Cairns Artful-e: Issue 10
A Collation of Opportunities Sent Almost Every Week
from the good folks at Cairns Regional Council: Cultural Services & Facilities Branch
EDITION TEN: The Future is Now
Electronic Alert for a Growing List of Creative People in and around Cairns
(616 of you, and expanding rapidly in the New Year)
We're back, and ready for the New Year! Stay tuned next week for information about how
you can support flood relief for those affected by the deluge in Southeast Queensland.
10.00
SHAPES & DOMESTIC MATTERS
First up tonight, opening at 5:30pm is a reception for the new exhibition at Cell Art Space, Shape of the Day by painter Mike Hodgkins. Drinks and great food will be provided from 6pm, down at 12 Bar Cafe in City Place. And then...
Louisa Ennis-Thomas opens a new exhibition at Circa 1907 Gallery, Domestic8, with a reception tonight from 6:30pm.
Click Here to View the Announcement
10.01
CYBER-COLLECTION
The entire collection of Cairns Regional Gallery is now on-line. Click below to take a virtual look...
See the collection here
CYBER-COLLECTION
The entire collection of Cairns Regional Gallery is now on-line. Click below to take a virtual look...
See the collection here
10.02
JUTE NEWS
JUTE NEWS
They are already busy making a creative new year! Follow this link to see what JUTE Theatre is up to in 2011...
Take me to JUTE Theatre
Take me to JUTE Theatre
10.03
OPRAH EFFECT
The Big O's Aussie shows are about to air. Look out Hugh Jackman, and 400 million other watchers...
Click her for Oprah
10.04
ARTS ON TOUR
Queensland Touring Showcase set for March 11 and 12 in Brisbane. Learn more and register here...
Click here for Artour Info
10.05
SEND TO COPYRIGHT
What if creative works were freed up, open to any and all, and the commons of the mind prevailed...
Click here to read article
10.06
LAUGH IT UP
The Great Aussie Laugh will hit the stage of the Civic Theatre just in time for Australia Day...
Make me laugh! Click here...
10.07
TANKS A LOT
Click below, then on the Tanks Facebook page, and sit back and wait to win a year of free tickets. Double click if you have to...
Click here to go to the Tanks and win!
10.08
URBAN MICRO PROJECTS
Philadelphia is thinking about small, innovative, new projects to make the city and living there better...
Read the story here
10.09
ROMANCING WESLEY ENOCH
The Australian's Fiona Scott-Newman gets charmed by Queensland Theatre Company's leading creative...
Read the story here
10.10
FATHER AND SON
Parental Guidance Suggested when attending Sydney Festival. Nanny guards accost innocent father and son, both may now be scarred for life...
Find out what happened here
10.11
HOME, CONSERVATORY, TANKS
Opening January 18 at the Tanks is Conservatory, an installation by Adelaide artists Sasha Grbich and Lisa Harms. The work follows an artist residency, and was made in response to the architecture and war time history of Tanks Arts Centre. Starting from a conversation about border protection and expanding to encompass broad experiences of making home, Conservatory offers a poetic reflection on belonging. And the artists will be present through February 11 and will be conducting interviews with interested people about the notion of home, migration, family, and place. Stop by and check it out, and add your own voice...
Read more here
10.12
ARTISTIC BIRDING
Cairns Regional Gallery launches a collaborative exhibition of birds, bird cages, and interpretations of Hong Kong's Yuen Po Street. Birds of a Feather opens on February 4 with an artists' talk at 5:30pm followed by a public reception...
Read all about it here
10.13
DIRTY BIG PETROLEUM SECRETS
End Credits Film Club presents Gasland, a documentary look at the business of franking, and the dirty secrets of big energy. See what's "coming soon" to Australia, when Gasland lights up the screen at the Centre of Contemporary Arts on Friday 21 January at 7pm...
Read about Gasland here
Visit the End Credits Film Club websitel
10.14
CYCLONE COMING
Cyclone Circus is the new name for Art Start, a music and movement arts program for the under 5s and their carers. Term 1 commences on Friday 28 January and runs every Friday through 15 April 2011. Activities include music, percussion, dance, movement, interaction and circus games, presented in the relaxed and creative surrounds of Tank 3, in the Botanic Gardens precinct. Interactive, sensory experiences lead by Justine Schilcht, will engage your imagination and create a new forum to explore the spirit of creativity with your special little person. Learn more...
http://www.tanksartscentre.com/home/event.asp?eid=342
10.15
IT HAPPENED TODAY
An almanac of interesting and curious literary history can be found here...
Today in Literature
10.16
OLD ART, NEW ART
Will this Tasmanian effort become the coolest arts institution in Australia? It's a gamble, but the major cultural facility gests off to an interesting start in a few weeks, when the mystery of the old and new is unleashed at Mona. The answer, by the way, is yes...
Museum of Old and New
and
Festival of Music and Art
10.17
HELLO DALI
Almost 100 of Dali's paintings get a new home in Florida. Enter through the Avant-Garden...
Read the article here
10.18
LA LA LAND
Billionaire collector and arts patron Eli Broad reveals his plans for a major new Los Angeles museum to house his collection and foundation...
Read more about Broad here
and the New York Times critic comes out swinging...
Hear the critic's view here
10.19
DJUMBUNJI PRESS SEEKS EDITIONING PRINTMAKER
HOME, CONSERVATORY, TANKS
Opening January 18 at the Tanks is Conservatory, an installation by Adelaide artists Sasha Grbich and Lisa Harms. The work follows an artist residency, and was made in response to the architecture and war time history of Tanks Arts Centre. Starting from a conversation about border protection and expanding to encompass broad experiences of making home, Conservatory offers a poetic reflection on belonging. And the artists will be present through February 11 and will be conducting interviews with interested people about the notion of home, migration, family, and place. Stop by and check it out, and add your own voice...
Read more here
10.12
ARTISTIC BIRDING
Cairns Regional Gallery launches a collaborative exhibition of birds, bird cages, and interpretations of Hong Kong's Yuen Po Street. Birds of a Feather opens on February 4 with an artists' talk at 5:30pm followed by a public reception...
Read all about it here
10.13
DIRTY BIG PETROLEUM SECRETS
End Credits Film Club presents Gasland, a documentary look at the business of franking, and the dirty secrets of big energy. See what's "coming soon" to Australia, when Gasland lights up the screen at the Centre of Contemporary Arts on Friday 21 January at 7pm...
Read about Gasland here
Visit the End Credits Film Club websitel
10.14
CYCLONE COMING
Cyclone Circus is the new name for Art Start, a music and movement arts program for the under 5s and their carers. Term 1 commences on Friday 28 January and runs every Friday through 15 April 2011. Activities include music, percussion, dance, movement, interaction and circus games, presented in the relaxed and creative surrounds of Tank 3, in the Botanic Gardens precinct. Interactive, sensory experiences lead by Justine Schilcht, will engage your imagination and create a new forum to explore the spirit of creativity with your special little person. Learn more...
http://www.tanksartscentre.com/home/event.asp?eid=342
10.15
IT HAPPENED TODAY
An almanac of interesting and curious literary history can be found here...
Today in Literature
10.16
OLD ART, NEW ART
Will this Tasmanian effort become the coolest arts institution in Australia? It's a gamble, but the major cultural facility gests off to an interesting start in a few weeks, when the mystery of the old and new is unleashed at Mona. The answer, by the way, is yes...
Museum of Old and New
and
Festival of Music and Art
10.17
HELLO DALI
Almost 100 of Dali's paintings get a new home in Florida. Enter through the Avant-Garden...
Read the article here
10.18
LA LA LAND
Billionaire collector and arts patron Eli Broad reveals his plans for a major new Los Angeles museum to house his collection and foundation...
Read more about Broad here
and the New York Times critic comes out swinging...
Hear the critic's view here
10.19
DJUMBUNJI PRESS SEEKS EDITIONING PRINTMAKER
Looking for a full-time position as an Editioning Printmaker? Djumbunji Press, the KickArts Fine Art Printmaking Studio, wants you! Programming responsibilities include remote delivery workshops in Aboriginal and Torres Strait communities, in house educational workshops, artists in residency and community open access. The Editioning Printmaker will need a minimum of three years’ experience in fine art printmaking and editioning and be able to work across a variety of print media. Learn more about how to take over this key creative role here
Read the position description here
Read the position description here
10.20
GEHRY'S PAPER BAGS
Sydney ponders a rival to the iconic Opera House, or is Frank Ghery's new University of Technology building a hilarious self-parody...
Read what the Guardian thinks here
10.21
BLUES MOON
Start the new year with Moondogs Gypsy Blues Band, tonight at 8pm at the Railway Hotel in Cairns. Loitering busily in Far North Queensland since early 2009, they travel and perform and collect smiles under a tropical moon. They put on a cracker of a show: high energy, dripping in moo, pullin out that blues beat, like a Tom Waits and Bo Diddley love child. Catch Moondog, a master bluesman from NZ, and Kate Le Jam, the Tinkerbell beating a stand up kit, and dance yourself some blues for the weekend..
Find out more here
10.22
EYE-POPPIN' GATSBY?
How one of America's most famous literary works could become a 3D cinematic spectacle, seriously...
Read about what Baz Lurhmann is up to next
10.23
3D DANCE
And the world of dance has taken up the interactive 3D challenge, with motion capture suits and a dancing set, and an early pioneer struts its stuff in Melbourne...
Click here to see what that means
10.24
KIWI UKULELE PHENOMENON
New Zealand has been in on the four-string craze for quite some time, and the music continues to flow across the Tasman...
Click here for Ukes across the ditch
10.25
OUT INTO SPACE
Using amazing footage, Carl Sagan's readings, and a message about life on earth, artist makes an inspirational video that looks to the heavens. The open road still calls...
Click here to ponder space and get inspired
10.26
CHANGING LANES IN CAIRNS
Get thinking about site-specific installations for lanes and side streets in Cairns...
Click here to read more
and join the Facebook page here
10.27
THE KEY TO TROPFEST 2011
Join in the fun and tradition of Tropfest by submitting a film in the world's largest short film festival, but hurry! From beginner film-maker to seasoned professional, Tropfest is open to anyone eager to tell a story through film. The 2011 Tropfest Signature Item (TSI) is 'Key'. To be eligible for competition, submissions must include the TSI somewhere: featured in the film in any way - big or small. Learn more, but hurry...
Visit the Tropfest website here
10.28
YAQ STARBURST REGIONAL MENTORING PROGRAM
The Youth Arts Queensland Program for young, regional creatives opens on January 10. The project seeks young people with an interest in anything from art, music, performance, writing and film to creative events management, curation, community arts management, and zines. Those wanting to take creativity to the next level, gainadvice and support for a creative project, should apply for the $2,000 award (which will help a new artistic idea become reality). Click below for forms and guidelines...
Get the skinny here
10.29
FUNDING STUFF
Cairns Regional Council announces grants for Tourism Development, Economic Development, buying ads, wedding and romance packages, and the Far North Queensland Innovation Hub Scoping Study.
Learn more here
10.30
HELPING A CULTURAL FACILITY HAPPEN
Have ideas for a possible new Cultural Precinct? Maybe you think it should have 100 studio spaces for local artists? or soundproof music rehearsal rooms? or workshop spaces for beginners? a glas-blowing studio and hot shop? or a world class concert hall and museum facility? Perhaps you want to suggest that it include a creative industries campus for university students? or an aquarium where the tanks also house sculptures by Australia's greatest artists? Maybe you think this creative place should have a kids playground, creatively inspired and designed by local children and built by parents and civic leaders? Maybe you crave a giant outdoor movie screen and free movies there every weekend? How would you make its plaza a vibrant gathering place? What woudl you want a $100 million creative place to have?
Click here to begin
and read the
comprehensive feasibility study here
GEHRY'S PAPER BAGS
Sydney ponders a rival to the iconic Opera House, or is Frank Ghery's new University of Technology building a hilarious self-parody...
Read what the Guardian thinks here
10.21
BLUES MOON
Start the new year with Moondogs Gypsy Blues Band, tonight at 8pm at the Railway Hotel in Cairns. Loitering busily in Far North Queensland since early 2009, they travel and perform and collect smiles under a tropical moon. They put on a cracker of a show: high energy, dripping in moo, pullin out that blues beat, like a Tom Waits and Bo Diddley love child. Catch Moondog, a master bluesman from NZ, and Kate Le Jam, the Tinkerbell beating a stand up kit, and dance yourself some blues for the weekend..
Find out more here
10.22
EYE-POPPIN' GATSBY?
How one of America's most famous literary works could become a 3D cinematic spectacle, seriously...
Read about what Baz Lurhmann is up to next
10.23
3D DANCE
And the world of dance has taken up the interactive 3D challenge, with motion capture suits and a dancing set, and an early pioneer struts its stuff in Melbourne...
Click here to see what that means
10.24
KIWI UKULELE PHENOMENON
New Zealand has been in on the four-string craze for quite some time, and the music continues to flow across the Tasman...
Click here for Ukes across the ditch
10.25
OUT INTO SPACE
Using amazing footage, Carl Sagan's readings, and a message about life on earth, artist makes an inspirational video that looks to the heavens. The open road still calls...
Click here to ponder space and get inspired
10.26
CHANGING LANES IN CAIRNS
Get thinking about site-specific installations for lanes and side streets in Cairns...
Click here to read more
and join the Facebook page here
10.27
THE KEY TO TROPFEST 2011
Join in the fun and tradition of Tropfest by submitting a film in the world's largest short film festival, but hurry! From beginner film-maker to seasoned professional, Tropfest is open to anyone eager to tell a story through film. The 2011 Tropfest Signature Item (TSI) is 'Key'. To be eligible for competition, submissions must include the TSI somewhere: featured in the film in any way - big or small. Learn more, but hurry...
Visit the Tropfest website here
10.28
YAQ STARBURST REGIONAL MENTORING PROGRAM
The Youth Arts Queensland Program for young, regional creatives opens on January 10. The project seeks young people with an interest in anything from art, music, performance, writing and film to creative events management, curation, community arts management, and zines. Those wanting to take creativity to the next level, gainadvice and support for a creative project, should apply for the $2,000 award (which will help a new artistic idea become reality). Click below for forms and guidelines...
Get the skinny here
10.29
FUNDING STUFF
Cairns Regional Council announces grants for Tourism Development, Economic Development, buying ads, wedding and romance packages, and the Far North Queensland Innovation Hub Scoping Study.
Learn more here
10.30
HELPING A CULTURAL FACILITY HAPPEN
Have ideas for a possible new Cultural Precinct? Maybe you think it should have 100 studio spaces for local artists? or soundproof music rehearsal rooms? or workshop spaces for beginners? a glas-blowing studio and hot shop? or a world class concert hall and museum facility? Perhaps you want to suggest that it include a creative industries campus for university students? or an aquarium where the tanks also house sculptures by Australia's greatest artists? Maybe you think this creative place should have a kids playground, creatively inspired and designed by local children and built by parents and civic leaders? Maybe you crave a giant outdoor movie screen and free movies there every weekend? How would you make its plaza a vibrant gathering place? What woudl you want a $100 million creative place to have?
Click here to begin
and read the
comprehensive feasibility study here
10.31
UKULELE MANIA IN MELBOURNE
Melbourne expands its celebration of the humble ukulele
Find out more by clicking here
UKULELE MANIA IN MELBOURNE
Melbourne expands its celebration of the humble ukulele
Find out more by clicking here
10.32
CIAF TEAM-BUILDING
Meet the new folks behind the 2011 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair...
Click here...
10.33
FUNDING NEEDS
If you’re a visual artist, actor, musician, writer, heritage worker and you have an idea for an arts project that needs funding to get off the ground – the Council's RADF managers need you to help build a case! Every year, Cairns Regional Council makes a bid to the Queensland Government (through Arts Queensland) to partner with our local community to support professional and emerging artists through the Regional Arts Development Fund. To build a really strong case for funding, they need an indication of the kinds of projects that are being planned for the 2011/12. Even if your ideas are still germinating, they want to hear about them.
Creative movers and shakers should send in a brief summary of arts projects that might gain future RADF support. For more information on how to couch your ideas, contact t.goldingclarke@cairns.qld.gov.au by the end of January 2011
10.34
THANK YOU SIR
Ian Potter Foundation offers another source of charitable funding for the arts, innovation, and community goodness.
Click here to learn all about the giving
10.35
STRANDED
Strand Ephemera is a dynamic 11 day festival of contemporary art and installation. Presented along the length of the Strand, Townsville's famous beachfront, the festival is complemented by a dynamic program of events, workshops, guided tours, and performances. Propose your installation before 14 February, but read the guidelines first...
10.36
GO LOW FI
Brisbane conference ponders the way forward with a digital strategy for the arts...
Click here to ponder it yourself
10.37
FILM YOUR ADVENTUROUS NATURE
The second annual Cairns Adventure Film Festival is Australasia's only adventure and extreme sports film competition. The films showcase the talent and wild side of local film makers and adventure sports people, and many feature beautiful and raw natural locations in the far North. The action thus far has been intense, and this will be made clear at the main show night on Saturday 28 May 2011 at AJ Hackett in Cairns in a night of great fast-paced adventure films and live action.
The call for entries is now open: if you have an adventure or extreme sports film, submit it! www.caff.net.au/competition
10.38
STARTING WITH ART
ArtStart grants for graduate and final year artists open for applications in January. Click here to go to the Australia Council website to learn how you could be $10,000 richer...
http://www.artstartgrant.com.au/
10.39
ZILCH
10.40
LET THE SUNSHINE IN
Another generous funding source supporting worthwhile projects across Australia...
Click here to proceed to a rich website...
10.41
BEYOND THE FIRST CRAWL
The idea of a regular art walk, with local cultural institutions and creative businesses working together, got off ot a good in December. Thanks to all the venues and organisations who jumped on board, and to those who are now keen to expand the next Cairns Creative Crawl. Plans are being made for an after-work Crawl on February11, and then every few months after, leading up to a massive urban odyssey around the start of the 2011 Cairns Festival in August. If you are a business, organization, or a creative practitioner of any kind, and you might like to be part of the next Cairns Creative Crawl (in any way, shape, or form), please reply to this message and join in our collaboration in urban activation.
10.42
CRAFTING A BETTER FESTIVAL
Bold projects wanted. Cairns Festival is calling for suggestions and ideas. Click below, and share your thoughts, wild ideas, bold projects, and suggestions for what makes a meaningful and interesting annual creative celebration...
Click here and let the ideas flow
10.43
VIBRANT CITY
Look at all the live music and stuff coming up at the Esplanade and City Place. Drumming workshops, market days, Zumba, rock and roll dance, massive Australia Day big bonza bbq...not to mention the busking. Who said the CBD lacked a vibrant core?
Visit the Esplanade events website
10.44
YOUR NEWS OR EVENT HERE
Reply to this message if you have information or opportunities to list in the next edition of Cairns Artful-e...
10.45
CAIRNS INPUT NEEDED
Always wanted to have a say, or three or four says, in the future of your community. Here's a website that asks many questions, and lets you answer them all. Community Plan, more birdges, Cultural Precinct, less bridges, Flying Cars and Monorails: tell 'em what you have on your mind and in your vision for the Far North. Click, think, type...
Click here, and have your say!
10.46
CAIRNS ARTFUL-E ARCHIVES
If you missed last week's edition, or want to delve into the archives for a special tidbit of information, find past versions stored here (and there are some good links on the left as well)
Cairns Artful-e Archives
10.47
CONTACT CAIRNS ARTFUL-E
To be removed from this email list...
To be added...
To submit contents, events, opportunities, or comments to contribute to...
To simply make contact...
Eric Holowacz
or 07 4044 3086
CIAF TEAM-BUILDING
Meet the new folks behind the 2011 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair...
Click here...
10.33
FUNDING NEEDS
If you’re a visual artist, actor, musician, writer, heritage worker and you have an idea for an arts project that needs funding to get off the ground – the Council's RADF managers need you to help build a case! Every year, Cairns Regional Council makes a bid to the Queensland Government (through Arts Queensland) to partner with our local community to support professional and emerging artists through the Regional Arts Development Fund. To build a really strong case for funding, they need an indication of the kinds of projects that are being planned for the 2011/12. Even if your ideas are still germinating, they want to hear about them.
Creative movers and shakers should send in a brief summary of arts projects that might gain future RADF support. For more information on how to couch your ideas, contact t.goldingclarke@cairns.qld.gov.au by the end of January 2011
10.34
THANK YOU SIR
Ian Potter Foundation offers another source of charitable funding for the arts, innovation, and community goodness.
Click here to learn all about the giving
10.35
STRANDED
Strand Ephemera is a dynamic 11 day festival of contemporary art and installation. Presented along the length of the Strand, Townsville's famous beachfront, the festival is complemented by a dynamic program of events, workshops, guided tours, and performances. Propose your installation before 14 February, but read the guidelines first...
10.36
GO LOW FI
Brisbane conference ponders the way forward with a digital strategy for the arts...
Click here to ponder it yourself
10.37
FILM YOUR ADVENTUROUS NATURE
The second annual Cairns Adventure Film Festival is Australasia's only adventure and extreme sports film competition. The films showcase the talent and wild side of local film makers and adventure sports people, and many feature beautiful and raw natural locations in the far North. The action thus far has been intense, and this will be made clear at the main show night on Saturday 28 May 2011 at AJ Hackett in Cairns in a night of great fast-paced adventure films and live action.
The call for entries is now open: if you have an adventure or extreme sports film, submit it! www.caff.net.au/competition
10.38
STARTING WITH ART
ArtStart grants for graduate and final year artists open for applications in January. Click here to go to the Australia Council website to learn how you could be $10,000 richer...
http://www.artstartgrant.com.au/
10.39
ZILCH
10.40
LET THE SUNSHINE IN
Another generous funding source supporting worthwhile projects across Australia...
Click here to proceed to a rich website...
10.41
BEYOND THE FIRST CRAWL
The idea of a regular art walk, with local cultural institutions and creative businesses working together, got off ot a good in December. Thanks to all the venues and organisations who jumped on board, and to those who are now keen to expand the next Cairns Creative Crawl. Plans are being made for an after-work Crawl on February11, and then every few months after, leading up to a massive urban odyssey around the start of the 2011 Cairns Festival in August. If you are a business, organization, or a creative practitioner of any kind, and you might like to be part of the next Cairns Creative Crawl (in any way, shape, or form), please reply to this message and join in our collaboration in urban activation.
10.42
CRAFTING A BETTER FESTIVAL
Bold projects wanted. Cairns Festival is calling for suggestions and ideas. Click below, and share your thoughts, wild ideas, bold projects, and suggestions for what makes a meaningful and interesting annual creative celebration...
Click here and let the ideas flow
10.43
VIBRANT CITY
Look at all the live music and stuff coming up at the Esplanade and City Place. Drumming workshops, market days, Zumba, rock and roll dance, massive Australia Day big bonza bbq...not to mention the busking. Who said the CBD lacked a vibrant core?
Visit the Esplanade events website
10.44
YOUR NEWS OR EVENT HERE
Reply to this message if you have information or opportunities to list in the next edition of Cairns Artful-e...
10.45
CAIRNS INPUT NEEDED
Always wanted to have a say, or three or four says, in the future of your community. Here's a website that asks many questions, and lets you answer them all. Community Plan, more birdges, Cultural Precinct, less bridges, Flying Cars and Monorails: tell 'em what you have on your mind and in your vision for the Far North. Click, think, type...
Click here, and have your say!
10.46
CAIRNS ARTFUL-E ARCHIVES
If you missed last week's edition, or want to delve into the archives for a special tidbit of information, find past versions stored here (and there are some good links on the left as well)
Cairns Artful-e Archives
10.47
CONTACT CAIRNS ARTFUL-E
To be removed from this email list...
To be added...
To submit contents, events, opportunities, or comments to contribute to...
To simply make contact...
Eric Holowacz
or 07 4044 3086
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