrisAsia Stories, Christine Ko and Louis Lim will extend upon their ongoing project Departure. In this iteration of the project, Christine and Louis will lead a series of informal conversations and workshops with various members from Brisbane migrant communities.
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Brought together via an open-call, this collection of moving image works suggests time, space and material as mutable and unsettled. Through the potential of the moving image as both form and process, and its possibilities for the juxtaposition, re-articulation and compression of time and space, the artists in Flux blur boundaries between past and present, new and
Join us for a panel discussion with exhibition artist Mona Ryder, Director QUT Galleries and Museums Vanessa Van Ooyen, visual artist and educator Dr Rachael Haynes and writer Dr Victoria Garnons-Williams on the practice of seminal Queensland artist Mona Ryder. Queensland-based artist and QUT alumnus Mona Ryder has been a significant figure in the Australian
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Don’t Read the Comments investigates the history of protest in Australia through legacies of colonialism, posing important questions about how we remember and acknowledge the Indigenous experience and histories of today. These monoprints result in a transfer of ink and conceptual ideas, creating an image that stages stark encounters between emblems of Indigenous cultural resistance
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Ashlee Becks is an impasto painter specialising in the need to better understand and live with the self. A material sensibility guides the work, with thick impasto mark making acting as a metaphor for self-discovery and healing. Loving, performative, and visceral strokes juxtaposed with intricate detail enables viewers to sense the presence of the artist.
A group exhibition of circular forms, curated by Claire Grant. TONDI ( ) TONDO features a diverse array of material responses: sculptural installation, ceramics, photography, painting, projection, and sound. Tondo (plural tondi) is a Renaissance term for a circular work of art. Challenging tradition, these thirteen artists dare to break outside the square.
Fairy Tales is an ongoing series exploring queer narratives, and their intrinsic links to other forms of identity. Particularly the way in which experiences of queer life, trauma, and Indigeneity combine to create a personal form of cultural expression. Recollecting experiences through dramatisation, the photographic medium is used as a tool to reformat memory, to address
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Jan Manton Gallery is pleased to present Medicine Clay – Gidjarr by Simone Arnol & Bernard Singleton. One way to preserve our cultural knowledge is to share it. To ensure the transmission of knowledge from one generation of family to the next, we must embed the knowledge systems practiced by our old people’s into our
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Showing new works by artists by artists: Goldie (Anika Lister), Carmen Olsen, Rebekah Evans & Andrea Verheeson Opening Event: Friday Feb 17 at 5pm
Resonance is a collection of the latest original fine art prints created by Brisbane-based visual artist Kay Watanabe. The collection is themed around Kay’s interest in environmental issues and her belief that humanity and nature are not separate and that their fates influence each other. The starting point of the series is Sun-kissed and Forest Dreaming. They were created in
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Emotionally Overcontrolled/Undercontrolled is an exhibition of new works by Elyse de Valle. Intricate embroidered adaptations of notes from the artist’s journals taken throughout Dialectical Behaviour Therapy sessions, articulate painful emotions, urges and symptoms. They are stitched into fabric as words and physical traces of process. This exhibition is accompanied by an Artist Book available here in hardcover, paperback and ebook
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Jan Murphy Gallery is delighted to present ‘Variations’, an exhibitions of new paintings by Keith Burt. ‘Variations’ is an exploration of calm moods and quiet corners in still life painting. Keith’s latest body of work is characterised by the tactile quality of his subjects, from chalky white vessels and hollow glass, to scrunched paper
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Aster + Asha Gallery artist, Miranda Hine, will present an exhibition of new paintings at POP Gallery in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley next month. A winner of last year’s prestigious Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, this new body of work sees her continue to explore how we construct meaning and make sense of the world around
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The Griffith University Printmakers Club has been celebrating explorations of printmaking for over 20 years. This annual exhibition showcases the work of members in response to the theme ‘Forbidden’, whether that be subverting assumed technical processes, tackling taboo themes, or enchanting the audience with forbidden knowledge. Opening night: 2 February, 5.30-7.73pm Open Tue – Sat
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