QCA Live – T-Shirt Printing

Queensland College of Art is celebrating its 140th birthday! For BAD, QCA are opening some of the specialist studio spaces that set them apart as a leading art college. Visitors will have the opportunity to view facilities, talk to students and staff, and make some art to keep. The QCA Galleries will also be open. […]

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QCA Live – Live Painting

Queensland College of Art is celebrating its 140th birthday! For BAD, QCA are opening some of the specialist studio spaces that set them apart as a leading art college. Visitors will have the opportunity to view facilities, talk to students and staff, and make some art to keep. The QCA Galleries will also be open. […]

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QCA Live – Reimagining Self

Queensland College of Art is celebrating its 140th birthday! For BAD, QCA are opening some of the specialist studio spaces that set them apart as a leading art college. Visitors will have the opportunity to view facilities, talk to students and staff, and make some art to keep. The QCA Galleries will also be open. […]

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International Tea Day, To The Beauteaful You

This International Tea Day, The 1987 Projects have brewed up a series of tea experiences for you to sip on. Celebrate the launch of their exhibition To The Beauteaful You with a special tea tasting, mini makers market and In-Conversation. Lift the lid on the Brisbane tea scene and fill up your cup at this […]

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DPS Social

Push the benches together and pop the champagne. Dead Puppet Society, acclaimed visual theatre masterminds behind the box office hits Holding Achilles, Ishmael, The Wider Earth and Laser Beak Man, is throwing open the doors to their Fabrication Workshop for an after-hours making party. Hosted as part of BAD (BRISBANE ART DESIGN) 2023, this special edition DPS Social celebrates the […]

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Life Drawing with Studio Maverik at The Station

Studio Maverik is a community-minded Meanjin Arts Studio that facilitates learning and creativity. With a focus on life drawing, the Studio is an Artist Run Initiative that hosts workshops and events for everyone. As part of BAD 2023, Studio Maverik is hosting two iconic life drawing sessions, open to all creatives – no experience necessary […]

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Life Drawing for Animation with Dr Leila Honari

This life drawing setting gives participants opportunities to study the human form and anatomy in real time, with attention to nuances in movement, posture and gesture. As animation strives to imitate, and recreate life, life drawing is a tool that challenges the artist to be diligent in observation, intentional in lines drawn and expressive in […]

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Workshop: Reimagine Our Communities: Poetry, Poster Making, and Prison Abolition

Prison abolition requires us to reimagine our communities without relying on policing, prisons, and punishment, creating a more just, equitable, and compassionate world rooted in principles of care and collective liberty. Join Brisbane-based artists and prison abolitionists Boneta-Marie Mabo and Ruby Wharton to reimagine our communities through creative approaches to poetry, poster making, and prison […]

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