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What's On
Mythical warriors, lovers, artisans and spirits are conjured up in an exhilarating mix of fierce poetry and the madness of love.
Thursday 9 October 5-6pm @ the shed 2 (Creative Industries Precinct) Fashion Masters student Susan Sewell's practice-led research aims to embody fashion, luxury and the fairytale in creating objects of magical quality imbued with meaning, particularly fashion's object of desire - the luxury handbag. Using the fairytale as a starting point for design inspiration, Susan's practice explores concepts, materials and manufacturing processes used to create the one-off items. Susan Sewell has 13 years professional industry experience as an Art Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator working (predominantly freelance) within Advertising, Design and Publishing studios.
Thursday 7 August 5-6pm @ the shed 2 (Creative Industries Precinct) QUT Fashion doyenne Suzi Vaughan discusses the ins and outs of QUT's renowned Fashion Design course, as well as providing an overview on the process of design from concept to product.
Thursday 4 September 5-6pm @ the shed 2 (Creative Industries Precinct) Currently working with international fashion label Easton Pearson and as a sessional fashion lecturer at QUT, Jane Morley talks about her journey through the fashion industry since she started out in 2004. Jane has worked in many and varies roles in that time, including assistant designer, product developer and production manager.
Thursday 18 September 10am @ QUT Art Museum Ever wondered what watercolour was all about? Mia Clark will present a talk and demonstration as an introduction to the watercolour medium. Topics include the basics of using watercolour and different techniques and styles. Mia is a qualified art teacher specialising in portraiture and figurative work in every medium, and is currently teaching watercolour at Brisbane Institute of Art. This talk is presented in conjunction with Eugene Carchesio Explores the Collection, an exhibition that features a wide range of watercolours from farming scenes to contemporary abstracts.
Wednesday 17 September 6-7:30pm @ QUT Art Museum What does it mean to classify an Indigenous artist as 'urban'? Learn about key artists and collectives, their approaches to art-making, and the issues surrounding this new generation of Indigenous artist as Andrea Fisher discusses Queensland Art Gallery's Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award, the proppaNOW Collective, her own practice and 'urban' indigenous art in the Queensland Art Gallery Collection. Bookings essential as seating is limited.
Tuesday 7 October 4-5pm @ The Glasshouse (Creative Industries Precinct) Newly published author Zacharey Jane talks about the odds of being discovered and published from the 'slush pile'. Her novel 'The Lifeboat', fell into her head onboard a ferry leaving Mexico, removing 30 years of writer's block, and was published by UQP. Zacharey will discuss finding a style that voices her thoughts originally, reflecting the way the stories evolve in her head, and the process of being edited and published, as a first time writer. The session will open with a short book reading from The Lifeboat by the author.
Wednesday 30 July 6-7pm QUT Art Museum Every artist dreams of having enough income to live off their practice. This session runs through some of the different sources for funding and income that are available to artists. Learn about different sources of work, the major funding bodies, how to attract sponsorship and form partnerships with other artists and organisations. In partnership with Artworkers Alliance. Speakers include:
Big Square Eye is the world premiere of a massive multimedia artwork that delves into the mind's eye of young people from the suburbs of Brisbane and throughout regional Queensland, showing at The Block (Creative Industries Precinct), from 19 July.
Award winning UK -based artist Gina Czarnecki's new work Contagion will premiere at QUT's Creative Industries Precinct as part of Brisbane Festival 2008 on Saturday 19 July.
Tuesday 29 July, 5-6pm @ the glasshouse (Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove) Linda Funnell from HarperCollins and David Reiter from Interactive Publications provide valuable advice to budding young writers on how to build a profile and get their work published.
Wednesday 6 August 5-6.30pm @ The Glasshouse (Creative Industries Precinct) Krome Studios Senior Level Designer Gaute Rasmussen talks about his role in building game worlds from the foundation up. As one of the judges for the Landscape Concept Art Competition, Gaute will also announce the winner at this session. Game On is supported by Queensland College of Art (Griffith University), Qantm and the International Game Developers Association (Brisbane).
Five years of artwork from students of Cherbourg State School will be showcased in a new exhibition at the Creative Industries Precinct opening on 7 August.
Wednesday 20 August 6-7pm @ QUT Art Museum Dr Wendy Ella Wright will discuss Frank Lloyd Wright's Japanese art collection and the influence it had on his architectural visions. Not only an architect, Lloyd Wright collected thousands of woodblock prints, ceramics, lacquer ware, gold leaf screens and Buddhist icons. He once wrote, "If Japanese prints were to be deducted from my education, I don't know what direction the whole might have taken." In conjunction with Japan Week. Image: Hiroshige II, Evening scene (Girl walking along the road) c.1868, colour woodblock print. QUT Art Collection
Thursday 21 August 11am @ QUT Art Museum Ikebana is the traditional form of Japanese flower- arranging. To celebrate Japan Week come along to QUT Art Museum for an Ikebana demonstration in the Ohara school style, courtesy of the Consulate-General of Japan. Followed by morning tea.
Wednesday 27 August 6-7pm @ QUT Art Museum Want to find out how you can get into public art? Not sure where to start? Come along to hear industry professionals talk about public art commissioning tenders, artist responsibilities and production processes. A must see for anyone thinking of going public. Speakers:
Fashion enthusiasts have to opportunity to trade unique and useful textiles at QUT's first ever fabric-only swap event, a specialist fabric exchange run in conjunction with this year's Mercedes-Benz Brisbane Fashion Festival.
Tuesday 2 September, 5-6pm FREE @ the glasshouse (Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove) Get paid to do what you love! Arts Qld will be providing information on where to find and how to write grants.
Thursday 28 August, 4-5pm @ The Shed 2, Creative Industries Precinct (Kelvin Grove) High quality fabric must be clean, folded or rolled with the length clearly tagged. Exchange your fabric for buttons, (max. 25 buttons/person), then use them to 'purchase' lengths of other donated fabrics. One button = 1 metre of fabric. Tickets for FabricSwap are $6.50 through QTIX, with proceeds donated to Youngcare.
Wednesday 10 September 5-6pm @ The Glasshouse (Creative Industries Precinct) If you'd rather write the story and build the characters of a game than create the visual landscape, Leanne Taylor, a freelance game writer with experience at Pandemic and THQ, will answer your questions at this talk about developing game narratives. The talk will be followed by a workshop led by Leanne. Game On is supported by Queensland College of Art (Griffith University), Qantm and International Game Developers Association (Brisbane).
Wednesday 1 October 5-6pm @ The Glasshouse (Creative Industries Precinct) Pandemic Studios Lead Designer Morgan Jaffit discusses games design as a potential career path, as well as giving you all the essential hints and tips for the 48hr Game-Making Challenge on Friday 3 October. Game On is supported by Queensland College of Art (Griffith University), Qantm and International Game Developers Association (Brisbane).
Friday 3 to Sunday 5 October @ The Glasshouse (Creative Industries Precinct) We challenge you to produce a playable prototype game for the chance to win fame and fortune ... but you only have 48 hours and we're locking you in! Find a small team (maximum of 6 people) and take the challenge to produce a prototype game in just 48 hours, starting 4pm Friday 3 October. For entry and competition details visit www.ciprecinct.qut.com. Game On is supported by Queensland College of Art (Griffith University), Qantm and the International Game Developers Association (Brisbane).
QUT Showcase Dance Featuring fresh, dynamic dance works by acclaimed choreographers and showcasing the exceptional talents of QUT dance performance students, Dance 08 is an exploration of the exciting possibilities of contemporary dance. Content sourced from QUT News Web Service.
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