Championing the artwork and creations of hand-building students, Dabbler Studio aims to channel and draw out the artist living in all of us. This exhibition features work from beginners to experienced artists and hand-builders. Featuring the work of the studios two resident Teachers, Bonnie Hislop and Michelle Leplastrier, come and put your hands together for […]
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 […]
Leading the charge in collaborative working spaces in Brisbane, Colab 4010 is home to a myriad of creatives and collaborators. This BAD 2021, the team behind the co-working space are inviting you to become part of their tribe with an open studio, film screening by Kiosk Films and a photographic exhibition by David Chatfield. Make […]
Located in Teneriffe, BiB’N’Brace Collective’s multi-faceted industrial art space serves as an accessible workshop, studio and exhibition space for local artists. Now, the collective downing their tools and lifting the lid on their warehouse with an exclusive open studio for BAD 2021. Take a peek behind the scenes of one of Brisbane’s most intriguing private […]
KICKASS is a collaboration between Amy Crow and Kimi Schieren for their residency at Forge Forward. The pair met at design college and have since been supporting one another in their creative development, coming together on the Saturday 15 May and merging their styles for an ongoing residency that launches at BAD 2021. Their work […]
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 […]
Brimming with colour and light, Pedder Street Collective will be putting its best foot forward with an open invitation to explore its beautiful array of makers and creators. Like a beautiful unpolished jewel, this semi-industrial creative hub is home to some of Brisbane’s greatest treasures, including leather workers Blue & Grae, boutique wood carver Carol […]
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 […]
