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E-BULLETIN # 22 Oct 2008

NEWS 

Cube 625

2008 24HR Art members exhibition

Opening, next Fri, 24 Oct, 6pm

This year's 24HR Art Member's Exhibition is set to be even more unique than usual, with works made from a cardboard box, the Cube 625. Artists from around the Territory have submitted works, reflecting the diversity of contemporary art practice in the NT. Opening night will be huge! Free drinks and nibbles from 6pm. Member's who are yet to submit works may still do so. Please contact the gallery, or bring in works by Tuesday, 21 Oct.

24HR Art turns TWENTY in 2009

Film Fundraiser

30 Oct 2008, 6.30pm - bar and food, 7.30pm Film starts

Next year is the 20th year of 24HR Art, and to help fund a book to celebrate this significant milestone, we want to invite you to a film My Kid Could Paint That, at Deckchair Cinema. 24HR Art thanks Deckchair Cinema for their support. Contact 24HR Art, T: 08 8981 5368

Last week of our current shows

Our current exhibitions close at 2pm this Saturday, 18 October. Next week the gallery will be closed for installation of Cube 625.

MEMBERS NEWS

Skin Deep - Exhibition and Fundraiser for Gary Lee

Auction of Artworks Oct 24, 6pm CCAS Gorman House

Next Friday evening the 24th of October CCAS hosts an art auction to raise money for Gary Lee. There are over 50 artworks from some of Australia’s most collectable artists, and this is a chance for everyone to invest in the best of Australian contemporary art! You can view this incredible collection of works at CCAS Gorman House from October 18 to 24 (10-4 Saturday and 11-5 weekdays), or if you are unable to make it in person you can view the catalogue of works on the CCAS website. This is a fantastic opportunity and looks set to be an entertaining evening. If are unable to attend you will be able to place absentee bids – please contact us prior to the 24 October. For more information including Gary's story and artworks, visit: www.ccas.com.au

Tiwi Design wins the N.T. Chief Ministers Award for Industry and Export in the Arts
The Award was received on behalf of Tiwi Design, by Praxedes Tipungwuti, one of Tiwi Designs youngest members. Tiwi Design will join winners across Australia who will compete for the National Export Award held at the National Gallery of Victoria on the 5 December. All the best! Visit: http://www.tiwiart.com/

Centre Cultrel Tjibaou Noumea, New Caledonia

Opening 28 Oct, 6pm

Exhibiting 29 Oct, 2008 - 8 Feb, 2009

the others / les autres - is the touring exhibition of 'the other APT,' curated by Darwin based artist Jenny Fraser. The exhibition features works from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Melanesian, Polynesian, Maori and Asian artists. Attending and performing at the opening night will be Aboriginal didgeridoo master Lez Bex Beckett, performance artist Ann Fuata, artists featured in the exhibition Madelyn Hodge, Chantal Fraser, Maia and Artist/Curator Jenny Fraser. Fraser states the exhibition highlights discourse around "the importance of place, ceremony, ritual, legend, identity, politics and mutual respect."Christine Christopherson and Gary Lee are two of the other local artists exhibiting work. For more details, visit: http://www.geocities.com/theotherapt or http//www.adck.nc

EXHIBITION:

12 Sept - 18 Oct

Gallery 1

Mugsy

Lisa Roet

Gallery 2

Kundalini Tests

Mark Misic

The Screen Room

Performativity_2

Curated by Khai Hori and Manuporn Luengaram

The Box Set

Left Over Wreath

Sarah Pirrie

The Monitor

Lessons

Ka-Yin Kwok

NT OPPORTUNITIES 

Arts Administration Position

Darwin Visual Arts Association Inc.
Applications close Monday October 27, 4pm.

DVAA is a Darwin based not-for-profit Artist Run Initiative seeking a part time (26hrs week) Administrator/Coordinator. This Position is responsible for the overall operation of DVAA and liasing between the Members, Committee, NT Arts Sector and Funding Bodies. This is a challenging position and requires full commitment from a highly motivated, experienced and resourceful person. Please email for a position description at info@dvaa.net.au. Visit: www.dvaa.net.au

AbAF, workshop

AbAF invites registration for the NT Developing Successful Partnerships workshops, for building partnerships between the arts and small business.

Alice Springs workshop 27 Oct, 9:30am - 4:30pm, RedHOT Arts Space, 67 Bath St, Alice Springs

Darwin workshop, 29 Oct, 9:30am - 4:30pm, Arts NT Conference Room, First Floor, 9-11 Cavenagh Street, Darwin.

For further information contact Michelle Pearson, Coordinator AbaF SA/NT, on T: (08) 8233 9914 or E: pearsonm@abaf.org.au

Chinatown Public Art Exhibition Program 2009-2010

Deadline for submissions COB, 30 Oct 2008

Expressions of interest for the 2009-2010 Exhibition Program are now open, to take part in Council’s Chinatown Public Art Exhibition Program, which supports the temporary exhibition of works of art at the Chinatown Carpark in Smith St, Darwin CBD. A Public Art Development Grant of up to $3,000 is also available to NT artists to create a new work for exhibition. For further information please contact Darwin Council's Arts and Cultural Development Officer. T: (08) 8930 0674 E: a.rae@darwin.nt.gov.au. For application forms, visit: http://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/aboutdarwin/publicart.htm

Don Whyte's annual OFF CUTS fundraiser show is on again!

Opening Nov 8, 6pm, Deadline Nov 1

To be part of the exhibition: get a mini stretched canvas, from Don Whyte Picture Framing or Darwin Visual Arts Association, make an artwork with it, get it to Don's by Sat Nov 1, figure a sale price with 15% or more to give to the fundraiser if it sells, come to the very popular opening Sat Nov 8, 6pm and then buy others on the night!!! Either way if you get to contribute or not, it will be a great show and event. Last year funds raised at this event went towards assisting artists’ development in East Timor. Contact Don Whyte Framing Specialists, T/F: 89480653, 5/1 Travers St, Coconut Grove, NT

Oil Painting Workshop – Master Class
2 Nov 10am-4pm, Brown’s Mart Courtyard Room

Eminent local artist Christian Clare Robertson is to conduct a third oil painting workshop for artists with some painting experience. It is open to those who previously attended as well as new applicants. The workshop will be held in a room with good ventilation and artists are required to bring their own materials. For applications and further questions please contact Carolyn Bursa, vcbursa@beescreek.com

Irrkerlantye Arts, Alice Springs
Closing date: Friday 7 Nov

Make a difference in a cross-cultural community development arts management role, supporting Arrernte families in achieving social cohesion through arts practice and encouraging skills development and economic independence.
Currently recruiting two positions: Manager – full time (Salary $54,600)
Studio Mentor – 20 weeks part time on contract until 30 June 2008. Irrkerlantye Arts is seeking an energetic and committed Manager, with both visual art/craft and administrative skills. The Studio Mentor will provide training for Aboriginal artists and arts workers. For full details please email: info@irrkerlantyearts.com
Visit: www.irrkerlantyearts.com/

INTER/NATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 

Public Art Commission Opportunity
Tenders close 2pm, 23 Oct
Expressions of interest are invited from artists to design, fabricate and install an artwork for Bunda Street Canberra City. For hard copies of the tender documents or further information contact: Brad Smith at ACT Procurement Solutions on (02) 6207 5573. For technical information contact Ann McMahon, Public Art Officer at artsACT on (02) 6205 1365. Tender documents are available to download from the website. Visit: www.procurement.act.gov.au or <http://www.procurement.act.gov.au>

Paddington Art Prize

Entries Close 27 Oct

Paddington Art Prize is for a $20 000 National Prize for a painting inspired by the Australian Landscape. Also, the UNSW College of Fine Arts will offer a selected artist the opportunity to create a limited edition print. Exhibition, 11 - 23 Nov, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington NSW. E: info@paddingtonartprize.com.au

Visit: www.paddingtonartprize.com.au

Whyndam City Council - Public Art Opportunity

Closing date: 31 Oct

Wyndham City Council is calling for expressions of interest from artists/artist teams to undertake a commission for site-specific public artwork/s, utilizing timber from felled local Cypress trees. It is anticipated that the works will be sited in conjunction with a local wetlands environment. Please contact Council's Arts and Cultural Development Officer for a detailed project brief, T: (03) 9742 0904 E: emma.techritz@wyndham.vic.gov.au.

Call For Applications The National Film and Sound Archive

Applications for the Fellowships are due by 14 November 2008.

NFSA invites research proposals from academics, performers, artists, audiovisual industry and archive professionals to draw fresh, innovative perspectives from the national audiovisual collection.  Fellows will use the NFSA’s collection to create a new sound or moving image work, a publication, an exhibit, a live audiovisual event or a combination of these and other approaches.

For further information and application forms, please contact Belinda Hunt at belinda.hunt@nfsa.gov.au or visit: http://www.nfsa.gov.au/sar

Inter-Arts Projects 08

Applications Close 1 Dec

The Australia Council for the Arts is offering grants to support artists working in interdisciplinary and hybrid arts to engage in research and development, creative development and/or production. Find out more at Inter-Arts Projects. Australia Council’s Inter-Arts Office on T: 02 9215 9166 or toll free 1800 226 912.

Visit: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grant_items/inter-arts_projects_-_interdisciplinary_arts

Australian Video Art Archive Seeking Contributions

Interested artists contact AVAA directly

The Australian Video Art Archive (AVAA) is the first research collection and on-line archive of its type in Australia and is already becoming an important site for the cultural and research sectors. It contains video and performance art

works from the early 1970s to the present. The AVAA is now seeking video and performance art work on video to add to its research collection and on-line archive. AVAA is interested in photographs, videos, taped interviews or seminars or any other ephemera that may be available. The AVAA has 60 works already on-line and is now seeking to expand the collection. To make contributions contact, E: info@videoartchive.org.au. For enquiries contact Matthew Perkins, T: (03) 9903 2290, or Elena Galimberti, T: (03) 9903 2255, E: info@videoartchive.org.au. To view works on-line, visit: www.videoartchive.org.au

RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Unfinished Sky (M), Australia. 7.30pm, Sun 19 Oct. My Kid Could Paint That, (M), Thurs 30 Oct, 7.30pm, bar and food from 6.30pm. Film Fundraiser for 24HR Art. Deckchair Cinema, End of Jervois Rd, off Kitchener Drive, Wharf Precinct, Darwin. T: 08 8981 0700. Visit: www.deckchaircinema.com

CHECK OUT CURRENT EVENTS AT OTHER CAOS ORGS 

CAOs: Contemporary Art Organisations of Australia : http://www.caos.org.au/members.htm
Artspace, NSW: http://www.artspace.org.au
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, VIC: http://www.accaonline.org.au
Australian Centre for Photography, NSW: http://www.acp.au.com
Australian Network for Art and Technology, SA: http://www.anat.org.au
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, NSW: http://www.boomalli.org.au
Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT: http://www.ccas.com.au
Centre for Contemporary Photography, VIC: http:///www.ccp.org.au
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, SA: http://www.cacsa.org.au
Contemporary Arts Services Tasmania, TAS: http://www.castgallery.org
Experimental Art Foundation, SA: http://www.eaf.asn.au
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, VIC: http://www.gertrude.org.au
Institute of Modern Art, QLD: http://www.ima.org.au
Performance Space, NSW: http://www.performancespace.com.au
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, WA: http://www.pica.org.au

24HR Art gratefully acknowledges the following sources for the information supplied in this e-bulletin: 
National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) bulletin: http://www.visualarts.net.au
Top End Arts and Off The Leash: http://www.topendarts.com.au
Red HOT Arts: http://www.redhotarts.com.au
The Arts NT e-bulletin at http://www.arts.nt.gov.au
Experimenta: http://www.experimenta.org.au
Arts Hub: http://www.artshub.com.au

Art Monthly http://www.artmonthly.org.au

Darwin Visual Arts Association http://www.dvaa.net.au

Watch This Space www.wts.org.au

All the best

Emma

Emma Stocker
Administrator

24HR Art - NT Centre for Contemporary Art
GPO Box 28 Darwin NT Australia
www.24hrart.org.au
+61 8 89815368

24HR Art is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council its arts funding and advisory body and by the Northern Territory Government through Arts NT.

24HR Art is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments is a member of the Contemporary Art Organisations (Australia) network - <http://www.caos.org.au/>