Position Purpose:

To ensure that the Bundaberg Regional Galleries provide industry standard technical services to touring and local exhibitions and artists.

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Position purpose: 

This position works closely with the Director of Umbrella Studio and includes a combination of exhibition/ project management, public programming and marketing responsibilities relating to:

• Project management of exhibitions, public programs and workshops
• Maintaining excellent workplace health and safety (WHS) practices
• Touring logistics
• Event setup, pack-down and supervision
• Design and media related tasks

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Experimenta is seeking Expressions of Interest for media artworks by Australian artists for the triennial touring exhibition Experimenta Life Forms (2020-2023).

Experimenta is delighted to be partnering with two of Australia’s leading experimental contemporary art organisations to enrich this commissioning program. The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) will be part of the selection process alongside Experimenta and will support the commissioning of one new work. SymbioticA will provide a residency opportunity for up to three months at its labs at the University of WA.

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Funds fellows from Queensland’s research, education and cultural sectors to visit and complete a project at the Smithsonian Institution.

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The Creative Partnerships Awards celebrates exemplary individuals from Australia’s philanthropy, business and arts sectors who show leadership in private giving, philanthropy and business partnerships with the arts.

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The Centre Beaudesert is calling for entries from Queensland artists, photographers, digital media and filmmakers to respond to the exhibition theme.

THEME: ‘celebrating our elders and help shift our views on ageing and age-related barriers that prevent community participation’.

20 artworks will be selected for exhibition at The Centre Beaudesert July-Sept, at Arts Ablaze Conference Ramada Resort Kooralbyn Valley October 2019 and the subsequent tour in 2020-21.  Works will be selected by a panel representing aged care, health, arts & community.

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The Regional Arts Fund (RAF) is an Australian Government program designed to benefit regional and remote arts practitioners, arts workers, audiences and communities. The fund is provided through Regional Arts Australia and is administered in Queensland by Flying Arts Alliance.

Join Flying Arts Alliance to learn how to access and apply for for RAF funding to support your project, professional development or initiative.

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Topics will include:

– Available RAF Funding streams, including Community Project Grants (CPGs) and Quick Response Grants (QRGs)
– Working out if you are eligible for RAF funding
– Addressing assessment criteria
– How to apply for RAF through SmartyGrants
– How to create and balance a budget for your proposed RAF funded project or initiative

Participants are invited to stay after the presentation for networking and to ask any questions.

The Regional Arts Fund (RAF) is an Australian Government program designed to benefit regional and remote arts practitioners, arts workers, audiences and communities. The fund is provided through Regional Arts Australia and is administered in Queensland by Flying Arts Alliance.

Join Flying Arts Alliance to learn how to access and apply for for RAF funding to support your project, professional development or initiative.

This workshop will be presented as part of the Moonaboola Arts Festival.

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Topics will include:

– Available RAF Funding streams, including Community Project Grants (CPGs), Quick Response Grants (QRGs) and the Arts Ablaze Presenter Travel Subsidy Grants
– Working out if you are eligible for RAF funding
– Addressing assessment criteria
– How to apply for RAF through SmartyGrants
– How to create and balance a budget for your proposed RAF funded project or initiative

Participants are invited to stay after the presentation for networking and to ask any questions over lunch (provided)

The Library’s Creative Fellowship program provides artists and scholars with a unique and supportive environment in which to immerse themselves in our collections. We invite recipients to be inspired by, repurpose, transform or imaginatively respond to published or original sources, such as manuscripts, maps, music, newspapers, oral histories and rare printed material, in any way they choose.

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In 1987, artist Jack Kilgour bequeathed funds for the creation of a major figurative and portrait art competition to be run in perpetuity at Newcastle Art Gallery. Today, the KILGOUR PRIZE is one of Australia’s major art prizes, and awards $50,000 for the most outstanding work of art as determined by a panel of three judges, and $5,000 for the People’s Choice Award, as determined by votes from the public.

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The Museum has an exciting opportunity to join the Curatorial Centres team.  Our master plan is about the discovery of ideas and how we present them. The Museum is investing in the intellectual capacity of our staff to deliver these ideas to our audiences in diverse and participatory ways.

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Grants of up to a maximum of $500 are available for independent artists and/or curators to assist deliver lectures, workshops, or similar in partnership with a regional or metropolitan gallery. Grants can be used towards travel, associated workshop fees, workshop materials, accommodation and living expenses during the period of the partnership arrangement.

Closing Dates: 30 April 2019 and 30 September 2019
Amount: Up to $500.

Restrictions: Applicants must be individual members of PGQ. The partnership organisation must also be a member of PGQ. More information on PGQ membership here. List of current PGQ organisational members here.

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Applications are now open for this unique, prestigious yet accessible award that is presented to more than 100 Australians every year!

It enables recipients to travel overseas for four to eight weeks so they can meet and work with leaders of influence to gain and exchange knowledge and experience for the betterment of themselves, their industry or community and Australia.

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Grants of up to a maximum of $1,000 are available for gallery staff and volunteers to assist them attend seminars, conferences, biennales, exhibitions or courses. Grants can be used towards conference registration fees, associated workshop fees, travel, accommodation and living expenses during the period of the event.

Closing Dates: 30 April 2019 and 30 September 2019
Amount: Up to $1,000

Restrictions: Open to all staff and volunteers. Permanent staff members must apply through their organisation’s PGQ organisational membership number. More information on PGQ membership here.

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Queensland Community Foundation invites all Queensland based photographers, instagrammers, philanthropists and charities to enter the 2019 QCF Philanthropy in Focus Photo Challenge, part of Philanthropy Week in June.

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Arts Dinners are a program of events to support the development of Creative Industries across and beyond the Scenic Rim region.  Join The Centre Beaudesert and Flying Arts Facilitators Emily Devers and Sonia Cozens at this free event, focusing on networking, skill development, and community conversations about things that matter for the arts in our community. 

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Grants up to a maximum of $1,000 to assist public galleries to undertake organisational initiatives. These might include:

• Costs towards improvements in the gallery/museum exhibition program such as touring exhibition fees and display improvements.
• An appropriate consultant to work with the institution on skill development in areas such as Education and Public Programs;
• Exhibition Development;
• or Strategic Planning and Policy Development.
• On-site training workshops and seminars in specialist areas such as volunteer recruitment, board management and gallery/museum practice.

Closing Date: 30 April 2019 and 30 September 2019
Amount: Up to $1,000

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Position purpose: 

This position works closely with the Director of Umbrella Studio and includes a combination of exhibition/ project management, public programming and marketing responsibilities relating to:

• Project management of exhibitions, public programs and workshops
• Maintaining excellent workplace health and safety (WHS) practices
• Touring logistics
• Event setup, pack-down and supervision
• Design and media related tasks

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Experimenta is seeking Expressions of Interest for media artworks by Australian artists for the triennial touring exhibition Experimenta Life Forms (2020-2023).

Experimenta is delighted to be partnering with two of Australia’s leading experimental contemporary art organisations to enrich this commissioning program. The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) will be part of the selection process alongside Experimenta and will support the commissioning of one new work. SymbioticA will provide a residency opportunity for up to three months at its labs at the University of WA.

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The Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program provides grants of up to $15,000 to community organisations such as libraries, archives, museums, genealogical and historical societies, multicultural and Indigenous groups. The grants are provided to assist with the preservation of locally owned, but nationally significant collections of materials that are publicly accessible including artefacts, letters, diaries, maps, photographs, and audio visual material.

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Queensland State Archives is accepting applications for its 2019 Creative in Residence Program.

The program offers Queensland based creatives the opportunity to work with QSA’s historical collection, developing output related to your creative practice. QSA welcomes applications from artists, musicians, poets, writers, photographers and performers with project proposals that transform our collection into works that spark public curiosity and demonstrate the richness of Queensland’s culture and history.

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GRID (Grass Roots Indie Development) is an artist development program supporting emerging musicians around Australia and strengthening communities through music.

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The Cultural Fund provides support to organisations for projects that deliver opportunities for authors, journalists, artists and key industry stakeholders in the writing, publishing, education, and visual arts sectors.

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Cairns Regional Council is now seeking energetic and enthusiastic individuals who have a strong attention to detail and high standards of presentation to join our Cultural Services team now!

As the Gallery Assistant your key responsibilities will include assisting the gallery team in the preparation and presentation of exhibitions at the Tanks Arts Centre and assisting the technical team to ensure that installations of artwork, launches and events run smoothly.

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To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Australia’s largest small scale art prize we are raising the prize money to $20 000!
The Lethbridge Art Award is open to national and international artists for small-scale artworks. Entrants may submit 2D artworks up to 61cm (24 inches) in height or width. The Judging is based on three equally evaluated criteria of creativity, originality and skill.

Our sponsors, The Art Shed Brisbane are continuing their support this year with the Commended Prizes. This will comprise of five $300 vouchers for art materials. Brisbane Digital Images will be also support a range of commended prizes with five $200 vouchers.

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The Mackay Show Association is proud to introduce the Art on Show Awards, non-acquisitive art competition and exhibition. The prestigious Art on Show Awards event was established by the Mackay Show Association in 2006, and now celebrates fourteen years of competition and Arts excellence. From humble beginnings in 2006 this event has matured into one of Queensland’s prominent high profile arts events, held in conjunction with the annual Mackay Regional Show. Entries received from renowned and up and coming artists Australia wide.

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The Ballarat International Foto Biennale Martin Kantor Portrait Prize is both an exhibition and award for a photographic artwork of a significant Australian. This must be a portrait of a living individual distinguished in art, letters, science, sports or politics. This is open to all photographers and photo media artists and gives you the chance to have your work displayed and viewed at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale from 23 August to 20 October 2019 in Ballarat.

The acquisitive first prize of $15,000 AUD, generously supported by the Dara Foundation, will be awarded to the work judged to be an exceptional photographic portrait of a significant Australian.

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The Centenarian Portrait Project by Teenagers is a professional community arts initiative that will culminate in an exhibition profiling 100 of Brisbane’s oldest residents.

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The inaugural Du Rietz Art Awards will honour the architect of the beautiful historic School of Arts building where the Gallery is housed, and is open to all experience levels.

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Rural, regional and remote Australia is home to nine million Australians. Many of those communities are small, and all are vital.

Our donors share our commitment to small rural, regional and remote communities and the premise that local leaders are best placed to know what will make their community stronger.

That is why they collaborate to fund this grants program, which facilitates continued investment and access to funds that can contribute to securing the future prosperity of small communities across Australia.

For smaller communities, regular access to funds can be a challenge, which is why we have created the Strengthening Rural Communities(SRC) program. It has two tiers and the Small and Vital program is now open all year, with applications assessed quarterly.

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The R & M McGivern Prize is back bigger and bolder in 2019! The theme for 2019 is ‘Anthropocene’.

Held every three years, with a different theme each year, the $25,000 acquisitive prize for painting calls for artists across Australia to consider the impact of human habitation on the environment.

A concept proposed by scientists to describe the current era, the Anthropocene directly translates to ‘anthro’ (human) and ‘cene’ (recent). It proposes that changes occurring within the environment may be a direct and permanent result of human behaviour.

The R & M McGivern Prize will be exhibited across two venues from 23 November 2019 to 2 February 2020 at ArtSpace at Realm and Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery.

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The Sunny Art Prize is the first program outside of museological institutions that envisions the decentralisation of the art world as a way to broaden the horizons of both artists and the communities they engage with. The Prize is organised annually by the Sunny Art Centre in London, and offers a selection of thirty artists the opportunity to take part in international activities, including exhibitions and a residency.

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The biennial Naked & Nude Art Prize (previously the Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude) commenced in 1990 with entries open to Australian artists. The Art Prize is a partnership between Friends of the Manning Regional Art Gallery and the Manning Regional Art Gallery. After 29 years, the Naked & Nude Art Prize has become a prestigious national event on the Australian Arts Calendar and is open to artists in a variety of mediums. The lucrative event in 2017 carried a $21,000 prize pool, which has been increased to $31,000 for 2019. The winning entry is acquired by the Friends and donated to the Manning Regional Art Gallery’s permanent collection.

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The prize is open to all sculptors working in any medium and entries are now invited for the 2019 award.

The winning sculpture will form part of the permanent display at Ceramic Break Sculpture Park. The park opened in 2003 and has over 30 sculptures on display throughout the 3 bushwalks and 3 dedicated art galleries. Ceramic Break Sculpture Park offers guests an art experience with a difference in rural NSW. The goal of this contest is to diversify the park’s collection.

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The Tackling Tough Times Together grant program helps communities access the resources they need to support one another through the ongoing effects of the drought.

Tackling Tough Times Together is a rolling grants program, which means that applications will be accepted at any time. Please see the table below for the cut-off dates that best suit your project requirements.

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The Artbank Roadshow is a national initiative that seeks to provide opportunities for unrepresented artists to be seen and potentially acquired for the Artbank Collection. Artbank recognises that there are finite opportunities for artists to be represented by a commercial dealer. Accordingly, The Artbank Roadshow ensures democracy of access for professional, practising Australian artists who otherwise would have limited opportunities for their work to be seen in this context as they do not currently have a commercial dealer/gallery.

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2019 marks 50 years since Australian megafauna remains were first discovered in the World Heritage Naracoorte Fossil Caves. To celebrate this anniversary The Naracoorte Regional Art Gallery is staging the 2019 Naracoorte National Art  Prize.  This promotion has been commended by Sir David Attenborough.

The theme will be “Australian megafauna, fossils and caves – an artistic exploration”. 

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CREATE Grants offer opportunities for mid-career and established creative writers and visual artists to create and develop new work. The grants provide a living allowance to a writer or a visual artist to write or create a new work for publication or exhibition.

CREATE Grants do not support academics with scholarly or academic works.

Applications are assessed by a panel of independent peers from the writing, publishing and visual arts sectors.

These grants will support projects that start after 7 October 2019.

Amount of grant: $10,000, $15,000 or $20,000

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The Brisbane Portrait Prize creates opportunities for portrait artists and encourages cultural tourism and public engagement with the arts by combining celebrity and portraiture. Any artist with a connection to Brisbane is eligible to enter. The sitter must also have a connection with Brisbane. (See terms and conditions and FAQs for more details) Two dimensional works only.

Categories Include:
– Lord Mayor’s Prize $50,000
– Digital $10,000
– Courier-Mail Peoples Choice Award $7,500
– Sylvia Jones Prize for Women Artist $5,000

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The Cultural Fund provides support to organisations for projects that deliver opportunities for authors, journalists, artists and key industry stakeholders in the writing, publishing, education, and visual arts sectors.

ROUND 2 OPENS MID-JULY 2019

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Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience, and further their engagement with the international art world. The Judging Panel enhances its position in the industry, bringing together specialists from leading cultural institutions.

The award attracts thousands of entries in a range of innovative media from locations as diverse as Australia, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA. Recent finalists include acclaimed director Toby Dye; Tokyo-based French architect and artist Emmanuelle Moureaux; Rachel Ara, whose work has been exhibited at the V&A, Barbican Centre and Whitechapel Gallery; Liz West, recipient of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Award; and Ellie Davies, who has since shown new and recent works in the exhibition Into the Woods at Crane Kalman, London.

Previous finalists include John Keane, former official British war artist, currently represented by Flowers Gallery in London; Julia Vogl, member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and twice selected for Public Art Network Year in Review projects; Ingrid Hu, former designer at the Lubetkin-winning Heatherwick Studio; Marcus Jansen, a leading modern expressionist; and Bernat Millet, shortlisted for National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.

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Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience, and further their engagement with the international art world. The Judging Panel enhances its position in the industry, bringing together specialists from leading cultural institutions.

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The Tackling Tough Times Together grant program helps communities access the resources they need to support one another through the ongoing effects of the drought.

Tackling Tough Times Together is a rolling grants program, which means that applications will be accepted at any time. Please see the table below for the cut-off dates that best suit your project requirements.

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The Tackling Tough Times Together grant program helps communities access the resources they need to support one another through the ongoing effects of the drought.

Tackling Tough Times Together is a rolling grants program, which means that applications will be accepted at any time. Please see the table below for the cut-off dates that best suit your project requirements.

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Grants of up to a maximum of $500 are available for independent artists and/or curators to assist deliver lectures, workshops, or similar in partnership with a regional or metropolitan gallery. Grants can be used towards travel, associated workshop fees, workshop materials, accommodation and living expenses during the period of the partnership arrangement.

Closing Dates: 30 April 2019 and 30 September 2019
Amount: Up to $500.

Restrictions: Applicants must be individual members of PGQ. The partnership organisation must also be a member of PGQ. More information on PGQ membership here. List of current PGQ organisational members here.

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Grants of up to a maximum of $1,000 are available for gallery staff and volunteers to assist them attend seminars, conferences, biennales, exhibitions or courses. Grants can be used towards conference registration fees, associated workshop fees, travel, accommodation and living expenses during the period of the event.

Closing Dates: 30 April 2019 and 30 September 2019
Amount: Up to $1,000

Restrictions: Open to all staff and volunteers. Permanent staff members must apply through their organisation’s PGQ organisational membership number. More information on PGQ membership here.

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Grants up to a maximum of $1,000 to assist public galleries to undertake organisational initiatives. These might include:

• Costs towards improvements in the gallery/museum exhibition program such as touring exhibition fees and display improvements.
• An appropriate consultant to work with the institution on skill development in areas such as Education and Public Programs;
• Exhibition Development;
• or Strategic Planning and Policy Development.
• On-site training workshops and seminars in specialist areas such as volunteer recruitment, board management and gallery/museum practice.

Closing Date: 30 April 2019 and 30 September 2019
Amount: Up to $1,000

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