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.
Colours of Queensland
Regional
This exhibition is an outcome of the 2016 Queensland Regional Art Awards. The Awards aim to highlight the wealth of creative talent located outside the capital city, and to provide a platform for further professional development.
Artists were asked to consider what brings colour, vibrancy and life to their local community or region. The exhibition features the work of 35 regional Queensland artists.
Regional Queensland artists explore what brings colour, vibrancy and life to their local communities. See the Colours of Queensland exhibition in Chinchilla. Regional Queensland artists explore what brings colour, vibrancy and life to their local communities. See the Colours of Queensland exhibition in Texas. Regional Queensland artists explore what brings colour, vibrancy and life to their local community or region, drawing on personal experiences and observations. See Colours of Queensland in Ipswich Regional Queensland artists explore what brings colour, vibrancy and life to their local communities. See the Colours of Queensland exhibition in Goondiwindi.
Colours of Queensland – Chinchilla
Colours of Queensland – Texas
Colours of Queensland – Ipswich
Colours of Queensland – Goondiwindi
Reminiscence
Regional
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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
Reminiscence – Miles
Reminiscence – Moranbah
Reminiscence – Pine Rivers
Reminiscence – Roma
Grounded
Regional
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.
This stop of the Grounded Touring Exhibition is at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Gladstone. Grounded, a commission by Glasgow Life for Festival 2014, XX Commonwealth Games, is the seventh exhibition in Judith Parrott’s Place Matters series. This stop of the Grounded Touring Exhibition is at Tableland Regional Art Gallery, Atherton. Grounded, a commission by Glasgow Life for Festival 2014, XX Commonwealth Games, is the seventh exhibition in Judith Parrott’s Place Matters series.
Grounded – Gladstone
Grounded – Atherton
Exhibitions By Request
By Request
Flying Arts has a number of touring exhibitions which can been booked by your gallery.
Flying Arts is a not-for-profit organisation inspiring the appreciation, practice and professional development of the visual and media arts as a lifetime interest or career throughout regional and remote Queensland, supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, the University of Southern Queensland and corporate partners and benefactors. Support the work of Flying Arts by donating to the Art for Life Giving Fund. Donations are tax deductible.