The Flying Arts annual exhibition program is designed specifically to provide opportunities for artists, especially regional and remote Queensland artists, to reach out and connect with new audiences and new opportunities.

TOURING EXHIBITIONS AVAILABLE

Wanderlust

Wanderlust, The touring exhibition of the 2018 Queensland Regional Art Awards

The tour schedule is now full! The 2019-2020 tour will be travelling to Somerset, Winton, Goondiwindi, Chinchilla, Toowoomba and Ingham. Full details of the tour schedule will be released later this year. 
If you would like to be notified first for our next QRAA tour booking opportunity please contact our Exhibitions Program Lead

Jabu Birriny (Land + Sea)

Originally developed by the State Library of Queensland in partnership with Yarrabah Arts and Cultural Precinct, Jabu Birriny was exhibited at the State Library of Qld from 22 Oct 2017 – 4 March 2018.

Flying Arts is currently developing the exhibition for touring 2019-2020. We are seeking tour booking EOI’s now… read more

TOURS IN DEVELOPMENT

Colour and Response Tour and Exhibition Project – Touring in 2019-2020

Colour and Response is being developed following the success of Moriarty’s retrospective exhibition Colour: Mervyn Moriarty, A Retrospective Exhibition which was held in Brisbane in 2016 to commemorate Flying Arts Alliance’s 45th Anniversary. Flying Arts has been granted funding from Arts Queensland through the Playing Queensland Fund to develop and tour this very exciting project. read more

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Flying Arts’ Featured Artists at the Judy

Activating the public foyer spaces of Level 2 at the Judith Wright Centre in 2018, is a series of seasonal exhibitions of small scale 3D works on plinths. Featuring artists from our Flying Arts Membership, the program is set to bring an eclectic mix of works from Regional and Brisbane artists for 12 week exhibitions in Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer.
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Iconic Queensland

Iconic Queensland is the touring exhibition of the Queensland Regional Art Awards 2017. Curated by Henri Van Noordenburg, Project Officer Regional Services, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, QRAA 2017, Iconic Queensland promises to be a spectacular event featuring the finest of Queensland regional and remote artists. 
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Reminiscence

Reminiscence pays tribute to Judith Wright and her life. On reflection Judith was a fiercely intelligent, strong and passionate woman who cared deeply about the land of her birth and the first people of her beloved country, Australia.
Artist, Fiona Rafferty and Ceramicist, Frances Smith have worked collaboratively to produce a body of work that celebrates and pays homage to Judith Wright. read more

 

Grounded

Grounded presents the outcome of two residencies; one in the Gaelic speaking Outer Hebrides of Scotland and the other with the Australian Aboriginal nations of the Central Australian desert and the plains of Western Queensland.
Grounded features photography, sound, audiovisual, language and prose; with inspiration drawn from landscape and stories shared by the local people. Judith’s artistic interpretation addresses issues surrounding connection to land, language, and each other for environmental and personal wellbeing.  read more

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