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The bush on show
Regional Queensland communities from Cairns to Quilpie, Mungindi to Mission Beach, once again have access to a new collection of top level visual arts exhibitions by some of regional Queensland’s most promising emerging and established artists.
The 13 exhibitions in Queensland Arts Council’s Ontour onexhibition 2010 season illustrate the resilience, spirit and vibrant cultural creativity of regional Queensland. All of these captivating visual arts, craft and design exhibitions, are developed by regional people for regional people.
In 2009, exhibitions have been brought to over 70 regional and remote communities.
Bookings for the 2010 program close on 19 October, including 10 new exhibitions communicating a sense of place and identity unique to Queensland.
Sweet as... by Grayson Cooke presents photographs that illustrate the powerful structures and strong colours of Queensland’s sugar industry, based around the Wide Bay/Burnett region.
The Dying Darling is a profoundly moving portrait exhibition capturing the human face of the ongoing debate over Queensland’s most precious resource: water.
Sumptuous rainforest dreaming art by Girramay Traditional Owner Dena Leo, Bunga Bunga Milbirrigun passes on her stories of the little known Aboriginal Rainforest culture.
Captivating black and white photos in Equus: in celebration of the horse by Glenn Hunt perfectly articulate the strong heartfelt bond between human and horse, that many Queenslanders will know first-hand.
Bundaberg textile specialist Karen Walden treats families to a quilt project inspired by the picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, taking viewers along the familiar pages of this loveable tale.
Building on the strengths of a community- focused program, Ontour onexhibition has also selected three exhibitions that enable regional communities to engage in cultural dialogue by promoting work, ideas and programs that are currently being developed in their region.
A strong sense of belonging is strikingly clear in Artesian Country, a community-developed exhibition of painting, photography and sculpture by 12 local artists from the Barcaldine, Aramac and Jericho region of Central Western Queensland.
Remote Channels of Expression celebrates the latest contemporary influences in work by a group of emerging Indigenous artists from Far North Queensland’s Western Cape York Peninsula.
Audiences will have the chance to make light of their troubles with one page at a time an interactive community-building exhibition of travelling worry dolls by Maleny artist, Corrie Wright.
Manager Jenni Regnart said Ontour onexhibition is developing new ways for regional Queensland communities to engage in visual arts and be active producers of culture.
“There is no other program currently in Queensland that provides a dedicated platform for regionally based artists, artworkers, practitioners and communities to share, exchange and promote the great work that they do,†Ms Regnart said.
“The program’s key purpose is to connect the people and places of regional Queensland through visual arts and create ways to celebrate their stories nationwide.â€
Ontour onexhibition heavily subsidises more Queensland communities each year to access touring exhibitions. Presented in everyday spaces, such as libraries, community centres and vacant buildings, they engage audiences who may otherwise be deprived on such visual arts experiences.
Bookings for all of the 13 shows close on Monday 19 October 2009. Exhibition request forms can be downloaded from www.onexhibition.qac.org.au.
