Artists Exchange: Making Work

Artists Exchange: a seven-week program that provides a safe and welcoming environment for emerging and early career artists.

Participants will be asked to “show and tell” their current “problem” work and to provide constructive feedback to peers.

All sessions are small (up to eight artists) and fully online.

Sessions will be convened by Dr Holly Arden (Flying Arts) along with three professional artists:

• Daniel Templeman (Brisbane/Magandjin/Meeanjin)
• Marian Drew (Brisbane/Magandjin/Meeanjin)
• Ron McBurnie (Townsville/Gurambilbarra)

Dates: Seven weeks, starting Monday 26 October 2026, then Mondays 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 November 2026, then Monday 18 January 2027.

Times: Morning session (10:00am–11:15am) OR afternoon session (3:30pm–4:45pm). You will attend EITHER the morning OR the afternoon group over all seven weeks.

Number of places: Strictly limited to eight artists in each group.

Suitable for

• Artists aged 18+
• Emerging and early career artists working in all media
• Artists in regional and remote Queensland
• Participants who are prepared to give and receive kind and constructive feedback about current work

How to apply

Spaces are limited. Please complete the application form to register your interest and nominate your availability. One of our team will be in touch to confirm your acceptance into the program.

Payment

Full payment will be due prior to the first session on Monday 26 October 2026.

To receive Member pricing either become an Accredited Member with public liability, professional indemnity and personal accident insurance, or a Standard Member.

Applications close at 4:00pm on Monday 12 October 2026.

Meet the convenors

Daniel Templeman

Daniel has been working predominately in public art since 2003, with over 20 large-scale commissions that stretch across the Asia-Pacific. He has worked with leading international design teams, fabricators, curators, and consultants. Daniel was the lead artist on the world’s first buoyant artificial reef, “Wonder Reef” on the Gold Coast, installed in 2022. Daniel has also held senior roles as Executive Producer of the Brisbane Art and Design Festival, Head of Content at the Museum of Brisbane, and Senior Public Art Officer at Brisbane City Council. Daniel holds a Doctorate in Visual Art awarded through Griffith University, where he now lectures.

Marian Drew

Marian Drew worked as Associate Professor and lecturer at the Queensland College of Art for three decades and received a PhD from the Canberra School of Art and Design, ANU, 2023. She has held over forty solo shows and numerous curated shows in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Germany, France, China, Dubai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Peru. Her work is held in collections that include the John Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego, National Gallery of Australia, Victorian National Gallery, Art Gallery of South Australia, QAGOMA, Monash Gallery of Art and University of Queensland.

Ron McBurnie

Photo by Riste Andrievski.

Ron McBurnie is an Australian artist whose career has spanned almost five decades. Working from North Queensland, his work encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking and artists’ books, and is informed by landscape, literature, travel and the history of art. Drawing has remained central to his career: more than a discipline or medium, it has become a way of observing, questioning and understanding the world, informing his paintings, prints and artists’ books alike. McBurnie’s projects often grow gradually through the accumulation of observation, reading, travel, memory and drawing, sometimes returning to particular places over many years as new experiences and associations become part of the work. He has presented extensive solo exhibitions throughout Australia and has participated in major invited and touring exhibitions. His work is represented in significant public, university and regional collections. Alongside his studio practice, McBurnie has contributed to Australian visual culture as an educator, curator, publisher and collaborator on artists’ books and exhibition projects.