28/07/2016Wrap up: CIAF 2016
The van was a little lighter on the way back to sunny Townsville when we returned from CIAF2016. That’s because we sold a few prints and masks at this year’s indigenous art fair! The clear winner to us was the masks by our indigenous members made in a workshop led by Obery Sambo. They attracted so many visitors to our walls for a deeper look. Children and adults enjoyed them alike! We bumped into colleagues from other galleries, and the Australia Council CEO Tony Grybowski and Visual Arts Director Laura McLeod. We shared a section with our good friends from Umi Arts – the comradery getting us through the long days! Our artists in attendance were on hand to share their stories with the visitors and media. A big thank you goes out to the CIAF Staff, the Tanks Install team, and our artists and other partners for playing a…
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27/06/2016Dry Tropics exhibition @ Gallery 48
From 11 June to 10 September 2016 Come celebrate dry tropics, an exhibition from the region. Artists Vince Bray, Anne Lord and Jill O’Sullivan would like to welcome gallery goers on Wednesdays and Saturdays at Gallery 48 from 11am to 6pm. Please phone 07 4728 7203 for alternative viewing times.
22/02/2016Call for artists: PAINT IT LIVE
Calling all painters, street artists, graphic artists, paste-up artists, designers, and mural artists – WE WANT YOU. Do you have a project that you have had bubbling away in your mind, but don’t have a space to do it? Have you been wanting to experiment outside of the studio? Are you looking at legal walls to work on? As a way of revitalising the Townsville CBD, and activating the carpark space at Umbrella, we want to invite you to participate in PAINT IT LIVE, a live art event which will coincide with our regular gallery programming. There are six wall panels that make up the carpark wall. Panels will be allocated to artists, who will produce an artwork prior to and during the evening of two gallery opening launch events. Artists participating need to be or become a member of Umbrella Studio and supply their own consumable materials. KEY DATES…
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15/09/2015Sydney Contemporary wrap-up
We return to Townsville after our first foray into a major art fair successful. We were very proud to represent our North Queensland printmakers and I have to say: they punch well above their weight with original works as beautiful as any at the fair. Not only did we manage to sell some of the works, but we also got to meet with our partners like Arts Queensland and Australia Council, NAVA and Imprint Magazine, and other exhibitors. We learned how other galleries innovate to create a captivating display, and how different the art market is in Sydney as compared to Townsville. Roger Butler (NGA) paid our stand a visit and we showed him the recent works on paper from Jo Lankester, Rhonda Stevens, Laura Castell and the Murris in Ink. I managed to escape early one afternoon and visit “The other art fair” at Central Park. This was a…
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22/06/2015Look out Cairns here comes Murris in Ink (MII)
This year Umbrella will be showing Townsville based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island printmakers in three venues in Cairns at the Art Fair (CIAF), the first time art market also located at the Cruise Ship Terminal and Canopy Arts on Grafton Street. Umbrella has represented MII at CIAF since 2009, selling their works on paper to individuals, and national collecting institutions including; National Gallery, State Library Queensland, National Gallery Victoria and Australian Maritime Museum. To maximise sales and promotions Umbrella will increase our efforts with Umbrella member artist exhibiting in Cairns from mid-July through August. Murris in Ink printmakers will launch a collection of stunning new monoprint drawings at the Umbrella booth at the Art Fair. The works on paper were produced during the Monsoon Publishing residency for six artists, who were individually mentored by master printermaker Ron McBurnie. Our friends at Canopy Arts Centre will host, Keriba Debe Nor…
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07/05/2015Matt Clark Travelling Scholarship Secondary School Portrait Prize
The Matt Clark Travelling Scholarship Secondary School Portrait Prize is open to all Townsville-based secondary school students in any year level. Entrants may submit work in any two-dimensional medium. The only artistic criterion is that the work must be a portrait. Finalists and Prize Money Digital images of all the entries, along with physical works by 10 finalists selected from the submitted images, will be displayed at Umbrella Studio contemporary arts from 25 September until 1 November. From the 10 finalists, a winner will be selected and awarded a $200 cash prize. Key Dates ENTRIES OPEN | Friday 8 May 2015 ENTRIES CLOSE | 5pm Friday 4 September 2015 FINALISTS SELECTED | Friday 11 September 2015 DISPLAY OF FINALISTS’ WORKS AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNER | The exhibition will be displayed in the Umbrella Studio contemporary arts Stairwell space from 25 September – 1 November 2015. The winner will be announced at a launch at 6pm Friday 25 September. CLICK HERE TO APPLY NOW
30/03/2015Land & Sea Touring
The Murris in Ink monoprint exhibition, Land and Sea is on the road again. Installed last week for the launch of the James Cook University City Campus and on exhibition through April, then it travels North to TYTO in Ingham for exhibition throughout June. The exhibition builds new audiences for contemporary art and appreciation for Townsville based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander printmakers.
29/03/2015Wanderlust Touring
The exhibition Pressnorth Printmakers: Wanderlust has continued its tour in 2015, by heading to the Coalface Art Gallery in Moranbah, QLD. It will next be on display in the Main Space at Umbrella Studio alongside artworks from the Manhattan Graphics Centre (New York) artists. This exhibition will be called Wanderlust + Manhattan and opening on Friday 22 May 2015.
02/03/2015Audio-Technica Young Artist Prize 2015 winners
We had a fabulous night celebrating young people making art at the opening of the Audio-Technica Young Artist Prize 2015 on Friday night. The judge, Garth Jankovic spent a while choosing the winners with great difficultly! Congrautlations to the all the young artists who have taken part in the exhibition. Here are the winning entries: 1st Prize: Courtenay Millar for her print “The Bridge” 2nd Prize: Madeline Pendergast for her multimedia artwork, “The River” 3rd Prize: Jaymie Edwards for her photograph, “Dirty”
17/02/2015Groovin the Moo Sister Cities Art Project
More Information and how to Register: www.umbrella.org.au/GTM15
