WHAT : Scholarship DEADLINE : 5th June, 2012 The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists provides assistance towards travel (for educational purposes) and/or tuition costs for young people building a career in the visual arts broadly in the areas of painting, photography or sculpture. Notification: Two months following the…

WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 1st June, 2012 The Arts Access Australia Art Prize is a new national art prize for artists with disability.The prize is non-acquisitive and will focus on a different art form each year. For the first prize in 2012, the focus will be on small…

WHAT : Call For Applications Memefest DEADLINE : May 31, 2012. Memefest, an international organization dedicated to promoting new, productive and relevant forms of cultural activism, together with the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, this year introduces the Memefest/Griffith-QCA award for ‘Imaginative Critical Intervention’. This award invites cultural activists,…

WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 30th May, 2012 Tin Sheds is pleased to announce the third round of the Curate/Innovate Grant, offered to help encourage curatorial practice in Australia. The emphasis is on innovative practice that challenges our perceptions of the gallery space. We therefore encourage applicants to think…

WHEN : 30th May,5.30 pm drinks for a 6 pm start WHERE : Griffith University Art Gallery, Queensland College of Art, 226 Grey St. South Bank Griffith University Art Gallery Public Programs presents:’The When and Where of Photography.’ An informal discussion on authenticity, representation, performativity and duplicability in contemporary photography…

WHEN : 23rd May, 2pm – 4pm WHERE : Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley Insurance for visual artists, crafts people and designers What is it? How does it work? Why should you have it? Greg Naulty of Local Community Insurance Services will explain the…

WHEN : 19th May, 9:00am – 1:00pm WHERE : Glass House – QUT GIRRL is an international organization supporting and encouraging new work by women who are working in the sonic and digital arts. On 19th May 2012 GIRRL in connection with Queensland University of Technology is hosting a symposium…

WHAT : Call For Applications DEADLINE : 14th May 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is pleased to announce the introduction of its Emerging Curators’ Intensive, a new initiative developed by 4A to encourage professional advancement amongst emerging curators with an interest in curatorial practice within the Asian contemporary art…

WHEN : 11th May, 4.30 – 6.30pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum Before the opening of the exhibition ANIMAL/HUMAN, please join our seminar exploring how artists represent and question our relationship with animals in contemporary visual art and screen culture. Chaired by Professor Gay Hawkins, Centre for Critical and Cultural…

WHAT : Call For Entries DEADLINE : 11th May 2012 is a momentous year for ‘the churchie’. It marks 25 years of showcasing new and emerging artists from around Australia since the award was first held by the Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) in 1987 in Brisbane. Since then the…

WHAT : Call for Entries DEADLINE : 5pm Monday 4 June 2012. Entries are now open for the 2012 John Fries Memorial Prize for emerging visual artists – an annual non-aquisitive award of $10,000. If you are a practicing artist and a resident in Australia or New Zealand who is…

WHAT : Call For EOI DEADLINE : 11th May Online Interns ArtsHub is looking for interns interested in helping us publish major arts events on our website. If you are currently studying multimedia and plan to work in an online producing capacity, then this role would be a great experience.…

WHEN : 8th May, 7:30am – 9:30am WHERE : State Library Queensland The Queensland Design Council, the Integrated Design Commission of South Australia and the design sector, through the Australian Design Alliance, agree that it is critical to have a national response to design. This forum examines what a national…

WHEN : 5th May 2.30pm WHERE : Gallery 1.1 GOMA Judy Watson, Brisbane based artist,used the histories of Queensland frontier life from the point of view of five generations of Indigenous women in her family to create her installation In our Skin 2012, on display as part of ‘Contemporary Australia:…

WHAT : Call For Entries DEADLINE : 6th May, 2012 The Future Generation Art Prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a worldwide contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. The Prize will be a major contribution to the open…

WHEN : 3rd May, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : IMA Cheryl Thornton, from Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, talks about their collaborations with artists, including David Noonan, Yvonne Todd, and Jon Cattapan.

WHAT : Call Out DEADLINE : 4th May, 2012 Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) invites artists/designers to submit an Expression of Interest for the creation of a Landmark Entry Statement for Brisbane Airport. Respondents are asked to express their interest by submitting a portfolio and statement of approach according to the…

WHAT : Art Award DEADLINE : 4th May, 2012 Now in its third year, the Lethbridge 10 000 is an exciting art competition open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit 2D artworks up to 60cm in any direction. The judging is based on three equally…

WHAT : CALL OUT – Designers / Artists DEADLINE : 3rd May 2012 WHERE : Tractor Design School In association with Semi-Permanent, Tractor is proud to announce the launch of a new design competition. Semi-Permanent is turning 10 this year and to celebrate we’re looking to create a poster or…

WHAT : Call for video submissions WHERE : Three Projects DEADLINE : June 10th Three projects is a collaboration between No Frills* Co-director Kate Woodcroft and Brisbane artists Timothy P. Kerr, Sarah Byrne and Joseph Breikers. TP presents new projects which play on the form of the gallery and extend…

WHEN : 1st May, 6:00 – 9:00pm WHERE : Corporate Culture showroom – 925 Ann St. Fortitude Valley DIAloguesContinuing Professional Development (CPD) Seminar Series delivers a contemporary and engaging discussion on current issues that face the design professions ln Queensland. First hand knowledge, experience and case study examples are delivered…

WHAT : Call Out – Drawing WHERE : Jugglers Art Space DEADLINE : 11th June $4000 Major Prize (acquisitive) Honourable Mention to the value of $500 (non-acquisitive) Peoples Choice to the value of $500 (non-acquisitive) APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN Opening Reception of Finalists and Winners Announced Friday 3 August from 6pm.…

WHEN : 1st May, 6:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Join industry professionals as they share their knowledge and experience of the contemporary art writing environment, how it works and how to break in. This is the first program in the professional development series, Art Write. The program is designed…

WHAT : Open Call to Artists, Writers and Curators DEADLINE : April 30th Chan Hampe Galleries (Singapore) in partnership with Metro Arts (Australia) is calling for applications from emerging artists and curators or writers in their first five years of practice for an international residency program that will take place…

DEADLINE : 27th April WHERE : Grey St, Southbank, Brisbane NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE 2012, FRINGE EXPERIENCE STREET EXHIBITION: “Postcards to Brisbane (wish you were here!)” In five photos – show what you love about where you live. Simply send the iamges to : apa@apa.qld.gov.au Sponsored by South Bank Corporation &…

WHEN : 27th April, 3:00 – 5:00pm WHERE : The Edge Portable is proud to present an exclusive series of talks with fashion thought leader and internet icon, Susie Lau. London based Susie Lau pioneered the fashion blogging revolution in 2006 with the launch of her blog Style Bubble. Her…

WHEN : 26th April, 2:30pm WHERE : Gallery 1.1 GOMA Join Jane Morley, fashion designer, consultant and researcher with a specific interest in sustainability, as she investigates a return to the use of particular materials in selected works on display in ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’. Free. No bookings required

WHAT : CALL OUT – animations and motion graphics pieces DEADLINE : 26th April The Nexus Festival is seeking entries for inclusion in its screening programme. The festival will also include exhibitions, panel discussions and workshops from industry leaders. An open call is made for animations and motion graphics pieces.…

WHEN : 26th April, 12:30 – 2:00pm WHERE : Griffith University Art Gallery

WHEN : 26th April, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : IMA The rise and fall of local artist-run initiatives. Panel discussion with Chris Bennie (MSSR), Brooke Ferguson (Current Projects), Rachael Haynes (Level), and Grant Stevens (formerly The Farm), chaired by Peter Anderson.

WHEN : Sunday 22nd April, 10am – 4pm WHERE : Circle Gallery (Art Shed Brisbane)274 Montague Rd West End* Flying Arts is holding a number of professional development workshops and forums for artists over 2012. Topics include project management, setting up and running an arts practice, sustaining an arts practice,…

WHEN : 22nd April, 1.00pm WHERE : Cinema B, GOMA Led by curator Julie Ewington, Curatorial Manager, Australian Art, this lively discussion with artists in ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’ unravels the contributions female artists have made to the contemporary art of this country over recent decades. Featuring participating artists Bindi Cole,…

WHEN :21st April, 11:00 – 12:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Jon Cattapan travelled to Timor-Leste in July 2008 as an official war artist commissioned by the Australian War Memorial. Join Jon as he discusses his experience of the role of Australian peacekeepers in Timor-Leste and how it influenced his…

WHEN : 21st April, 1:00 – 3:00pm WHERE : The Edge Inspiration can come from the strangest of places. Not your traditional jewellery making class, in this workshop contemporary artist and biotechnologist Svenja Kratz, will show you how to extract DNA from a piece of fruit or vegetable and then…

WHEN : 19th April, 4:00pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum Cultural Restitution in the Digital World: Understanding a New Political Economy of Images in the Pacific The digitisation of museum collections has transformed the way people access and engage with objects. It opens opportunities for a new kind of analytical…

WHEN : 17th April, 12:00 until 12:30 WHERE : UQ Art Museum Please join us for an ‘in conversation’ with ‘Rethink’ exhibition curator Nadia Razzhigaeva and Sebastian Moody, Special Projects Officer. ‘Rethink’ highlights two Australian artists, Eric Bridgeman and Brendan Huntley, who create characters and objects that are playful yet…