DEADLINE : Monday 21st Nov, 5pm Calling all artists to enter this annual award exhibition that attracts entries from artists all over Australia. The Linden Postcard Show is one of the only open entry award exhibitions left in Australia. If you enter you are guaranteed a spot on the gallery…

WHEN : 20th Nov, 2:00 – 4:00pm WHERE : Gallery Store GoMA & Bodhi Terrace, Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane Speakers: Maura Reilly & Judy Watson. RSVP: (07) 3842 9900 | gallery.store@qag.qld.gov.au

WHEN : 10am, Saturday 19 Nov WHERE : UQ Art Museum COST : Free event RSVP: Tuesday 15 November to artmuseum@uq.edu.au or 07 3365 3046 In 1961 the great Australian art historian Bernard Smith gave two lectures at The University of Queensland, in memory of the prominent Queensland politician John…

WHEN : 17th Nov, 6-8pm WHERE : IMA Sociologists Airi-Alina Allaste (Tallinn University, Estonia) and Andy Bennett, anthropologist Graham St John, and social worker Cameron Francis discuss pop culture and drugs, chaired by Jodie Taylor. A joint project with Griffith Centre for Cultural Research. WEBSITE

DEADLINE : Nov 14th Our Catalysts represent the best local, regional, national and international creative practitioners across sound, screen, words, multi-media, journalism, visual arts, craft, fashion, architecture, urban design, science, engineering, sustainability and more. As a Catalyst you join The Edge team for six months to work on engaging projects…

DEADLINE : November 4th In Curate This! The Edge is your canvas. It’s a designable, constructable, and destructable space. Available to you is the physical space; the walls, the windows, floor and the digital screens, as well as the virtual real estate; there’s wifi, a web platform and other digital…

Submission Deadline : 18th November We are looking for PHOTOGRAPHERS ARTISTS ILLUSTRATORS DESIGNERS STYLISTS MUSICIANS/BANDS and any variation of the above. Please send your submissions to submissions@pitchzine.com and you will be sent with the guidelines accordingly. For more information or any queries send us an email to contact@pitchzine.com

WHEN :Deadline for entries is 5pm on 31 October 2011. artscareer.com.au is calling for entries to its annual photography competition. ArtsCareer is looking for original photographs that show the process of art-making in all art forms, including dance, drama, inter arts, literature, media, music and visual arts. Images could show…

WHAT : Grant Funding. Amount: $60,000 ($30,000 per annum over 2 years) WHEN : Applications close: 31 January 2012. Decisions advised: April 2012 These Fellowships are a major new initiative to support the professional development of outstanding artists working across the sector and across Australia. Over five years between 2011/12…

WHAT : Arts Business Training WHERE : Youth Arts Queensland The Navigation Arts Business Training program is a one week, accredited training course in arts business management for artists, which has been developed by artists who understand the demands of the industry. In 2011, YAQ lead a complete overhaul of…

WHEN : Tuesday 25 October 6.00pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum WHAT : Public Lecture. In this lecture, Duncan Robinson traces the evolution of museums in Britain by examining their architecture and methods of display. By doing so, he aims to show how attitudes towards museums, and the expectations of…

WHEN : The next round closes on 24 October for insurance cover from 1 November. Flying Arts is now pleased to offer practicing visual, crafts and design artists access to very cost effective insurance cover. This insurance (underwritten by QBE) is only available to Flying Arts Accredited Members and covers:…

WHEN : 20th October – 6:00- 8:00pm WHERE : IMA Los Angeles novelist and art critic Chris Kraus will be giving a lecture here, on Thursday 20 October at 6pm. Kraus is known for scrambling the modes of fiction and non-fiction, taking an experimental approach to writing art criticism and…

WHEN : 19 October – 2nd November WHERE : The Old Museum, Sherwood Neighborhood Centre, Zillmere PCYC Queensland Arts Council’s Creative Generator SEQ and Brisbane City Council will present a series of ‘Creative Spotlight’ networking events to take place in 3 locations across Brisbane on Wednesday the 19th October, Wednesday…

WHEN : 13 October · 5:30 – 6:30pm WHERE : Queensland Centre for Photography You are warmly invited to the upcoming QCP public program ‘How to Collect Photography’.Join Dr Daryl Hewson (the foremost collector of Queensland Photography) and Maurice Ortega (QCP director) in a conversation about the facts and joys…

WHAT : Mentorship, Exchange and Fellowship Program. WHEN : Applicants must contact M&GSQ before 14 October 2011 (Applications close 9 December 2011.) With the financial support of Arts Queensland through the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), this is the second year that M&GSQ has been able to offer this exciting…

WHAT : Life Drawing WHERE : Jugglers Art Space every Wednesday evening 7pm – 9pm COST : $10 for students & $12 for others BYO materials. WEBSITE

WHEN : 12th October, 6 – 8pm WHERE : The University of Queensland Art Museum WHO : Lead by Dr Charles Green Contemporary art has boomed since the late 1980s. The period’s key art productions have clustered around spectacular, expensive new art such as video installation and large colour photography,…

WHAT: live art, performance art, action art – 2 day mini residencies WHEN: negotiable – 2 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BETWEEN 24th September – October 15. And it’s never too late to approach us to join in. WHERE: Studio 3.10, Level 3, Metro Art s, 109 Edward St, Brisbane, QLD, 4000 HOW…

DEADLINE : 23 September, 2011 WHERE : The Arts Centre Gold Coast, 135 Bundall Road Surfers Paradise An acquisitive art prize and exhibition run by Gold Coast City Gallery since 1968. $30,000 total prize and acquisitions, $10,000 prize winner (non acquisitive), up to $20,000 in acquisitions, $5,000 Peoples Choice award.…

WHEN : Sunday 18 September WHERE : Circle Gallery, 274 Montague Rd West En COST : $40 / $50 non-members Artists who want to be successful in business have the opportunity to participate in a series of business development workshops over the next few months to be run by Flying…

WHEN : 15 September · 6:30 – 7:30pm WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA)Stanley Place, Brisbane, Australia During ‘Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams’, the entertaining evening discussion program GoMA Talks explores the mind, imagination and art from a range of perspectives. How is the mind’s capacity evolving? What contributions…

WHEN : Thursday 15 September and Thursday 13 October | 11am | Free WHERE : QUT Art Museum Guided tours of Dreaming of Chanel with exhibition curator, Nadia Buick. Please meet promptly at 11am in the Art Museum foyer. RSVP to 07 3138 5370 or artmuseum@qut.edu.au WEBSITE

WHEN : 8:20pm – 10:00pm Wednesday 14th September, WHERE : Turbine Hall, Brisbane Powerhouse JOIN US FOR ANOTHER CREATIVE NIGHT AND BE INSPIRED. JUDE ANDERSON: artistic director: punctum STEVE BULL: pvi collective NINA HAMILTON: Social Architecture | photography LES HOOPER: head of art, kelvin grove state college JOHN MONGARD: landscape…

WHEN : 14th – 25th September For more information – www.brisbaneemergingartfestival.com/call-out • Submissions are due by 5pm on 25 September 2011. • Online submissions only. • Submissions are welcome from any area of visual arts practice. WEBSITE

WHEN : 15th – 28 September Das 500 is the online critical writing space for Das Platforms, home to Das Superpaper and Das Cinema.Our editorial focus is on dissecting emerging and contemporary arts practice across all mediums, as well as the critical analysis of issues and trends within the contemporary…

WHEN : 10 September · 15:00 – 17:30 WHERE : Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Where does arts relationship with criticality stand? Can art still be critical? Can art making now, still be considered a form of protest? Where does criticality stand in a culture of mass communication? Can…

WHEN : 08 September · 17:30 – 18:30 WHERE : Queensland Centre for Photography, Corner of Cordelia and Russell Streets, South Brisbane The QCP is warmly inviting you to our upcoming free presentation about Diane Arbus, presented by Dr Stephen Hobson, this coming Thursday 8th September 5.30pm. The American photographer…

WHEN : 08 September · 1:00 – 2:00pm WHERE :Griffith South Bank Graduate Centre, Lecture Theatre Room 1.23 Lynne Allen is currently Director of the School of Visual Arts at Boston University and a Professor of Art. Previously she was a Professor of Art at Rutgers University from 1989-2006 and…

WHEN : 6pm WHERE : Metro Arts, Gallery 2 Join Matt Dabrowski and Melody Woodnutt for an informal but in-depth Artist Talk evening at Metro Arts Galleries. Explore the exhibitions and hear from the artists about the process behind their works. This is what I do Matt Bradley, Matt Dabrowski,…

DEADLINE : 2 Sept 2011 WHERE : Canberra Institute of Technology’s Reid Campus. Established in 1984, the National Campus Art Prize (previously National Tertiary Art Prize) is the premier tertiary art competition in Australia. NCAP is open to any student at a participating AACA campus with or without an art…

Deadline Date : 2 September, 2011 WHERE : Clayton Utz, Level 28 Riparian Plaza, Brisbane CBD Clayton Utz is one of Australia’s largest and most successful law firms and is proud to support the Arts through the Clayton Utz “LAUNCH” Art Award. The Award offers a $10,000 winner’s prize and…

WHEN : 1 – 4 September 2011 WHERE : Sydney We Are Here (WAH) is the first International Symposium for Artist Run Initiatives. NAVA, the National Association for the Visual Arts, in partnership with Firstdraft, is holding the symposium in Sydney in early September. WAH has a schedule of events…

WHEN : Proposals due 31 August 2011 Fresher 2011 is Oct 15 2011 WHERE : Inbetweenspaces Ari inbetweenspaces’ annual showcase will feature a range of emerging Queensland artists who have not shown in Fresher before. Eligible artists are invited to submit proposals. Send proposals to PO Box 16121 Brisbane QLD…

WHEN : 13th August, 10am – 4:30pm WHERE : The Paddington Substation, 150 Enoggera Terrace, Paddington QLD Learn how to clearly articulate your business to funding bodies and develop exciting grant submissions that clearly spring naturally from your long-term career plans. Presented in conjunction with Artworkers Alliance, Developing Your Brand…

WHEN : 27 August ·1:00 – 4:00 WHERE : Central Lecture Theatre,Queensland College of Art.Griffith University, Southbank Campus. Speakers: Angela Blakely and David Lloyd, Social Documentary Photographers.Shahidul Alam, Social Documentary PhotographerTracey Foley, Amnesty International, Panel Facilitator: Professor Pradip Thomas, University of Queensland Museum of Brisbane is proud to present the…