Flying Arts Event Calendar Artists and Artsworkers
march
02mar(mar 2)10:00 am29apr(apr 29)4:00 pmPaint the Town - MundubberaExhibition
Time
March 2 (Thursday) 10:00 am - April 29 (Saturday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Mundubbera Regional Art Gallery
30 Lyons Street
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Mundubbera! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Mundubbera! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Opening hours
Mon – Sat
About the exhibition
Evoking the spirit of celebration, of all things jubilant, artists were invited to respond to the question –how do you celebrate? The result is a uniquely Queensland hyper-local response to the public, or sometimes intimately personal, ways and reasons we choose to celebrate.
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development. Paint the Town is the exhibition outcome of the 2021 QRAA.
The 2021 QRAA coincides with Flying Arts’ 50th year anniversary, half a century of connecting artists, educators and communities. Learn more
Image: Exhibition view of Paint the Town displayed at Cairns Courthouse Art Gallery in 2021. Featuring Libby Derham, Celebrating the Colours of Coolum (2021) Watercolour on paint chips. Winner The Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award, 2021. Photographed by The Social Impact.
Event Partner/s
03mar(mar 3)10:00 am04(mar 4)4:00 pmDeveloping Ideas with Kellie O'DempseyIntensive for Artists
Time
3 (Friday) 10:00 am - 4 (Saturday) 4:00 pm AEST(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Judith Wright Arts Centre
420 Brunswick Street
Event Details
Master the art of developing your own creative projects and how to pitch your proposal to local councils, galleries and partnered organisations. This weekend intensive will help you design, plan
Event Details
Master the art of developing your own creative projects and how to pitch your proposal to local councils, galleries and partnered organisations. This weekend intensive will help you design, plan and manage projects with a particular emphasis on creative concept development.
In this intensive you will learn:
– Essential principles of concept development
– How to work with venues and partners
Participants to Bring:
– Notepad or laptop
– Lunch or snacks – there are several food establishments within walking distance of the venue if preferred.
Flying Arts will provide light refreshments.
Additional Information
Your facilitator: As a Queensland based interdisciplinary artist and educator Kellie O’Dempsey works across the arts and cultural sector as an independent practitioner, educator and project developer. Delivering projects and programs in both regional and metropolitan areas from The National Gallery in Canberra to NorthSite Contemporary Arts in Far North Queensland Kellie’s approach is diverse and engaging. Playing with light, line and the live act, Kellie investigates notions of transformation and the absurd. Creating in both solo and collaborative formats with sound artists and contemporary performance practitioners using projection, collage and drawing as installation she hybridises elements generating artworks that are experiential and emergent.
16mar12:00 pm1:00 pmVirtual EventCreative Contracts with Arts Law
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Contracts are hard, legal jargon is confusing and when working with people you trust drawing up a contract may feel unnecessary. Unfortunately, not knowing how to develop or interpret a contract
Event Details
Contracts are hard, legal jargon is confusing and when working with people you trust drawing up a contract may feel unnecessary.
Unfortunately, not knowing how to develop or interpret a contract may cause serious problems down the line. For example, commissioners may change their mind, rates of compensation may change or you may start disagreeing with the other party.
Miscommunication should be avoided and a written contract is an excellent tool for safeguarding your creative work.
In this session, Aditya Vasudevan, a solicitor at the Arts Law Centre of Australia (Arts Law), will cover the basics of a written contract, including the key questions:
- What are contracts and why are they important?
- How can they be formed?
- What do you need to include in a contract?
- How can you use contracts to protect yourself and your work?
Aditya Vasudevan will also help you understand the jargon that gets thrown around in contracts to help build confidence in establishing mutual agreement.
Please note this webinar will not be recorded. This webinar will provide general legal advice for artists, for specific queries please contact Arts Law for a free 20-minute legal advice session: https://www.artslaw.com.au/
Event Partner/s
About your facilitator: Aditya Vasudevan is a solicitor at the Arts Law Centre of Australia and regularly advises artists on copyright, contracts and other legal issues relevant to their arts practices. He previously worked in private practice across Australia and New Zealand in Intellectual Property, Indigenous rights and litigation.
24mar9:00 pm4:00 pmCreative Consultations with Georgia HaywardArtist & Arts worker Consultation
Time
(Friday) 9:00 pm - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Discuss your career or practice one-on-one with a respected arts industry professional. Georgia Hayward is an artist, curator and artsworker of Maranganji and Scottish
Event Details
Discuss your career or practice one-on-one with a respected arts industry professional.
Georgia Hayward is an artist, curator and artsworker of Maranganji and Scottish descent, based in Meanjin. Georgia is the General Manager of Outer Space, a non-for-profit contemporary arts organisation focusing on the professional development of emerging, early and mid-career artists. In addition to her work with Outer Space, Georgia is also an Editor and Board Member for Runway Journal working collaboratively to cultivate and preserve experimental practices on digital platforms.
Georgia Hayward can provide career advice for artists, arts workers, writers, producers and those interested in exhibition development, arts management and writing. Use these 45 minute sessions to discuss matters most relevant to you.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
Additional Information
Your Consultant: Georgia Hayward [she/her] is an artist, curator and artsworker of Maranganji and Scottish descent, based in Meanjin. Georgia is the General Manager of Outer Space, a non-for-profit contemporary arts organisation focusing on the professional development of emerging, early and mid-career artists. In addition to her work with Outer Space, Georgia is also an Editor and Board Member for Runway Journal working collaboratively to cultivate and preserve experimental practices on digital platforms.
IG: @georgia_hayward_
29mar(mar 29)10:00 am23apr(apr 23)4:00 pmReframe - CharlevilleExhibition
Time
March 29 (Wednesday) 10:00 am - April 23 (Sunday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Mulga Lands Gallery
Event Details
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims
Event Details
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development.
The 2022 QRAA explored the concept of ‘Reframe’, calling artists to enter work which drew upon experiences and observations, reflecting upon the past year or two and responding to our changing world.
‘Reframe’ is an opportunity to see our current situation from a different perspective, to inspire problem solving and decision making and apply learning, whilst constructively responding, shifting and evolving.
This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Flying Arts Alliance was a recipient of the Touring Queensland Fund – Round 1a 2023 to deliver Reframe the touring exhibition of the 2022 Queensland Regional Art Awards, collaborating with the Queensland Music Festival Music Trails.
For further information visit here.
Image: Kellie O’Dempsey, Wish You Were Here 1 (still detail), mixed media collage and projection, 2021.
Image Credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Event Partner/s
april
02mar(mar 2)10:00 am29apr(apr 29)4:00 pmPaint the Town - MundubberaExhibition
Time
March 2 (Thursday) 10:00 am - April 29 (Saturday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Mundubbera Regional Art Gallery
30 Lyons Street
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Mundubbera! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Mundubbera! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Opening hours
Mon – Sat
About the exhibition
Evoking the spirit of celebration, of all things jubilant, artists were invited to respond to the question –how do you celebrate? The result is a uniquely Queensland hyper-local response to the public, or sometimes intimately personal, ways and reasons we choose to celebrate.
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development. Paint the Town is the exhibition outcome of the 2021 QRAA.
The 2021 QRAA coincides with Flying Arts’ 50th year anniversary, half a century of connecting artists, educators and communities. Learn more
Image: Exhibition view of Paint the Town displayed at Cairns Courthouse Art Gallery in 2021. Featuring Libby Derham, Celebrating the Colours of Coolum (2021) Watercolour on paint chips. Winner The Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award, 2021. Photographed by The Social Impact.
Event Partner/s
29mar(mar 29)10:00 am23apr(apr 23)4:00 pmReframe - CharlevilleExhibition
Time
March 29 (Wednesday) 10:00 am - April 23 (Sunday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Mulga Lands Gallery
Event Details
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims
Event Details
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development.
The 2022 QRAA explored the concept of ‘Reframe’, calling artists to enter work which drew upon experiences and observations, reflecting upon the past year or two and responding to our changing world.
‘Reframe’ is an opportunity to see our current situation from a different perspective, to inspire problem solving and decision making and apply learning, whilst constructively responding, shifting and evolving.
This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Flying Arts Alliance was a recipient of the Touring Queensland Fund – Round 1a 2023 to deliver Reframe the touring exhibition of the 2022 Queensland Regional Art Awards, collaborating with the Queensland Music Festival Music Trails.
For further information visit here.
Image: Kellie O’Dempsey, Wish You Were Here 1 (still detail), mixed media collage and projection, 2021.
Image Credit: Courtesy of the artist.
Event Partner/s
27apr12:00 pm1:00 pmVirtual EventStrategic Marketing with Elliott Bledsoe
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Marketing an arts practice requires both creativity and strategy. It can be hard to remain authentic in your voice and storytelling when posting photographs, developing copy and sharing updates across
Event Details
Marketing an arts practice requires both creativity and strategy. It can be hard to remain authentic in your voice and storytelling when posting photographs, developing copy and sharing updates across the various marketing platforms. Learning how to explain your work and connect to an audience in a way that articulates the value of your work is a challenging but essential part of being an artist.
In this online session, Elliott Bledsoe, well regarded arts marketing consultant working across Australia will introduce attendees to marketing strategies that optimise communications efforts – whether in-person, online or both.
Elliott will cover the key topics:
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- How to create a clear and authentic voice for marketing.
- Strategies for identifying an audience, their platforms and preferences for engagement.
- General ideas for content creation.
- General tips for prioritising marketing in your arts practice.
Elliott will also provide resources for further information and support.
What to expect
This webinar is best suited to artists and arts workers. Attendees can expect to:
- Gain confidence using marketing as a tool for strategic arts business development.
- Understand how to use basic elements of social media, print, email and PR marketing, while identifying what’s best for the intended purpose.
- Strategies for remaining consistent to grow and sustain your intended audience.
Image credit: Nike Savas, Rally, 2014. Installation view, Art Gallery NSW. Photo: Elliott Bledsoe.
Event Partner/s
About your facilitator: Elliott Bledsoe (he/him) runs Agentry, an arts marketing micro-consultancy working nationally and based in Meanjin (also known as Brisbane) on Turrbal and Jagera Country. Agentry supports artists, arts organisations and groups to introduce marketing strategy and optimise their marketing communications efforts – whether IRL, URL or hybrid (in-person, online or both). Through Agentry, Elliott has worked with ArtsHub, the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), Brisbane Chamber Choir, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) and many others. Currently Elliott is engaged as the Senior Marketing Consultant at the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) and in 2021 and 2022 he was the Arts Marketing and Digital Competency mentor in the Regional Arts Services Network (RASN) Creative Business Champions (CBC) program. Before starting Agentry, Elliott held marketing and content positions with the Queensland Writers Centre, ABC Radio National, the Australia Council for the Arts, Regional Arts Australia and others. Relatedly, Elliott also has extensive experience in copyright, with a focus on the interplay between rights and creative practice.
may
26may(may 26)10:00 am22jul(jul 22)4:00 pmPaint the Town - MilesExhibition
Time
May 26 (Friday) 10:00 am - July 22 (Saturday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Dogwood Crossing @ Miles
81 Murilla St
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Miles! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Miles! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Opening hours
Mon – Sat
About the exhibition
Evoking the spirit of celebration, of all things jubilant, artists were invited to respond to the question –how do you celebrate? The result is a uniquely Queensland hyper-local response to the public, or sometimes intimately personal, ways and reasons we choose to celebrate.
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development. Paint the Town is the exhibition outcome of the 2021 QRAA.
The 2021 QRAA coincides with Flying Arts’ 50th year anniversary, half a century of connecting artists, educators and communities. Learn more
Image: Exhibition view of Paint the Town displayed at Cairns Courthouse Art Gallery in 2021. Featuring Libby Derham, Celebrating the Colours of Coolum (2021) Watercolour on paint chips. Winner The Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award, 2021. Photographed by The Social Impact.
Event Partner/s
june
26may(may 26)10:00 am22jul(jul 22)4:00 pmPaint the Town - MilesExhibition
Time
May 26 (Friday) 10:00 am - July 22 (Saturday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Dogwood Crossing @ Miles
81 Murilla St
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Miles! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Miles! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Opening hours
Mon – Sat
About the exhibition
Evoking the spirit of celebration, of all things jubilant, artists were invited to respond to the question –how do you celebrate? The result is a uniquely Queensland hyper-local response to the public, or sometimes intimately personal, ways and reasons we choose to celebrate.
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development. Paint the Town is the exhibition outcome of the 2021 QRAA.
The 2021 QRAA coincides with Flying Arts’ 50th year anniversary, half a century of connecting artists, educators and communities. Learn more
Image: Exhibition view of Paint the Town displayed at Cairns Courthouse Art Gallery in 2021. Featuring Libby Derham, Celebrating the Colours of Coolum (2021) Watercolour on paint chips. Winner The Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award, 2021. Photographed by The Social Impact.
Event Partner/s
15jun12:00 pm1:00 pmVirtual EventCommunity Engagement with UQ Art Museum
Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
The Australia Council for the Arts tells us that 98% of Australians regularly participate in arts and culture. This high level of engagement provides connection and meaning for local
Event Details
The Australia Council for the Arts tells us that 98% of Australians regularly participate in arts and culture. This high level of engagement provides connection and meaning for local communities. What then, is the best way to enrich this engagement on a micro level?
In this webinar, join UQ Art Museum’s Senior Team Leader of Engagement and Training, Danielle Harvey, as she discusses strategies for deepening community engagement through fostering genuine two-way dialogues with visitors.
In particular, Danielle will discuss ‘cultural mediation’, a program implemented by UQ Art Museum that puts visitor experience front and centre and encourages participation and the deepening of perspectives.
In this session, Danielle will cover the key topics:
- What is cultural mediation?
- How can cultural mediation’s principles be implemented by artists, arts workers and institutions?
- What are some examples of how to create space for visitors to ask questions, share ideas, and think deeply about artworks?
Danielle will also provide resources for further information and support.
What to expect
This webinar is best suited to artists and arts workers. From joining this webinar, artists can expect to:
- Gain confidence when talking about their work to members of the public.
- Understand how to discuss elements of their artwork with new people and share their experiences.
- Work with venues and their staff to articulate and foster active discussions.
Arts workers and institutions can expect to:
- Learn strategies for making visitors feel welcome, heard and empowered.
- How to challenges the traditional “top-down” model of museum education.
- Support colleagues and volunteers to prioritise cultural mediation practices.
Banner image: Sam Cranstoun, Between Dystopia and Utopia, 2019. Installation view, “To Speak of Cities”, UQ Art Museum, 2020. Photo: Simon Woods.
Event Partner/s
About your facilitator: Danielle Harvey’s work investigates human-focused strategies to empower and amplify the voices of visitor’s and public-facing staff in museums. In her role as Senior Lead Leader, Engagement and Training at UQ Art Museum, Danielle leads the strategic development of UQ Art Museum’s cultural mediation program and training.
Headshot photographed by Joe Ruckli.
july
26may(may 26)10:00 am22jul(jul 22)4:00 pmPaint the Town - MilesExhibition
Time
May 26 (Friday) 10:00 am - July 22 (Saturday) 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Dogwood Crossing @ Miles
81 Murilla St
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Miles! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Event Details
Get ready to Paint the Town, Miles! View the artworks of award-winning artists from across Queensland in the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
Opening hours
Mon – Sat
About the exhibition
Evoking the spirit of celebration, of all things jubilant, artists were invited to respond to the question –how do you celebrate? The result is a uniquely Queensland hyper-local response to the public, or sometimes intimately personal, ways and reasons we choose to celebrate.
The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) is an annual visual arts prize and exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and remote Queensland. The program aims to provide a platform for further professional development. Paint the Town is the exhibition outcome of the 2021 QRAA.
The 2021 QRAA coincides with Flying Arts’ 50th year anniversary, half a century of connecting artists, educators and communities. Learn more
Image: Exhibition view of Paint the Town displayed at Cairns Courthouse Art Gallery in 2021. Featuring Libby Derham, Celebrating the Colours of Coolum (2021) Watercolour on paint chips. Winner The Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award, 2021. Photographed by The Social Impact.
Event Partner/s