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MEMBER SIGNUPLet's talk about Melanie Jame Wolf, an artist with over ten years' experience in theatre and performance who has debuted at The Substation with her first solo exhibition called CHORUS, emerging a new stream of creative energy into video installation.
"In my art, glyphs are the language of the landscape, a very intimate process of mark making that comes from the land itself. It is a visible and physical collaboration with nature in all of its forms and moods, the shapes of rocks, mountains, trees and dry lakes, the grasses and the wind in the grass as well as the changing conditions of light." In all variations of her work, GW Bot marries a mastery of technique with unlimited creativity and intuition.
After recently dropping their first new material in over five years, beloved Melbourne outfit Monnone Alone returns for kick-ons with new single 'Do It Twice'.
Second Sight: Witchcraft, Ritual, Power brings together artists who conjure ideas related to witchcraft, sorcery and magical practices. The exhibition offers a space for intuition, rituals, collective happenings, incantations, and peripheral activity "” practices recurrently dismissed as mere magical phenomena.
Visions, re-examines the way images elicit self-reflection and analysis. Namely, how photographs change the experience of being and living. McKenzie's paintings ultimately unpick moments of the past, reassessing them to form new meanings in the present.
In conjunction with the release of Keith Carter's new book, Fifty Years, PDNB will exhibit highlights from his prolific career as one of the most celebrated photographers of our generation. A book signing and artist reception will take place Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 5-8 PM.
Breuer's work borrows motifs from key literature, philosophy and art movements of the 20th Century, including decorative art, futurism, minimalism and pop art. His body of work ranges from abstract and figurative paintings to text based installations. Often working with a self-designed grid-like typography, Breuer encourages the viewer to shift between viewing his work as an abstract pattern, or searching for the meaning behind his chosen text and symbols. Breuer's exhibition coincides with the unveiling of a public art installation by the artist across MARS Gallery's ten metre high, east facing external wall, proudly supported by the City of Stonnington.
Renowned Japanese-Australian artist Hiromi Tango (courtesy of Sullivan + Strumpf) has joined forces with Andy Dinan and her gallery MARS to create and exhibit a series of photographs in celebration of International Women's Day this March.
Featuring a different person each night, Onstage Dating pushes the boundaries of audience participation right to the edge- and then a little bit further...
PACT presents a syrupy sanctum amalgamating a diverse selection of experimental art practices positioned to engulf audiences into a multi sensory overload
Oxana Shevchenko returns to Australia. Sydney International Piano Competition ('The Sydney') is pleased to announce the return of 2016 finalist Oxana Shevchenko for two exclusive recitals in Melbourne and Sydney this April. @sydneypianocomp #sydneypianocomp
What if a woman was drafted in the men's AFL? This is the provocative question at the heart of Jane e Thompson's play FIERCE which tracks the career of Suzie Flack, an extraordinarily talented Australian Rules Football player who achieves her lifelong dream of being drafted to play alongside her male counterparts in the AFL. This raw but imaginative play explores the impact of this success on Flack and on her family, her relationships, her team and the sport as a whole.
Entries are now open for the Bayside Art Awards, entry is FREE with over $70,000 in prize money on offer!
'Three comedy goddesses' (Theatre People) return with an all-new champagne-fuelled sucker punch at Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Following his multi-award-winning debut in 2018 (Garry Starr Performs Everything), comic wunderkind Damien Warren-Smith delivers another anarchic drama masterclass to remember.
The Gallery is delighted to present two exhibitions that bring art, surfing and contemporary Australian culture together with a dose of wry humour in the touring exhibition Gerry Wedd: Kitschen Man and Ripped Off.
Moosehead Award Winner 2019 Tanya Losanno brings her new show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
The Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund provides almost $2m in funding every year to support Australian creativity through our vibrant writing, publishing and visual arts sectors. For the next few weeks, the Cultural Fund is accepting applications for three highly valuable Fellowships - including a new one for teachers - and grants for emerging artists and writers.
Melbourne artist Chelsea Wilson has been at the forefront of the Melbourne soul and jazz scene long before charming listeners with her debut album I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me in 2014. Riding the coattails of her debut album's international success, Chelsea made her UK debut at Glastonbury Festival 2015, subsequently selling out the famous London Jazz Café, as well enjoying successes back home with the release being named #2 Album of the Year on ABC Radio National and nominated for Best Soul Album at The Age Music Victoria Awards 2014. @chelseawilsonmusic #chelseawilsonmusic
Diana's nickname is DD. If you say DD in Vietnamese it means GO GO. If you add the correct tonality it means SLUT SLUT. Special times. #DianaNguyen #MICF
With a focus on long-term, sustained collaboration for the benefit of Australia's contemporary arts, the Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA) and the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) today kicked off an ambitious four-year initiative to build on shared values and lead national policy priorities - not only for this year, but with a sustained approach up to the 2022 election and beyond.
Melbourne's genre-breaking five-piece On Diamond are making the Melbourne live scene their own. Their combination of pop with spontaneous expression set the dynamic outfit apart from the rest of the crowd.
Brisbane's Ting Lim and Erin Michelle are bringing their debut stand-up comedy split bill, "‹Ting and Erin's Awesome Comedy Show, to Adelaide Fringe!
Following the global smash success of the multi award-winning Trash Test Dummies and critically acclaimed Splash Test Dummies, comes Dummies Corp's all-female circus sensation Don't Mess with the Dummies. Lions, tigers and Dummies, oh my! Set up camp and stampede into the jungle for an outlandish circus filled extravaganza that will leave you chuckling like a monkey and roaring for more. This brand-new ensemble takes centre stage at the famous Spielgeltent during Melbourne International Comedy Festival with an endearing blend of circus, comedy and character that will leave your heart on your sleeve and your jaw on the floor. Tickets are on sale now via the Comedy Festival website.
The draw of the ocean and the free-spirit of surfing, particularly in the 1960s and 70s, underlies the two exhibitions coming up at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery: Gerry Wedd Kitschen Man and Ripped Off: Gerry's been doing it for years "¦ it's about time someone else got in on the act. In these exhibitions, some of Australia's leading artists - who also happen to surf - play with the imagery and folklore of surf culture, at the same time "taking the piss" and highlighting the humour, irreverence and anarchy that pervades the scene.
AlfanAnt have their Heads In the Clouds with the first single off forthcoming "Aurora Australis" album and an 'OFF THE ISLAND' 11-date tour.
The 2019 Adelaide Fringe is inviting festival-goers to the city's biggest party of the year lasting 31 days and nights - and it all starts with the spectacular Opening Night festivities from 6pm tomorrow.
Herbie Hancock is the master of modern jazz - he is innovative, influential, a living legend and will close the 2019 Melbourne International Jazz Festival at Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall.
Sydney cabaret performer, Jodie Stubbs, will make her Adelaide Fringe debut with her hilarious cabaret, WOMAN at Gluttony next month. Having received rave reviews in Sydney and Melbourne, WOMAN takes you on a humorous journey of what it is to be a mother, career woman, wife and cabaret chanteuse as Jodie attempts to get through a 60-minute show without having to check on the kids.
Award-winning artist Marco Luccio returns to fortyfivedownstairs from 5 - 30 March 2019 with his latest exhibition"”NEW YORK POSTCARDS"”featuring over 150 works in varying mediums including ink, acrylic, and drypoint, composed on original postcards collected in New York.
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