The document discusses a plan to transform a provincial city into an arts capital by rethinking traditional galleries, hosting blockbuster touring exhibitions and multi-arts events, celebrating heritage, and developing arts professionals in the region. Outdoor garden areas would also be activated and contemporary Aboriginal art would be featured to attract new audiences and artists from far away. The key themes are making the arts more accessible, interactive, and representative of the local community.
The document discusses creating an iPhone application to enhance visitors' art museum experience by helping them learn about and appreciate the art in a more personal and meaningful way. The app aims to help adult visitors with a basic interest in art understand art vocabulary, recognize design elements, discuss works in historical context, and identify masterworks and styles, in order to make the most of their time viewing art and better remember the details of what they've seen. It seeks to balance learning about art with actually looking at art.
The document discusses the Reliquary of the Lost & Found, a proposed 6000 square foot space in NYC that would shelter displaced artifacts from endangered sites around the city. It would serve as a place for meditation, archiving, and appreciation of these cultural relics. The Reliquary would connect visitors to NYC's past and present through exhibitions of lost artifacts that are not yet forgotten. It would include reception space, galleries, a projection room, two offices, and an auditorium.
Hearths of popular culture traits are typically established through the diffusion of an idea or good. This can be done by companies creating and manufacturing popular media, or by individuals popularizing activities through media like video games. Diffusion occurs hierarchically from the hearth location outward, and is influenced more by time-space compression than distance decay as connectivity increases the likelihood of diffusion. Popular culture traits can also be modified or blended with local cultures through processes like reterritorialization and syncretism. The cultural landscape reflects the imprint of a culture through architecture, transportation, clothing, and other human alterations to the environment. Over time, convergence and diffusion can increase placelessness as landscapes converge globally.
The exhibit includes memorabilia from the Chinese Cultural Revolution such as Chairman Mao badges, posters, and Little Red Books from 1966-1976. It is located in the display case on the second floor of the Bostock library, with an informal reception being held on October 21 from 2-4pm to view the interesting items from this socio-political movement in China.
This document provides an overview of contemporary Philippine arts from the regions. It begins by listing 5 learning objectives for the lesson, including defining contemporary art and distinguishing it from modern art in the Philippine context. It then asks a series of questions to clarify the differences between contemporary and modern. The key difference highlighted is that modern and contemporary refer to distinct historical periods. The document provides a table that outlines the major periods of Philippine art history and the associated artistic styles and genres from pre-colonial times through the contemporary era. It aims to teach that while modern and contemporary art may share some characteristics, they refer to unique periods and should not be conflated.
George J Harding is a fine artist based in Bristol who uses collage and resin to encapsulate found images and photographs in hyper-real surfaces for his quirky works.
Matthew Cook is an illustrator from Kingston University with a signature style who enjoys reportage work. After graduating he joined an expedition organization and spent a year sailing, which helped him establish himself as an illustrator.
Paul Rickert is an American artist born in 1947 known for watercolor paintings of urban and industrial scenes. He was born in Philadelphia and grew up along a creek where famous artists had painted, acquiring a taste for classical music especially Haydn.
John Wehrle is an American artist born in 1941 in San
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The document discusses creating an iPhone application to enhance visitors' art museum experience by helping them learn about and appreciate the art in a more personal and meaningful way. The app aims to help adult visitors with a basic interest in art understand art vocabulary, recognize design elements, discuss works in historical context, and identify masterworks and styles, in order to make the most of their time viewing art and better remember the details of what they've seen. It seeks to balance learning about art with actually looking at art.
The document discusses the Reliquary of the Lost & Found, a proposed 6000 square foot space in NYC that would shelter displaced artifacts from endangered sites around the city. It would serve as a place for meditation, archiving, and appreciation of these cultural relics. The Reliquary would connect visitors to NYC's past and present through exhibitions of lost artifacts that are not yet forgotten. It would include reception space, galleries, a projection room, two offices, and an auditorium.
Hearths of popular culture traits are typically established through the diffusion of an idea or good. This can be done by companies creating and manufacturing popular media, or by individuals popularizing activities through media like video games. Diffusion occurs hierarchically from the hearth location outward, and is influenced more by time-space compression than distance decay as connectivity increases the likelihood of diffusion. Popular culture traits can also be modified or blended with local cultures through processes like reterritorialization and syncretism. The cultural landscape reflects the imprint of a culture through architecture, transportation, clothing, and other human alterations to the environment. Over time, convergence and diffusion can increase placelessness as landscapes converge globally.
The exhibit includes memorabilia from the Chinese Cultural Revolution such as Chairman Mao badges, posters, and Little Red Books from 1966-1976. It is located in the display case on the second floor of the Bostock library, with an informal reception being held on October 21 from 2-4pm to view the interesting items from this socio-political movement in China.
This document provides an overview of contemporary Philippine arts from the regions. It begins by listing 5 learning objectives for the lesson, including defining contemporary art and distinguishing it from modern art in the Philippine context. It then asks a series of questions to clarify the differences between contemporary and modern. The key difference highlighted is that modern and contemporary refer to distinct historical periods. The document provides a table that outlines the major periods of Philippine art history and the associated artistic styles and genres from pre-colonial times through the contemporary era. It aims to teach that while modern and contemporary art may share some characteristics, they refer to unique periods and should not be conflated.
George J Harding is a fine artist based in Bristol who uses collage and resin to encapsulate found images and photographs in hyper-real surfaces for his quirky works.
Matthew Cook is an illustrator from Kingston University with a signature style who enjoys reportage work. After graduating he joined an expedition organization and spent a year sailing, which helped him establish himself as an illustrator.
Paul Rickert is an American artist born in 1947 known for watercolor paintings of urban and industrial scenes. He was born in Philadelphia and grew up along a creek where famous artists had painted, acquiring a taste for classical music especially Haydn.
John Wehrle is an American artist born in 1941 in San
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The document summarizes two art movements that took place in the early 20th century: Surrealism and Art Deco. Surrealism originated in France in the 1920s and aimed to represent the subconscious mind through fantastical imagery and contradictory ideas. It later spread to the US, Europe and Latin America and influenced later styles like Abstract Expressionism. Art Deco was a decorative style from 1918-1939 seen in mass-produced goods and graphic design using angular, geometric forms and luxury materials. It occurred across Europe and the US.
Based in Southampton, NY, Troy Buckner is a private art curator with nearly two decades in the art business. In 1998, Troy Buckner founded Clark Fine Art in Southampton, NY, and has since turned to working solely as a freelance curator. Buckner has curated exhibitions that have included work by such prolific artists as Andy Warhol, James Rosenquist, Robert Indiana, and Roy Lichtenstein. These artists became a particularly distinct fixture in the New York art scene during the mid-20th century, popularizing the pop-art movement of the 1950s and '60s.
Pop Art was an art movement in the 1950s-1960s that took images from popular culture like advertisements and mass produced items and incorporated them into bold, colorful, and playful works of art, with famous Pop artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebauld, and Claus Oldenburg.
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The Watermill Center has hosted an International Summer Program every July and August since 1992 under the direction of founder Robert Wilson. Approximately 60-100 artists from over 30 countries spend five to six weeks collaborating in an intensive creative environment. Participants have opportunities to work with Robert Wilson and other professionals, forge relationships with artists internationally, and investigate what it means to be a global artist. The Summer Program provides daily meetings with Robert Wilson, lectures from cultural luminaries, use of rehearsal spaces and archives, and opportunities to perform in Wilson's productions and workshops. Participants collaboratively contribute to site-specific works and workshops, and assist with landscaping, construction, housekeeping, and grounds maintenance through a rigorous schedule under Wilson's direction
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There are two main classifications of attractions that motivate travel: natural attractions related to geography, plants, animals, and bodies of water; and man-made attractions such as cultural events, entertainment, shopping malls, sports, and places designated by UNESCO for their heritage value. Natural attractions include a location's topography, flora, and fauna, while man-made attractions range from monuments and landmarks to museums documenting history and culture. The Philippines offers tourists many scenic natural attractions thanks to its landscapes and a wealth of cultural festivals and religious events, in addition to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites recognized for their significance.
The document discusses elements and principles of contemporary art from the Philippine regions. It identifies appropriation, performance, space, hybridity, and technology as key elements. For each element, it provides examples of artworks created by Vincent Tabotabo that demonstrate that principle, and questions for students to answer about what makes the artwork contemporary and how it reflects modern people. The document aims to teach students about contemporary art from the Philippines using online examples and activities.
Haitian art reflects the various cultural influences on Haitian society including African, Spanish, French, Caribbean, and Latin influences. It is a vibrant expression of Haitian life, history, and culture through folk art traditions. Indigenous Taino Indians originally painted symbols on themselves and cave walls, while under colonial rule Haitian painters were referred to as "talented negroes." Various schools of Haitian art now exist celebrating different regional depictions. Sculpture and flag making are also celebrated forms of Haitian art made from recycled materials.
Donald Sultan is a renowned American painter recognized for his large-scale still life compositions that combine traditional motifs like flowers and fruit with a fresh, abstract vision. While categorized as still lives, Sultan views the forms in his paintings as primarily abstract, juxtaposing geometric patterns with organic lines to create a sense of purity and monumentality. Sultan has exhibited his work at major New York institutions as well as the Hirshhorn Museum and Tate Gallery.
Elysha Rei, Queensland State Archives. Queensland State Archives: it's all about access presentation at Opening Doors: 2019 Museums & Galleries Queensland Conference.
Jennifer Garcia, Newstead House and Dianne Aylward, Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre. Theatre in Education: The War Years at Newstead presentation at Opening Doors: 2019 Museums & Galleries Queensland Conference.
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The document discusses the importance of meaningful arts engagement for children's perspectives on community. It acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands where the Bundaberg Regional Galleries is located. It also pays respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. The document references the 2018 Australian Early Development Census and includes images from various artists in the Galleries' collection that depict rural and community scenes.
The document summarizes two art movements that took place in the early 20th century: Surrealism and Art Deco. Surrealism originated in France in the 1920s and aimed to represent the subconscious mind through fantastical imagery and contradictory ideas. It later spread to the US, Europe and Latin America and influenced later styles like Abstract Expressionism. Art Deco was a decorative style from 1918-1939 seen in mass-produced goods and graphic design using angular, geometric forms and luxury materials. It occurred across Europe and the US.
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Pop Art was an art movement in the 1950s-1960s that took images from popular culture like advertisements and mass produced items and incorporated them into bold, colorful, and playful works of art, with famous Pop artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebauld, and Claus Oldenburg.
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Robert Fishko is an accomplished leader in New York City's fine arts community. As the CEO and director of Forum Gallery, Robert Fishko presides over art acquisitions and sales at the modern and contemporary art gallery.
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Haitian art has evolved over time from the indigenous Taino Indians to modern styles. Early art focused on decoration of buildings for wealthy patrons. The 1943 arrival of Dewitt Peters is seen as starting the Haitian Renaissance by opening an art school. Notable artists from this period include Hyppolite, Obin, Benoit, and Bezile. Modern Haitian art is divided into "naive" and "modern" styles, with modern artists having more training abroad. Religious and rural themes depicting happiness remain popular in Haitian art today.
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Haitian art reflects the various cultural influences on Haitian society including African, Spanish, French, Caribbean, and Latin influences. It is a vibrant expression of Haitian life, history, and culture through folk art traditions. Indigenous Taino Indians originally painted symbols on themselves and cave walls, while under colonial rule Haitian painters were referred to as "talented negroes." Various schools of Haitian art now exist celebrating different regional depictions. Sculpture and flag making are also celebrated forms of Haitian art made from recycled materials.
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Elysha Rei, Queensland State Archives. Queensland State Archives: it's all about access presentation at Opening Doors: 2019 Museums & Galleries Queensland Conference.
Jennifer Garcia, Newstead House and Dianne Aylward, Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre. Theatre in Education: The War Years at Newstead presentation at Opening Doors: 2019 Museums & Galleries Queensland Conference.
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24. Key themes include:
re-think the traditional nature of ‘galleries’
activation
contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander arts
host ‘block buster’ touring exhibitions
multi-arts events and interactive exhibitions
celebration of heritage
develop arts professionals in the region
focus on outdoor and garden areas
“We want Cairns to become known as the Arts Capital of Northern Australia” This was Mayor Bob Manning’s throw away line in a speech at the launch of the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair in July 2016. That’s just over three years ago. Since then, we’ve made it the vision statement for our Strategy for Culture and the Arts 2022.
So How do you build an arts capital…
From just a provincial city
…far, far away…
Three weeks ago, while I was putting this presentation together, an email circulated round our branch of Cultural Services. We were in the middle of delivering Cairns Festival, we were all really busy, and so there weren’t a lot of responses to the email. Mostly “congratulations team” type messages from upper management.
So, I’m going to give this email the attention it deserves and read it to you.
To Whom It May ConcernI write to congratulate Cairns Council and to express my gratitude for the events of the Cairns Festival.
My husband and I attended the Funday Concert last night and we were so impressed at the caliber of performers who graced the stage for the evening concert. We specifically travelled down from Kuranda where we live to see Vika & Linda who we are big fans of and, as expected, they were fantastic. We thoroughly enjoyed their vibrant presence on stage and mellifluous voices. It was a perfect way to end up the weekend and as we drove home we passed by the library for the light show.
Magnificent!
We have also booked tickets for the Jazz Under The Stars event this Friday night at the Botanic Gardens and we plan to see the JCU Light Moves at Lake Placid on Wednesday night.
We also intend to attend art exhibitions at the Tanks Arts space.As 'escapees' from Sydney, having moved here two years ago, we are so inspired by the vision and progressive agenda of Cairns Council in terms of events that promote the Arts and culture. We are so happy and lucky to live within easy access of all that Cairns has to offer.
We look forward to next year's festival as well as the other copious events that Council puts on along the Esplanade at other times during the year. Thanking you kindly
Noreen
This is a picture taken at one of the events Noreen attended. You can see Noreen there, enjoying the tropical gardens. She’s brought her deck chair and picnic and her husband, and she’s met up with some friends. This is how we go out in Cairns.
This is Munro Martin Parklands, which opened in 2016 with a performance of the Barber of Seville by Opera Queensland. It was the first time they’d performed this production outdoors, but hey, this is Cairns and this is the way we go out. I took my children to this free concert. They found some friends and established themselves a children’s area, where they could run around and play. To this day, children still go to that area to find friends.
Other performances on this stage, which is the largest outdoor stage north of Brisbane have included the Royal Ballet and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, who for the first time, could bring their complete orchestra to Cairns, because, for the first time, we had a venue that could accommodate it.
This is some of the cast of Beginnings: A Musical Story of Cairns, which was a community production as part of Festival 2018 during the Commonwealth Games. More than 300 performers played to an audience of 3,500.
This is the new Cairns Performing Arts Centre, which opened in December last year with a gala night of mostly local acts – again, about 300 people on stage, with a big focus on youth…
…including a mass youth choir and a collaboration between NQ Philharmonic Orchestra and Cairns State High School Orchestra playing an original work called Symphony for Tomorrow.
The programming ethos for CPAC has a focus on youth, new collaborations and supporting our valued local performing arts in development and presentation of new work, alongside delivering the best of the Australian and international performing arts.
In our venues, we count bums on seats and feet on the stage. We don’t only develop audiences, we develop artists. And we are very interested in the transaction between artist and audience – and the transition from audience to artist.
If you were to draw a venn diagram of artist and audience, everyone in this photograph would fit in both circles.
It wouldn’t look like this.
It would look like this.
This is Mayor Bob Manning, and I’ll give you another quote from a speech he gave at the launch of CPAC. He said CPAC was the most modern theatre in the world, which, given it was opening night, wasn’t hard to prove. But in July this year, CPAC was shortlisted for an international award at the World Architecture Festival. CPAC is one of 18 buildings shortlisted in the Culture category. Four of them are in Australia: two in Sydney, one in Melbourne and one in Cairns!
This is our next big project. And I’m going to read directly from a statement from the Mayor’s office…
The Cairns Gallery Precinct will transform three existing heritage listed buildings within the Cairns city centre to create a dynamic and world class gallery precinct. The precinct would play a key role in the emergence of the entire Cairns city as one of Australia’s key arts and cultural destinations. This vision not only aims to build economic outcomes through tourism and community engagement in the arts, but is a celebration of the unique arts and culture created in Far North Queensland. The precinct will be a bold and iconic statement that firmly places Cairns as a community that values and supports the arts for the benefit of both residents and visitors.
The three heritage listed buildings are the existing Cairns Art Gallery, which is a triple A category facility, but maintenance of climate control in a heritage building is a challenge.
The Court House, which was operating as a pub until Council purchased it in 2016. We commissioned a heritage management plan, stripped it of all the add-ons and have just finalised architectural plans for a full heritage restoration. Right now, it is out to tender for building restoration and we should be operating this as an arts space this time next year.
And the old Mulgrave Shire building, which operated as a tourist information centre and until recently, as an arts space for UMI Arts.
So, this is the plan. As you can see, the new Cairns Gallery Precinct will connect three heritage buildings and a brand new, purpose built, state of the art gallery building, right in the centre of town, overlooking the Esplanade.
Key themes for the precinct include:
› An opportunity to re-think the traditional nature of ‘galleries’ and consider a new model that supports the night time economy of the CBD
› A focus on activation that is not only world-class in terms of content, but builds a deep connection with the local community – workshop spaces, dedicated children’s gallery
› A specific focus on celebrating and supporting contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts
› Opportunities around building stronger relationships with State and National organisations to host ‘block buster’ touring exhibitions
› Presentation of multi-arts events in varied spaces within the precinct including live performance and interactive exhibitions
› Celebration of the heritage nature of the buildings
› The use of the galleries to develop arts professionals in the region – including workshop spaces and ‘artist in residence’ activation
› Offering a diverse range of arts experiences with a focus on outdoor and garden areas hosting changing public art
So that’s how we’re building the arts capital of Northern Australia. Venue by venue, event by event, artist by artist, audience by audience.
Cairns is not a just a provincial city, far, far away. It’s right here. For you, and all the escapees from Sydney and Melbourne to enjoy.