Are you an experienced Curator looking to be part of an iconic Brisbane exhibition? We are currently seeking expressions of interest for the 2023 Recovered Futures Art Exhibition. This is an exciting and rare opportunity for an esteemed arts professional to support an event with a rich 30-year history. Supporting the Art Exhibition Team over […]
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Public places private thoughts is a small body of work that continues to explore abstracted narratives that have been part of Gaye’s creative oeuvre and exploration for several years. Gestural marks paired with sharp and organic edges of shapes marry the composition and mix jarringly with the artist’s intense use of colour. Earthy, natural and vibrant hues are
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The IMA is thrilled to announce that the IMA Annual Gala and Benefit Auction 2023 will be held in honour of artist Megan Cope. Cope is a Quandamooka artist from Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) in Southeast Queensland, whose striking site-specific sculptures, paintings, and videos explore issues relating to place, identity, colonial histories, and the environment. Cope’s work was
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“Late ultraviolet caress, the crawl of cells reorganised. Breath wishes whistling through a boolean cavity” Late Transformation depicts a bodily timeline, an archeology of chimerical change. Drawing from museum collections, speculative furry futurities and and biological fantasy to explore a queer body that is fractured and ever-progressing. Max Athans is a Meanjin artist working between
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BOLD, ARTISTIC, DARING and always tonnes of FUN , BRISBANE ART DESIGN (BAD) 2023 is set to highlight local art design luminaries with a program of hands-on workshops, open studios, design talks and arty parties activating three neighbourhoods across three exciting weekends. Running from 10 to 28 May, BAD is an initiative of Museum of Brisbane (MoB) and this year marks the third
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We are now accepting exhibition proposals for July – November 2023. The deadline is 11:59pm Sunday March 26th. We are seeking proposals for solo and group shows, emerging and also experienced artists. Artists, curators and collectives working in any media are welcome to apply. PLEASE TREAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS AS OUTLINED BELOW AS A GUIDE.
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Audism is the belief that the ability to hear makes one superior to those with hearing loss, while research shows that the ‘lack of information in one sense (e.g., audition) somehow instigates the deprived cortical area to process information from the intact modalities (e.g., vision and touch)’[1]. Hearing and not hearing presents different opportunities in
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‘North by North-West’ presents recent acquisitions and old favourites from the Gallery’s Indigenous Australian art collection, highlighting unique visual threads and continuities that traverse the top half of the continent. From the Tiwi in the north to the Pitjantjatjara people of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the south, and across to the Gija
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For over 40 years Metro Arts has supported artists at all stages of their career, providing a space for artists across all disciplines to experiment, develop and exhibit new work. Continuing this legacy, Metro Arts is calling for Expressions of Interest from artists, artist collectives and curators to exhibit in our West Village art galleries
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An incredible selection of works ranging from the late nineteenth century to today, the exhibition features major works by Fred Williams, William Robinson and Ian Fairweather. Also included are works by Indigenous painters Rover Thomas Joolama and Paddy Bedford along with paintings by Rupert Bunny, Grace Cossington Smith, Clarice Beckett, Sam Fullbrook, Michael Zavros, Cressida
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The Solace of Grass is the fourth in what has become a series of group exhibitions featuring painting by Sally Cox, Nameer Davis and Barbara Penrose. In this show the work has a common direction towards figuration emerging from concerns with painting as a medium and the body /self as a source of feeling. The
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Naomi Blacklock, Elisa Jane Carmichael, Bonita Ely, Chantal Fraser, Sally Molloy, Elisabeth Willing Taking Bonita Ely’s work A Mother Shows Her Daughter to the Universe (1982) as a starting point, An Offering presents new works from five contemporary Brisbane artists relating to their own experiences of motherhood. This exhibition has been curated by Amy-Clare McCarthy.
The main feature of this group show are new works by Renee Wilson, who has been working on a series of paintings called Ngithhan Ngnma Dulka that, in Lardil language, translates to My Mother Earth. The highly detailed paintings feature a sinuous ribbon snaking across a field of optically captivating dots that form patterns of shifting surfaces
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Presentness is Grace by Aaron Butt is an exhibition that will explore the present moment through colour, space, light and objecthood. Consisting of compositions encountered by the artist in the landscape while going about his daily life, as well as travels through Australia and overseas, Presentness is Grace document a life of looking. The gallery is open Tuesday
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Sally M. Nangala Mulda lives at Abbott’s Town Camp, near the riverbed of the Todd River in Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Born in Titjikala, 130 km south of Mparntwe, she went to school in Amoonguna. Her childhood wasn’t stable because she had difficulties with her vision and lost the use of her left arm due to
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Lyndal Hargrave’s work is a celebration of the beauty of the natural world and the power of art to capture the essence of time and place. There is progression and impermanence across the work, mirroring moments of personal transition Hargrave herself experiences while in the studio. Her shimmering compositions inspire contemplation and introspection, allowing an
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“Home Grown is the title of my latest bunch of paintings. All painted in the past year, mostly in Spring. It’s all about my garden around my home. A big garden with neat bits and out of control bits. Then up the hill is 10 acres of bush that I like to call my
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This March we are presenting two exhibitions. Across Galleries 1 & 3 will be an exhibition by Yugambeh / Kudjela poet and activist Lionel Fogarty titled WUNGUMBIL MIBANY JALGANY. In Gallery 1 is a selection of poem paintings and poem drawings (c 2000 to 2023). In Gallery 3 manuscripts and drawings will be presented alongside
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Inhabited Ipswich is offering four Tulmur/Ipswich artists, emerging and established, a 10-week mentorship program by Queensland based interdisciplinary artist and educator Kellie O’Dempsey. As part of the RADF funded program, artists will be paid to develop new media media artworks and installations for Inhabited Ipswich to activate vacant spaces during Spark Festival 2023. About Inhabited
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The exhibition encapsulates the creativity, patience, and social and ethical concerns of its many makers and aims to celebrate the versatility of the textile medium. All works in the exhibition have been selected in response to the theme, ENTWINE, and curated to represent contemporary and traditional approaches to working with textiles. The exhibition will be
In Destiny Disrupted, eleven Australian-based artists foreground the power of storytelling to convey personal histories and explore social, ethnic, spiritual, and political contexts. Highly evocative paintings, sculptures, photography, poetry and video installations allow artists to open compelling new narratives for our future. Dynamic voices in Australian art and literature offer urgent and poetic reflections
With a total prize pool of $30,000 across its three competition categories – Landscape, Figurative, and Still Life – this is a unique opportunity for you to gain recognition and support for your art. In fact, the landscape category alone boasts a massive $20,000 first prize, which is double from last year! The Doyles
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A MURRIALITY is the first survey of renowned Waanyi artist Gordon Hookey. It charts three decades of practice where artmaking and activism unify. Gordon Hookey’s work is best known for its: biting satire of Australian culture and politics witty critique of racism an exploration of oral and image-based history-making traditions. Across sculpture, printmaking, video, and large-scale
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Each year one visual artist or collective will be selected from a competitive application process to develop and present a major new commission with the partner organisation, with an overall budget of $80,000 (plus GST). Mid-career and established visual artists working in all media are eligible to apply. The total value of this grant is
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Outer Space is delighted to announce its 2023 exhibition callout. From May 2023 to December 2023, Outer Space will present exhibitions (with an emphasis on solo exhibitions) at our main gallery in the Judith Wright Arts Centre, selected from the callout, in addition to projects by invitation. Outer Space is committed to supporting artists and
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The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Spring 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
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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