Have you ever felt that you’ve made a bad drawing? Catch up on our virtual workshop presented by artist Dr Bill Platz. Learn how to let go of your inhibitions and pre-conceived notions of what makes drawings good or bad. Watch our video to draw along and be inspired to create your own ‘bad’ rendition…
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As we’re all rediscovering our local regions, taking walks, watching the seasons change and exploring environments closer to home, it brought to mind how ukiyo-e artists once turned their restricted movement into a vibrant time of creativity, finding new ways to capture places and people, and drawing endless inspiration from their local surroundings. International travel…
Continue reading » “Home with QAGOMA Exhibit: Re-imagining landscapes with Hiroshige”
It has been a few months now since we have been able to experience the joy of spending a day inside a beautiful art gallery or museum. However, with restrictions beginning to ease and preparations for reopening ramping up, it is the perfect time to take in five films to get you excited about your…
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As the hours, days and weeks in which we have recently been confined to our homes compressed and merged into an endless monotony, certain moments of beauty that have been lurking in the minutiae of domestic ordinariness shone through. The slowing of my once busy schedule provided more opportunity for reflective movements. I’ve become mindful…
Continue reading » “Home with QAGOMA Exhibit: Small moments”
Have you ever been to an exhibition at QAGOMA and walked away wanting to know more — for example — how did Qiu Zhijie create his enormous five-storey wall painting Map of Technological Ethics for ‘APT9’; alternatively, what did Ben Quilty use to create a series of site-specific, hand-drawn portraits of Margaret Olley — (teapots,…
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Queensland Day is a celebration of Queensland’s birthday and its official separation from New South Wales as an independent colony on 6 June 1859. The state is named in honour of Queen Victoria who signed documents granting the right to its own representative government and when Brisbane was appointed as the capital city. We take this opportunity to…