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You are invited to see some of the state's top performers and productions "on the house" thanks to a new Government-funded program aimed at introducing more Queenslanders to the performing arts and to the experience of attending live performances. Read full story > |
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The State Library of Queensland's inspirational design received the state's top architecture award at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects' (RAIA) 2007 Queensland Awards. Read full story > |
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Queensland's first International Urban Design Conference was recently held on the Gold Coast, with an opening address delivered by Arts Minister Rod Welford. Read full story > |
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Queensland's Indigenous filmmakers will have more opportunities to develop their work and careers following the introduction of new Pacific Film and Television Company (PFTC) schemes and initiatives. Read full story > |
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David Malouf, Alexis Wright and Chris Masters are among winners of one of Australia's most lucrative writing awards – the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, announced at an event on the eve of the Brisbane Writers Festival. Read full story > |
Joel Glazebrook has been named winner of this year's State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award for his story The Broom Closet. Read full story > |
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Poetry moved into the spotlight with the recent announcement of two coveted poetry awards at the 2007 Queensland Poetry Festival (7-9 September), and the arrival of international poet Paul Durcan as this year's Arts Queensland poet in residence. Read full story > |
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Several Queensland Indigenous stars have been nominated for this year's Deadly Awards to be announced at the Sydney Opera House on 27 September. Read full story > |
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The 2007 Classical Music Awards, announced in Sydney in September, saw Queensland composers win two out of three major awards. Read full story > |
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International and Australian authors, poets and songwriters, hailing from Mongolia to Mt Isa, revealed their passions and practices at the Brisbane Writers Festival from 12-16 September. Read full story > |
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery will host a travelling exhibition of works by some of Queensland's leading contemporary artists until 7 October. Read full story > |
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The popular children's program Circus Train returns to North Ipswich's The Workshops Rail Museum from 22 September - 7 October. Read full story > |
An exhibition that presents the work and ideas of leading contemporary designers, curators, writers and craft practitioners will be held at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Art Museum from 6 October - 2 December. Read full story > |
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Brisbane-based Indigenous artist Tony Albert won the coveted $20,000 Sunshine Coast Art Prize with his contemporary photographic work. Read full story > |
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Australia's leading cabaret star Caroline O'Connor will perform at the opening night of the Brisbane Cabaret Festival (BCF) at the Brisbane Powerhouse on 11 October. Read full story > |
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An exhibition representing the new wave of contemporary Indigenous art will be on show at KickArts Contemporary Arts in Cairns 18 September - 3 November. Read full story > |
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Brisbane recently welcomed back the Queensland Theatre Company's children's show, Lily Can't Sleep following tours of Rockhampton and Toowoomba as part of the Queensland Arts Council's Ontour in Schools program. Read full story > |
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The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts will have you laughing, dancing and singing your way through September and October following the release of their jam-packed spring program. Read full story > |
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Two Brisbane musicians and playwrights are focused on cultivating a powerful music theatre industry in Brisbane and to demonstrate will present their new humorous music theatre piece, Of Our Own Volition, opening 3 October at the Sue Benner Theatre, Metro Arts. Read full story > |
Queensland Arts Council's Ontour inschool performance The Stones is set to perform at secondary schools throughout metropolitan Brisbane and regional Queensland during 2007-2008. Read full story > |
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Queensland Museum South Bank will be buzzing with very busy bodies these school holidays following the introduction of the exploration workshops BusyBody and BodyQuest. Read full story > |
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On the school holidays 24 September - 5 October at the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) will offer an exploration of Torres Strait Island culture, book cover design and some ghostly activity. Read full story > |
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Bell Shakespeare, the nation's pre-eminent drama company, returns to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with a classic Russian farce, The Government Inspector, by Nikolai Gogol. Read full story > |
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The Queensland Theatre Company invites you to a night of psychological mind games with Edward Albee's classic Pulitzer Prize winning Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Read full story > |
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Sculpture, film and screen prints will be on display at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) over the next few months. Read full story > |
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Circa's Training Centre has just completed a series of eight workshops with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency. Read full story > |
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Young Entrepreneurs Success is a newly developed group mentoring program designed to support innovation in business, particularly within the creative sector. In an effort to realise individual business potential, selected Australian entrepreneurs are invited to work with expert mentors in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide, via a series of group mentoring sessions. Read full story > |
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Arts Update is offering two readers the opportunity to win a family pass to The Workshops Rail Museum. Read full story > |
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