NAB hosts historic Apology photographic exhibition

To mark the second anniversary of the Apology to Australia’s Indigenous people, National Australia Bank (NAB) together with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is giving Melbournians a chance to see the event through the eyes of one of Australia’s top Indigenous photographers.
Wayne Quilliam, recognised as National NAIDOC Artist of the Year [...]

John Witzig’s surfing photography at Shoalhaven Arts Centre

In 1967 surfing was about to undergo a shift – to smaller boards with developed rails and fin areas – that would affect every surfer in the world. The era of a surfing culture was burgeoning throughout the world and one young 23-year-old Australian surfer, photographer and freelance writer, John Witzig, was capturing the moments.

An [...]

Creative Moments in Nowra

Starting on 25 September at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre is a collaborative exhibition of craft by woodworkers, ceramicists, spinners and weavers.
The Shoalhaven Woodcraft Society, formed in 1987, is comprised of people interested in developing skills and an understanding of the many diverse forms of woodcraft. The society aims to foster an understanding and appreciation [...]

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 [...]

Art Melbourne’s Off The Wall artists

ART MELBOURNE ’09 16-19 APRIL 2009
Art Melbourne 09 recently announced the 16 fledgling artists who will exhibit as part of the emerging artist showcase – Off The Wall. Following a national call-out to all unrepresented artists, a panel of art industry experts judged over 200 entries to select these stand-out submissions.
Off The Wall is a [...]

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 [...]

2009 Archibald Prize winner Guy Maestri

With his extraordinary voice and hauntingly beautiful album, Gurrumul, Indigenous singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has become something of a cultural phenomenon over the last year. Born blind, the gifted musician leads a traditional lifestyle on Elcho Island in Arnhem Land and sings in his native Yolngu language, but his fame is spreading the world. He [...]