26 October - 2 December 2007
2007 Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Art – Mackay Region
The Education Minister's Awards for Excellence in Art (EMAEA) aims to promote and recognise excellence in senior visual arts education throughout Queensland state and non-state schools. In this exhibition, selected students from throughout the Mackay region will be displaying their artworks as part of the 2007 Ministers Awards for Excellence in Art.The Education Minister's Awards for Excellence in Art (EMAEA) aims to promote and recognise excellence in senior visual arts education throughout Queensland state and non-state schools. In this exhibition, selected students from throughout the Mackay region will be displaying their artworks as part of the 2007 Ministers Awards for Excellence in Art.
Reel Heroes: Safe Beaches
A touring exhibition and project developed by Impress Printmakers and Surf Life Saving Australia in recognition/celebration of 2007 Year of the Surf Life Saver.
Old Town Hall
Artspace Mackay's Community Exhibition Program commences in February, upstairs at the Old Town Hall, Sydney Street Mackay. For further details on exhibitions contact Artspace closer to the date
31 August - 21 October 2007
Marks and Motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection
A QUT Art Museum Travelling Exhibition celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Print Council of Australia (PCA), Marks and Motifs consists of 45 works commissioned by the PCA since the 1960s. The exhibition gives an insight into the historical development of printmaking in Australia, particularly with the recent emergence of new print technologies, (including photomechanical and digital processes) and the effects this has had on more traditional methods such as linocut and woodcut.
This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government Program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of cultural material across Australia.
MySpace: Recent works by Leo Scott
Local artist Leo Scott presents a selection of recent work, which draws upon personal experiences and observations of everyday living in regional Queensland.
13 July - 26 August 2007
Imagining Papua New Guinea: Prints from the national collection
A National Gallery of Australian Traveling Exhibition. Proudly supported by Australian Air Express. Celebrating the rich history of printmaking in Papua New Guinea since independance - from the '60s, '70s and '80s. Featuring works by iconic artists Mathias Kauage, Martin Morubuna, David Lasisi, John Man and Timothy Akis. With international reputations, these artists are highly regarded for the vibrancy, imagination and strength of their work and the way they respond to their contemporary world. Curated by Roger Butler
Margaret Burgess: Memories from a crowded house
Growing up in Mackay as one of eleven children in a three bedroom house during the turbulent '60s and '70s, provided the inspiration for this exhibition. Margaret shares, on canvas, memories of everyday aspects of life in an unstable but exciting era.
4 May – 8 July 2007
Queensland Live: Contemporary art on tour exhibition
Queensland Live is a travelling exhibition of work by eleven major Queensland contemporary artists drawn from the collection of the Queensland Art Gallery. The exhibition, curated by Julie Ewington, includes works in a wide variety of media from oil paintings by Anne Wallace to ceramics by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, film work by Tracy Moffatt and Judith Wright as well as an installation by Luke Roberts. Five of these leading Australian artists are indigenous, working outside the traditional forms of indigenous art, tackling the social and political issues of Aboriginality within a wider Australian culture.
Sebastian Di Mauro – Suburban Abstractions 4
In a whimsical take on sixties geometric abstraction or ‘colour-field’ painting, Sebastian di Mauro has created a series of wall constructions using Astroturf.
23 March – 29 April 2007
In the World: head, hand, heart – 17th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial 2006
In the World: head, hand, heart – 17th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial 2006 curated by Adelaide based curator, Vivonne Thwaites, is the latest Fibre Textile Biennial from Tamworth Regional Gallery. The curator has selected 28 artists from all over Australia who use fibre / textiles to engage with contemporary concerns: “ The works address themes as diverse as individuality and identity politics, belonging and our place in the world, gender and sexuality, the environment and the increasing insularity and disconnectedness of much contemporary life.”
Adriaan Vanderlugt: Nature transmogrified. Wildlife in my life
With finely crafted works in wood and stone, Proserpine artist Adriaan Vanderlugt pays homage to the wonders of the natural environment.
2 February - 7 March 2007
Judith Wright: Breath and other considerations
A survey of large scale works on paper as well as artist’s books and video work.
Eugene Carchesio: Ascending Descending
A wall installation created specifically for Artspace Mackay and a display of a series of artist’s books recently acquired by Mackay Regional Council.
A rare chance to see work by these two important artists from Brisbane. Both have exhibited widely and their works are represented in the National Gallery of Australia and many State gallery collections. While each is known for their unique vision, both share a passion for unframed paper and both grapple with subjects that are as
essential & diaphanous as the medium of the artworks. In two very different exhibitions they both touch lightly on heavy issues: living, breathing, being, dying.
1 December 2006 – 28 January 2007
Recent Acquisitions: Mackay City Council Collection 2004-2006
New works from Mackay City Council’s art collection including artists’ books, prints, drawings, paintings and pottery. The Mackay City Council Collection belongs to the people of Mackay and includes significant donations and gifts from artists, benefactors and collectors who have supported the development of the arts in our region. Showcasing a number of new acquisitions including works by the Lockhart River Art Gang, drawings by Clem Forbes, prints by Robert Moore, Arthur Boyd and Dianne Fogwell as well as selections from special collections such as the Pioneer Potters Collection and the Pat Corrigan Gift.
Empathy, Works by Raye Williams
An exhibition of recent works by Mackay artist Raye Williams which explores the role of animal carers within the local community, giving an insight into their work, commitment and how they relate to animals. Animal carers protect wildlife or ill-treated domestic animals, and have a special love of animals that will be reflected in paintings and prints by the artist.
