Master the art of developing your own exhibition and how to pitch your proposal to galleries.  Join experienced industry professional Elysha Rei in an intensive weekend of workshops to design, plan and manage your solo or group exhibition. Participants will receive course study materials prior to the workshop and will have the chance to gain feedback on completed proposals following the intensive.

Learn about:

– Essential principles of exhibition concept, planning, design and development
– How to work with exhibition venues
– Marketing and promotion
– Logistics, contracts and legal issues
– Packing, handling and installation

Key Dates

Registrations close – 13 August 2018
Last date for registration cancellations – 5pm 17 August 2018
Course material posted to participants – 20 August 2018
Intensive workshop sessions: Saturday 15 September – Sunday 16 September 2018

$150/$140 for Flying Arts Members

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Take the opportunity to discuss your arts practice one-on-one with a respected industry professional. Either at the Flying Arts office or via Skype, this one hour session will provide you with a chance to map out your career directions and gain feedback about your portfolio. 

Session bookings are for one hour between 9am and 5pm.

You are welcome to bring any resources, artwork, portfolios or other items that will assist you with your consultation. Flying Arts will provide a computer and internet access should you wish to use any online resources during your consultation.

$65 ($60 for Flying Arts Members)

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Stuck on where to start as an artist in the digital space? Join us in this workshop introducing you to the ins and outs of digital platforms for artists – from portfolios and social media to online sales. Participants will be guided through the set-up requirements for several platforms, with an insight into the pros and cons. Come away with a solid understanding and inspiration to set yourself up in the digital realm.

Please bring pen and paper or laptop for note-taking, and lunch if required. There are a number of dining options available in close proximity to the venue if needed. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Please note: 

The current front entry to the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary is closed for construction. Please enter the building via side door located on Berwick Street through the IMA courtyard.

The workshop space is on Level 4 of the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts. Please follow the Flying Arts signage.

If you have any difficulties finding this location please feel free to call: 3216 1322 and we will assist you with directions.

$65 ($60 for Flying Arts Members)

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Learn how to build experimental microphones with the artist and musician Ross Manning.

Over the past decade, Manning has developed what could be described as his own world, animated by light and sound. He is an obsessive creator of systems that are driven by their own logic, and of moving objects propelled by electricity and their own kinetic forces. In 2017, the Institute of Modern Art (IMA) organised the first survey exhibition of his practice, Dissonant Rhythms, which is currently touring around Australia.

During the Webinar Manning will demonstrate how to make two types of contact microphones by stripping cable wires, playing with guitar jacks, and other electronics. With these skills you will be able to build own experimental microphone to explore your surroundings, and discover what sounds different objects conduct.

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Learn about the Arts Law Artists in the Black program, including the different services that are offered as part of the program. The different types of clients and creative sectors helped through the AITB program the and the common types of problems that they have will be discussed. Specific examples and case studies of the legal issues that have helped AITB clients will also be shared.

Artists in the Black (AITB) is a specialised service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, creatives, communities and arts organisations. It is operated by the Arts Law Centre of Australia (Arts Law), the national community legal centre for the arts. The AITB service aims to provide access to free or low cost, culturally appropriate, specialist legal resources to support and strengthen the Indigenous arts sector. They do this in order for Indigenous creators to achieve professional excellence, a sustainable income in a non-exploitative environment and to achieve better recognition of Indigenous intellectual property.

AITB aims to:

• Increase access by Indigenous artists, art organisations and Indigenous communities to legal advice on arts law issues, including Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP).
• Increase access to legal information about arts law issues and develop appropriate publications. 
• Increase understanding and awareness of Indigenous artists and communities of arts law issues through an education programme.
• Provide informed advocacy work on ICIP issues and other arts law issues affecting the Indigenous community.
• Develop arts-specific law expertise within the Indigenous community.

The other key focus area for AITB is responding to the needs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists on the better protection of, and respect for, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP). The misuse and misappropriation of ICIP causes significant distress and harm to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their cultures and we continue to look at legal and advocacy strategies to provide protection and remedies in this regard. 

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Make your mark on Toowoomba, the street art capital of Queensland! Extend your skills in street art mediums, put theory into practice to create a large street art mural at the University of Southern Queensland, and explore the potential of a career in art.

Participants will take a walking tour of First Coat Festival murals, before participating in a series of workshops and activities, including concept development, tape work, working with stencils, aerosol painting and large-scale image transfers. 

The intensive will culminate in participants creating a collaborative public mural measuring 30m wide by 3m high.

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Registrations close: 5pm, Friday 14 September

Program Dates: 3 October – 5 October (Residential participants to arrive 2 October)
Program Venue: University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba

Participants: Year 9 – 12

Cost:
Residential: $350 for 3 days/3 nights fully inclusive*
Day Students: $250 for 3 days**

* Includes twin-share accommodation and meals, workshops and materials
** Includes lunch, workshops and materials

Program

Tuesday 2 October

• Residential students arrive

Wednesday 3 October

• Tour of First Coat Festival artworks around Toowoomba
• Career Talk – First Coat Studios Co-Director, Grace Dewar
• USQ Campus Orientation
• Workshop: Concept Development and Wall Design (in studio)
• Workshop: Spray Paint and Taping Techniques (in studio)

Thursday 4 October

• Career talk – Artist and educator, Rhiannan Johnson
• Workshop: Producing an Image to transfer (in studio)
• Implementing skills learned in ‘Spray Paint and Taping Techniques’ (on wall)
• Workshop: How to Apply an Image Transfer (on wall)

Friday 5 October

• Career talk – Artist, Karri McPherson
• Finalising Image Transfers (on wall)
• Workshop: Stencil Making (in studio)
• Wall Completion: Implementing skills learned in all workshops and adding stencilling to the finished wall

Travel Subsidies are available thanks to Brian Tucker Accounting. Students travelling more than 300km in each direction to attend the program may receive a subsidy of up to $250 to cover travel costs. Subsidies are limited in number and are provided on a needs basis. Please call Flying Arts Alliance on 07 3216 1322 or email the Scheduled Program Lead for more information.

This webinar will share the planning, implementation, arts process and the results of a history-focused artist in residence case study to be undertaken during 2018 with teacher Susanne Kelly and her primary aged class.

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Learn hands-on techniques with this introductory aerosol painting workshop. Utilising high-quality Ironlak Art and Design products including graphic markers and spray paint, educators will be lead through various techniques and methods for producing aerosol art and also implementing in a classroom context.

Please bring pen and paper or laptop for note-taking, and lunch if required. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

$65 ($60 for Flying Arts Members)

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