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Tribal Odyssey
Poems and prints will be exhibited by Victoria Walker and Rhonda Stevens as an open book on the walls of the Access space illustrating a young girl’s survival after a shipwreck in the Torres Strait in the 1840’s. Official Opening Launch: 6pm Friday 4 March 2016 Click here to view the Exhibition Invite Click here to read the Guestbook
Find out more »Fragments of Moments
A PressNorth Printmakers members’ exhibition in the Vault space of prints in various mediums. Official Opening Launch: 6pm Friday 4 March 2016 Click here to view the Exhibition Invite Click here to read the Guestbook
Find out more »Embedded
Embedded will showcase photography and writings from Townsville Bulletin photographers and journalists to highlight the work done by Townsville-based military servicemen and women in various theatres of war over the past two decades, through the lens of the local newspaper, the Townsville Bulletin. The exhibition will deliver an insider’s look into what goes on when men and women deploy as well as providing how the media reports on war, the people involved and other crises. Official Opening Launch: 6pm Friday…
Find out more »Ad Wer: Story of the Stars from Eastern Torres Strait @ JCU Eddie Koiki Mabo Library
An exhibition by Tommy Pau of new linocut print works examining constellations used by the Eastern Islanders of the Torres Strait. Being displayed at James Cook University in the Eddie Koiki Mabo Library.
Find out more »Beauty in the Making
A contemporary photographic exhibition by Matthew Gianoulis held in the Main and Access spaces, focusing on high-end fashion and beauty portraiture. The exhibition will feature a range of subjects varying from polished beauty work, macro facials, fashion, abstract nudes and natural portraits. This will in turn showcase the multiple facets of what beauty encompasses as well as demonstrate how interventions to the model can change their complete appearance. Official Opening Launch: 6pm Friday 27 May 2016 Click here to view…
Find out more »Picnic at Cataract Gorge
A Vault Space exhibition by Barbara Pierce of photography, assemblage and mixed media works inspired by the Tasmanian landscape with a focus on the unique character and history of Cataract Gorge as a place of recreation. Official Opening Launch: 6pm Friday 27 May 2016 Click here to view the Exhibition Invite Click here to read the Guestbook
Find out more »Wearable Art Photography Exhibition
A Stairwell Space exhibition of photography showcasing wearable artwork creations made by fellow students.
Find out more »Celebrating Townsville: the City’s visual history drawn from the James Cook University Art Collection
This select exhibition in the Main space will showcase works by Townsville based art educators and their students demonstrating the lineage of teacher to student and the value of studio practice. Featuring Artists: James Brown, Jane Hawkins, Anne Lord, Ron McBurnie, Robert Preston, Anneke Silver, Barbara Cheshire, Alison McDonald, Jill O'Sullivan, Sheree Kinlyside, Lucy T. Smith and Daphne Cazalet. Official Opening Launch: 6pm Friday 8 July 2016 Click here to view the Exhibition Invite Click here to view the Exhibition…
Find out more »Wallflower
An Access and Vault Space exhibition by Jo Lankester & Hannah Murray featuring print collaborations that explore the symbolic and aesthetic qualities of abstracted patterns found on the outer layer of a tree trunk or the surface of rocks, and floral imagery. As with any collaboration a symbiotic relationship must exist to coexist. Trees and rocks share a symbol of antiquity, immense and enduring strength, and protection. In contrast a flower is fugacious and fleeting. Wallflower will aim to present…
Find out more »Stories of Struggle
The works in this Stairwell exhibition explore three kinds of struggle, feminist, environmental and humanitarian. Michelle Hall uses textiles, projection, sound and LED lights to sew narratives exploring political situations she finds most confronting in contemporary society.
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