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DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD
IMAGE COVER Tabita REZAIRE Hoetep Blessings (detail) 2016 one channel video 12:27 mins Courtesy of the Artist and the Goodman Gallery 1
IMAGE ABOVE Endia BEAL Office Scene 2013 one channel video 3:31 mins Courtesy of the Artist
Beginning in March, we are thrilled to be able to present the most important exhibition of Fred Williams’ renowned Weipa series of gouaches that brings together works from public and private collections across Australia. I would like to thank the many lenders who have made this exhibition possible, and also Dr Deborah Hart from the National Gallery of Australia who has written an insightful essay for the exhibition catalogue. Over several years the Gallery has collaborated with international artists Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan to develop a community engagement project based on stories of sea journeys. Passage is an imaginative, large-scale flotilla of handmade boats, created by more than two hundred people from diverse community groups, that can be viewed from above and below. The installation will also include an activity area where visitors can create their own sea vessels inspired by the exhibition.
In May, we again welcome acclaimed artist Danie Mellor who will be in Cairns for the launch of his exhibition, Proximity and Perception, that includes the artist’s newly commissioned work purchased for the Collection by the Gallery Foundation. Finally, I am pleased to announce a new partnership program between the Gallery and Cairns Aquarium. Art + Science comprises a number of exciting initiatives to support our exhibition and learning programs. This partnership will support artist Patricia Piccinini with access to marine research that will inform a new body of work for her exhibition at the Gallery in 2019. I hope that you will enjoy and feel inspired by all the programs and activities on offer at the Gallery over the coming months. Andrea May Churcher Director
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DEL KATHRYN BARTON THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and the Rose is a fascinating exhibition that brings to life an extraordinary collaboration between two-time Archibald Prize winner Del Kathryn Barton and acclaimed filmmaker Brendan Fletcher. Curated by ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image), the exhibition traces the remarkable adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 19th century classic into a hauntingly beautiful animated film.
The film itself is a landmark in contemporary moving image, voiced by some of Australia’s most celebrated actors, including Mia Wasikowska, David Wenham and Geoffrey Rush, and layered with a stirring score by Australian singersongwriter Sarah Blasko. Audiences can view the 14-minute animation within the exhibition space, and then make their way through a lush display of objects and artworks that explore the incredible workings behind this production - linking classic text to canvas, sculpture to screen. Also on display are a selection of stunning and never-before-seen handmade props, material from the animation, archival material, and a 1913 edition of Wilde’s anthology.
Del Kathryn BARTON The Daughter 2011-12 acrylic, gouache, watercolour and ink on polyester canvas Courtesy of ARTAND Foundation
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The exhibition installation is designed to create an immersive and intricate Barton-inspired world: colourful, bold, enchanting, brooding, and revealing. “Each exhibition piece shows how this classic story was interpreted at first through Barton’s sophisticated artistic lens, then enlivened by Fletcher’s brilliant filmic mind and Method Studio’s deft animating hand, in conjunction with a group of creatives working across the full spectrum of moving image arts,” said ACMI Curator, Jess Bram. Through an artistic layering of original works, alongside the breathtakingly beautiful handcrafted paper props, snapshots of the stop-motion and digital animation process, and behind-the-scenes interviews with the creative team, Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose is magically brought to life for contemporary audiences. An ACMI touring exhibition. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.
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2 MAR - 1 JUL ‘18
FRED WILLIAMS
WEIPA SERIES, CAPE YORK » EXHIBITION OPENING EVENT with Dr Deborah Hart, Senior Curator Australian Painting and Sculpture post-1920, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Friday 9 March 2018, 6.30pm
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The Cairns Art Gallery is proud to present the first exhibition that brings together a major group of works from Fred Williams’ acclaimed Weipa series of gouaches. Thirty works from major public and private collections across Australia will be displayed, together with five Weipa works from the Cairns Art Gallery Collection.
Fred Williams: The Weipa experience ‘Friendship Flight’ is good for seeing the country & the long grinding journey back by jet ... It was an interesting journey to Weipa & I will do a small series on it … I have never seen country like it before ... It is a remarkable landscape and it has left an indelible impression. Fred Williams1
Williams’ reputation as one of Australia’s most innovative and important landscape artists had been confirmed in the 1960s. As James Gleeson
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IMAGE PREVIOUS Fred WILLIAMS Coastline, Weipa 1977 gouache 57.4 × 150.2 cm National Gallery of Victoria Collection Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the H.J. Heinz ll Charitable and Family Trust, Governor, and the Utah Foundation, Fellow, 1980 AC50 - 1980 Photograph: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne © Estate of Fred Williams 7
IMAGE ABOVE Fred WILLIAMS Cape York bushfire (1) 1977 gouache 57.2 x 76 cm National Gallery of Victoria Collection Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the H.J. Heinz ll Charitable and Family Trust, Governor and the Utah Foundation, Fellow, 1980 AC50 - 1980 Photograph: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne © Estate of Fred Williams
FRED WILLIAMS
WEIPA SERIES, CAPE YORK wrote in 1966, ‘The rarest of artists are the ones who see familiar things as no one has previously seen them, and who, in setting down their vision, reshape our world for us.’2
Weipa points to the significance of up close and personal encounters with myriad tangible realities of specific locales that bring the authenticity of real experience to the works.
Williams’ works of the 1970s, including those undertaken at Weipa, are notable for their luminous colour. While Williams only spent a few days in Weipa, the ‘indelible impression’ he felt it had made upon him would be played out over many months on his return to his studio, informed by sketches, photographs and preliminary studies, as well as a clarity of memories.
Many of his recollections of Weipa embedded in the art confirmed what he had intuitively grasped years earlier about the continuities of landscape, the underlying geological formations, skeins and lines of connection that stretch across the continent.
It was during his time in Weipa that Williams had his first extensive view of the land from a light plane. He had long conceptualised the viewpoint that this experience might afford. The experience of flying low over the country was just as brilliant as Williams had always hoped it would be.
Deborah Hart, 2018 1 Fred Williams’ diary entry, courtesy of Lyn Williams,
quoted in Deborah Hart, Infinite horizons, National Gallery of Australia (NGA), Canberra, 2011, p.160. Some parts of this essay are drawn from this catalogue that accompanied Williams’ exhibition at the NGA in 2011. 2 James Gleeson quoted in Hart,
Infinite horizons, p.61.
Williams’ visit to Weipa provided him enough fertile ground for around fifty gouaches, mostly painted back in the studio. His engagement with
» EXHIBITION CATALOGUE available in the Gallery Shop
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Artist unknown Bicornual Woven Basket (Jawun) collected 1890s plant fibre 37.5 x 30.5 x 18cm South Australian Museum accession number A2576. Image courtesy of South Australian Museum Collected from Cardwell area FNQ 9
2 MAR - 15 APR ‘18
MANGGAN
GATHER, GATHERS, GATHERING Manggan – gather, gathers, gathering is an exhibition that brings together recent artworks, weavings (bicornual baskets called Jawun and modern baskets), and ceramics (fire spirits called Bagu), created by Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre artists in Cardwell, a small community south of Cairns. Complementing these works are rarely seen objects and artefacts on loan from the South Australian Museum in Adelaide. The culture of Girringun artists spans countless generations. Increasingly the work of today’s artists is attracting national interest and attention. Their work is informed by a close connection to place, law and culture, all of which provide inspiration for their work that embraces traditional and contemporary concepts and techniques. Artists represented in the exhibition include Abe Muriata, Debra Murray, Sally Murray, Ninney Murray, John Murray, Emily Murray, Alison Murray,
Doris Kinjun, Clarence Kinjun, Judith Henry, George Beeron Snr, Theresa Beeron, Maureen Beeron, Daniel Beeron, Tonya Grant, Sandra Escott, Eileen Tep, Nephi Denham, and Nancy Cowan. On Saturday 7 April at 2.00pm, acclaimed and respected artist Abe Muriata will give a public talk at the Gallery, accompanied by artists represented in the exhibition. Abe Muriata is a Girramay Traditional Owner who has been at the forefront of a campaign to remove fake Aboriginal art made by non-Indigenous people from retail outlets across Australia.
Manggan – gather, gathers, gathering is a collaborative project between the Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre and the South Australian Museum.
» ARTIST TALK with exhibiting artist Abe Muriata and Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre Artists Saturday 7 April, 2.00pm
Manggan – gather, gathers, gathering is a travelling exhibition in partnership between Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, the South Australian Museum, and toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This exhibition is supported by the Visions regional touring program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to cultural material for all Australians. It is supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support program and the Queensland Government; and proudly sponsored by Conrad Gargett, Urban Art Projects and TED.
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3 MAR - 29 APR ‘18
ISABEL & ALFREDO AQUILIZAN PROJECT ANOTHER COUNTRY : PASSAGE » ARTIST WORKSHOPS Free art workshops with exhibiting artists Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan Saturday 3 March, 1.00 - 5.00pm Sunday 4 March, 10.00am - 2.00pm
IMAGE Project Another Country: Passage installation works in progress Image: Michael Marzik 11
Through the creative process of community workshops in and around Cairns, more than two hundred handmade boats have been created using recycled cardboard and found materials to create a large-scale, immersive installation by Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, at the Cairns Art Gallery. Philippine-born artists Isabel and Alfredo have earned an international reputation for their innovative work with diverse community groups around the world. This particular work for the Cairns Art Gallery has inspired local Cairns community groups to create a flotilla of
small handmade boats to tell and share their own diverse stories about migration, identity, displacement, and settlement. To celebrate the opening of Project Another Country: Passage, and inspired by the themes of the exhibition, visitors are invited to join Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan for a weekend of free community events and creative workshops using materials and equipment provided by the Gallery. Throughout the exhibition, audiences of all ages are encouraged to create their own handmade boats in the gallery space, which they can then take home to share with family and friends. 12
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SEEING VOICES Seeing voices is a touring exhibition that seeks to diversify and complicate our understanding of the voice through the prism of contemporary art. Works in the exhibition explore how the voice might act as a metaphor for collective action, for speaking out against injustice and coming together in gestures of solidarity. The voice can be a marker of cultural and geographic specificity, or the trace of disappearing language. It may also function like a spiritual medium; through its historical recording and archiving it time-travels to haunt the present. The voice is also an index, a measure of position, perspective, distance and emotion. In private, in public, in conversation, on record – the voice connects our experiences with those of others.
Seeing voices draws upon the Monash University Collection as a springboard to think about the theme of the voice and the ways it can be seen, used and reimagined in contemporary art. The exhibition encompasses artworks across a range of media, including drawing, painting, video, sculpture and photography, creating a textured and layered environment in the galleries. In addition to selected artworks from the Monash University Collection, Seeing voices features loans from Australian and international artists.
Seeing voices A NETS Victoria and Monash University Museum of Art I MUMA touring exhibition
Michael COOK MAJORITY RULE (PARLIAMENT) (detail) 2014 inkjet print on paper 104 x 144 cm (framed) Monash University Collection Courtesy of the Artist + Andrew Baker Art Dealer Brisbane, and Dianne Tanzer + This is No Fantasy Melbourne National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. NETS Victoria also receives significant in-kind support from the National Gallery of Victoria. 13
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4 MAY - 1 JUL ‘18
SELLING THE SHADOW Artists represented Derrick Adams Endia Beal Amir George Lauren Kelley Michèle Magema Jefferson Pinder Tabita Rezaire Jessica Wimbley
Jefferson PINDER Overture: Star of Ethiopia 2013 one channel video 8:07 mins Courtesy of the Artist 15
Selling the Shadow is a touring exhibition curated by Detroit based artist/curator Ingrid LaFleur.
Selling the Shadow presents nine media works by contemporary African-American and African artists. Works selected for the exhibition examine the relationship between art and social practice through video. Artists represented in the exhibition share issues of confrontation, and explore themes of identity, history, and the social structures that play a role, not only in creating their own work, but also in its consumption and the way in which it is activated. The title of the exhibition references the abolitionist and women’s rights activities of African-American activist, Sojourner Truth. From 1859 through to the early 1900s,
Truth financed her political work by selling a small Carte de Visite of her portrait inscribed with the words, “I sell the shadow to support the substance”. Sojourner Truth was a pioneer, not only politically, but also in her method of appropriating and ultimately controlling her own image during a period, the United States Civil War, when alternate presentations of a black woman’s body prevailed. To this day, Sojourner Truth invites audiences to reflect on the mechanisms of signs and signifiers, and to identity constructs and narrative strategies utilised in creating and maintaining power structures.
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4 MAY - 1 JUL ‘18
DANIE MELLOR
PROXIMITY AND PERCEPTION Proximity and Perception focuses on a major new work by Danie Mellor commissioned by the Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, and places it within the context of his recent art practice and ongoing engagement with his matrilineal Country of the North Queensland rainforest region, south of Cairns. Danie Mellor is one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists. His works are represented in major Australian and international gallery and museum collections. Mellor has won numerous awards for his artworks that reimagine complex histories and explore the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian cultures, which have earned him “an important place in the visual narrative of Australian history.” (The Australian, January 2010)
together highly detailed drawings rendered in Mellor’s signature blue pastel, alongside recent photographic works. Mellor uses a rage of perspectives to make sense of and record the changing landscape of his ancestors while highlighting his ongoing engagement with notions of distance, dominance, gaze, representation, dissemination, presence and perception. Proximity is a concept that resonates deeply with Mellor. As an artist, it calls up notions of closeness or distance, a relationship with space, of being away from or close to a place that holds a special interest or cultural connection, articulating tensions and connectivity between peoples and environs.
Proximity and Perception spans the last decade of Mellor’s artistic practice and brings
» ARTIST TALK with Danie Mellor Friday 4 May, 6.00pm
Danie MELLOR New Materialisms (anticipating Girrugarr) III 2015 220 x 120 x 15cm photographic print on curved aluminium panel Courtesy the Artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane 17
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IMAGE Honor Freeman, 2017. Photograph by Angus Lee Forbes
Obsessed: Compelled to make is an Australian Design Centre (ADC On Tour) national touring exhibition, presented with assistance from the Australian Government Visions of Australia program.
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OBSESSED!
COMPELLED TO MAKE Obsessed! Compelled to make is a rich and fascinating study of the complexities of materials, techniques and motivations that inform and shape the processes of creating.
the process of ‘making’ - the artists’ inspirations, day-to-day studio experiences, hours of applied expertise, and the joys and frustrations of fulfilling an obsession.
This is an experiential exhibition that encourages the visitor to think beyond the material object and consider the processes and reasons behind an object’s creation. In essence, the exhibition explores the uniquely compelling, frustrating and urgent compulsions that drive us to make things.
The exhibition prompts an exploration of what drives creatives to dedicate their lives to a creative practice, and how obsession drives the development of skills and expertise. Different physical objects in the exhibition explore the effects that creative obsession can have on health, innovation and cultural wellbeing.
The exhibition provides an insight into the working practices of fourteen designers, artists and craftspeople from around Australia who work in a range of diverse media. Moving beyond the finished work, the exhibition reveals the behind-the-scene stories involved in
Obsessed! Compelled to make is an Australian Design Centre exhibition that explores the processes and experiences of making objects in Australia today.
» EXHIBITION TALK with Lisa Cahill, CEO Australian Design Centre Saturday 21 April, 2.00pm
Obsessed: Compelled to make is an Australian Design Centre (ADC On Tour) national touring exhibition, presented with assistance from the Australian Government Visions of Australia program. The Visions of Australia regional exhibition touring program supports audience access to Australian arts and cultural material, with a particular focus on tours to regional and remote Australia. Australian Design Centre is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. Australian Design Centre is assisted by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW, and the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body
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6 JUL - 23 SEPT ‘18
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
BLACK / BLAK ART FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND NORTH AUSTRALIA A Cairns Art Gallery exhibition presented in partnership with the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
AUSTRALIA
Tony Albert Paul Bong Hannah Bronte Michael Cook Fiona Foley Dale Harding Gordon Hookey Archie Moore
SOUTH AFRICA
Kudzanai Chiurai Mohau Modisakeng Zanele Muholi Athi-Patra Ruga Berni Searle Mary Sibande Buhlebezwe Siwani
IMAGE ABOVE Hannah BRONTE Still I Rise 2016 one channel video, sound, 3:53 mins Courtesy of the Artist
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IMAGE RIGHT Zanele MUHOL (Born in 1972 in Umlazi, South Africa) Bhekezakhe, Parktown 2016 silver gelatin print 50 x 35.9cm (image) 60 x 45.9 cm (paper) © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg and Yancey Richardson, New York
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» VISITING ARTIST & CURATOR PROGRAM
Angelica MESITI Silent polyphony 2015 single-channel colour HD video 16:9, silent 33.33 minutes Monash University Collection 23
SATURDAY 3 MARCH,1.00 - 5.00PM SUNDAY 4 MARCH, 10AM - 2.00PM Free family art activities with exhibiting artists Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan.
SATURDAY 7 APRIL, 2.00PM Artist Talk with exhibiting artist Abe Muriata and exhibiting artists from Girringun Art Centre, Cardwell
SATURDAY 21 APRIL, 2.00PM Obsessed Curator Talk with Lisa Cahill, CEO Australian Design Centre
FRIDAY 4 MAY, 6.00PM Artist Talk with exhibiting artist Danie Mellor
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» CAIRNS ART GALLERY FOUNDATION » FOUNDATION GALA DINNER with special guest speakers, Dame Quentin Bryce and Angus Trumble, Director, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra in conversation. Visiting artist Tony Albert, will launch the Foundation Annual Giving Campaign on the night. Saturday 19 May, 6.30pm Pullman Reef Hotel, Cairns
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The Cairns Art Gallery Foundation is holding its gala annual fundraising dinner on Saturday 19 May at the Pullman Reef Hotel. Each year, Foundation members, guests and friends come together to enjoy an evening of fine food, wine and company, and hear from famous and entertaining artists and art celebrities from across Australia. The Foundation is delighted that Dame Quentin Bryce, the first female Governor General of Australia, is the guest speaker at this year’s gala dinner. She is joined by Angus Trumble, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, and together they will share behind-the-scene stories about the making of the now-famous portrait of Dame Bryce by acclaimed Australian artist Michael Zavros for the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection. This is a rare opportunity to find out
what really happened when a famous Australian public figure posed for a portrait and how the subject and artist worked together in the making of this very public artwork. On the night the Foundation will launch its 2018 Annual Giving campaign with another star of the Australian contemporary art world, Tony Albert, who will be commissioned by the Foundation to complete a major work for the Gallery’s Permanent Collection. Tickets for the gala dinner are now available on www.cairnsartgallery/foundation/ and I encourage you all to get in quickly to book your seat or table before tickets sell out. Lea Ovaska Chair, Cairns Art Gallery Foundation 26
» ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN Each year the Gallery Foundation Annual Giving Campaign raises funds to purchase or commission a significant artwork to strengthen the Gallery’s historical and contemporary collections that have a particular focus on the complex narratives of our special place in the world’s tropic zone and Asia Pacific region.
artist, Tony Albert. Albert is a member of proppaNow, Queensland’s leading Indigenous arts collective, and he is represented in major public collections across Australia.
Since 2000, the Foundation has assisted the Gallery with the acquisition of more than twenty artworks with a combined value in excess of $750,000. In recent years the Annual Giving Campaign has supported our exhibition program and collection through the acquisition of a Fred Williams Weipa series gouache, a major painting by James Morrison titled Goodenough Bay 1959 (2016), and a commissioned Danie Mellor drawing.
Donations to the Foundation are tax deductible and every donation, no matter how large or small, is an important way of securing major works for the Gallery’s Collection as an enduring legacy for future generations.
The Foundation’s 2018 Annual Giving Campaign is raising funds to support the commissioning of a significant work by acclaimed Queensland
Tony ALBERT All or Nothing 2017 vintage playing cards, coasters and matchboxes on board 150 x 200 cm Private collection Courtesy of the Artist and Sullivan+Strumpf 27
The Foundation will launch its new Annual Giving Campaign at its gala dinner in May at which Tony Albert will be a guest speaker.
To make your donation please visit www. cairnsartgallery.com.au/foundation or contact the Cairns Art Gallery on 07 4046 4800.
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» COLLECTION RECENT ACQUISITIONS The Gallery’s biannual exhibition ARTNOW FNQ, showcases exciting new works by established and emerging contemporary artists from the region. In 2017, the Gallery Foundation purchased works by four of the artists for the Gallery’s Collection: Grace Lillian LEE A Weave Through Time 2017 palm leaf, cotton yarn, plastic, cotton webbing one channel video, 4.2 mins Grace Lillian-Lee is a Cairns based artist whose fashion and body sculptures have been represented at major fashion shows and cultural events around Australia. A Weave through Time comprises three large-scale body sculptures that explore traditional and contemporary body adornment, with the style and media of each representing the past, present and future. Daniel O’SHANE Meuram and Zogo Ni Pa 2015 vinylcut print, hand coloured ed. 2/20 Daniel O’Shane is of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and lives in Bamaga, Cape York, Far North Queensland. O’Shane’s work explores myths and legends pertaining to Darnley Island, as well as stories that traverse various island groups throughout the Torres Strait.
Vincent BABIA Legend drum of Wakenab 2017 wood, seed pod, goanna skin, cane, feather, shark tooth Vincent Babia is from Seisia in the Northern Peninsula Area, and is descended from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait. Vincent creates stories based on myths and legends of spiritual and cultural significance to Saibai. His work is represented in numerous collections, including the National Gallery of Australia. Michael MARZIK Parkingland 2015-17 digital prints 41 x 56 cm (20 works) unframed Michael Marzik is a Swiss born photographer who has lived and worked in Cairns for many years. Michael has exhibited nationally and internationally and his most recent series of black and white photographs depicts, in exquisite and sometimes uncomfortably close detail, the soulless void and isolation of the car parking lot.
Grace Lillian LEE A Weave Through Time 2017 palm leaf, cotton yarn, plastic, cotton webbing one channel video, 4.2 mins 200 X 100 X 70 cm (three pieces) Courtesy of the artist Photo: Michael Marzik 30
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IMAGE ABOVE AND OVER PAGE Kids Art Club with Hayley Gillespie excursion to the Cairns Aquarium, January 2018 Photo: Glenn Saggers, Threadless Films 31
Many of our members enjoy discounts on the rich offering of art talks and workshops presented by the Gallery throughout the year. The Gallery is now extending its program to cater for more members of the family with its new Young Creatives Club run by Cairns-based artist, Hayley Gillespie. The Club is a great way for teenage creatives to come together each month and share artistic projects, learn new skills and hang out with like-minded secondary school students. To kick off the Club, Jasmin Seale, Gallery Promotions Coordinator, invited prospective members to participate in a marketing and design workshop where participants collaborated with Jasmin to develop a promotional campaign. The first meeting of the Young Creatives Club will be in March with visiting artists, Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan.
The popular Gallery Kids Art Club began the year with an excursion to the Cairns Aquarium that has recently become a program partner. During their excursion the kids learnt about and sketched marine life and returned to the Gallery to explore the Story Waters exhibition which featured more than sixty works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from the Gallery’s Collection. Don’t forget in the coming months to use your membership discounts for purchases from the Gallery shop, for meals at Perrotta’s at the Gallery, and for accommodation packages at the Mantra Hotel in Cairns and Port Douglas. Remember to renew your memberships by contacting the Gallery 0740464800 or going online www.cairnsartgallery.com.au 32
DIARY DATES MARCH
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ADULT SUPPORTED ART CLASS WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ 9.30AM - 12.00PM
»NEW PROGRAM YOUNG CREATIVES WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE 3.00 - 5.00PM
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KIDS ART CLUB WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE 10.00AM - 12.00PM
ISABEL & ALFREDO AQUILIZAN PROJECT ANOTHER COUNTRY : PASSAGE FREE ART WORKSHOPS 1.00 - 5.00PM 4 ISABEL & ALFREDO AQUILIZAN PROJECT ANOTHER COUNTRY : PASSAGE FREE ART WORKSHOPS 10.00AM - 2.00PM 9 FRED WILLIAMS WEIPA SERIES, CAPE YORK EXHIBITION OPENING EVENT 6.30PM 16
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ADULT SUPPORTED ART CLASS WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ 9.30AM - 12.00PM ADULT SUPPORTED ART CLASS WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ 9.30AM - 12.00PM
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3-13 SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS
7 MANGGAN GATHER, GATHERS, GATHERING EXHIBITING ARTIST TALK, 2.00PM
KIDS ART CLUB WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE 10.00AM - 12.00PM
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ADULT WEAVING WORKSHOP 10.00AM - 1.00PM
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»NEW PROGRAM YOUNG CREATIVES WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE 3.00 - 5.00PM
VISUAL ARTS ENRICHMENT PROGRAM - LEVEL 3 MONDAYS TERM 2 STARTS
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ADULT SUPPORTED ART CLASS WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ 9.30AM - 12.00PM
OBSESSED! COMPELLED TO MAKE EXHIBITION TALK, 2.00PM
ADULT CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING 4-WEEK CLASS STARTS
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SELLING THE SHADOW OPENS
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»NEW PROGRAM YOUNG CREATIVES WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE 3.00 - 5.00PM
KIDS FINE ART CLASSES @ KEWARRA BEACH HALL WITH ADRIENNE SHAW THURSDAYS TERM 2 STARTS
ADULT SUPPORTED ART CLASS WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ 9.30AM - 12.00PM
19 CAIRNS ART GALLERY FOUNDATION GALA DINNER PULLMAN REEF HOTEL 6.30PM 28
ADULT ART CLASSES WITH CRAIG HOY 5-WEEK CLASS STARTS
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»SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS TUESDAY 3 APRIL
NATURAL WEAVING WITH HEDY VERHULST, ARTIST Ages 6 – 9 years | 10.00 – 11.30am Cost $14 ($17 non-members) or
Ages 9 – 13 years | 1.00 – 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Learn how to make a weaving using a combination of natural materials on a framework of sticks or twigs.
WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL
WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPE PAINTING WITH YIXUAN RUAN, ARTIST Ages 8 – 11 years | 10.00am – 12.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) View the Fred Williams exhibition before an excursion to the Esplanade to create a watercolour study of the landscape in situ. or
PAINTING WITH WATERCOLOUR & INK WITH YIXUAN RUAN, ARTIST Ages 11 – 15 years | 1.00 – 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Learn the technique of painting with brush, ink and watercolour to achieve a similar style to the beautiful images of Del Kathryn Barton in the exhibition The Nightingale and the Rose.
THURSDAY 5 APRIL
SCREEN-PRINTING WITH KYLIE BURKE, ARTIST Ages 5 – 8 years* | 10.00 – 11.30am Cost $14 ($17 non-members) or
Ages 8 – 12 years | 1.00 – 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) These workshops will explore introductory screenprinting techniques such as stencils and blocking and printing designs onto a fabric tote bag.
FRIDAY 6 APRIL
FAMILY, FRIENDS & TREASURES MOBILE WITH DEBBIE BARBER, ARTIST Ages 5 – 8 years* | 10.00 – 11.30am Cost $14 ($17 non-members) or
Ages 8 – 12 years | 1.00 – 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Bring a photo of family, friends or a pet and some small trinkets to create a personalised mobile with materials also supplied by the Gallery.
MONDAY 9 APRIL
CONTEMPORARY EMBROIDERY WITH HEDY VERHULST, ARTIST Ages 7 – 9 years | 10.00am – 11.30am Cost $14 ($17 non-members) Learn how to create your own embroidered image while practising fine motor skills in a playful way. OR
Ages 9 – 13 years | 1.00 – 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Learn how to create free flow embroidery with appliqué technique to add depth and texture to your textilebased artwork.
TUESDAY 10 APRIL
MYTHICAL WORLDS WITH ADRIENNE SHAW, ARTIST & TEACHER Ages 9 – 15 years | 10.00am – 3.00pm Cost $28 ($33 non-members) View Del Kathryn Barton’s exhibition The Nightingale and the Rose and then draw and paint a mythical world using the same techniques employed by the artist. Please bring lunch and a drink to this workshop.
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FRIDAY 13 APRIL
POP-UP SCENE WITH JIM REA, ARTIST Ages 8 – 13 years | 10.00am – 12.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members)
COIL WEAVING WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ, ARTIST & DISABILITY ARTS FACILITATOR Ages 5 – 7 years* | 10.00 – 11.30am Cost $14 ($17 non-members)
Use your imagination and learn techniques to design a 3D pop-up artwork. A steady hand is required with craft knife and scissors.
Ages 8 – 16 years | 1.00 – 3.30pm Cost $18 ($21 non-members)
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WITH REBECCA EDWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHER Ages 9 - 13 years | 1.00 – 3.00pm Cost $16 ($19 non-members) Learn basic camera techniques and get hands-on experience to photograph subjects in natural light using compositional principles. Participants will work together to set-up a photo shoot to create a finished artwork with a link to download their work in digital format. Camera Equipment – Please bring your our own DSLR camera. [Limited DSLR cameras are available to borrow, please advise at time of booking.]
THURSDAY 12 APRIL
CREATE YOUR OWN NIGHTINGALE AND ROSE WITH CAROLINE MUDGE, ARTIST & ILLUSTRATOR Ages 5 – 8 years* | 10.00 – 12.00am Cost $15 ($18 non-members) Be inspired by Del Kathryn Barton’s exhibition The Nightingale and the Rose and learn to create your own artwork using mixed media and illustration techniques.
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View works by Girringun Art Centre artists and learn the coil weaving technique to make a small woven mat or basket using recycled materials. GALLERY KIDS ART CLUB WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE, ARTIST AGES 8 – 12 YEARS Saturdays 10.00am – 12.00pm Block 1: 3 March, 7 April, 5 May Cost per three-month block $24 ($30 non-members) Our special club for kids aged 8 – 12 is all about creative experiences and activities with ART as the focus. Kids will enjoy a program designed by artist Hayley Gillespie that will be full of fun and a way for kids to make new creative friends. Art Club sessions are held at the Gallery or inner city locations. Kids are introduced to new ways of looking at, talking and thinking about art, craft and design, including fashion, architecture and theatre. Some sessions involve individual or collective art making, in which case materials will be provided. Parents are asked to take kids to and from pre-arranged locations, if required.
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Ages 8 – 12 years | 1.00 – 3.30pm Cost $18 ($21 non-members) Participants in the afternoon session will be encouraged to extend themselves creatively by working in both 2D and 3D to create an image inspired by The Nightingale and the Rose exhibition.
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»GALLERY ART SCHOOL VISUAL ARTS ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
»KIDS FINE ART CLASSES
OFFERS STUDENTS PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR EARLY PRIMARY SCHOOL THROUGH TO COLLEGE.
@ KEWARRA BEACH HALL WITH ADRIENNE SHAW, ARTIST/TEACHER
LEVEL 1
5 - 7 years with parent/carer optional Cost $60 ($70 non-members) Tuesdays 3.45 - 4.45 pm Term 2: 15, 22, 29 May, 5, 12, 19 June A six-week program designed for early primary schoolaged children. Adrienne Shaw will teach a range of introductory art skills based on Gallery exhibitions to complement school study.
LEVEL 2
8 - 11 years Cost $200 ($230 non-members) Some places are available to start in Term 2 on: Wednesdays 3.30 – 5.00pm Term 2: 16, 23, 30 May, 6, 13, 20 June or
Fridays 3.30 – 5.00pm Term 2: 18, 25 May, 1, 8, 15, 22 June
6 - 12 years | Cost $200 ($230 non-members) Thursdays 3.30 – 5.00pm Term 2: 17, 24, 31 May, 7, 14, 21 June This outreach program runs over twelve weeks - six classes in Term 1 and six classes in Term 2. Some places may still be available to start in Term 2 - please contact us for further information and pricing.
»NEW PROGRAM GALLERY YOUNG CREATIVES WITH HAYLEY GILLESPIE, ARTIST AGES 13 - 17 YEARS Saturdays 3.00 – 5.00pm 3 March, 7 April, 5 May, 7 July, 4 August, 1 September, 6 October, 3 November, 1 December Cost for 2018 membership $90 ($115 non-members) A new club for participants of high school age.
11 - 16 years Cost $220 ($240 non-members)
The Young Creatives meet once a month for a two-hour session. Art related activities and discussions will be facilitated by Hayley Gillespie and follow a program collectively chosen by the Young Creatives. This is a great way to work on and share artistic projects, collaborate and hang out with like-minded students, while learning about contemporary art, design, multimedia, photography and music. Basic art materials are included however a small contribution may be required for specific projects and activities.
Mondays 3.30 – 5.00pm Term 2: 14, 21, 28 May, 4, 11, 18 June
Sessions are held at the Gallery but may occasionally be at a different location in Cairns, in which case parents are asked to facilitate transport for their teens.
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Saturdays 10.00 - 11.30am Term 2: 19, 26 May, 2, 9, 16, 23 June
LEVEL 3
Some places are available to start in Term 2 on: or
Thursdays 3.30 – 5.00pm Term 2: 17, 24, 31 May, 7, 14, 21 June
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»ADULT WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
»ADULT SUPPORTED ART WORKSHOPS
MINDI WEAVING WORKSHOP WITH NINNEY MURRAY, ARTIST Sunday 8 April | 10.00am – 1.00pm Age 15+ Cost: $70 ($80 non-members)
WITH MEIYIN AHNSUZ, ARTIST AND DISABILITY ARTS FACILITATOR
Mindi is a traditional grass basket used to carry message sticks. In this 3-hour weaving workshop Ninney will introduce participants to traditional weaving ideas and techniques unique to the Far North Queensland area. Participants will create their own Mindi from plastic-coated wire. Ninney Murray is an expert senior weaver of traditional basket forms including the Jawun, Burrajingal, Gundala, Mindi and Wungarr. Taught by her Aunt, Ninney continues to pass on her weaving skills and traditional knowledge. ADULT CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING WITH YIXUAN RUAN, ARTIST 4-WEEK ART COURSE MONDAYS 5.30 – 7.30pm 23, 30 April, 14, 21 May Cost $120 ($140 non-members) Join artist Yixuan Ruan and learn techniques of Chinese brush painting using ink and water. The course demonstrates aesthetics of Chinese painting, while acquiring fundamental skills in Chinese brush art. Participants will complete a Chinese painting on rice paper during each lesson. Beginners are welcome.
»ADULT ART CLASSES
MONDAYS WITH CRAIG HOY, ARTIST/TEACHER 5-WEEK ART COURSE TERM 2: MONDAYS 5.15 - 7.15pm 28 May, 4, 11, 18, 25 June Cost $120 ($140 members) During Term 2 Craig Hoy will instruct participants how to create a mixed media montage using small personal objects or artefacts. Working in a supportive atmosphere and small groups, participants can work at their own level while learning new skills and practical mixed media techniques.
Meiyin Ahnsuz is an experienced arts facilitator in the disabilities sector. Her workshops are designed for adults with specific needs to explore their creativity through making art. Workshops are conducted in a relaxed and social environment for people of all abilities. Morning tea and all materials are provided. In 2018 participants have the option of attending individual workshops to try something new, or develop their work over a series of classes in their chosen medium. The main focus of the class will alternate between textile based art, and ceramics. TACTILE TEXTILE (WEAVING, MACRAMÉ, BASKETS, SEWING ETC.)
FRIDAYS 9.30am – 12.00pm 2 March, 29 March (Thursday), 18 May, 15 June, 20 July Cost $25 per session ($65 for three sessions) CERAMICS (HAND-BUILDING, SCULPTURE) FRIDAYS 9.30am – 12.00pm 16 March, 20 April, 11 May, 1 June, 29 June Cost $25 per session ($65 for three sessions)
»NEW PROGRAM
»YOGA IN THE GALLERY WITH REBECCA EDWARDS, YOGA TEACHER
Mondays 5.30 – 6.30pm 23, 30 April, 14, 21 May 28 May, 4, 11, 18, 25 June Cost $100 ($125 non-members)
Yoga Teacher Rebecca Edwards is registered with Yoga Alliance. Conducted in the peaceful setting of the Gallery, participants will be guided through various yoga techniques, including learning postures, meditation and breathing techniques to improve core strength, the mind and the body.
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IMAGE LEFT Del Kathryn Barton Book By Julie Ewington $69.95
IMAGE COVER Tabita REZAIRE Hoetep Blessings (detail) 2016 one channel video 12:27 mins Courtesy of the Artist
IMAGE PAGE Michael COOK MAJORITY RULE (PARLIAMENT) 2014 inkjet print on paper 104 x 144 cm (framed) Monash University Collection Courtesy of the Artist + Andrew Baker Art Dealer Brisbane, and Dianne Tanzer + This is No Fantasy Melbourne 42