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E-BULLETIN #2 Feb 2009

NEWS 

Juan Ford, Sigit Bapak, Christine Collins, Talitha Kennedy, Helen Brown

Opening 6pm Fri 13 Feb

Artist Talks

12noon Sat 14 Feb

Public presentation by curator Binghui Huangfu.
@24HR Art 5:30pm Wed 25 Feb
Trained as an artist, curator and theorist, Binghui Huangfu is an industry leader and one of the world’s leading curators of contemporary Asian art. Currently she is the Deputy Director of Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art in China and the Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of NSW in Sydney and a Researcher for the project: Construction, Connection and Community: Measuring Asian Art's Contribution to Contemporary Culture at the Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics, College of Fine Art, University of NSW in Sydney.
Binghui was a co-curator for the Gwangju Biennale 2006 entitled: “Fever Variations – Trace Roots” in Gwangju, Korea. She was the Director of Asia Australia Art Centre/Gallery 4A (2003 to 2006) and the Director /Curator of the Earl Lu Gallery (now called: The Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore), LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore (1996 to 2003), where she curated a number of major international exhibitions, accompanied by conferences and substantial catalogues, essaying themes underpinning the current study. In particular, Site + Sight - Translating Cultures (2002) explored the impact of globalisation and ‘transnational’ culture. Binghui is one the pioneers of contemporary Chinese art curating. Her exhibition In and Out (1997) brought together mainland and diasporic artwork, and travelled to 7 cities in Australia and 2 cities in China.
A consistent feature of Binghui’s curatorial research has been its focus on the cultural politics of diaspora.  Text & Subtext (2000), which travelled to 7 countries, was a groundbreaking presentation of Asian women's contemporary art from around the world, the catalogue from which continues to sell and be cited worldwide. In 2004 Binghui curated an ambitious multiphase exhibition Asian Traffic which travelled to six cities and three countries in Asia, followed up with Open Letter at 4A in 2005 which travelled to four South East Asia countries. Both these projects explore the possibility of transnational and intercultural dialogue through art.
In 2002 Binghui was the keynote speaker at the Guangzhou Triennial conference: “Place and Model, Rethinking and Reinventing Contemporary Art Exhibitions”; in 2003 she presented a keynote at the “Contemporary Asian Art Forum”, Hong Kong, and was also invited to speak at the Danish Centre for Cultural Development, and the Asian Women's Art conference in Stockholm. In 2005 she was invited to present the keynote at the conference “Artistic Practice in the Third Space” in Shenzhen.  In 2006 Binghui was the keynote speaker at the “Museum Australia National Conference 2006” Brisbane on the topic of “Art Community and Culture Intersections”. In Oct 2006 Binghui was a keynote speaker for the symposium, which was co-organised by the Singapore Economic Development Board and Singapore Art Museum on the topic of “Art Biennale in Asia”.  Research for these papers directly feeds into the current project “Asian Attitudes” which will be opened at the National Museum of Poland in Pozann, Poland in July 2007.  Binghui has published widely in art journals, and recently co-edited “China Phenomenon”, a special issue of the journal Artlink.

MEMBERS NEWS

Darwin Visual Arts Association

Opening 6pm, Friday 6 Feb

Exhibiting until Sat Feb 28 Feb

Wood Street Gallery:

Pages From An Autobiography - Daphne Cazalet. Screen printed images on paper contribute to a postcolonial journey of struggle for self discovery through memory and colonial history; grounded in personal experience of migration and diaspora as an ‘Anglo-Indian’ woman of mixed-race descent.

DEAF Space: Skyline - John du Feu. Figurative paintings that respond to the imposition of an initial straight line.DVAA, 56 Woods Street, Darwin, T: 08 8981 9351 E: info@dvaa.net.au Visit: www.dvaa.net.au

Nomad Art Productions

A survey of recent projects

Exhibiting to Sat 28 Feb

The survey includes Custodians: Country and Culture - a folio of ten limited edition prints by ten outstanding Australian Indigenous artists, and After Berndt. Nomad, cnr Vickers and Gregory Streets, Parap. Visit: www.nomadart.com.au

Raft Artspace

Stockroom Show

Exhibiting to Sat 28 Feb

The exhibition features indigenous and non-indigenous artists from Rafts stockroom, including works from Papunya Tula Artists, Cory Surprise, Bevan Thompson and Ildiko Kovacs. Raft, 2/8 Parap Place, Parap. Visit: www.raftartspace.com.au

Caroline Rannersberger - Finalist for John Glover Prize

Exhibiting to 7 - 10 Mar

Caroline Rannersberger will join around forty other finalists in the prestigious Glover Prize. The acquisitive Prize is awarded to the best new (previously unexhibited and less than a year old) painting depicting the Tasmanian landscape. The $30,000 prize is the richest landscape award in Australia and has recently attracted entries from artists living overseas. This year there were around 300 entries. Rannersberger's work, The fold, considers the Tasmanian landscape in both physical, geomorphic and geophilosophical contexts, and evokes a poetic relationship with Baroque style and drapery. The Glover Prize 2009 Winner will be announced on Fri 6 Mar, at a private function. The Peoples Choice Award will be announced at 3pm Tues 10 Mar at the Falls Park pavilion in Evandale, Tasmania. Visit: www.johnglover.com.au/

Tobias Richardson at Turner Galleries

Circumambulation 2007 and Sequential Spacial Experience 2008/9

Opening 6 Feb - 7 Mar

Not one to stand still, Darwin artist, Tobias Richardson is in Perth for solo exhibitions and a residency at Turner Galleries. Sequential Spacial Experience 2008/9 consists of 44 new works from Darwin, Hill End and Paris. Circumambulation 2007 was featured in Cross Currents, curated by John Stringer, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2007. The Turner Galleries Artist in Residence Programme is a unique opportunity, sponsored by philanthropic group Art Angels, who offer substantial support to artists and a large studio space at Central TAFE. In return artists produce fifty works for the Art Angels. Richardson is currently working on 12ft canvas paintings. Richardson, a qualified educator, will be delivering artists talks to local tertiary institutions. Visit: www.turnergalleries.com.au

Exhibitions at Northern Territory Library

Whilst Creative Tropical City exhibition showcases and maps Darwin's current Creative Industries (CI), WWII commemorates the bombing of Darwin with a particular focus on the many ships sunk in the harbour.

The Creative Tropical City

Opening 6.30pm, Tues 10 Feb

Exhibiting to 22 Feb

Creative Tropical City launch will provide an opportunity and focus point for CI companies and practitioners in the different sectors to come together as a group, and for government policy makers to identify and understand what CI is, meet the business sector and practitioners, and realise the potential for further growth of this sector and how they can assist.

World War II Exhibition

Exhibiting 10 Feb - 30 Apr

NTL, Parliament House, Darwin. T: 1800 019 155 or Visit: ntl.nt.gov.au

Jenny Fraser at Tenth Havanna Biennial

Jenny Fraser has been selected as lecturer of the theoretical forum Integration and Resistance in the Global Era, a space of reflection of the Tenth Havana Biennial that will be celebrated in March through April 2009. The theoretical forum will take place in the theatre of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana.

Aly de Groot at The Gallery

Signs

Opening 6pm, 20 Feb -

Exhibiting to 13 Mar

Aly de Groot's Masters Graduate Exhibition is the culmination of two years studio based research and experimentation. The mixed-media installation features paintings, woven sculpture and photography. De Groot's work focuses on the humble box jellyfish as a metaphor for the fragility of the marine eco-system and the environmental concerns we are facing as a fast-developing harbour city. The Gallery, orange 10, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina.

Museum and Art Gallery of the NT

Husi Bei Ala Timor Siri nia Liman

Exhibiting to 12 Jul

The national collection of Timor Leste will be complemented with works from the MAGNT collection. The exhibition presents traditional and contemporary textiles, ceramics, wooden carvings and body adornment that will give insight into the distinctive living culture of this young nation. Visit: www.magnt.gov.au

EXHIBITION:

13 Feb – 21 Mar

Opening 6pm Fri 13 Feb

Gallery 1

A Phrenologist’s Deceptions

Juan Ford

Gallery 2

Woro-woro “Jogja S.O.S. !”

Sigit Bapak

The Screen Room

Riding School for the Cowboys of Doom

Christine Collins

The Boxset

New World Romance

Talitha Kennedy

The Monitor

Untitled

Helen Brown

NT OPPORTUNITIES 

Araluen Community Access Grants

Applications Close: 13 Feb

Alice Springs Town Council presents grants to support Central Australian individuals and groups to utilise the Araluen Arts Centre and Circus lawns. T: 08 8950 0505. Visit: www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au

Togart - Entries now Open

Entries Close: 13 March

Entries for the 2009 Togart Contemporary Art Award are now open. The winner will be announced in July. For further information and entry forms visit the website or phone 8942 0523. Visit: www.darwincitywaterfront.com.au/togart

IGNITE – Feature Film Initiative Launched
Applications Close: 13 Feb
The NTFO is calling for applications for IGNITE, a new accelerated feature film development initiative aimed at nurturing the development of feature films in the Territory. T: 08 8952 5222 or E: film.office@nt.gov.au. Visit: www.nt.gov.au

Arts NT Gallery Space

Ongoing

Emerging and established artist are invited to display their work in the Arts NT office, free of charge. Contact T: 08 8981 9351, E: info@dvaa.net.au

Arts NT Grants and March 2009 Project Round

Arts NT reminds artists and arts organizations, of current grants opportunities, including grants for Public Art, March 2009 Project Round, and Quick Response. For further details, visit the NT Government website and follow the links to Grants, and Arts Grants. Visit: www.nt.gov.au/nreta

INTER/NATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 

Ignite - Northern Territory Film Office

Entries Close: 13 Feb

The NTFO is calling for applications for IGNITE, a new accelerated feature film development initiative aimed at nurturing the development of feature films in the Territory. Applications are open for proposals for feature screenplays from writers in the Northern Territory. T: 08 8952 5222 E: film.office@nt.gov.au
Visit: www.www.nt.gov.au

Janet Holmes a Court Artist' Grants

Entries Close: 15 Feb

Well known business woman and arts philanthropist Janet Holmes à Court has made a substantial 5 year commitment to provide funding towards a quick response grant scheme for Australian artists. Four times a year, the new Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant will provide amounts of up to $500 for emerging individual artists or $1,000 for groups, for costs associated with having an exhibition. T: 02 9368 1900 E: nava@visualarts.net.au
Visit: www.visualarts.net.au

The 5th International Photographic Contest, Bangkok

Entries Close: between 15 - 18 Feb

The theme of the contest is "Home." At least 15 prizes are awarded, including the Grand Prize of 80 000 baht. There are no limitations to photographic techniques included. Visit: www.photo.su.ac.th

Off The Wall

Entries Close: 17 Feb - Melbourne, 17 July - Sydney

Off the Wall - The emerging Artist Showcase, presents the opportunity for emerging artists, unrepresented in Melbourne or Sydney, to be featured in this nationally recognised exhibition, sponsored by Art Almanac. NT and WA artists will have access to freight assistance and assistance with grant applications for travel and expenses. For more information, T: 02 9331 7507, Visit: www.artoffthewall.com.au

Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards

Entries Close: 25 Feb

The national awards are open to all adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists currently living in Australia. The significant prizes consist of three non-aquisitive awards. T: 08 94926623 E: IndigenousArtAward@artgallery.wa.gov.au

Visit: www.artgallery.wa.goc.au

Art Monthly Australia - Inaugural Emerging Arts Writer's Award/Mentorships

Entries Close: 27 Feb

AMA is calling for entries in two categories: Senior Secondary School Students and Open (post school age). The theme of the Award is Visual Art and Environmental Sustainability. Please direct enquiries to Art Monthly Australia’s editor, Maurice O’Riordan: T: 02 6125 3988, F: 02 6125 9794, E: art.monthly@anu.edu.au

Visit: http://artmonthly.org.au/documents/greenAMA.pdf

Churchill Fellowships

Entries Close: 27 Feb

Churchill Fellowships offer Australians citizens from all walks of life, the opportunity to travel overseas to study, investigate or explore a project or an issue. Fellow must be over 18 years of age and must be able to complete a minimum of four weeks of overseas travel. For more information visit:
Visit: www.churchilltrust.com.au

City of Hobart Art Prize 2009

Entries Close: 27 Feb

The Prize has two categories, Drawing and Sculpture, and is open to artists, designers and crafts people nation wide. Two $15 000 acquisitive prizes are awarded in each national category. Visit: www.hobartcity.com.au/artprize

Painting SHOW 09, Brunswick Street Gallery

Entries Close: 1 Mar

Artists are welcome to apply for BSG's Painting 09 Show by emailing work to mark@bsgart.com.au. 10 artists will be selected to exhibit up to 10 works depending on size. Email work to apply. It is free to apply. Show opens Mar 27 and runs to Apr 9. Visit: www.bsgart.com.au/

Australia Council for the Arts

Entries Close: 2 Mar

Projects with Public Outcomes grants provide funding between $20,000 to $35,000, for one-off community arts and cultural development projects that must have a public outcome and involve collaborations with a range of cross-sectoral partners. Visit: www.australiacouncil.gov.au

2009 Kodak Salon

Entries Close: 6 Mar

The Kodak Salon is an annual open-entry exhibition and competition, celebrating the latest developments in photo-based practice.

Visit: www.ccp.org.au/kodak_salon.php

Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship

Applications Close: 30 Mar

Applications are sought from artists, researchers, filmmakers and writers with a demonstrated track record, and talented emerging artists, musicians and writers from the creative arts, humanities and social sciences. It is expected that during and following their time in Antarctica, Fellows will produce works and interpretations inspired by their experience which in turn, will foster greater understanding of the Antarctic environment. Contact the Australian Antarctic Division. T: 03 6232 3512, E: artsfellowship@aad.gov.au Visit: www.aad.gov.au

The Churchie

Entries Close: 31 Mar

Entries are open to The Churchie - National Emerging Art Exhibition for 2009. Winner receives a $10 000 prize. Contact E: enquiries@churchieemergingart.com, Visit: www.churchieemergingart.com

ComPeung Artist-in-Residence Program 2009

ComPeung Village of Creativity, Chiang Mai, Thailand, is calling for applications for their 2009 Artist-in-Residency program. Minimum 1-month residencies, within team of local and international artists. Visit: www.compeung.org

RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Sydney Travelling Film Festival Fri 6 - Sun 8 Feb. Jar City (MA), Iceland, Mon 16 Feb, 6.30pm. Check out Flix in the Wet at 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

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