What's on at The Centre in Beaudesert SUMMER 2020

THE CENTRE BEAUDESERT 82 Brisbane Street, Beaudesert Phone 07 5540 5050 Email thecentre@scenicrim.qld.gov.au www.liveatthecentre.com.au

GALLERY HOURS Tuesday to Friday 10am – 4pm Saturday 10am – 2pm Public holidays Closed

ABOVE & BELOW 27 MARCH - 15 JULY The Centre Beaudesert Artists Therese Flynn-Clarke and Mary Elizabeth Barron reflect on viewpoints of our environment and place from ground level and aerial viewpoints through their exhibitions Patterns of my Days (Rules of Nature) and Under Foot.

ARTISTS’ JOURNEYS 24 JULY - 7 OCTOBER The Centre Beaudesert Scenic Rim artists share both personal and community journeys through their exhibitions - Jean-Jacques Vaschalde’s retrospective of his 40-year pottery career and Ben Allmon’s Black and White Braid Scenic Rim stories.

NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2020 AND MUNUNJALI NOW 17 OCTOBER - 12 DECEMBER The Centre Beaudesert The National Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition is selected from entries from across Australia, reflecting the distinctive vision of the nation’s aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects. The annual prize is the National Portrait Gallery’s most popular exhibition, promoting the very best in contemporary photographic portraiture by Australian photographers.

LIFE ON FILM: Physical Video and Point of View 17 JANUARY - 18 MARCH The Centre Beaudesert

Physical Video features video art drawn from the Queensland Art Gallery’s Collection. While thematically diverse, each work engages the human body and shows how artists use physical gestures and actions to illustrate social, political and aesthetic concerns.

Point of View showcases digital and new media works by Scenic Rim and visiting artists, students and young filmmakers which explore local stories and perspectives on life. It includes Home and Monuments Public Art and story sharing project by Craig Walsh.

EXHIBITION LAUNCH EVENT: FRIDAY 17 JANUARY, 6.00PM FOR 6.30PM. Free entry. Light refreshments. RSVP. All welcome.