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The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award opening event
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Celebrating
the legacy of the late Mervyn Moriarty with the opening of The Mervyn
Moriarty Landscape Exhibition at Consolidated Properties Group,
Brisbane.
L
- R: Don O’Rorke ,CEO and Chairman, Consolidated Properties Group; Kasia
Kondas, Co-Chair of the Board Flying Arts Alliance; Kym Barrett, Winner
of the QRAA Paint the Town Art for Life Award and Spotlight
Award and Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award exhibiting artist;
Cynthia Copley, Winner of QRAA: The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award;
Andrew Moriarty, son of Mervyn Moriarty; Sammaneh Pourshafighi, QRAA Paint
the Town exhibiting artist; Sarah Barron, Co-Chair of the
Board Flying Arts Alliance.
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On
Thursday 24 March Flying Arts Alliance celebrated all things landscape
with the launch of the inaugural Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Exhibition
at Consolidated Properties Group, Brisbane.
Generously
hosted by award partner Consolidated Properties Group and set against a
spectacular backdrop of the Story Bridge from the wonderful Bar Pacino,
the evening recognised and celebrated Mervyn Moriarty’s legacy with the
finalists and winner of Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) Mervyn
Moriarty Landscape Awards.
After
a lifetime as one of Australia’s esteemed colour theorist, and art
educators, Flying Arts Founder and artist, Mervyn “Merv” Moriarty left
an immeasurable legacy throughout regional and remote Queensland where
a generation of artists, educators and communities gained exposure to
contemporary visual arts practice, many for the first time.
Honouring
Mervyn Moriarty’s legacy, in 2021 Flying Arts offered the inaugural The Mervyn Moriarty
Landscape Award as a category of the Queensland Regional Art
Awards, Flying Arts Alliance’s annual visual arts prize and
exhibition for established and emerging artists living in regional and
remote Queensland. The Landscape prize awards a landscape artwork in
any medium, in homage to Mervyn’s penchant for ‘en plein air’ landscape
painting.
The
event also saw Flying Arts embark on an ambitious fundraising campaign,
Here for 50 Years, Here for 50 More.
This campaign will assist Flying Arts to continue to
make a difference throughout regional and remote Queensland over the
next 50 years, so please dig deep to help us raise $50,000 to launch us
into the next 50 years!
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Artists,
sponsors, board members and friends of Flying Arts Alliance at the
launch of The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award exhibition at Consolidated
Properties Group, Brisbane. Photographs by Josef Ruckli.
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Program Highlights: Artist Essentials Program
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Calling
emerging artists and arts workers! When was the last time you revised
your CV, biography, artwork statements, or online presence?
If
it's been a while, we encourage you to join Dr Louise R Mayhew to
connect with peers and collaboratively resolve a creative ‘toolkit’.
This weekend program is perfect for developing professional content, or
revising current documents so you can focus on– creating!
When:
10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Saturday 30 April and Sunday 1 May
Where:
TAFE Queensland, South Brisbane
Limited spots available. REGISTER HERE!
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In
late February, Cairns audiences were treated to an award-winning
selection of regional Queensland talent with the opening of Paint
the Town at The Court House Gallery.
Paint the Town, is the touring
exhibition of 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards and showcases the
works of 28 talented emerging and established artists from across
regional Queensland.
Read
all about the opening night and the creative workshops held across the
opening weekend in our latest online Flying Arts news update. Read more
Paint the Town, touring exhibition of the 2021 Queensland
Regional Art Awards, is a Flying Arts Alliance initiative in
partnership with Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project is
supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland; and
proudly sponsored by Holding Redlich.
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Holoscribe Experience 2: Our Artists
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Virtual town artwork by Easton Dunne, thanks
to a donation by Philip Bacon AO
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Have
you "visited" our latest Experience 2: Our Artists*
in the Arts and Cultural centre of our virtual town that was released
last week? In this virtual town view the stories of impact from Queensland
artists, arts workers and communities. This project, as with all of our
initiatives, is about and for our community so please take the time to
engage with these heartfelt stories.
With
our past, present and future in mind, Flying Arts: Paint the Town platform
is one of our 50th Anniversary projects. Join us as we continue
to “open” more places and spaces in our town over the coming months.
You
can view on any computer/device, however for the full 360 viewing
experience, we recommend opening on your mobile phone or tablet before
clicking the links.
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*The artist studio displayed is courtesy of Leigh
Schoenheimer. 360 photograph by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius
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Guidelines for Working Collaboratively with First
Nations Creatives
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7
Apr, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Your computer
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In
this webinar Nicole Williams will discuss strategies for collaborating
with First Nations creatives, organisations and businesses. This
discussion-based webinar will empower you to build meaningful and
long-lasting connections with your local Traditional Custodians, to
embrace First Nations peoples’ sophisticated knowledge systems,
understandings and practices.
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Connecting Art with LGBTQI+ Safe Spaces
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28
Apr, 3:30 am - 4:45 pm, Your computer
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Celebrated
artist Shannon Novak aims to use his socially engaged and collaborative
practice to build spaces that acknowledge, celebrate, and support
diversity and inclusion.
In
this webinar, Shannon Novak will discuss the importance of LGBTQI+
friendly spaces in schools and what tools visual art can offer to
create a welcoming environment for all.
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Creative Consultations with Liz Nowell
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20
May, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 1 May, Your computer
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Discuss
your career or practice one-on-one with a respected arts industry
professional. Liz Nowell is an arts leader and curator with over ten
years’ experience working in Australian and international contemporary
art. Currently she is Director of the Institute of Modern Art,
Brisbane. She can provide career advice for artists and arts workers,
those interested in engaging with contemporary art or work in not-for-profit
arts sectors. Use these 45 minute sessions to discuss matters most
relevant to you.
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Copywriting for Creatives
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5
May, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Your computer
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Copyright
is a way for artists to protect their creativity, however can be a
challenge to navigate. This challenge is complicated further by
contracts, artwork commissions, collaborative art pieces, online
material and considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
artists. In this webinar you’ll hear from Stephanie Parkin, copyright
and intellectual copyright lawyer.
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RAF Quick Response Grants
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Quick Response Grants are intended to assist regional artists, arts
organisations, and communities to take up professional or skills
development or small project opportunities and aim to support small
arts or cultural projects that cannot be funded by other means because
of their nature or timing.
The
April Quick Response Grant Round is now open for applications and
closes midnight 30 April 2022. All applicants will be notified of
decisions by 6 May 2022. Read more
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The
Project Grants stream supports applications which benefit the
community, increase access and participation, and/or provide direct
benefits to artists/arts workers. Project Grants provide major funding
for high-quality arts projects benefiting regional or remote artists,
arts workers, audiences, and communities. Read more
2022 Round 1 of RAF Project Grants is now closed
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CASE STUDY: Theodore Early Childhood Centre
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The
artist Wayne Martin with Aboriginal Art footpath mural at
Theodore Early Childhood Centre Association Inc
Image
credit: Ngurambang Cultural Education and Aboriginal Art.
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In
2021, the Theodore Early Childhood Centre (TECCA) successfully received
support from the Regional Arts Fund to employ an artist to paint a
mural at the TECCA entrance. Aboriginal artist Wayne Martin
created and painted a culturally embracing mural along an existing
cement entrance footpath.
The
mural encourages viewers to learn more about Indigenous stories, art,
history and culture while providing a vibrant and educational artwork
to engage children in their early learning years.
TECCA
stated “We wanted something to demonstrate that we are a culturally
inclusive centre and respect the Aboriginal heritage of the land our
centre is located on. We, both the organisation and Wayne Martin
(artist), believe this project will greatly encourage the development
of such skills, and provide the connectedness required to further
implement these learning outcomes for the children and families of our
community.”
This
case study meets the following RAF criteria to a high degree: “encourage
and support sustainable, social and cultural outcomes in regional
communities” & “increase employment and professional
development opportunities for, and raise the profile of regional and
remote artists”.
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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.
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Paint the Town: The Touring Exhibition of the
2021 QRAA
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25
Feb - 23 April
The
Court House, 38 Abbott Street, Cairns
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Paint the Town is on the road and first destination is Cairns!
Paint the Town
is the exhibition outcome of the 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards.
The 2021 QRAA coincides with Flying Arts’ 50th year anniversary, half a
century of connecting artists, educators and communities.
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Last chance to see Decadence: The Touring Exhibition of the 2020
QRAA
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09
Mar - 01 May
Rosalie
Gallery 89 Mocatta Street, Goombungee
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Decadence
may invite notions of luxury and self-indulgence. It may evoke ideas of
wanton excess or wastefulness, perhaps with a casual or deliberate
disregard of consequence.
On show with artworks created as part of Our Perfect New
World Project, supported through Arts Queensland thanks to the Playing
Queensland Fund.
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The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award
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9:00am
- 5:00 pm Monday to Friday, 25 Feb, 2022 - 2023
Consolidated
Properties Group, Level 8/ 175 Eagle Street
Brisbane City
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Consolidated
Property Group, offered the inaugural The Mervyn Moriarty
Landscape Award as a category of the Queensland Regional
Art Awards (QRAA). The prize awards a landscape artwork in
any medium, in homage to Flying Arts' founder Mervyn Moriarty and his
penchant for ‘en plein air’ landscape painting. The inaugural Mervyn
Moriarty Landscape Award winner for 2021 is, Cynthia Copley.
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For the love of Landscapes:
Open House with Bruce Heiser
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14
May, 2:00 pm - 4:00pm
Consolidated
Properties Group, Level 8/ 175 Eagle Street Brisbane City
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Join
guest speaker, Bruce Heiser as he talks all about landscapes at the
Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA), The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape
Award exhibition on display at Consolidated Properties Group, Brisbane.
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Art and culture are Everywhere. In regions, towns, and cities, in remote
communities, across landscapes and geographies. In town halls, on
streets, in parks, community centres, libraries, schools and hospitals.
In galleries, museums, concert halls. On stages and on screen, in music
and media, in print and online. Art and culture are Essential in the
creation of livable regions and are central to thriving, healthy
communities and sustainable social and economic growth.
We
have been working with our colleagues to create messaging that is cross
art form, cross geographies and unifies the Arts and Creative
industries messaging and election asks. The concept is to provide
messaging that supports a ‘whole of sector’ approach.
We
ask that you please consider joining Regional Arts Australia, Flying
Arts Alliance and our sector colleagues in this Art
& Culture Messaging Campaign to increase visibility
and demonstrate unity in our broad sector in the lead up to the Federal
election. This is just one small piece of a larger campaign to
push for a commitment to a National Cultural Plan,
which will provide a framework for greater support for every artist and
organisation in our sector.
You
can start by sharing messaging images and tagging socials. Access an
Election Toolkit with downloadable posters, templates and files for
your social media. View here
Please
tag all posts with:
#ArtAndCultureAreEverywhere
#ArtAndCultureAreEssential #VoteForArt
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Great chance to join the crew!
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Happy
New Membership Year! With so many exciting initiatives underway at
Flying Arts – if you haven’t already it is the perfect time to join the
Flying Arts family. It is a chance to connect to a network of
like minded people who celebrate creative community while receiving
additional benefits.
Standard Membership
benefits including discounts from our retail partners and vouchers that
can be used towards Flying Arts workshops or programs.
Accredited
Membership
for creatives who need professional practice insurance protection to
get you on your way.
To
find out more reach out to our team at members@flyingarts.org.au!
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Flying
Arts Alliance is listed in the Registration of Cultural Organisations,
and has Deductible Gift Recipient and Tax Charity Concession status.
All
donations above two dollars are tax deductible and will directly
support programs and activities in schools and communities in regional
and remote areas.
Donate Now
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Flying
Arts Alliance Inc acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands
and seas on which we work, live and create. We pay our respects to
Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the unending
connection of First Nations peoples to this country. We support the
aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to Voice,
Treaty and Truth. We value the contributions of First Nations artists,
creatives, artisans, practitioners and communities to the work we do.
Flying
Arts Alliance is honoured to acknowledge the Governor of Queensland,
Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young PSM as our Patron. We
also acknowledge Mr Tim Fairfax AC and Mrs Gina Fairfax as our Cultural
Patrons.
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, and
corporate partners and benefactors.
Flying
Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund
(RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts
Australia.
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