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Go Troppo Arts Festival
October 22 - 31, Port Douglas, 2010
Please see http://www.go-troppo-arts-festival.com
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Samuel Tupou - Recent Works
Australian Art Network Galleries at Canopy Artspace 124 Grafton Street, Cairns QLD 4870.
Exhibition opens 25 June until 31 July 2010
These new works ...
Wonderland
Sasi Victoire, Laurel McKenzie and Margaret Genever will exhibit 'Wonderland' at Artroom @ Vivo, Palm Cove, from June 18.
In Victoire's woodcuts and ...
Some Assembly Required
Sculpture from the KickArts Collection including works by Edward Koumans, Claudine Marzik, Russell Milledge, Roland Nancarrow, Knitta Please, Navin Rawanchaikul,...
"Summery"
Artworks by Jo Hardie
Cairns Reef Casino
May 27th to August 31st
The Last Nautilus by Madeleine Challender
An Illuminated Shadow Puppet Installation
Madeleine Challender's exhibition is an Illuminated Shadow Puppet Installation called The Last Nautilus ...
From a Great Height by Jane Leadley
An exhibition showcasing paintings by Jane Leadley produced by the unusual method of dropping paint from her house roof onto the canvas below.
Sporadically ...
Ceramic Workshop with visiting French Artist Mathieu Hettema
'The Teapot"
By Mathieu Hettema
Hand built or thrown "The Teapot" is one of ceramics emblems an important piece in ceramics history but not that easy ...
Call for entries - Cairns Art Society 64th Annual Open Exhibition
Entries close 20 August 2010.
Over $8000 in prize money for 2D and 3D works.
The best 100 works will be displayed at the Cairns Regional Gallery ...
Collective Impressions by Lou Davidson
Lou Davidson’s images are created in-camera using movement, panning, hand-held long exposure, breaking the rules of traditional photography techniques,...
eScapism by Chrissy Dwyer
eScapsim is a series of acrylic paintings of “scapes” – landscapes, seascapes, skyscapes, and cityscapes – illustrating the essence of Far North Queensland ...
Energy Exhibition
Experience the artworks by some of Far North Queensland’s outstanding senior visual arts students.
Energy Exhibition Cell Art Space Awards is the region’...
Shoefiti by Nicolette Worth
Nicolette Worth’s exhibition is based around sneakers and urban culture. Each piece of artwork has been created in a different light, depending on the ...
Place Called Home
Tammy Law, a Brisbane photographer, will be exhibiting in Cell Art Space for the month of August to coincide with Cairns Indigenious Art Fair (CIAF).
“Mona ...
Ulysses Giselle
An evening of dance in a superb marriage of Classical and Contemporary dance at the Riverway Arts Centre 17th, 18th, 19th of June at 7.30pm.
Tutus, point ...
The road less travelled: contemporary drawing - a discussion panel
KickArts celebrates the resurgence of drawing in contemporary practice.
Two current exhibitions feature four artists who examine new approaches to ...
Mareeba Art Society inc, Annual Exhibition
The Mareeba Art Society inc. has an annual Exhibition open to entries from everybody.
This years Exhibition will be from 12th to 17th July. It is ...
Shaun Edwards - My Tomorrow. Exhibition of Works on Paper
Canopy Artspace at 124 Grafton Street Cairns is hosting Ngathérruw Kéwvnthvkar - My Tomorrow, an exhibition of works on paper by Shaun Edwards, Ma Wanjibang ...
Annual Palm Cove Art & Craft Expo
Fantastic opportunity for artists and craft workers to exhibit and sell to the public with no commission charges on sales.
The setting is along the ...
CAIRNS REGIONAL GALLERY - ICONINK (MATTHEW LAKE)
Lake explores the notion of tattoos as a visual language and considers the tattoos that historical figures may have adopted.
CAIRNS REGIONAL GALLERY - The Pet Show (Glen O'Malley)
Local artist Glen O’Malley presents photographic portraits of North Queensland residents and their pets and explores the play of power in the relationships....
Cairns Regional Gallery - Face to Face: Portraiture in a Digital Age
An exploration of exciting new forms of portraiture that incorporate a variety of different technologies from digital prints to single channel digital ...
Cairns Regional Gallery - Max Dupain on Assignment
Max Dupain (1911 – 1992) is widely considered one of Australia’s greatest photographers.
This exhibition showcases the diversity and longevity of Dupain’...
REVELATION by Hayley Gillespie
Hayley Gillespie’s Revelation is a figurative interpretation of the literal transposition of biblical and European myth and tradition on to the Australian ...
SHOWCASE by Curator Rebecca Claire Edwards
The city of Cairns is home to a number of talented established and emerging visual artists. ShowCase is a celebration of Cairns’ diverse artists and their ...
ANGELS & BOXES by Shane Morris
Shane Morris’ artworks comprise of old boxes and salvaged wooden boards – used to make small religious icons of her own devising. The works are about a ...
'Tablelands, Perimeters & Parameters' Art Exhibition
Opening 6-8pm Friday 5th Febuary 2010 at the Tableland Regional Gallery, 16 Robert Street, Atherton, Queensland.
Tablelands, Perimeters and Parameters ...
New exhibitions at KickArts, Cairns.
Variety, excitement and exploration on show at Kick Arts, Cairns.
Storm by Declan Delargy
An exhibition of acrylic and mixed media on canvas illustrating abstract and expressionist imagery, Declan's artwork focuses on the portrayal of internal ...
New Work from Lockhart River
KickArts Feature Wall – New Work from Lockhart River.
KickArts presents New Work from Lockhart River on the Feature Wall. Lockhart River is famous ...
"Sensing Beyond" - Art Exhibition by Yoshiko Kirby
'Sensing Beyond'- Exhibition from Yoshiko Kirby
Location: Pullman Reef Casino, Lobby, 35-41 Wharf Street, Cairns.
Dates: 20th January - 30st April....
Circles Squares and All Points in Between - Sensing Beyond
This is an Art Exhibtion at the Reef Hotel Casino January 20th - April 30th 2010
Featuring Natalie Green and Yoshiko Kirby.
Natalie is a Modern Abstract ...
Transparency
Simon Poole's exhibition, Transparency, is on at Cell art space from 3 January - 6 February 2010, showcasing Glass Assemblage Sculpture Installation.
Glass ...
Art Events 2009 Archived
Tropical artists, through Cairns Regional Gallery, Tanks and various art studios showcase their artwork in 2009. Keep up to date with arts events by subscribing to monthly newsletter.
