19/11/2013Compact Prints showcases at the Artslink Queensland Gallery
Compact Prints 2012 is now showing in Brisbane for a short time only after its international tour. Artslink Queensland is delighted to have the rare opportunity to showcase one of the new exhibitions coming on tour with the Exhibition Touring Program during 2014. They invite you, your friends and colleagues to come and ‘sneek-a-peek’ this wonderful array of 166 compact-disc-sized prints during its short visit. Compact Prints 2012 is available for your enjoyment 9am – 5pm (Mon-Thurs) in our new gallery space at 24 Macquarie St, Teneriffe (click here for the Google Map reference). The exhibition continues until Wednesday 4 December 2013. The exhibition is available to loan, booking can be made – http://artslinkqld.com.au/regional-arts/exhibitions/compact-prints-2012/
04/11/2013Compact Prints 2012 still on the road…
Compact Prints 2012 is continuing on a new journey with Artslink Queensland, who will be touring the exhibition through regional Queensland during 2014-2015. This is the third Compact Prints exhibition that Artslink have toured – 2008, 2010 & 2012. We great appreciate their support for the exhibition and promoting Compact Prints to the rest of Queensland. The tour overseas was a great success and we will aim to do another international tour again with Compact Prints 2014.
03/11/2013Young Artists QR Gallery People’s Choice Winners
Umbrella would like to congratulate all the Young Artists QR Gallery people’s choice winners that were presented their prizes at the awards night on Friday 11 October 2013 during the Creative Generation exhibition opening. A huge thank you to Audio Technica for sponsoring the exhibition program and providing the prize packs for the winning artworks. The Young Artists QR Gallery is designed to showcase North Queensland regional students’ creative work. Bolted to the side of the Umbrella Studio building is a 3 x 3 metre banner displaying a massive QR Code. The Code is a portal that links to the online gallery page on the Umbrella Studio website. This is an opportunity for young artists to promote their own work, see artwork created by other students and receive moderated critique. During 2013 Umbrella hosted five online exhibitions in our Young Artists QR Gallery. One young artist was selected as the People’s…
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Flow: Sculpture by the Sea
In October artist/Member Jan Hynes, Christine Harding and I flew to Sydney to assist Alison McDonald with the install of FLOW in the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition. It took a crew of Alison, her husband, the three of us ladies, a fork lift and three additional helpers to move the 12 meter artwork in its assigned position. It was a blazing hot day and what a funny site we would have been, walking in single file while carrying the rolled up blanket of plastic caps along the Tamarama cliffs, then hoisting it and ourselves over fences. We had a crew on the top and at the bottom communicating about placement, measurement and then slowly rolling it into place carefully without dropping it into the ocean or on top of an unsuspecting jogger. FLOW put Townsville on the map, with only four Queenslanders out of 106 exhibiting artists from around…
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22/10/2013Fiona Harding’s top 10 photography tips
We would like to thank the Townsville Bulletin for being our sponsors and also giving us their time to produce two great photography events in 2013. We had a massive turn out from budding photographers in Townsville wanting to learn the basic camera skills from Bulletin photographer, Fiona Harding. Fiona covered lots of simple and technical attributes to taking the perfect shot.Here are Fiona’s top 10 tips from her presentation… 10 Ways to Add Variety to your photos
22/09/2013Light on the Fringe – Project Success!
Whilst New Media art has a reputation for alienating audiences, the recent Light on the Fringe event forged a new and real connection between viewers and a well-known Townsville public space. Light on the Fringe saw the collaboration between New Media artist Robert Cripse and a group of local artists to produce a series of outdoor light installations projected onto the exterior wall of Umbrella Studio. The event, which coincided with the biennial Strand Ephemera public art festival, gave viewers an insight into the world of light installations and projection mapping. Monumental, vibrant and playful describes the final compositions. As a secondary Visual Art teacher, the workshops that lead to the final installation were invaluable for gaining skills in manipulating digital film and learning new approaches for experimental design. Robert Crispe’s deep involvement with his art form, combined with his knowledge and raw talent, enabled participants to make real creative…
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16/09/2013New exhibiton venue
Umbrella Studio artist members have a brand new venue (literally) to showcase their work. In appreciation of their support for local arts and their ongoing sponsorship, Umbrella will curate a series of annual exhibitions in the stunning new Townsville Bulletin building located on Flinders St. West. Ann Roebuck, Umbrella Board member and Bulletin managing editor suggested that Umbrella could grow their viewing audience by exhibiting in their busy and beautiful office space. The Bulletin installed a hanging system on several interior walls, and the first exhibition of works on paper from the some members of the Studio Printmaking group is currently on show. With over 100 Bulletin staff and business people coming and going every day, the artwork will be seen, appreciated and potentially connect with a buyer to purchase it. For information on exhibiting artwork at the Bulletin contact Umbrella Studio.
11/09/2013Reborn Etching Press
Umbrella has a wonderful new/old press. This press was one of Umbrella’s original presses going back over 26 years. The story is; someone took it home and left it under their house for over 10 years to rust and corrode from salt water. Jo Lankester, one of our printmaker members rescued it and brought it back to us, but it was in terrible shape, destined for the dump. Jeff Vickers, former JCU sculptor technician – an amazingly and handy guy, has completely restored it. We just got it back from Jeff all shiny and painted, with new bits and rolling as smooth as silk. We will use our reborn press for travelling workshops, school groups and as an extra press. We have named it the “Vickers Press” for obvious reasons.
10/09/2013CIAF Presents wrap up
CAIF Presents was a more understated Cairns Indigenous Art Fair for 2013, but the program included high quality exhibitions, informative forums, dance, music and theatre performances. In August I travelled to Cairns to spend three days working with Gail Mabo at the opening of Umbrella’s exhibition featuring Murris in Ink printmakers and sculpture from Girringun Art Centre artists. Sea and Sky was held at the wonderful Canopy Artspace on Grafton Street. Umbrella hired the front gallery space for three weeks because there was no exhibition organised for the Cruise Ship Passage Terminal during CAIF 2013. Hopefully that important art event will return as part of CAIF next year. Canopy Artspace is the home of well-known print studio Editions Tremblay as well as an important exhibition space for regional artists. Canopy is nothing flash, it is a refurbished old shed with plenty of FNQ personality and equipped with everything required to…
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28/08/2013Welcome to the Umbrella blog website!
Hi Everyone, Welcome to the new blog for Umbrella Studio contemporary arts. We have so much fantastic information to share that we felt we needed to expand to a whole new website! This is a place where we will be sharing any Umbrella news, members’ news, updates about touring exhibitions, exhibition reviews and more. We encourage people to share, participate and be a part of the Umbrella community. The Umbrella Team
