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eCHO -QUT Thursday 10 July 6.00 - 8.00 pm.
Celebrate fashion from the last century as eCHO revives and re-engineers
lost and degraded pieces of clothing from the past. A ground breaking
collaborative research project, bringing together the creative talents
of both fashion and textile designers, artists, academics and students.
eCHO has attracted numerous highly prestigious collaborators, including
the Country Road design team and the fashion designers Akira Isogawa and
Easton Pearson; as well as international interest with work from London
College of Fashion and Otago Polytechnic.
The re-energised collection will be shown at a spectacular live event
and exhibition in Old Government House - QUT Garden's Point
Campus, on Thursday 10 July 6.00pm - 8.00pm.
Bookings no longer available - special conference event fully booked.
eCHO webpage - echo.qut.edu.au
The installation will be open to the public until 16 July 03.
Customs House - Special Conference Event
11 July 5.00 - 7.00 pm
Kibung: Kontemporari textail blong Niugini
This exhibition is being organised by the Art Museum of the University
of Queensland. The curators are Mr Ross Searle, Director of the Art Museum,
and Jill Kinnear, a professional full-time artist, who also taught textile
design at the National Arts School of Papua New Guinea from 1986 to 1989.
This was a particularly vital era of creative endeavour in PNG and it
is no coincidence that the National Arts School made an enormous contribution
to areas of creative practice. The exhibition focuses on the NAS textile
graduates of this time and their subsequent careers.
Special Conference Event Friday 11th July 5.00 - 7.00 pm - Reception
Customs House - Private Viewing of Exhibition
Bookings no longer available - special conference event fully booked.
General Public Exhibition: 11 July - 17 August
Opening hours: 10am - 4pm daily
Address: 399 Queen Street, Brisbane
Contact details: Tel: 07 3365 8999
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QUT Art Museum
Architects of Glamour + Masters of Style: Excerpts from a Century of Fashion Photography
Works by International and Australian Fashion photographers and renowned couturiers will be on display at the QUT Art Museum in an exhibition celebrating the relationship between fashion designer, photographer, model and magazine. A series of floortalks by artists, designers and cultural commentators will be scheduled throughout the duration of the exhibition.
27 June - 7 September
Natalya Hughes and Elizabeth Lamont
Paintings and drawings by two emerging Brisbane-based artists. Natalya Hughes's abstract paintings are based on Japanese costume designs found in Ukiyo-e woodblock prints in the QUT art collection; Elizabeth Lamont's large-scale charcoal drawings reference cloth, garments and the body.
24 June - 27 July
Opening hours: Tues-Fri 10am-4pm. Sat/Sun 12noon 4pm
Address: QUT Cultural Precinct - Art Museum, 2 George St, Brisbane
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Customs House
Kibung: Kontemporari textail blong Niugini
This exhibition is being organised by the Art Museum of the University of Queensland. The curators are Mr Ross Searle, Director of the Art Museum, and Jill Kinnear, a professional full-time artist, who also taught textile design at the National Arts School of Papua New Guinea from 1986 to 1989. This was a particularly vital era of creative endeavour in PNG and it is no coincidence that the National Arts School made an enormous contribution to areas of creative practice. The exhibition focuses on the NAS textile graduates of this time and their subsequent careers.
11 July - 17 August
Opening hours: 10am - 4pm daily
Address: 399 Queen Street, Brisbane
Contact details: Tel: 07 3365 8999
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Queensland Performing Arts Centre Museum
Wearable Art: Costume, Clothing and Performance
Wearable art is a form of personal performance. There are many similarities between designing costumes for theatre and creating art clothing - both are concerned with designing unique garments for the body, which are worn theatrically. This exhibition, featuring work by Australia's leading designers, will also explore design and production elements which lead to the creation of wearable art and theatre costume. Curated in association with textile artist, Glenys Mann.
27 May - 30 August
Opening hours: Tues to Sat 10am to 4pm
Address: Tony Gould Gallery, Performing Arts Centre, South Bank (access
via the Cremorne Theatre entrance)
Contact details - (07) 3840 7362 beryl@qpac.com.au
Website: www.qpac.com.au
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Brisbane City Gallery
Great Expectations: New British Design Stories
A feast of technology and innovation showcasing the cutting edge of UK technology and design will be on display at Brisbane City Gallery during June and July. Great Expectations has been designed around the idea of a feast, where icons of innovation are set out on a vast glowing table around which guests can wander or take a seat. Curated, designed and toured by the Design Council in partnership with the British Council, Great Expectations showcases the UK's leading exhibition designers.
June and July
Acer Chor: Wrapping Beauty
Sydney based textile designer Acer Chor's stunning wearables show a relationship between Japanese wrapping, packaging and folding techniques and Tokyo's street fashion. A selection of Chor's garments will be on display in Brisbane City Gallery from 30 May to 27 July, featuring items such as packaging materials as part of the construction. The garments reflect a strong interest in the work of contemporary Japanese designers such as Issey Miyake.
30 May - 27 July
Stella Bowen: Art, Love and War
Stella Bowen's career took her from Adelaide in 1914 to the bohemian world of Paris and London in the 1920s. She worked between the wars in the midst of a bright circle of artistic and literary figures. Her work, which includes portraits, interiors, still lifes and landscapes illustrates a private view of a woman's life - her home, her friends and the places she lived. This exhibition showcases 70 of Stella's most significant works, spanning almost 40 years, and is the largest retrospective of her work to go on display. It includes many previously unseen pieces belonging to private collections throughout Australia, Britain and the United States.
Stella Bowen: Art, Love & War is an Australian War Memorial travelling exhibition, and was developed with funding from the Federal Government's commemorations program, Saluting Their Service, which honours the contribution of Australia's servicemen and women, and the Gordon Darling Foundation. The exhibition tour is supported by Visions of Australia.
30 May to 27 July
Opening hours: 10am - 5pm daily
Admission: Free
Address: Ground Floor, City Hall, King George Square, Brisbane
Contact details: 07 3403 8888
Website: www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community_facilities/cultural/bc_gallery
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Crafts Queensland Gallery
Beautiful Objects by Ruth Stoneley
An exhibition of multi media textile works arising from the traditions of embroidery and quilting but dealing with contemporary issues.
Supermodern Gorgeous!
An exhibition showcasing the designs of architects, academics, and designers on ideas for the future of the fashion industry in a sustainable economy. The designs are not definitive - they address sustainable measures including material waste, air, water and soil pollution, safety and consumer behaviour. Supermodern Gorgeous at CQGallery examines the theme of Light - as it describes illuminated design thinking as well as the allure and humour of fashion.
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm
Address: CQ Gallery, 381 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley Q4006
Contact details: Ph 07 32150 0805 email craftgallery@craftqld.com.au
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Institute of Modern Art
4 x 4
Four artists
Vernon Ah Kee, Jewel Mackenzie, Annie Hogan and Kim Demuth.
Four curators
Michael Snelling, David Broker, Ruth McDougall and Julie Walsh
12 June - 19 July
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 11am to 5pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm
Address: Institute of Modern Art, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley Q4006
Contact details: Ph 07 3252 5750 Email im@ima.org.au
Website: www.ima.org.au
Thanks to Judith Wright for the images on this page.
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