November 2008 - Mackay Regional Council - Queensland ...

ISSUE 4 | NOVEMBER 2008Artspace exhibition programFrame by Frame features MichaelParekowhai’s Boulogne.Frame by Frame: Asia PacificArtists on Tour> McAleese Gallery> On show until November 30Frame by Frame, a Queensland Art Gallerytravelling exhibition, showcases a broadcross-section of photography and themoving image by artists from contemporaryAsian, Pacific and Australian collections.Photography and the moving image wereintegral to The Fifth Asia Pacifi c Triennialof Contemporary Art (APT5), from AiWeiwei’s iconoclastic Dropping a HanDynasty Urn to Rashid Rana’s dissectionof the photographic image through theuse of the pixel. The exhibition includesmany acquisitions from APT5.Also showing in the Mackay MazdaFoyer> Ti Parks: Recent worksOlafur Eliasson’s The CubicStructural Evolution Project> Seminar RoomSanta @ BMA Kidspace> A gallery of fun, Christmas-themedactivities for under 5s, their parentsand carers (presented by BHP BillitonMitsubishi Alliance).Date: Tuesday, December 9Times: 10am-2pm > Free artist-runactivities and gallery tours11.30am > Visit from SantaNoon to 1pm > Live music byRubberband.> On show until December 14Olafur Eliasson’s The Cubic StructuralEvolution Project (2004), created frommore than 300 kilograms of white Legobuilding blocks, is a highlight from theQueensland Art Gallery’s internationalcollection.Myth to Modern: Bronzes from theQueensland Art Gallery Collection> McAleese Gallery> December 5 to February 1This exhibition draws on the QueenslandArt Gallery’s collection of figurative bronzesculpture to explore the application ofthis enduring medium across a varietyof subjects and themes. Myth, legend,portraiture and modernism feature in aselection of works dating from c.1700to the emerging modernism of AugustMadame Schuffenecker (1890), cast in 1960by Paul Gauguin, will be on show at ArtspaceMackay from December 5.Photos: QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY.Take part in holiday art workshopsHoliday Art Workshop> Art for children aged 8-12 yearsDate: Wednesday, January 14Times: 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pmVenue: Seminar roomCost: $20 per child ($10 for subsequentsiblings)Boooking essential: 4961 9722Rodin and early twentieth-century worksby Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore. Thisintimate-focus exhibition, comprising14 works by predominantly Europeanartists, also includes works by Australiansculptors Daphne Mayo, BertramMackennal and Harold Parker who weredirectly influenced by the rich tradition ofWestern myth and history.Making it Modern: The Watercoloursof Kenneth Macqueen> Also showing in the McAleeseGallery> December 5 to February 1Making it Modern, a Queensland ArtGallery Travelling Exhibition of KennethMacqueen’s (1897–1960) watercolours,highlights his importance as a keyAustralian modernist and reveals him asa complex and highly individual artist.> Floor Talks: 11am, Saturday,December 6Also showing in the Mackay MazdaFoyer> Correspondence: Ngaio LenzCreative Kids: A Showcase ofChildren’s Artwork> Seminar room> December 23 to February 1This exhibition celebrates our creativechildren and showcases artworksproduced in Artspace Mackay’s 2008kids’ art programs. Programs offeredthroughout the year include: BMAKidspace (a monthly program fortoddlers), school holiday workshops andthe Kids’ Art Club.Artspace-To-Go Holiday ArtWorkshop> Art for children aged 8-12 yearsDate: Thursday, January 15Time: 10am to noonCost: $20 per child ($10 for subsequentsiblings)Bookings essential: 4961 97229