Flying Arts Event Calendar Webinars
october
19oct12:00 pm1:00 pmFood as Sustainable Creative Medium with Elizabeth WillingEducator Webinar

Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday 19th October 2023 For the past 14 years Elizabeth has worked with edible materials in her practice. Her artworks range from sculpture, installation, video, collage, and performances where she
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday 19th October 2023
For the past 14 years Elizabeth has worked with edible materials in her practice. Her artworks
range from sculpture, installation, video, collage, and performances where she enacts ‘hospitality’.
In this webinar the artist will discuss:
- ephemeral materials through the lens of sustainability
- the ethics of food waste
- the use of recycled materials across the various branches of her practice.
In this webinar Elizabeth will draw on examples from her own art practice to explore the complexity of issues around sustainability.
This workshop is suitable for teachers, artists and anyone interested in learning about sustainability in the arts.
Please Bring
Flying arts recommends having note taking materials on hand. Any resources will be shared online prior to the workshop. Please bring questions that you may have for Elizabeth.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Image: (Detail) Moviprep. Sherbet straws. 2020. 400x400cm. Image courtesy Elizabeth Willing and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne. Photograph by Andrew Curtis
Additional Information
About your facilitator:
Elizabeth Willing is a Brisbane based visual artist whose works are performative and often participatory explorations of food and hosting. Primarily working in sculpture, installation, and performance, Elizabeth’s work additionally takes the form of performance meals.
Elizabeth has undertaken professional development mentorships in New York with Janine Antoni (2011), with the Experimental Food Society in London (2012) and then with Thomas Rentmeister in Berlin (2014). In 2019 she completed a Masters of Fine Art at Queensland University of Technology.
Elizabeth has undertaken residencies at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (2014), Helsinki International Art Program HIAP (2015), New England Regional Art Museum Armidale (2018), The Australian Wine Research Institute in Adelaide (2019), Museum of Brisbane (2020), Urban Art Projects (2022) and Metro Arts (2023).
Exhibitions of Elizabeth’s work have been held in Australia and overseas at The Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Trapholt Museum of Art and Design Denmark, Tinguely Museum Basel, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane, Musee Beaux Arts Angers France, and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
Elizabeth is represented by Tolarno Galleries Melbourne
26oct12:00 pm1:00 pmAccessible Arts Practices with Access ArtsOnline webinar

Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
Having an arts practice that prioritises access is essential. In this online session, learn how to improve how you connect with people with disability or who are d/Deaf through your
Event Details
Having an arts practice that prioritises access is essential. In this online session, learn how to improve how you connect with people with disability or who are d/Deaf through your online and in-person arts projects.
Madeleine Little, Festival Director of Undercover Artist Festival, Access Arts will introduce best practice access considerations for people with disability in context to arts and culture. Madeleine will cover key topics:
- An overview of the Social Model of Disability
- Common barriers to access in the arts
- Best practice ways to navigate access barriers
- Overview of terms and recommended language
Madeleine will also provide resources for further information and support.
What to expect
This webinar is best suited to artists and arts workers wanting to practice Allyship. Attendees can expect to:
- Reflect on their arts practice to consider changes that remove barriers of access.
- Gain knowledge and confidence using inclusive language and preferred terms.
What to bring
Please bring questions to discuss with Madeleine. If you would like to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of the webinar, please email program@flyingarts.org.au. Flying Arts also recommend having note taking materials on hand.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube with Closed Captions (English) after the program concludes.
An AusLan interpreter will be present during the online session.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Event Partner/s
About your facilitator: Madeleine Little (she/her) is a performer, theatre maker and access consultant for the performing arts based in Brisbane. Her acting credits include her recent work as Dr Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart (2022, Ad Astra Theatre) and as the lead in Hold (2019), which she also wrote, directed and produced for her Master of Arts (Creative Arts) research testing accessible theatre practice conventions in a new work. As an actor, Madeleine has been recognised for her performance as Dr Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart (Ad Astra Theatre) with a Matilda Award for Best Supporting Actor in an Independent Production. As a leader in the disability arts sector, Madeleine currently sits on the board of Arts Access Australia and has received multiple awards: Early Career Artist Award – Australia Council’s National Arts and Disability Awards (2022), National Leadership Award – Arts Access Australia (2019), Stella Young Award – Arts Access Victoria (2018). Madeleine holds Master of Arts (Creative Arts – UniSQ) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama – QUT). For more, visit her website: madeleinelittle.com.
Undercover Artist (@undercoverartist_au) • Instagram photos and videos
#UndercoverArtistFestival #UAF23
november
02nov12:00 pm1:00 pmApproaching Public Art with Simone EislerOnline webinar

Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
This webinar will help you take your art from the studio to the streets, stepping you through tips and challenges associated with creating large-scale public artworks. Developing public artworks is a
Event Details
This webinar will help you take your art from the studio to the streets, stepping you through tips and challenges associated with creating large-scale public artworks.
Developing public artworks is a significant undertaking and includes many physical and conceptual considerations. In this webinar, Simone Eisler will discuss her approach to public art commissions. Using Simone’s artworks as a starting point, the webinar will explore:
- Different types of public art artworks: temporary and permanent art commissions.
- Different stakeholders: Government, private and commercial.
The webinar will suit artists from all career levels who are interested in expanding their art practice into public art contexts. Attendees will gain insight into:
- Designing a public artwork from concept, plan to outcome.
- Finding opportunities specific to your own creative practice.
What to bring
Please bring questions to discuss with Simone. If you would like to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of the webinar, please email program@flyingarts.org.au. Flying Arts also recommends having note taking materials on hand.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Image: Simone Eisler (2023) The Climate Wars.
Event Partner/s
Simone Eisler creates large-scale gallery and public installations, including The Climate Wars, a 7m high Trojan Horse vertical garden at Southbank for the World Science Festival (2023), Museum of Our Lost World, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, for Botanica (2021), and Future Nature for Floating Land, Noosa (2021). Simone also collaborates with private, state and council architectural and landscape clients to develop creative content for public spaces and was a key place making consultant with AECCOM, which won the concept design for the massive Southport Broadwater Playground, (2023). In 2011 she completed a collaborative international public art commission The Berlin Laughter Project for the House of World Cultures, Berlin.
Website: www.simoneeisler.com Instagram: simoneeisler #simoneeisler #queenlandartist #publicart
30nov12:00 pm1:00 pmStarting an Artist Run Initiative with Petalia HumphreysOnline webinar

Time
(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
Location
Your computer
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday 30th November 2023 Artist-Run-Initiatives (ARI) emerge in response to a need within arts communities and embrace a Do-It-Yourself aesthetic. In this webinar, Petalia Humphrey’s will draw upon
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday 30th November 2023
Artist-Run-Initiatives (ARI) emerge in response to a need within arts communities and embrace a Do-It-Yourself aesthetic. In this webinar, Petalia Humphrey’s will draw upon her experience establishing and managing Studio 26, a community-based exhibition and discussion group based on the Sunshine Coast. Using Studio 26 as a case study, she will identify unique aspects of starting an ARI in a regional centre and offer practical tips for managing and promoting artistic outcomes and activities.
This webinar will cover:
- Funding for regional Artist-Run-Initiatives.
- Promoting creative activities and outcomes
- How to build a regional audience.
This webinar is suitable for anyone interested in starting an ARI or knowing more about the work Studio 26 is doing in a regional centre.
What to bring
Please bring questions to discuss with Petalia. If you would like to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of the webinar, please email program@flyingarts.org.au. Flying Arts also recommends having note taking materials on hand.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Petalia Humphreys lives and works in Peregian Beach, on Gubbi Gubbi country. Humphreys has worked as a teacher of Visual Art and Design in secondary and tertiary education and has exhibited at the Institute of Modern Art, Metro Arts, Five Walls and Outer Space. Humphreys has been commissioned for multiple public art projects and has exhibited regionally at Noosa Regional Gallery, Caloundra Regional Gallery and The G Contemporary.
Humphreys is passionate about advocating and promoting the development of rigorous and contemporary arts practices in regional areas. She is founder, producer and curator for Studio 26, a project that curates opportunities for mentoring, critical conversation and exhibitions.
Event Partner/s