The Flying Arts Alliance Office will be closed December 23, 2015 – January 10, 2016. We look forward to serving you in the New Year, when we reopen Jan 11. In the meantime, we give you a sneak peek of some new aspects of the program for the New Year, and there are a number of member give-aways to enter.
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Residency Journal: Lyne Marshall
Lyne Marshall was the recipient of a two week residency in Blackall, courtesy of Flying Arts Alliance Inc and the Blackall Cultural Association. Along the way, she and her husband Peter documented her travels and experiences. Read more about Lyne’s experience here. Blackall Cultural Association Residency Blackall7 – 21 October 2015Lyne Marshall
Touring Artist Journal: Mark Paddick
Arriving at the Bellflower Retirement Village on Saturday morning, I was greeted with a hive of activity with a huge art market day underway in the main hall. The stares began when, amongst the knitting and craft stalls entered a guy with a crate full of aerosol paint. Although the “graffiti” workshop was fully booked, […]
QRAA 2015: Winners and Touring Artists Announced
The winners for the Queensland Regional Art Awards 2015: Cream of the Crop, are announced; as are the artists whose works will tour with the exhibition.
Small Schools Newsletter: Carmila, Bellenden Ker and Mt Molloy
Since rolling out in second term this year our inspirational program coordinator, Therese, has been incredibly busy providing advice and guidance in the visual and media arts to assist teachers in small schools to deliver on arts curriculum requirements and explore new ways to connect the visual arts into other curriculum areas. The results of […]
Touring Artist Journal: Cate Collopy
I was delighted at the prospect of travelling to Dalby as a Flying Arts Representative Artist. I had worked there several years earlier as a Vocational Education Teacher for SQIT TAFE and so looked forward to the journey through the Darling Downs Region and a revisit to Dalby State High School where I had taught […]
Touring Artist Journal: Joachim Froese, Normanton
It was Queen’s Birthday Weekend and like every year this meant that I was flying up to North Queensland for the Normanton Rodeo to be the ‘Roaming Photography Tutor’ for the event. This was my third year up there and by now the sounds and smells were familiar. I have even become an expert on […]
Touring Artist Journal: Simone Eisler, Gladstone
We arrived at the airport and went straight to Tondoon Gardens to touch base with the site and arrangements for the next day. We were shown the marquee and chairs and tables available, and spent some time exploring what materials were available around the grounds. We then drove to the town centre to have some […]