QCA Galleries 2015

Welcome to QCA! QCA Galleries aims to foster experimentation and innovation, providing a forum for research, ideas and exchange. Exhibitions, guest lectures and artist talks are programmed across our gallery spaces with exhibition opportunities for students, staff and external exhibitors.

Exhibitions are open to the public and entry is free.

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W HAT’S ON AT QCA GAL L E RIES DURING

‘O’ Week

Shandong/QCA: Celebrating 15 years of Teaching and Learning An artistic and cultural celebration of the relationship between Shandong University of Arts and Griffith University, presenting 80 artworks including paintings, prints, watercolours and other media, created by staff and postgraduate students from both institutions. This exhibition is presented as part of the Brisbane City Council BrisAsia Festival.

Tuesday 6 January 2015 – Saturday 28 February 2015

Image: Professor Ross Woodrow, Special Friends (or Happiness and Harmony) 2011, 59x49cm (detail)

WEBB Gallery PROJECT Gallery

Floor Talk by Russell Craig, Senior Lecturer, Fine Art: 4pm ‘O’ Day 25 Feb Closing Celebration: 5–8pm Wednesday 25 February including closing address by both David Gerrand, Creative Program Producer, BrisAsia Festival and Prof. Paul Cleveland, Director, QCA.

Indonesian performance artist Jumaadi presents: Walking Shadow During O Week, QCA will be hosting Indonesian/Australian artist Jumaadi, culminating in a collaborative performance between incoming students and the artist. Jumaadi’s practice incorporates sculpture, drawing, painting and performance including traditional wayang shadow puppetry set to gamalan music. He has exhibited extensively both in Australia and internationally.

Images courtesy of the artist.

QCA Upper Lawn marquee 12 – 2pm Wednesday 25 February As a follow on to these workshops Jumaadi and a select group of students will take the performance to the people of Brisbane as part of the BrisAsia Festival’s “Taste of Asia”.

BrisAsia Festival Taste of Asia 11am – 9pm Friday 27 February Reddacliff Place 266 George Street, Brisbane Jumaadi’s performance commences 7.30pm

WHAT’S COMING UP...

March / April

Tracing the Subnatural

Undermining Landscape

An exhibition by PhD candidate Sara Manser exploring the unseen nature in our urban environment.

Screenprints and mixed media works which investigate the effects of mining on the Australian landscape.

Wednesday 4 March – Saturday 14 March 2015

Wednesday 4 March – Saturday 14 March 2015

Closing Event: 6–8pm Friday 13 March 2015

Opening Event: 6–8pm Friday 6 March 2015

WEBB Gallery

Project Gallery

Image courtesy of the artist.

Image courtesy of the artist.

Sara Manser

Jennifer Sanzaro-Nishimura

TO BE FOLLOWED B Y. . .

Handled With Care Design Futures Group

A visual exploration of the phenomena of repair and share in Brisbane’s CBD, the results of a 2014 New Researcher Grant project conducted by QCA’s Design Futures group.

The Resizing – Anastasia Tyurina 18 – 28 March in the Webb Gallery

Flow – international Print exchange 18 March – 11 April in the Project Gallery

Wednesday 18 March – Saturday 28 March 2015 Opening Event: 6–9pm Friday 20 March 2015 A POP pop-up exhibition presented at Woolloongabba Art Gallery 613 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba

à Visit griffith.edu.au/qcagalleries and select ‘online calendar’ for the full Semester 1 exhibition program.

EXHI BI T IO N PRO PO S A L S

Project Gallery Level 2 (Ground Floor) Webb Centre S02 QCA South Bank Campus Open Tues–Sat 10–4

Applications to exhibit with QCA Galleries are only accepted once per semester, for the following semester. Applications for Semester 1, 2015 are now closed.

Applications for the Semester 2, 2015 exhibition program will open in March 2015.

Visit the QCA Galleries page at: griffith.edu.au/qcagalleries & select Applications and documents

VOLUNT E E RING WEBB Gallery Level 2 (Ground Floor) Webb Centre S02 QCA South Bank Campus Open Tues–Sat 10–4

QCA Galleries provide opportunities for students to gain professional experience by being part of our team of volunteers. Volunteering roles include gallery attendance, installation and demount of exhibitions, opening and closing events and a range of other opportunities. Paid casual work is occasionally offered for our most dedicated and committed volunteers.

Students also have the opportunity to sit on the QCA Galleries Committee.

Visit the QCA Galleries page at: griffith.edu.au/qcagalleries for further details.

POP-UP@POP GALLERY Postgraduate and Other Projects The POP pop-up exhibition program will be located in and around Brisbane in various venues. Please check the QCA Galleries page for upcoming exhibitions.

Griffith University Queensland College Of Art ‘O’ Week 23 – 27 February QCA SOUTH BANK CAMPUS, 226 GREY STREET, SOUTH BANK

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‘O’ DAY: WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY Immerse yourself in the QCA culture and participate in one of the exciting activities happening at the South Bank campus as part of ‘O’ Day, Wednesday 25 February!