Subject: Ebulletin #4 March
2008
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E-BULLETIN #4 Mar 2008
NEWS
Our current shows are open for the last day this Saturday.
The response has been wonderful. Many people attended the exhibitions. Also
popular were community workshops conducted by Pamela See, 24HR Art's artist in
resident during the show. The paper cuts from the workshops, titled Surface
Tension, can be viewed in the DEAF space at
DVAA.
Exhibition two for 2008 opens next Friday, March 28, at 6pm.
See Exhibition below for details. See
you at the gallery!
24HR Art will be closed this Friday for the Easter holiday,
open Saturday and closed again next week for installation.
Membership
It's that time of year again to renew your membership or
sign up for the first time. Please drop in or send your membership forms (see
attachement) to GPO Box 28, Darwin, NT, 0801.
Artists/Curators Call for
Proposals 2009
Proposals due COB 30 April 2008
24HR Art –
Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art is currently seeking
proposals from artists and curators interested in exhibiting work as part of
the 2009 Annual Exhibition Program. Proposals should include a brief
description, a cv(s) for the artist(s) and visual support material. Please visit
our web site for proposal guidelines. Phone: 08 89815368 Email:
24hrart@24hrart.org.au
Visit: www.24hrart.org.au
MEMBERS NEWS
Artist's Forum
12 - 1pm, 25 Mar
Pamela Lofts, from Alice Springs, will be conducting the artist's talk at CDU next week. Pamela's exhibition, Requiem For Another will be on show at 24HR Art from 28 Mar - 3 May. Artist's forums are held every Tuesday of the university calendar. Venue: Charles Darwin University, Casuarina campus, Building 22.2.01. Contact Sarah Scott, Email: sarah.scott@cdu.edu.au
Araluen
Exhibiting until 27 Apr
Meander II: A Reflective Path by Helen Geier combines multidirectional folded and scrolled surfaces with paintings to give the audience the sense they are immersed in the local landscape.
Visit: http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/arts/ascp/araluen/index.html
Darwin Visual Arts
Association
Exhibiting until 29 Mar
From Ludmilla to Fannie Bay by Marie da Conceicao Oliviera, is an
exhibition of vibrant paintings that reflect the unique environment of the Top
End.
Woods Street Gallery, Frogs Hollow Centre for the Arts, 56 Woods Street, Darwin.
Visit: www.dvaa.net.au
Basil Hall Editions Collectors' Folio Series III
On show at Nomad Art until 25 Mar
A compilation of etchings and a linocut featuring six prominent Indigenous artists including Dennis Nona (winner of the 2007 Telstra Art Award), Dhuwarrwarr Marika, Janice Murray, Lena Nyadbi, Lofty Nadjamerrek and Shorty Robertson.
Nomad Art, 1 Vickers Street, Parap (corner Gregory Street), NT
Visit: www.nomadart.com.au/
EXHIBITION:
28 Mar - 3 May, Opening 6pm, 28 Mar
Gallery 1 and 2
Requiem For Another
Pamela Lofts
The Screen Room
Artesian
James Geurts
The Box Set
The Package
Min Wong
The Monitor
Turbulence
Andrew Hazenwinkel
NT
OPPORTUNITIES
Take-Away at Territory Craft
Entry Forms Due, today! 20 Mar, works submitted by 28 Mar
Territory Craft's open entry exhibition invites artist's to create works in noodle boxes. Contact: Natalie Jenkins or Sandra Kendall. Phone: 8981 6616 Email: tcdarwin@bigpond.com
Visit: www.territorycraft.org.au
Artback
NT Arts Touring
Closing 28 March
Artback NT Arts Touring is calling for expressions of interest. Contact: Visual Arts Touring Manager, Julie Fielke, Phone: 08 8953 5941,
Email: alicesprings@artbacknt.com.au or Performing Arts Touring Manager – Vanessa Hutchins, Phone: 08 8924 4183
Darwin Visual
Arts Association
Closing 28 March
Proposals for DVAA's July - Dec
2008 program are now being accepted - consider a solo or group show with
friends, or making new friends as a curator. Contact Talitha, Phone: 8981 9351,
Email: info@dvaa.net.au
Visit: www.dvaa.net.au
Darwin Fringe
Festival 2008
Deadline: 31 March
This year's
Darwin Fringe Festival is from 18 to 29 of June. Brown's Mart is now calling
for proposals and volunteers. For further details contact Brown's Mart
Community Arts. Email: darwinfringe@brownsmart.com.au
Alice
Desert Park - Entries sought for Photo Essay Display
Closing 31 Mar
Alice Springs Desert Park is looking for participation from
school or youth associated groups, for National Youth Week Youth Photo Essay
Display. The essays should be representative of the area you live in while
showing the viewer how Central AustraliaÕs youth see the Nature of the Desert.
Email: asdp@nt.gov.au
Electrofringe
2008 - Calling for Proposals
Closing 31 March
Electrofringe is a five day festival of electronic arts and culture, as part of This Is Not Art in Newcastle, 2 – 6 October. Electrofringe 2008 includes a residency program for a selection of artists to create site-specific works. Contact Alex White, Email: alexewhite@gmail.com
Visit: www.electrofringe.net
DEWHA
- Visions of Australia
Closing 1st April
The Visions of Australia Grant provides funding for appropriate individuals and galleries to create and then tour exhibitions of Australian cultural significance. Phone: 02 6271 1832 or 1800 819 461, Email: visions.australia@environment.gov.au
Visit: www.arts.gov.au
May NT Art
Notes
Deadline: COB 4 April
Please send
information regarding visual arts activities in the NT, to Hayley West, NT
Art Notes Contributor, for Art Monthly magazine. Relevant and high quality images are encouraged. Email: hayley_west@yahoo.com
Corrugated Iron Youth Arts presentsÉ
5pm – 8pm Sat 5 Apr
The 3 Minute Pop Challenge. An exciting hybrid art opportunity, for 16 – 26
year olds to create a 3 minute performance in response to the theme ÔSHOUTÕ.
Contact Corrugated Iron Youth Arts. Phone: 8948 3200.
DVAA
DVAA's The Wall of Cheap Thrills, is an ongoing space in the foyer for members to display artworks priced under $100. Phone: 8981 9351 Email: info@dvaa.net.au
Visit: www.dvaa.net.au
Exhibit at Arts NT
Arts NT offers an ongoing opportunity for emerging and/or established artists to exhibit their work. Work will be shown for a month, free of charge, in the Arts NT office. Phone: 08 8981 9351, Email: info@dvaa.net.au
Visit: www.dvaa.net.au
Gallery Sometimes
Gallery Sometimes offers ongoing opportunities for artists to exhibit work in vacant shop-fronts. For further details contact Ivor. Phone: 0413 478 258,
Email: colemine@bigpond.net.au
Happy Yess call-out for
Visual Artists
Visual artists wanted for this year's program at Happy Yess. For further details contact Zeb. Phone: 0413 725 620 Email: zeb_olsen@@yahoo.com.au
Visit: www.happyyess.com
Nightcliff
Seabreeze Festival - Calling for artists and volunteers
ASAP, Festival held from 3 – 11 May, 2008
Sand sculpture, visual arts, dance, music, community,
sports, cultural, and school groups are all invited. Also needed are volunteers
to help throughout. For more information contact Festival Coordinator, Dixi
Joy. Phone: 08 8981 1495, Email: nightcliffseabreeze@gmail.com
INTER/NATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
25th Telstra National
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
Call for Entries
Closing 28 Mar
The prestigious Award is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists. Contact the Award Coordinator. Phone: 08 8999 8203. Email: natsiaa@nt.gov.au
Visit: www.magnt.nt.gov.au
Head-On
Entries Close 28 March, 11pm
Head on Foundation invites photographers to submit entries to the 2008 photographic portrait competition.
Visit: www.headon.com.au
Spark - national young
artists mentoring program
Entries Close 28 March
Open to 18 to 26 year olds. Phone: 1300 558 892 or 07 32525115
Email: spark@yaq.org.au
Visit: www.yaq.org.au/spark
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2008
Closing 7
Apr
Sculpture by the Sea submissions are being accepted. Conference "Sculpture in Public Space," will be held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. For further details Phone: 02 8399 0233, Fax: 02 8399 2322
Visit: www.sculpturebythesea.com
Australia
Council for the Arts - Visual Arts
Closing 15th April
New work grants and Fellowship grants. Contact The Australia Council, Phone: 02 9215 9000 or Toll-free 1800 226 912, Email: mail@australiacouncil.gov.au
Visit: www.australiacouncil.gov.au
RECOMMENDED
MOVIE
Deckchair Cinema's Flix in the Wet presents 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, 2.30pm, and Away From Her, 4.40pm, Sunday 23 March. Flix in the Wet is indoors at Darwin Cinema 5, Mitchell Street. See web address below, or 24HR Art notice board for further details.
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: 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
Happy and safe travels,
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/>