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september
22sep9:00 am4:00 pmCreative Consultations with Joachim FroeseOnline Consultation

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(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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Spend 45 minutes online with renowned photography artist and educator Joachim Froese to discuss your work, receive professional feedback on your concepts and techniques, and get practical tips
Event Details
Spend 45 minutes online with renowned photography artist and educator Joachim Froese to discuss your work, receive professional feedback on your concepts and techniques, and get practical tips on how to take the next steps in your career as an artist.
Joachim started his own career in regional Tasmania before moving to Brisbane in 1998. Since then, he has exhibited his work across Australia and overseas and his work is held in numerous public collections. He is an experienced educator who has taught photography, design and fine art subjects at a number of universities in Australia and Germany. He is Flying Arts’ longest standing tutor, delivering workshops in photography and professional development across Queensland since 2003.
While Joachim’s main area of expertise is photography, he is interested to look at all types of work and he can offer help and advice in the following areas:
· Develop ideas and concepts in your work;
· Develop and select a powerful portfolio of images;
· Professional development: preparation of exhibitions, marketing & promotion, choosing and approaching galleries, setting professional goals.
Use these 45 minute sessions to discuss matters most relevant to you.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
Image credit: ‘Rafael Navarro’ Mountain, Mars, from the series Turned Towards the Firmament, 4 unfixed salt prints, 2022.
Additional Information
Your facilitator: Joachim Froese was born in Montreal, Canada, grew up in Germany and migrated to Australia in 1991. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Tasmanian School of Art in Launceston in 1995, a Master of Visual Arts at the Queensland College of Art (QCA) in Brisbane in 2001, and a PhD (Art) at RMIT in Melbourne in 2017.
Combining exceptional technical expertise with a conceptual approach he works across a wide range of digital and analogue processes in photography, including historic printing techniques.
Since 1996 he has exhibited widely across Australia, Europe, Asia and North America and his work is included in numerous public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia and QAGOMA. His work has featured in numerous national and international art publications and in 2009 the Queensland Centre for Photography published a monograph of his work.
Froese is an Honorary Lecturer at the School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland. Since 2001 he has held regular teaching appointments at universities in Australia and Germany. He lives in Brisbane/Meanjin and Berlin.
28sep12:00 pm1:00 pmAI and the Creative Industries with Jessie HughesEducator Webinar

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(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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12pm – 1pm Thursday 28th September 2023 Join us for an in-depth discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its effects on the creative industries in 2023. Discover how fresh evolutions with
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12pm – 1pm Thursday 28th September 2023
Join us for an in-depth discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its effects on the creative industries in 2023. Discover how fresh evolutions with AI are intersecting storytelling, production, prototyping and artistic processes, as well as how to leverage this technology within your own workflow. This session provides a balanced exploration of AI’s impact on the industry in 2023, while including live demonstrations of generative AI processes.
- Overview of current industry impacts
- Practical examples of positive and negative use-cases
- Machine Learning and AI in our everyday lives
- Generative AI live demonstration
Please Bring
Flying arts recommends having note taking materials on hand. Any resources will be shared online prior to the workshop. Please bring questions that you may have for Jessie.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Additional Information
About your facilitator: Jessie Hughes is an internationally-recognised Australian new media artist, technologist and screenwriter, her works having exhibited most notably at Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Cannes and the Tate Modern. Hughes has been named one of Australia’s Future Changers for her commitment to using digital innovation for positive social impact, and was awarded Australia’s prestigious 2020 Sir John Monash Scholarship. Hughes has designed and implemented solutions for tech-giants such as Oculus, Facebook, and Adobe, and has been featured in over 120+ media articles across radio, newspaper and TV. She is an American Australian Association Arts Scholar, Winston Churchill Fellow, Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artist Fellow and a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Ambassador. Professionally, Jessie works as a Creative Technologist, toying at the intersection of design, technology, art, research and strategy for social innovation.
october
19oct12:00 pm1:00 pmFood as Sustainable Creative Medium with Elizabeth WillingEducator Webinar

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(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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12pm – 1pm Thursday 19th October 2023 For the past 14 years Elizabeth has worked with edible materials in her practice. Her artworks range from sculpture, installation, video, collage, and performances where she
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday 19th October 2023
For the past 14 years Elizabeth has worked with edible materials in her practice. Her artworks
range from sculpture, installation, video, collage, and performances where she enacts ‘hospitality’.
In this webinar the artist will discuss:
- ephemeral materials through the lens of sustainability
- the ethics of food waste
- the use of recycled materials across the various branches of her practice.
In this webinar Elizabeth will draw on examples from her own art practice to explore the complexity of issues around sustainability.
This workshop is suitable for teachers, artists and anyone interested in learning about sustainability in the arts.
Please Bring
Flying arts recommends having note taking materials on hand. Any resources will be shared online prior to the workshop. Please bring questions that you may have for Elizabeth.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Image: (Detail) Moviprep. Sherbet straws. 2020. 400x400cm. Image courtesy Elizabeth Willing and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne. Photograph by Andrew Curtis
Additional Information
About your facilitator:
Elizabeth Willing is a Brisbane based visual artist whose works are performative and often participatory explorations of food and hosting. Primarily working in sculpture, installation, and performance, Elizabeth’s work additionally takes the form of performance meals.
Elizabeth has undertaken professional development mentorships in New York with Janine Antoni (2011), with the Experimental Food Society in London (2012) and then with Thomas Rentmeister in Berlin (2014). In 2019 she completed a Masters of Fine Art at Queensland University of Technology.
Elizabeth has undertaken residencies at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (2014), Helsinki International Art Program HIAP (2015), New England Regional Art Museum Armidale (2018), The Australian Wine Research Institute in Adelaide (2019), Museum of Brisbane (2020), Urban Art Projects (2022) and Metro Arts (2023).
Exhibitions of Elizabeth’s work have been held in Australia and overseas at The Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, Trapholt Museum of Art and Design Denmark, Tinguely Museum Basel, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane, Musee Beaux Arts Angers France, and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
Elizabeth is represented by Tolarno Galleries Melbourne
20oct9:00 am4:00 pmCreative Consultations with Kellie O'DempseyArtist & Arts worker Consultation

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(Friday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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Discuss your career or practice one-on-one with a respected arts industry professional. As a Queensland based interdisciplinary artist and educator Kellie O’Dempsey works across the
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Discuss your career or practice one-on-one with a respected arts industry professional.
As a Queensland based interdisciplinary artist and educator Kellie O’Dempsey works across the arts and cultural sector as an independent practitioner, educator and project developer. Delivering projects and programs in both regional and metropolitan areas from The National Gallery in Canberra to NorthSite Contemporary Arts in Far North Queensland Kellie’s approach is diverse and engaging. Playing with light, line and the live act, Kellie investigates notions of transformation and the absurd. Creating in both solo and collaborative formats with sound artists and contemporary performance practitioners using projection, collage and drawing as installation she hybridises elements generating artworks that are experiential and emergent.
Kellie O’Dempsey can provide career advice for artists, arts workers, writers, producers. In particular, Kellie can provide specific advice on:
- artwork, exhibition and project concept development
- creative project management and collaborative approaches
- site-generated installations and performances
- advice on projection, video, collage, architectural space, gestural line, performance and digital drawing practices
Use these 45 minute sessions to discuss matters most relevant to you.
Please bring questions, CVs or resumes, resources, artwork, portfolios or other items to discuss during your consultation. You will have the option to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of your session.
Image credit: Installation view, Kellie O’Dempsey, Wish You Were Here | Northsite Contemporary Art Space, Cairns, Queensland, 2022.
Additional Information
Your facilitator: As a Queensland based interdisciplinary artist and educator Kellie O’Dempsey works across the arts and cultural sector as an independent practitioner, educator and project developer. Delivering projects and programs in both regional and metropolitan areas from The National Gallery in Canberra to NorthSite Contemporary Arts in Far North Queensland Kellie’s approach is diverse and engaging. Playing with light, line and the live act, Kellie investigates notions of transformation and the absurd. Creating in both solo and collaborative formats with sound artists and contemporary performance practitioners using projection, collage and drawing as installation she hybridises elements generating artworks that are experiential and emergent.
26oct12:00 pm1:00 pmAccessible Arts Practices with Access ArtsOnline webinar

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(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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Having an arts practice that prioritises access is essential. In this online session, learn how to improve how you connect with people with disability or who are d/Deaf through your
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Having an arts practice that prioritises access is essential. In this online session, learn how to improve how you connect with people with disability or who are d/Deaf through your online and in-person arts projects.
Madeleine Little, Festival Director of Undercover Artist Festival, Access Arts will introduce best practice access considerations for people with disability in context to arts and culture. Madeleine will cover key topics:
- An overview of the Social Model of Disability
- Common barriers to access in the arts
- Best practice ways to navigate access barriers
- Overview of terms and recommended language
Madeleine will also provide resources for further information and support.
What to expect
This webinar is best suited to artists and arts workers wanting to practice Allyship. Attendees can expect to:
- Reflect on their arts practice to consider changes that remove barriers of access.
- Gain knowledge and confidence using inclusive language and preferred terms.
What to bring
Please bring questions to discuss with Madeleine. If you would like to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of the webinar, please email program@flyingarts.org.au. Flying Arts also recommend having note taking materials on hand.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube with Closed Captions (English) after the program concludes.
An AusLan interpreter will be present during the online session.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Event Partner/s
About your facilitator: Madeleine Little (she/her) is a performer, theatre maker and access consultant for the performing arts based in Brisbane. Her acting credits include her recent work as Dr Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart (2022, Ad Astra Theatre) and as the lead in Hold (2019), which she also wrote, directed and produced for her Master of Arts (Creative Arts) research testing accessible theatre practice conventions in a new work. As an actor, Madeleine has been recognised for her performance as Dr Emma Brookner in The Normal Heart (Ad Astra Theatre) with a Matilda Award for Best Supporting Actor in an Independent Production. As a leader in the disability arts sector, Madeleine currently sits on the board of Arts Access Australia and has received multiple awards: Early Career Artist Award – Australia Council’s National Arts and Disability Awards (2022), National Leadership Award – Arts Access Australia (2019), Stella Young Award – Arts Access Victoria (2018). Madeleine holds Master of Arts (Creative Arts – UniSQ) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama – QUT). For more, visit her website: madeleinelittle.com.
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november
02nov12:00 pm1:00 pmApproaching Public Art with Simone EislerOnline webinar

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(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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This webinar will help you take your art from the studio to the streets, stepping you through tips and challenges associated with creating large-scale public artworks. Developing public artworks is a
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This webinar will help you take your art from the studio to the streets, stepping you through tips and challenges associated with creating large-scale public artworks.
Developing public artworks is a significant undertaking and includes many physical and conceptual considerations. In this webinar, Simone Eisler will discuss her approach to public art commissions. Using Simone’s artworks as a starting point, the webinar will explore:
- Different types of public art artworks: temporary and permanent art commissions.
- Different stakeholders: Government, private and commercial.
The webinar will suit artists from all career levels who are interested in expanding their art practice into public art contexts. Attendees will gain insight into:
- Designing a public artwork from concept, plan to outcome.
- Finding opportunities specific to your own creative practice.
What to bring
Please bring questions to discuss with Simone. If you would like to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of the webinar, please email program@flyingarts.org.au. Flying Arts also recommends having note taking materials on hand.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Image: Simone Eisler (2023) The Climate Wars.
Event Partner/s
Simone Eisler creates large-scale gallery and public installations, including The Climate Wars, a 7m high Trojan Horse vertical garden at Southbank for the World Science Festival (2023), Museum of Our Lost World, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, for Botanica (2021), and Future Nature for Floating Land, Noosa (2021). Simone also collaborates with private, state and council architectural and landscape clients to develop creative content for public spaces and was a key place making consultant with AECCOM, which won the concept design for the massive Southport Broadwater Playground, (2023). In 2011 she completed a collaborative international public art commission The Berlin Laughter Project for the House of World Cultures, Berlin.
Website: www.simoneeisler.com Instagram: simoneeisler #simoneeisler #queenlandartist #publicart
30nov12:00 pm1:00 pmStarting an Artist Run Initiative with Petalia HumphreysOnline webinar

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(Thursday) 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time
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12pm – 1pm Thursday 30th November 2023 Artist-Run-Initiatives (ARI) emerge in response to a need within arts communities and embrace a Do-It-Yourself aesthetic. In this webinar, Petalia Humphrey’s will draw upon
Event Details
12pm – 1pm Thursday 30th November 2023
Artist-Run-Initiatives (ARI) emerge in response to a need within arts communities and embrace a Do-It-Yourself aesthetic. In this webinar, Petalia Humphrey’s will draw upon her experience establishing and managing Studio 26, a community-based exhibition and discussion group based on the Sunshine Coast. Using Studio 26 as a case study, she will identify unique aspects of starting an ARI in a regional centre and offer practical tips for managing and promoting artistic outcomes and activities.
This webinar will cover:
- Funding for regional Artist-Run-Initiatives.
- Promoting creative activities and outcomes
- How to build a regional audience.
This webinar is suitable for anyone interested in starting an ARI or knowing more about the work Studio 26 is doing in a regional centre.
What to bring
Please bring questions to discuss with Petalia. If you would like to provide these to Flying Arts in advance of the webinar, please email program@flyingarts.org.au. Flying Arts also recommends having note taking materials on hand.
Additional Information
This online session will be held via ClickMeeting a webinar broadcasting room. The webinar will be recorded and uploaded to Flying Arts’ YouTube after the program concludes.
To discuss specific access needs, please contact program@flyingarts.org.au.
Additional Information
Your Facilitator: Petalia Humphreys lives and works in Peregian Beach, on Gubbi Gubbi country. Humphreys has worked as a teacher of Visual Art and Design in secondary and tertiary education and has exhibited at the Institute of Modern Art, Metro Arts, Five Walls and Outer Space. Humphreys has been commissioned for multiple public art projects and has exhibited regionally at Noosa Regional Gallery, Caloundra Regional Gallery and The G Contemporary.
Humphreys is passionate about advocating and promoting the development of rigorous and contemporary arts practices in regional areas. She is founder, producer and curator for Studio 26, a project that curates opportunities for mentoring, critical conversation and exhibitions.
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