Faces of Townsville: Locals feature in outdoor exhibition
06/05/2014
Twenty Townsville locals are about to receive star billing in the Faces of Townsville outdoor exhibition launching on May 9. Umbrella Member, Margot Douglas is featured on the outside of the Umbrella building.
The exhibition is a partnership between ABC Open and the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and coincides with The Percivals, a city-wide festival celebrating portraiture. Running until July 13 Faces of Townsville gives locals the opportunity to be a part of the festivities.
The local portraits for the exhibition were created as a part of ABC Open’s Snapped project. Each month Snapped creates a challenge to help amateur photographers to learn new techniques. Snapped recently asked photographers to take portraits that captured the many faces of Australia. More than 1000 portraits were submitted, including many from North Queensland.
Faces of Townsville can be seen in nine locations in the CBD (including Umbrella Studio), Flinders Square, Castle Hill, The Strand and at James Cook University.
North Queensland’s ABC Open producer Michael Bromage worked with local contributors to create and curate the photos. He said, “The Faces of Townsville outdoor exhibition celebrates local writers, photographers and filmmakers who actively contribute stories about our community to ABC Open.”
“I’m really excited about the entire concept, I think it’s a way to ‘personalise’ Townsville and bring more positivity to the community,” said exhibition participant Marion Walker-Campbell.
Shane Fitzgerald, Manager Gallery Services, said the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery was proud to partner with such a dynamic and inclusive project, which adds to the massive Townsville celebration of portraiture that is The Percivals.
