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17/02/2014Aber Update: Jill O’Sullivan
Can’t believe how fast time is going. I’m getting quite fit climbing up the hill to the studios each morning, some very steep rises and I’m convinced that Aberystwyth is made up of steep hills and hundreds of steps. (Actually this seems to apply to most of Wales from my experience). I am working across engraving to produce quite a number of prints (plus making drawings, paintings and collages as well). Has been great just working away on different mediums. Images are being developed from my travels and the regions around here. Most are precursors for larger works, i.e. lithos, etchings and relief, though engravings are going to play a more noticeable part of my future printmaking. I have caught up with the Paul Croft, the author of Plate Lithography and Stone Lithography and also Aberystwyth printmakers at last. They have a very small space, packed with a litho press,…
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13/02/2014Call for Young Artists: FREE Print Out Paste Up Workshops
CALL FOR YOUNG ARTISTS to participate in a five week “Print Out & Paste Up” workshop with local, professional artists! Mix traditional art techniques with street art styles to complete a large, public mural and exhibit your work during Townsville’s National Youth Week! This is a joint project between YWAM & Umbrella Studio: Where: Umbrella Studio, 482 Flinders Street When: 2:30pm – 5:00pm for five Saturday’s beginning on 8 March 2014 Who: Free for Young Artists aged 12 – 17yrs Places are limited to only 25 participants. contact Fiona Saxby before 21 February 2014 Phone: 07 4771 2123 // 0411 486 631 // fionas@ywamtownsville.org Download the Print Out Paste Up Poster to share with your family, friends and networks
12/02/2014Notice of 2013 AGM
Umbrella Studio Association Inc. NOTICE OF MEETING Umbrella Studio Association Incorporated is a not-for-profit contemporary arts organisation, which began as a space for emerging Townsville artists, and whilst retaining this, has evolved to become an important centre for contemporary art in North Queensland. Umbrella Studio recognises the need to build on its past achievements, and to continue to provide support for contemporary artists through its annual program of exhibitions and associated activities. 2014 Board Member Nomination Statements 2013 Annual General Meeting Tuesday 18 March 2014 6:00pm Umbrella Studio, 482 Flinders Street, Townsville Election of 2014 Management Committee All members are invited to attend the meeting and participate in the election of the 2014 Management Committee. A list of nominees and their statements are now available above and available from Umbrella Studio office from Tuesday 4th March 2014. If you are unable to attend the Annual General Meeting, you can…
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29/01/2014Call for Artists: Patina
Studio 2 are calling for artists to participate in the first exhibition at their new venue the Drill Hall Studio on 27 Mitchell Street, North Ward Patina: is the effect of wear on the surface of an object, resulting from great age, exposure or use which enhances the beauty of that object. Find out more information by downloading the Patina Call for Artists information sheet. Contact & Registration: Sue Tilley – sue@artetcetera.net | 0418 750 854
28/01/2014Call for Artists: Through the Flower
Sylvia Ditchburn fine art gallery is inviting artists to participate in their next group show: Through the Flower – Aspects of the feminine, in celebration of International Women’s Day 2014. Click the link below to download your entry form. Through the Flower Entry Form
21/01/2014Opening Speech: SYNTHESIS by Robin Rodd
SYNTHESIS I’m neither a scientist nor an artist, but an anthropologist caught between science and art. So, by way of introduction to this exhibit, I want to touch on a couple of ideas about the relationship between art and science, what synthesis in this context might mean, and why this order of synthesis matters. Synthesis involves transformation of disparate elements into a new whole. This exhibit has united scientists from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and artists working in a variety of modes to develop projects that present ‘scientific ideas’ through ‘artistic processes’. Each of these collaborations has taken on its own life as the contributors have worked out ways, over the last year, of thinking about, transforming and presenting ideas in novel ways. Here, the dialogue between different worlds, languages and backgrounds is a fertile ground for creative endeavor. Science, as a practice of seeking and legitimizing knowledge, and…
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20/01/2014SYNTHESIS on the WIN Regional News
Check out this great news report about the groundbreaking exhibition, SYNTHESIS, that opened on Friday night. You can come see the exhibition in the flesh at Umbrella Studio on until Sunday 23 February 2014.
19/01/2014NQ Arts Directory
The NQ Arts Directory aims to connect and promote creative practitioners, arts-based businesses and organisations between Townsville, Ayr, Palm Island, Charters Towers and Ingham via an online portal. This directory will provide greater access to, and more opportunities for collaboration and communication between NQ creative arts professionals. To be eligible to have an entry in the directory you must be: an individual artist practitioner an arts administrator or arts worker any other individual who identifies as being of the arts ilk a community organisation that provides services, workshops, support and advocacy to the NQ arts community or a business that directly relates to the creative arts or provides direct support or service to the NQ arts community. If you would like to be part of the directory, download the NQ Arts Profile Entry Form and return it to: Community Information Centre Post: PO Box 1314, Townsville 4810 QLD | Fax:…
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17/01/2014SYNTHESIS on the WIN Regional News
SYNTHESIS is a whole gallery exhibition of new works developed by combining scientific ideas with artistic process. Local artists include Jeremy Grant, Byron Howells, Ebony Wilson, Craig & Brendan Ridep-Morris, Zoe Beckett, Jane Laranang, Mitch Goodwin, Raul Posse, Dylan Howells, Arik Anijar, Farley Roth, Nathan Morris and Vivian Davey. Local scientists include Dr Alex Anderson, Dr Adam Perriman, Dr Ally Lankester, Ainslie Langdon, Alma Ridep-Morris and Clement Fay. Curated by Michelle Hall.
15/01/2014Wanted: Tutor for iPad Art Lessons
I am looking for someone who will tutor me in creative drawing and painting on my iPad Air. I will only need only half a dozen lessons as I commence my Fine Arts Degree again in March. Tuition fees are negotiable and lessons could be at my house. (Mt Low, QLD 4818) Roslyn Close Email (click here) Mobile 0417195265
