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11/11/2012Experience the Arts at Umbrella Studio 2012
05/11/2012Artgaze exhibition review: Essential Women
Artgaze Magazine has written a review about our current Main space exhibition Essential Women by Donna Beningfield. To read the review – head over to the Artgaze Magazine website
10/10/2012Donna Beningfield Artist Talk
Donna Beningfield talks about her work and spirituality behind her exhibition “Essential Women” at Umbrella Studio.
09/10/2012Crowdfunding Seminar – Presentation by Fiona Maxwell – ArtSupport
Fiona Maxwell delivers a seminar on Crowdfunding at Umbrella Studio. Panelists include Garth Jankovic, Jeanette Hutchison, Terri Brabon and Alan Junior. Thanks to ArtSupport Australia for making this available. The Seminar concluded with questions and discussion with panelists who have experience in crowdfunding.
12/09/2012Compact Prints 2012 Floor Talk
Dr Anne Lord takes us on a tour of the world of printmaking in her Compact Prints 2012 Floor Talk. From James Cook University, Anne is a leading printmaking authority in Townsville: Australia’s #1 destination for prints!
04/09/2012Expanded Field of Printmaking Artist Talks
Jo Lankester, Margot Laver, Alison McDonald, Jenny Mulcahy, Alan Valentine and Michelle Hall talk about their work in the Expanded Field of Printmaking Exhibition at Umbrella Studio.
25/06/2012Murris in Ink: Townsville Hospital Commision Completed
Congratulations to Murris in Ink Printmakers: Gail Mabo, Aicey Zaro, Bai Kabi, Karen Doolan, Shirley Collins, James Doyle for the completion of Sea and Sky, our Country and its Creatures a series of monoprints reflecting health and healing. 22 monoprints were installed in the Medical Imaging waiting room and corridor of the new Townsville Hospital Expansion. The prints were created in the Studio Downstairs early this year during an intensive masterclass with Theo Tremblay. The themes and colours of the monoprints connect with the natural environment. The artwork in the corridor will help way finding through subtle transitions in colour and hue. The artworks contain the spirit of place and links with past and future generations, cultural objects and traditions that have sustained Indigenous groups since the Dreamtime. Unfortunately, the percentages of Indigenous patients in the Townsville Hospital are in excess of the relative contribution to the Townsville population, at…
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08/06/2012Coffee Conversation – Photography, Meaning & Media
A Coffee conversation at Umbrella Studio regarding Photography, Meaning & Media. Chaired by Photo media lecturer Adam Brown from James Cook University, with a panel including Louise Middleton, Donna Larcom, Michael Bromage, Scott Radford-Chisholm, and Tali Dunnage-Burke.
06/06/2012Ben Trupperbaumer – Artist Talk
Ben Trupperbaumer talks about his artistic practice at the opening of his exhibition: Passing through, lasting impressions. At Umbrella Studio, 25 May 2012.
28/05/2012Ron McBurnie – Artist Talk
Ron McBurnie, Artist and lecturer at James Cook University talks about his art practice and techniques as part of his exhibition “In the open air – en plein air” at Umbrella Studio, 27 May 2012.
