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Newport Beach man, Chip Fesko’s first exhibition

It’s been said that somewhere between John James Audubon, Henri Rousseau and the folk art style of Grandma Moses lies the watercolor artwork of Chip Fesko.
Finding inspiration in the Back Bay in Newport Beach, California, Fesko’s bird watercolours were featured in his first show recently held at the Newport Beach City Hall, located [...]

Bundanon 2010 Artist in Residence program open for applications

For professional artists at any stage in their career across all disciplines of the arts.
Bundanon’s sought-after Artist in Residence Program for 2010 is open for applications from Friday 1 May to Friday 31 July 2009.
The Bundanon Trust offers an inspirational setting for creative thinkers, professional artists and groups, from all disciplines of the arts, to [...]

HATCHED, PICA’s 18th National Graduate Show

Now in its 18th year Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts’ HATCHED National Graduate Show is an established highlight on the Australian cultural calendar. An annual exhibition of work by the best of this country’s art school graduates, HATCHED is the most prestigious and comprehensive survey of new emerging artists in Australia today.
This is a great [...]

Phibs’ solo exhibition at Oh Really Gallery

ICONIC GRAFFITI ARTIST ‘PHIBS’ SOLO EXHIBITION
23 - 29 April, 2009
Oh Really Gallery (Newtown)
Phibs will launch his solo exhibition of mixed media artworks at Oh Really Gallery in Newtown on 23 April - 29 April. The exhibition will include a mix of media including aerosol, acrylic, watercolour, paint, canvas, board, steel and masonite boxes.
To help promote [...]

SLICE: Greer Taylor at Project, Wollongong.

SLICE: an Art Event in the Making
Artist Greer Taylor
Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Artist Greer Taylor’s close relationship to plastic tube is crucial to her solo show SLICE, which will run to 26 April at Project Contemporary Artspace in Wollongong. Taylor will not only stretch 800 metres of red tube from wall to ceiling [...]

Miss Link at Art Melbourne

MISS LINK AT ART MELBOURNE. Along with other pop and street artists, the art of Sydney’s Miss Link will be featured at the Doug Bartlett Art stand (B13) at The Weekend Australian’s Art Melbourne Affordable and Collectable, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, 15 to 19 April.
The Doug Bartlett stand along with Dave Bowers and Nick Morris [...]

Dobell Festival of Arts and Crafts 32nd year

Set on the shores of beautiful Lake Macquarie, the Dobell Art Festival, (named in honour of Wangi Wangi’s most famous resident – William Dobell), has earned itself recognition as the area’s premier arts and crafts festival. The festival has been promoting local art and craft for many years and this year will be displaying a [...]

Iridescent Art – Ivan Isbister

Ivan Isbister is a time bandit.
Through his art, Ivan attempts to steal and capture a moment frozen in time, a moment going back to when he was seven years old, a moment between life and death.
It all began when his uncles decided to take him fishing in the North Sea.
“The highlight of my holidays to [...]

Fleur Porter takes out inaugural Australian Stencil Art Prize

Surry Hills stencil artist Fleur Porter, aka Miss Link, has taken out the inaugural Australian Stencil Art Prize.
Oh Really Gallery manager, Dan O’Toole described Miss Link as “the next big thing” in stencilling.
With the financial support from Marrickville Council and organised by Jacinta Walpole, the prize recognises the growth of Australia’s exciting street-art scene.
Marrickville Mayor [...]

The ground, the air – Anne Ferran exhibition at Wollongong City Gallery

The ground, the air is an exhibition by Anne Ferran of photography that uses sites and archives, archaeology and histories, to explore how the past haunts the present.
On display at Wollongong City Gallery from 21 March, this exhibition features 30 large-scale digital prints on aluminium which use historical Tasmanian sites to ask audiences to consider [...]