Meanjin (Brisbane) based protest artist Amy Sargeant returns for a new collaboration with independent fashion boutique CONTRA. The collaboration comprises a large-scale art installation at the CONTRA venue, and an immersive live sound performance at the opening event on Friday 7th May, 2021. Through sculpture, audio and video installations, Amy’s work responds to her disillusionment […]
Take a turn around the Riverbend to Ferryman’s Hut where Artist-in-Residence Helle Cook draws on the atmospheric and affecting presence of the hut, the river and Brisbane (Meanjin). During her residency, Helle’s exhibition Light Affection will invigorate Ferryman’s Hut with ephemeral installations through a lens of light and sensory experience, created by diaphanous painting on […]
The 2021 Milburn Art Prize for Landscape reflects the evolving nature and aims of BIA to honour Paul Milburn, a much loved and respected tutor who began teaching in 1989 at BIA until his death in 2011. With this in mind, BIA are offering a prize of $10,000 awarded for a 2-D artwork addressing the […]
Taking on big mining companies one loop at a time, the Knitting Nanna’s Against Gas knit, educate and protest against environmental destruction, crafting hats, scarfs, flags and a better future for Australia’s children. The Knitting Nanna’s draw on a broad history of knitting as a tool for non-violent political activism, commonly referred to today as […]
Stay late in the gardens and enjoy artworks after dark. Take a guided tour of the Botanica exhibition to get further insight into the artworks and their creations. Tour starts at 6pm, 8pm and 9pm. Botanica by Night includes food trucks, music, projections and live performances. Wander through the beautiful City Botanic Gardens and explore […]
Stay late in the gardens and enjoy artworks after dark. Take a guided tour of the Botanica exhibition to get further insight into the artworks and their creations. Tour starts at 6pm, 8pm and 9pm. Botanica by Night includes food trucks, music, projections and live performances. Wander through the beautiful City Botanic Gardens and explore […]
Maureen Hansen is an award-winning artist who lives and works in Brisbane. She captures colourful observations of life in Queensland, including the iconic Queenslander house, familiar landscapes, the sky and local snapshots from the ‘streets of our town’. Inspired by nature and the colours of nature, Maureen observes subjects for hours in an attempt to […]
Bringing together a selection of recent acquisitions from the QUT Art Collection, ‘Vis-ability’ has been conceived as a project to broaden understanding of the lived experiences of people who are blind or have low vision. Drawing on research from QUT’s Creative Industries Faculty, ‘Vis-ability’ proposes alternative ways of engaging with the Art Collection, considering how […]
What if you could explore the place beyond the painting? Discover the spectacular hinterland of South East Queensland in an all-ages guided tour of the exhibition ‘Nature imagined’ featuring work by artist William Robinson, beginning with a participatory digital experience at The Cube. Please note this tour departs from QUT The Cube at 5:30pm […]
Bringing together a selection of recent acquisitions from the QUT Art Collection, ‘Vis-ability’ has been conceived as a project to broaden understanding of the lived experiences of people who are blind or have low vision. Drawing on research from QUT’s Creative Industries Faculty, ‘Vis-ability’ proposes alternative ways of engaging with the Art Collection, considering how […]
