Don’t let the lack of travel keep you from the thrill of exploring new things in your own city. You may think you know Brisbane well, but Museum of Brisbane’s captivating walking tours will will re-ignite your curiosity. This spring, Museum of Brisbane will launch their new Public Art Walking Tour, showcasing the art, history, […]
Brisbane’s subtropical climate and laid-back lifestyle is the focus of Museum of Brisbane’s upcoming major exhibition, City in the Sun, welcoming locals and interstate visitors from Saturday 19 June to look back at how Brisbane saw itself. Have we moved beyond bikini-clad, pineapple loving images to a contemporary and cosmopolitan city? Brisbane has long defined
Becoming Alluvium is the first exhibition in Australia by Ho Chi Min City-based artist Thao Nguyen Phan. This single-channel colour film is her most recent work and continues her ongoing research into the Mekong River and the cultures that it nurtures. Through allegory it explores the environmental and social changes caused by the expansion of agriculture, overfishing
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Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan create large-scale artworks that engage with ideas of home, family, memory, sustainability, migration, and Australia–Asia relations. The husband and wife team create collaborative installations, where these notions can be processed and explored, utilising materials and objects that are embedded with cultural, historical, and social narratives. In this newly commissioned installation, a focus
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Entwined: plants and people explores our intrinsic relationship with plants through photography, illustrations, immersive projections, and historical objects. In this evocative State Library exhibition, Entwined displays the transformative works of award-winning creatives as they document and reinterpret plant life in modern Australia. Entwined also digs into State Library’s rare and beautiful botanical collections, exploring our
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IMA Open Day is back in 2021 with a full day of talks, exhibition tours, kids workshops, and pop-up artist markets. Then we’re turning down the lights for an up-late event curated by LIZANDBETTY. From 9am hunt down the perfect holiday gift with bespoke items from your favourite Brisbane makers: David Spooner, Bianca Mavrick, Sada
Journey to the “Land of the Unexpected” that will take you along the mighty Sepik River, through the Highlands provinces and the offshore islands of Milne via the kaleidoscopic artworks of Papua New Guinea’s street artists on exhibition at the RQAS (Brisbane Inc.) Petrie Terrace Gallery 3/162 Petrie Terrace until Sunday 21st November 2021. Over 250
In 2020 our international exchange MIAMI/MIAMI entered its fifth year with artist MERINDA DAVIES set to travel to Miami in Florida to undertake research and to develop new work for an exhibition at THE WALLS but the pandemic put those plans on hold. With the ongoing international travel ban and the impending closure of THE WALLS this iteration
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Hear artist Archie Moore in conversation with Angela Goddard, Director of Griffith University Art Museum, followed by closing drinks for our exhibition Round About or Inside. Archie Moore (b. 1970, Toowoomba, lives on Ngudooroo (Lamb Island), Queensland. Kamilaroi/Bigambul) works across media in portrayals of self and national histories. His ongoing interests include key signifiers of identity
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Jan Murphy Gallery is pleased to present ‘Drawn’ by Adelaide-based artist Tim Edwards, his first solo exhibition with the gallery. Glassblowing favours the brave. It also favours balance. The very nature of blowing glass on a pipe or sculpting it on a punty lends itself to symmetrical forms – to keeping things on centre. In
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Jan Murphy Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of David Band’s work that highlights his ever-changing approach to abstraction – celebrating a lifetime’s work in ‘Lines, shapes and colours’. Surveying works spanning from 1998 to 2010, these paintings and works on paper showcase the impact of Band’s artistic legacy. Drawing inspiration from nature, Band
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Brisbane is gearing up for Curiocity Brisbane as part of World Science Festival Brisbane 2022. Calling all local, national and international creators, makers, artists, engineers, architects and other creatives alike who are wanting to spark inspiration, innovation and transform the river city into an interactive play space where visitors can touch, see, hear, wonder and start
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Now in its 7th year, the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize for painting is calling for entries from Australian artists. Designed to attract both emerging and established artists, the winning work selected by the judging panel is awarded an acquisitive prize of $15,000. Judges Dr David Sequeira, Director, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts,
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The Powerhouse Research Fellowship Program provides a supportive environment for researchers to undertake research related to the Museum’s collection, education, conservations and museum practice. Applicants are required to have a PhD, experience working in a research environment (for examples, a university, a museum), and a scholarly and/or creative practice track record. The Museum is seeking
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Arts House is teaming up with Science Gallery Melbourne to offer a brand new interdisciplinary research and creative development residency for a First Nations artists or collective. The Arts X Science Residency supports a First Nations artist or collective to research and develop a new work between Arts House and Science Gallery Melbourne. The residency
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The LGBTQI+ community is so much more than six colours. Diversity and inclusion are the glue that binds the community; the common thread that makes connections and provokes dialogue. Everyone has their own ideas about what it means to be part of this diverse rainbow community. Belco Arts would like to celebrate the LGBTQI+ community,
Plant Empire will host its first ever Small Wonders Exhibition from 2-8 April 2022 and invites applications from creatives, artists and gardeners to show and sell their small works in this exhibition. Works in this exhibition should be both small in size and also engage with the theme of discovering the hidden wonder/s of life.
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Bib’N’Brace collective will be holding a warehouse Artists Bazar for holiday sales of art. This COVIDsafe event space has many options for artists to display their works, and is situated in the heart of Tenerife. This event will be representing talented artists producing quality works such as: fine art, photography works on paper, sketch pad
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Examine the motivations driving your creative career and reinvigorate your direction for the future. This split-Sunday intensive workshop is designed for mid-career artists and arts workers (10+ years of professional experience). On Sunday 7 November you will examine your career to date and make plans for the next stage of your practice. The following Sunday
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All UK & International artists are invited to apply for the Visual Art Open Award 2022. Presented by the Visual Artists Association, the prestigious VAO 2022 Award is now celebrating its sixth edition and offers an increased Prize Fund worth £10,000 All mediums across 5 categories: Painting/Mixed Media/Printmaking – Illustration/Drawing – Sculpture – Photography/Digital –
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8×8 is an art award with amazing prizes created by 16 year old Katura Halleday. Artists and creatives of all ages and skill levels donate an 8×8″ sized artwork to a 7 day exhibition. All artwork is for sale for $30 during the exhibition. 100% of the proceeds go to providing an education to the children of Developing
BIFF’S 2021 PROGRAM IS GUARANTEED TO INSPIRE, PROVOKE AND ENTERTAIN Discover new joys, connect with classics and celebrate a world of memorable cinema with the 27th Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) unveiling its highly anticipated 2021 program. BIFF presents a Brisbane-wide program of international festival favourites, dazzling Australian content, award-winners and critical darlings over 11 packed days
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Entries are now open for the 2022 Tom Bass Prize and we encourage professional and non-professional artists aged 16 years and over to enter. This important and prestigious Prize is a celebration of the human form and its influence on today’s sculptors. It is an acknowledgement of the influence of Tom Bass AM had as
The Blake Prize is run and operated by Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. It challenges artists of varied styles to create significant works of art exploring diverse expressions of spiritual and religious imaginations through contemporary art. The Blake Prize welcomes entries from all art forms, from artists residing locally and internationally. For more information visit casulapowerhouse.com
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We are offering artist grants in the amount of $3,500 (2 available) and $1,000 (4 available) to artists worldwide working in all media. In total, 6 artists will receive unrestricted cash grants. Grant submissions will be juried by Tyler Blackwell, Associate Curator, Blaffer Art Museum and Caitlin Julia Rubin, Associate Curator & Director of Programs,
his is a prize for painting, drawing, print and sculpture – but no photography or digital media accepted. Artworks must correspond to the theme “Outback: A Sense of Place”. The John Villiers Outback Art Prize is an annual art competition open to all Australian artists and presented by the Outback Regional Gallery and the Waltzing
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The Darling Portrait Prize is a national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015), who was instrumental in establishing the National Portrait Gallery. In 2022 the winner will receive $75,000. More Information Image: 2020 Darling Portrait Prize winner Elizabeth, 2019 by Anthea da Silva. © Anthea da
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Hack the Evening is a meetup for those that want to get in and apply their skills to new and crazy projects which require a little bit of technical skill and pizazz. We give you access to our power tools, soldering irons and Arduinos and just about any other gear and materials you can find in
INTRO TO CROCHET Thursday 14 October 2021 | 6:00PM – 7:30PM View full article → UPCYCLED BORO BAGS Saturday 16 October 2021 | 10:00AM – 2:00PM View full article → INTRO TO WOODCUT PRINTING Monday 18 October 2021 | 5:30AM – 8:30PM View full article → MAKE A CLAY VESSEL Tuesday 21 October 2021 | 5:30PM – 8:30PM
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Passepartout Photo Prize aims to support the development of talented photographers from all over the world by providing 1,000 euros in monetary awards every year, exhibition opportunities in a prestigious venue in the heart of Rome, Italy, publication opportunities and more. Among the jurors are the American photographer Richard Tuschman, GUP Magazine editor Erik Vroons
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IN invites proposals from emerging, mid-career and established artists, curators, collectives, or collaborators to present solo or group exhibitions for our exhibition program Dec 2021-June 2022. We are also taking interests for events, performances, and workshops. WHERE: The Old Lock Up, 4 First Avenue Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast. WHEN: December 2021 – June 2022. Applications due
Are you a current or emerging artist, an arts graduate, a photographer, or someone who is immersed in the arts sector? The Percivals is a prestigious visual arts competition offering more than $50,000 in prize monies. Percival Portrait Painting Prize Major acquisitive prize – $40,000 Percival Photographic Portrait Prize Major acquisitive prize – $10,000 Percival
This prize encourages artistic excellence, promotes the transformative power of creativity, and raises awareness of the experiences and talent of service personnel. Serving personnel and veterans are invited to enter an original artwork and artist statement. Artworks may address any theme, with the winning artwork to be chosen by a panel of art experts and
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Patricia Piccinini is one of the most exciting and challenging Australian artists working today. Influenced by science, nature, fiction and the unconscious, Piccinini’s ongoing concern is the social impact and moral responsibility of advanced technology on people, animals and our planet. Her fantastical creatures and environments are, in a way, propositions about possible futures. Through
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Artisan is pleased to present PULP FRICTION: cutting, sewing, folding and weaving, interpretations of traditional and contemporary papercrafts from the Chinese diaspora. PULP FRICTION is a group exhibition showcasing designs, installations and complex paper works to examine cultural issues surrounding Chinese diasporic communities. Artworks by Christine Ko, Pamela See and Yanqiao Jiang investigate Chinese folk culture,
In the book Species of Spaces (Espèces d’espaces, 1974) French novelist and philosopher Georges Perec elaborates on the predicament of understanding space. “The space of our lives is neither continuous, nor infinite, neither homogeneous, nor isotropic.” To get a better sense of space, Perec argues, the challenge is not so much “to reinvent space, … but to
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