22/02/2016Artist Opp: Gaming Spot
Hi members, Below is some information about an opportunity for you to create some artwork for a new gaming business opening in Aitkenvale (near Tom’s Tavern) Call for Artists – new business opening seeking artists for murals Business Name: Gaming Spot Location: Shop 1A/186 Nathan Street, Aitkenvale 4814 We are looking for local artists to help us to bring life our new gaming business. Artwork Themes: – Modern to Retro Gaming Characters – Mythical Creatures and Landscapes – Cartoon – Anime Characters – Anything similar to the above We are on a shoe string budget so we would only be able to provide some money for material resources (paint etc) and would offer some free time at the gaming business as compensation to any artist. Gaming Spot is planning to open on 1 April 2016. Artworks would need to be completed before this date. Contact: Luke Peters director@lonewolfsecurity.net | 0433…
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Call 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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15/02/2016Call for Artists: MagnetiCon
Umbrella Studio and Junky Comics @ MagnetiCon Callout for comics, zines, stickers, prints, posters, apparel and small objects Umbrella will be hosting a booth at the MagnetiCon pop culture convention partnering with Brisbane’s Junky Comics. We are seeking local artist-made comics, zines, prints, toys and other pop-themed stuff to sell. Magneticon will be the first dedicated pop culture convention in Townsville, with shops, artists, cosplay, wrestling, special guests and more. Umbrella will take a 30% commission of any sales, with the remainder going straight to you, the artist. No other fees apply. We’ll man the booth and sell, all you need to do is supply us with your work, and a price list for your products (taking into account the 30% commission deducted from sale price). Key Dates: Expressions of Interest Due: 5pm Friday 20 May 2016 Delivery of works/products to Umbrella Studio: 5pm Friday 3 June 2016 MagnetiCon…
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02/02/2016Call for Applications: Fryer Library Fellowship, University of Queensland
Call for Applications: Fryer Library Fellowship, University of Queensland Deadline: Monday 29 February The annual Fryer Library Fellowship (formerly the Fryer Library Award) aims to: Support research into Australian historical and literary studies utilising the collections of the University of Queensland’s Fryer Library. Promote The University of Queensland’s Fryer Library as a centre of scholarly activity. Integrate a digital component (e.g. online exhibition) that will expand access and encourage engagement with the Fryer collections used in the research project. Applications are invited in the following areas: Australian literature Australian theatre Indigenous studies History of architecture Art and design Australian history and political culture Women’s studies Successful applicants receive $20,000 as well as full UQ Library access and copying services. It is anticipated that the successful applicant will be based at the St Lucia campus of The University of Queensland for a negotiated period, with a maximum of six months. The appointment is…
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25/01/2016Prints & Pots – Call for Entries
Exchange 2016 Bribie Island Community Arts Centre heartily invites Australian printmakers and potters to participate in our Inaugural exchange and exhibition (2016)! All accepted entries will be exhibited in the Matthew Flinders Gallery in a 3 week long exhibition. You will receive another artist’s work as part of the exchange (3 prints OR 1 pot). Please register your interest by emailing BCIACprintsandpots@outlook.com to let us know you would like to take part in this exchange or check out our website http://bicacprintsandpots.wix.com/bicacexchange for more information about the event. Basic Guidelines for Printmakers Paper Size: A3 (29.7 x 42.0 cm, 11.69 x 16.53 inches) Maximum Print Size: A3 (Bleed print) Edition Size: 5 (make 5 that look as similar as possible) Submission Deadline: March 1st (posted to centre) Cost: $30 (you receive 3 prints in the exchange) Basic Guidelines for Potters Pot Size: 450g Pot Type: mug Edition Size: 3 (make 3…
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15/01/2016Job Opp: Lighthouse Stencil on Wood
Hi members, Suzie Hogue has a request for a piece of art similar to this one: This is for a large wall space so would need to be scaled up, and is for a business office: Lighthouse Financial Planning. For further details including sizing and payment, please contact Suzie on 0400 892 125.
12/06/2015Umbrella’s Search for a Trainee
If you’re looking for a career in the arts, enjoy working in a creative environment, and want to earn while you learn, then Umbrella Studio – a Townsville-based not-for-profit contemporary arts organisation – is calling for applications for the position of Business Administration Trainee. As part of the traineeship, you will be required to assist in the day-to-day operations of the organisation and complete a formal qualification; Certificate lV in Business Administration. The Cert lV course fees will be sponsored by CQ University. The Trainee should have an interest in contemporary visual arts, website development and desktop publishing. To apply for this 1 year Traineeship, you must have completed a minimum of Year 10 with passes in English and Maths. You will need to complete the online application & quiz before progressing to the full application and interview stages. See full timeline below. Call for Applicants 13 June 2015 Applications Close…
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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
05/05/2015Callout: On-site Artist Residency – South-East Queensland
TheGRID: Hybrid Arts Collective Inc., and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery invite applications from artists for a fifteen week residency at theGRID. Artists must have more than five years’ professional practice and reside outside the Toowoomba region. ‘Off theGRID Too!’ builds on the 2013 pilot project and is a residency program offering a visiting artist a full time studio at theGRID. The residency will culminate in a four-week exhibition at the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. A condition of this residency is that the successful applicant will share the studio in a mentoring capacity with a local, emerging artist. The successful applicant will participate in selecting this artist. During the period of the residency the successful applicant will also be required to: Bring a recently completed work for display at the beginning of the residency Deliver 2 x artist talks at TRAG (1 x introductory, 1 x concluding) Welcome the public to…
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12/04/2015Stella’s Creative Pottery Classes
Interested in learning pottery? Then this is for you! Pottery classes with Stella Thompson-Wheyway every Tuesday evening from 6 to 8pm and or every Wednesday morning from 10am to 12 pm. Phone Stella on 4771 2019, mob. 0499 077 510 or email stella.thompson-wheway@hotmail.com
