The Emerging Moves Visual Art Exhibition draws on contemporary methods of painting and drawing, with a particular focus on process-based discovery.

This exhibition will be enacted in tandem with a student residency in the gallery space, where the artists will inhabit the gallery as studio.  In this way, the space will shift and evolve as the artists-in-residence work, and in turn, the artwork will be informed by the changing studio environment.

The Classic Album show is a concert series devised by USQ School of Creative Arts Third Year Music students to explore the music of an important album, artist, era or event.

This year we’re exploring the music of 1985’s Live Aid concert – featuring performances of songs from Phil Collins, Spandau Ballet, Elton John, Bryan Adams and more.

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Wednesday 25 May, 7.00pm, Arts Theatre, USQ Toowoomba

FREE Event, Bookings Essential.

Time – what is it, and how does it affect our lives? Recent scientific discourse suggests that it might not exist at all, but if that’s true, how did we end up with so many songs about it? USQ School of Creative Art’s 2nd year music students have combed the pop music vaults, coming up with a bunch of songs that deal with our experience of time; how it impacts on our daily lives, our life journeys and of course on our love-lives.

As part of the learning experience, each of the performers on stage has taken part in the arrangement and preparation of the music. Text has been devised with the assistance of Dr Kate Cantrell and the Editing and Publishing program.

Ticketing will be $15 adults, $7 for students.

27 May, 7pm BEMAC, 102 Main St Kangaroo Point

September 11, 2001.  8:46am.  The world is forever changed. With the collapse of the world trade centre towers, a nation is sent into chaos and fear. A man and a woman are faced with a world of opportunity.  A chance to start their lives again, together, in an existence different from the one they had just the day before. Expecting that his family believes that he was killed in the towers’ collapse, Ben contemplates using the tragedy to run away and start a new life with his mistress Amy. This high-octane, dramatic, and humorous thriller exposes the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes and explores whether one can be truly opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness.

“There is no playwright on the planet these days who is writing better than Neil LaBute . . . The Mercy Seat is . . . the work of a master.” ―John Lahr, The New Yorker

FREE Event, Bookings Essential.

September 11, 2001.  8:46am.  The world is forever changed. With the collapse of the world trade centre towers, a nation is sent into chaos and fear. A man and a woman are faced with a world of opportunity.  A chance to start their lives again, together, in an existence different from the one they had just the day before. Expecting that his family believes that he was killed in the towers’ collapse, Ben contemplates using the tragedy to run away and start a new life with his mistress Amy. This high-octane, dramatic, and humorous thriller exposes the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes and explores whether one can be truly opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness.

“There is no playwright on the planet these days who is writing better than Neil LaBute . . . The Mercy Seat is . . . the work of a master.” ―John Lahr, The New Yorker

FREE Event, Bookings Essential.

September 11, 2001.  8:46am.  The world is forever changed. With the collapse of the world trade centre towers, a nation is sent into chaos and fear. A man and a woman are faced with a world of opportunity.  A chance to start their lives again, together, in an existence different from the one they had just the day before. Expecting that his family believes that he was killed in the towers’ collapse, Ben contemplates using the tragedy to run away and start a new life with his mistress Amy. This high-octane, dramatic, and humorous thriller exposes the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes and explores whether one can be truly opportunistic in a time of universal selflessness.

“There is no playwright on the planet these days who is writing better than Neil LaBute . . . The Mercy Seat is . . . the work of a master.” ―John Lahr, The New Yorker

The Spatial Eclipse Visual Art Exhibition is a USQ Visual art student and alumni exhibition exploring the way 3D artists explore and narrate notions of site and space within their practice.

The exhibition focusses on the way installation practices can create immersive, tactile and sensory-based experiences for the viewer.

It is within these explorative approaches of each artist that the viewer is transported into imaginatively critical realms and discourses regarding notions of site and space through sensory experience.

June 27

This hands-on workshop led by a professional Tattoo Artist will explore how to draw in traditional and neo traditional styles popular in the tattoo industry. This class will focus on a variety of techniques used in this style of drawing.

A few things you will learn:

• Line weights associated with this style
• Colour guide for achieving the desired look
• Body paint activities to have a feel for the difference between body and paper
• Tips on building a portfolio for tattoo apprenticeships

This class is perfect for anyone interested in broadening their artistic styles, as well as anyone who is wanting information on coming into this industry the right way. Please note no tattoo techniques, set up etc will be taught in this class.

About Tish

Tish McIntosh is a professional Tattoo Artist from the Barunggam Tribe specialising in colour tattoos and working between Toowoomba and Chinchilla. Tish completed her apprenticeship in April and couldn’t love what she does more. Tish grew up in a creative family and has always had an interest in many different styles of art. Tattooing allows her to work with her clients in a range of different styles to create a piece of art they both love.

All Levels | 15 + years

Workshop cost $100

June 27

It’s time to kick-start your professional practice. Arts Business provides essential skills, tips and knowledge for emerging and professional artists to develop revenue raising practices within their own discipline. 

This workshop provides an easy to understand guide to business basics and how to apply them to your individualised practice. Discover how running an arts business is different to other enterprises from an artist with first hand experience. This course covers tips & tricks from start to scale, including:

Defining your business model

Picking the right structure

Revenue raising practices

Understanding numbers

Boosting your profile

Tools, tips and timing

Setting a schedule

Where to look

Sticking to a plan

Finding your network

About Alex

For Alex, growing up in Outback & Regional Queensland fostered an appreciation for the role of creative culture and the benefits they offer community.

Based in Toowoomba, Alex has over a decade of experience in creative industries with a multidisciplinary practice, including artist, founding artist run spaces (Attic Art Space, made. Creative Space), gallery management (Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery), events & festival programming (Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, LIT Festival: Stories in Light), community engagement (Toowoomba Regional Council, Grand Central Shopping Centre, Hyperdome Shopping Centre, Clifford Gardens Shopping Centre) and product development and sales. Alex’s love of arts, collaboration, skill sharing and community lead her to found Tinker a creative studio based in Toowoomba.

All Levels | 15 + years

Workshop cost $100

‘The Storytellers Residency’ – Mcgregor X Deadly Ways

This workshop has been developed for the First Nations Deadly Ways Artists in Residence program. The 15 Artists in Residence are led in an exclusive five day print making workshop by Torres Strait Islander artist Glen Mackie, where they will all work on a series of artworks for an exhibition that will be a part of NAIDOC week.

Born on Yam Island in the Torres Strait, Glen Mackie has been elected as Yam Island’s ‘official’ storyteller. Glen’s mission is to keep alive the sacred stories of the four brothers who travelled from the north before memory and settled at Zenadh Kes, or what most Australians know as the Central and Eastern Torres Strait Islands. In Glen’s works, art and law are combined heroically – the figures are woven into rhythmic patterns of design. Paintings, prints and sculpted objects by Glen are held in numerous private and public collections nationally.

Introductory/Intermediate

This painting workshop will look at several genres – portraits, landscape, still life, figurative and life drawing.

Daniel believes if you can paint a person you can paint a landscape. The five days will be broken up exploring paint, composition, scale, mark making and colour through these genres. Students will be encouraged to explore and find what excites them when creating and then be able to stick with the one genre or explore more with Daniel’s guidance.

Daniel Butterworth is a figurative artist, using images of himself in much of his work to express social, political and personal views. Having started his working life as a sign-writer, Daniel later completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Latrobe University and has been a practising artist for more than 20 years. With numerous solo and group exhibitions to his name, along with selection as a finalist in a large number of high profile portrait prizes, Daniel is now in demand as a guest artist and teacher in Australia. Dan works from his studio in Kyneton, Victoria.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated material cost: $90 (depending on your existing materials)

Life model present

June 27 – July 1, 2022

Everyone wants to be successful, and success in painting means different things to different people. With more than 50 years’ experience in painting and exhibiting, David has helped many people from beginners to experienced artists, achieve greater satisfaction (and success) with their work. David breaks down the boring old rules and conventions of painting to help you create works that not only help us see things around us in a radically different way, but that will also look spectacular on the wall!

BORN and raised in Toowoomba, David Hinchliffe finds great pleasure in returning to paint and share tips acquired over more than 50 years of art practice. David describes his style as “contemporary impressionistic”. He exhibits in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, United States, UK and Europe. David has won numerous art awards including the Courier Mail Art Prize, Gemini Art Award, Atlantic City Sculpture Award and has been a finalist in the Queensland Tattersalls Art Prize..

All Levels

Workshop cost $850 (General) $400 (student)  

Estimated material cost: $250

Life model present (unclothed)

This workshop is an introduction to playful exercises that will inspire, empower and connect you to your creativity. Using her background in drawing, collage, textiles and sculpture, Tiffany will walk you through simple ways to bring creativity into your everyday life by finding inspiration in the things you already have around you.

Tiffany will guide you through techniques with drawing and water-based mediums on paper and found materials. You are encouraged to bring what you already have or what you would like to try. You will need to bring items that you love and that inspire you. These could be scraps of fabric or crockery, images from book, old postcards, seed pods or pressed flowers – anything that resonates with you. We will use these items as prompts to develop your unique creative style.

Tiffany Shafran is an artist, mother, happenstance gardener, wanderer, food lover, avid reader, teacher and arts facilitator, Tiffany has a PhD titled Relics of all things precious: Curiosity and wonder in artists’ collections. Ten years ago, Tiffany took time away from her practice to focus on some big life events and knows first-hand how hard it can be to reconnect with a creative practice after a break. As a teacher and arts professional in the gallery sector, Tiffany loves helping artists develop their skills and ideas to achieve their creative vision.

All Levels |16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated material cost:$100 – $300

This workshop will involve getting into a daily habit of nature-drawing in the context of a sketchbook. With a simple kit of materials you can carry with you everywhere, you will discover that you can be opportunistic about drawing from the natural world and this can help get us into daily creative habits of observation, discovery and wonder.

This class will run through different drawing exercises each day and practise these skills. We will explore the versatility of pen, ink and watercolour as fast and fun ways to record what we observe in the natural world. We will look at mark making and try different types of ink media in soluble and non-soluble form with the addition of quick watercolour washes and glazes. Our subject matter will include found natural objects, taxidermy and field trips.

Deb’s art practice is 30 years young and involves drawing, painting, small sculpture and public art. Interested in objects and collections in both social and natural history, her artworks use gentle, offbeat narratives and a crisp aesthetic pointing to beauty, truth and grace.

Deb lives and works in a home studio on the Ipswich/Brisbane border. She holds a BA Fine Art from the Queensland College of Art and has had over 17 solo shows and been involved in more than 60 group shows in both regional and commercial galleries. Deb has over 15 years teaching experience and runs workshops and artist in residencies.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $100 (depending on your existing materials)

June 27 – July 1, 2022

This workshop introduces the basics of photographic silkscreen printing using photographic emulsion stencils. The workshop explores the creative potential of the screenprinting process.

You will print your own designs onto t-shirts, tote bags and paper, learning screenprinting fundamentals such as creating colour separations, screen exposures, registration techniques, printing tips and more.

Samuel Tupou makes art that is known for its exploration of pattern, repetition and vibrancy, inspired by family, culture and identity. Samuel began his career working with the juxtaposition of traditional Pacific tapa cloth patterns and found imagery from popular culture sources. More recently, he has explored the way imagery and patterns from our past may morph and adapt to take on new meaning, and the impact of the global reach of technology and its avalanche of imagery. 

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $70

You will be inspired by objects you have collected, are unfinished or that you would like to work with, investigating how these objects might be incorporated into a piece of wearable art. While undertaking the work, conversations around the significance of the objects will be an integral part of the process.

The class will focus on a variety of jewellery techniques. These will be demonstrated to enable students to complete a project during the workshop. These will include – but not be limited – to soldering, cutting, forming, roller impressing and creating connections and clasps, including solutions for brooches and necklaces. There will be a focus on planning and working with your hands to realise your own creative solutions.

Catherine Large is a contemporary jeweller and metalsmith based in Brisbane. She has a Masters of Visual Art and teaches in Jewellery and Small Objects in the Fine Art Department at QCA, Griffith University.

Making original jewellery, objects and flatware in precious metal, she draws on her experiences of travel and the nature of ‘stuff’ to inform her work. Recycled metal and re-use of materials feature in her work. Catherine has been the recipient of a number of grants and she regularly exhibits her work in exhibitions. Her work is held in both public and private collections.

All Levels | 18 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $120 – $150 (depending on your existing materials)

27 June – 7 July

Do you love repetition and want to learn the basics of silver jewellery fabrication to be able to make your own chains? Teaching the basics of chain making, your experienced tutor thoroughly explains all aspects of the process, so no experience is necessary other than to be able to work with your hands on a small scale. Students need good eyesight and the steady use of both hands. This course will provide instruction on safe work practices, understanding about tools and equipment, material preparation, and chain fabrication techniques which leads to students making their own silver chain. The workshop will introduce the basics of chain making and jewellery techniques such as making jump rings, silver soldering, filing, saw piercing and finishing. Scheduled class times are highly structured with a balance between demonstrations and students practicing techniques and creating their own chains. Upon completion, you will have the knowledge to continue to make your own chains and wear your creation home.

Kathryn Wardill is a contemporary jeweller who received her Master of Arts, Fine Art by research from RMIT University. As a jeweller and glass artist she has actively participated in group and solo exhibitions internationally over the last 25 years. Kathryn’s dedication to researching jewellery objects which combine metal and glass has resulted in a solo exhibition in the US as a part of an artist in residency and she is represented by Studio Ingot and e.g.etal Melbourne.

All Levels | 18 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $120 – $150 (depending on your existing materials)

This workshop will take you through a design process to help trigger your imagination and make a ceramic sculpture from a working drawing. The class includes explanation and demonstration of the five basic hand-building techniques. It will problem solve the making and carving of fine detailed features including eyes, teeth, fur, and feet, or whatever your sculpture entails, as well as the use of glazes and underglazes to complete the creature.

Born into the same family of potters, Clairy Laurence and Libby Usher are ceramicists and teachers working out of their studio in Brisbane. Clairy, your lead tutor is a ceramicist with over 30 years of experience. Her current work features minutiae and favours muted saccharine and high-gloss hard blacks and lustres. Clairy’s use of colour implies the interfaces between life and death, and good and evil that characterise her work. Floral and leaf motifs represent symbols of rebirth and renewal and inform her more improvised forms that react to the unpredictable shapes found in nature.

Clairy has an annual solo exhibition with Paper Boat Press and has shown recently in the ‘Beautiful bizarre’ magazine press, the Adelaide Jam Factory and at Bruce Heiser Gallery.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated material cost: $350

This beginner-to-intermediate photography workshop is for keen amateur photographers who want to gain the most from their digital cameras. To bring out the best in your photography skills, you will learn to photograph professional models, bursting water filled balloons, the Japanese Gardens, and astrophotography, just to name a few. You will also be developing your post-processing skills to make your images jump off the screen! Techniques include exploring ACR (adjustment module) layering, masking and mode bending. On completion you will have covered a huge range off digital techniques, photographed a surprisingly diverse range of subjects, and fine-tuned your images via state-of-the-art professional editing software.

Don Hildred is a professional commercial photographer with 30+ years of experience after graduating from QCA Morningside, (now Griffith University, Southbank Brisbane) in Applied Photography back in 1988, and USQ Springfield in 2015 with a Bachelor in Film and Television. Since then he has been teaching digital photography workshops, online lecturing for USQ (Bachelor of Communications and Media), and running guided tours around Queensland, down to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales and over to New Zealand.

Introductory/Intermediate | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Explore one of the earliest historical photographic processes: the cyanotype, and get a glimpse into other alternative photographic techniques.

Once we have covered the history and theory of the exciting cyanotype process, you will learn how to create cyanotype prints on paper and cotton using botanical specimens, found objects, digital negatives and sunlight.

You will learn:

• about tools, light sensitive solutions, and surfaces,
• how to prepare paper and print your prints,
• to create unique sun prints using camera-less techniques, and
• how to make and use digital negatives.

During the class you will receive individual and group feedback on your work in progress. No experience or cameras are necessary.

Dr Renata Buziak is a photomedia artist, researcher and educator. She has a PhD from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.

Through her biochrome art and the ECO Harmony Compass system she developed; Renata helps people to reconnect with nature. Renata’s signature biochrome art has been displayed in solo and group exhibitions, nationally and internationally. She has received several awards, and her work has featured on ABC TV Gardening Australia, and in private and public collections.

Introductory/ Intermediate | ages 16 +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Cost of Materials: $100 (depending on your existing materials)

This workshop provides beautiful, well proportioned figure drawing and explores colour mixing and painting techniques for the figure. Make your drawings leap out of the paper! Learn essential techniques from the classical atelier. Accelerate your drawing skills to confidently and accurately block in any pose. This course will explore drawing techniques, gesture, anatomical landmarks, rhythms of the figure and more, working from the life model.

You will then learn how the colour wheel works in relation to painting the figure, the possibilities of a minimal palette that has stood the test of time, brush handling and the importance of tone.

Each afternoon we will explore the design concepts needed for strong compositions with impact, analyse masterpieces and learn how to research and evolve ideas to develop a series of works.

David Bongiorno is a figurative artist working in Maleny. Fascinated by the portrayal of the figure in art as a young child, he has been compelled to pursue it ever since. Recurring themes in his work explore the inherent beauty in form, and the decorative potential of the nude.

Consistently exploring media and techniques, his studies of anatomy, composition and art history inform his keen interest in the human figure. David also uses his experience in management to drive his vision for a flourishing art culture in his community through curating, event collaborations, and teaching.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950  

Estimated Material Cost: $175 (depending on your existing materials)

Life model present

June 27 – July 1, 2022

This workshop will work on four book structures and discuss possible variations, demonstrating the versatility of the book as a container of text or as a sculptural object. Participants will be encouraged to develop a theme and create their own individual projects. The book structures are versatile and all lend themselves to a wide variety of sizes and interpretations for journals, artists’ books, drawing books, sculptures etc with soft or hard covers.

Book structures will include folded structures, sculptural concertinas, a coptic bound journal (feral or plain), a compound, hinged page binding (butterfly book), and a book sewn on tapes.

Adele Outteridge lives in Brisbane where she runs The Studio West End, she works in artists’  books, printmaking, sculpture, drawing and fibrearts. She has exhibited widely and her work is held in private and public collections nationally and internationally. Her work has also appeared in many publications, both national and international including Keith Smith’s Non-Adhesive Binding series.

Adele travels widely lecturing and teaching workshops, and has been artist in residence in schools and galleries throughout Australia, and overseas.

Introductory/Intermediate | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950  

Estimated Materials Cost: Depends on your own supply and paper choice. $60 to $110

June 27 – July 1, 2022

Over the five days we will complete a number of watercolour paintings and throughout the process we will concentrate on harmonising colour, using soft transitions and connected shapes to create paintings that sing. A lot of the colour work will be with greens and greys, warming them, cooling them, shifting tones and seeing how that affects the painting. Wet into wet work will play a big part, timing and understanding the relationship between the water on the brush and the water on the paper.  

We will also look at colour interaction and how it affects perspective and mood in a painting. There will plenty of discussion on design and linear and aerial perspective. We will be turning ordinary scenes into pieces of art.

James has been painting in watercolour for over 25 years and has exhibited his work in galleries throughout Australia and Southern Africa over the last 10 years. James was born and spent most of his life on a farm in Africa where he started to paint scenes from the farm and African life. Some 20 years ago he made Australia his home, and fell in love with the Australian landscape, particularly the old farms, the warm soft colours and the light. This inspired him to paint more seriously.

He paints loosely in watercolour using wet into wet techniques. He does a lot of his work on site and is passionate about painting in the great outdoors.

Introductory/Intermediate | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950  Estimated Material Cost: $200 (depending on your existing materials)

June 27 – July 1, 2022

Craig Penny will be exploring the acrylic medium and its versatility, with step-by-step demonstrations each day, participants will be encouraged to explore their own techniques and creativity. A range of subject matter will be covered, with an emphasis on interpreting photographs in a loose energetic style.

Craig studied art at Federation University, where painting and graphic design attracted most of his attention. Craig pursued a successful career as an illustrator in the advertising industry and became a member of the Illustrators Association of Australia.

Craig’s career has progressed into a range of media including skills in computer graphics. As a result Craig has also undertaken a successful career in teaching traditional drawing and illustration at Victoria University and Swinburne University. Throughout this time, he never lost his love of using traditional methods and subsequently specialized in watercolour and acrylic painting and illustrations. This has led to an extremely successful solo career. In 2001, Craig had his first major solo exhibition. In 2007, his work was accepted by Gallery Diamante in Carmel, California USA. Craig is represented by galleries in Australia, Singapore and Cambodia

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950  

Estimated material cost: $150 (depending on your existing materials)

June 27 – July 1, 2022

Jenie Fawkner shares her entire oil painting process to help students open up a world of loose, textured and colourful techniques capturing the Australian landscape in all its simplified beauty. You will earn to paint confidently from start to finish with a palette knife in oils and impasto, creating a richly textured and colourful landscape. You will gain the technical knowledge to continue painting and developing your own style and interpretation of the landscape.

A professional contemporary artist working with oils and oil-based printmaking, Jenie grew up living and working in regional Queensland. Jenie is now based north of Toowoomba in her purpose-built studio where she practises full time and exhibits with several galleries including Art Nuvo Gallery Buderim. Jenie has had numerous group and solo exhibitions over the last 30 years and currently holds a solo exhibition annually. By painting with a unique colour pallet in tune to the subtle and ever-changing seasonal landscape around her, Jenie uses her exposure to the Australian landscape and field trips to evoke constant inspiration and ideas.

All levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950   

Estimated Material costs: $380

Join award-winning writer and poet Kate Cantrell in this unique writing course!

There’s no magic formula for getting published. However, there are tips and tricks that, once discovered, can bring you closer to publication. Regardless of whether you’re working on a short story or a novel, the process of rewriting and revising is crucial.  What happens after you’ve written your killer ending? How do you prepare your work for publication? In this workshop, Kate will demystify the pathway from pitch to page.

On the way, you’ll learn:

• How to revise your work effectively, without comprising your authorial aims or intentions.
• How to write an effective pitch, a stunning cover letter, and a catchy bio.
• Where and how to submit your work to an agent, editor or publisher.
• Where and how to promote your work to maximise circulation and reach.
• The most common mistakes that writers make when submitting their work for publication.
• Strategies for self-editing that will assist you with everything from plot to punctuation.

This course is a hands-on workshop that consists of creative writing exercises, critical reflection on practice, and industry-insider advice, led by an experienced writer, editor, and teacher. The course is particularly suited to short story writers.

Kate Cantrell grew up in Brisbane in the 1990s. She is an award-winning writer, editor, and critic. Her short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in several magazines and journals, including Meanjin, Axon, Island, Overland, Westerly, Cordite Poetry Review, Queensland Review, Meniscus, Kill Your Darlings, and The Lifted Brow. Her writing has been published internationally by Bradt Travel Guides, Times Higher Education, The Conversation, and The Independent on Sunday. Kate teaches Creative Writing and Editing/Publishing at the University of Southern Queensland. She tweets @DrKateCantrell.

Beginner – Intermediate | 16 years +

Workshop Cost $100

This workshop will explore life as an artist through storytelling, branding and making a living. Delvene will explain how artists can shift your work to take other forms, enabling you to make a living through your craft, and discuss what an income stream looks like as an artist. The course will also include a workshop component where participants have the opportunity to hand print a pair of earrings.

Delvene Cockatoo-Collins is a Quandamooka artist and designer, who lives and works on Minjerribah, (North Stradbroke Island). Delvene has a beautiful store that sells a range of screen-printed homewares, ceramics, stationery and garments that tell the story of her family and culture. In her art practice she uses materials and knowledge passed down over generations. Delvene has a long exhibition history, and has recently exhibited at the Redlands Art Gallery, The Museum of Brisbane and Side Gallery.  Her work is in private and public collections in Australia and abroad.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost $100 Estimated material costs $20

The Spatial Eclipse Visual Art Exhibition is a USQ Visual art student and alumni exhibition exploring the way 3D artists explore and narrate notions of site and space within their practice.

The exhibition focusses on the way installation practices can create immersive, tactile and sensory-based experiences for the viewer.

It is within these explorative approaches of each artist that the viewer is transported into imaginatively critical realms and discourses regarding notions of site and space through sensory experience.

‘The Storytellers Residency’ – Mcgregor X Deadly Ways

This workshop has been developed for the First Nations Deadly Ways Artists in Residence program. The 15 Artists in Residence are led in an exclusive five day print making workshop by Torres Strait Islander artist Glen Mackie, where they will all work on a series of artworks for an exhibition that will be a part of NAIDOC week.

Born on Yam Island in the Torres Strait, Glen Mackie has been elected as Yam Island’s ‘official’ storyteller. Glen’s mission is to keep alive the sacred stories of the four brothers who travelled from the north before memory and settled at Zenadh Kes, or what most Australians know as the Central and Eastern Torres Strait Islands. In Glen’s works, art and law are combined heroically – the figures are woven into rhythmic patterns of design. Paintings, prints and sculpted objects by Glen are held in numerous private and public collections nationally.

Introductory/Intermediate

This painting workshop will look at several genres – portraits, landscape, still life, figurative and life drawing.

Daniel believes if you can paint a person you can paint a landscape. The five days will be broken up exploring paint, composition, scale, mark making and colour through these genres. Students will be encouraged to explore and find what excites them when creating and then be able to stick with the one genre or explore more with Daniel’s guidance.

Daniel Butterworth is a figurative artist, using images of himself in much of his work to express social, political and personal views. Having started his working life as a sign-writer, Daniel later completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Latrobe University and has been a practising artist for more than 20 years. With numerous solo and group exhibitions to his name, along with selection as a finalist in a large number of high profile portrait prizes, Daniel is now in demand as a guest artist and teacher in Australia. Dan works from his studio in Kyneton, Victoria.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated material cost: $90 (depending on your existing materials)

Life model present

June 27 – July 1, 2022

Everyone wants to be successful, and success in painting means different things to different people. With more than 50 years’ experience in painting and exhibiting, David has helped many people from beginners to experienced artists, achieve greater satisfaction (and success) with their work. David breaks down the boring old rules and conventions of painting to help you create works that not only help us see things around us in a radically different way, but that will also look spectacular on the wall!

BORN and raised in Toowoomba, David Hinchliffe finds great pleasure in returning to paint and share tips acquired over more than 50 years of art practice. David describes his style as “contemporary impressionistic”. He exhibits in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, United States, UK and Europe. David has won numerous art awards including the Courier Mail Art Prize, Gemini Art Award, Atlantic City Sculpture Award and has been a finalist in the Queensland Tattersalls Art Prize..

All Levels

Workshop cost $850 (General) $400 (student)  

Estimated material cost: $250

Life model present (unclothed)

This workshop is an introduction to playful exercises that will inspire, empower and connect you to your creativity. Using her background in drawing, collage, textiles and sculpture, Tiffany will walk you through simple ways to bring creativity into your everyday life by finding inspiration in the things you already have around you.

Tiffany will guide you through techniques with drawing and water-based mediums on paper and found materials. You are encouraged to bring what you already have or what you would like to try. You will need to bring items that you love and that inspire you. These could be scraps of fabric or crockery, images from book, old postcards, seed pods or pressed flowers – anything that resonates with you. We will use these items as prompts to develop your unique creative style.

Tiffany Shafran is an artist, mother, happenstance gardener, wanderer, food lover, avid reader, teacher and arts facilitator, Tiffany has a PhD titled Relics of all things precious: Curiosity and wonder in artists’ collections. Ten years ago, Tiffany took time away from her practice to focus on some big life events and knows first-hand how hard it can be to reconnect with a creative practice after a break. As a teacher and arts professional in the gallery sector, Tiffany loves helping artists develop their skills and ideas to achieve their creative vision.

All Levels |16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated material cost:$100 – $300

This workshop will involve getting into a daily habit of nature-drawing in the context of a sketchbook. With a simple kit of materials you can carry with you everywhere, you will discover that you can be opportunistic about drawing from the natural world and this can help get us into daily creative habits of observation, discovery and wonder.

This class will run through different drawing exercises each day and practise these skills. We will explore the versatility of pen, ink and watercolour as fast and fun ways to record what we observe in the natural world. We will look at mark making and try different types of ink media in soluble and non-soluble form with the addition of quick watercolour washes and glazes. Our subject matter will include found natural objects, taxidermy and field trips.

Deb’s art practice is 30 years young and involves drawing, painting, small sculpture and public art. Interested in objects and collections in both social and natural history, her artworks use gentle, offbeat narratives and a crisp aesthetic pointing to beauty, truth and grace.

Deb lives and works in a home studio on the Ipswich/Brisbane border. She holds a BA Fine Art from the Queensland College of Art and has had over 17 solo shows and been involved in more than 60 group shows in both regional and commercial galleries. Deb has over 15 years teaching experience and runs workshops and artist in residencies.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $100 (depending on your existing materials)

June 27 – July 1, 2022

This workshop introduces the basics of photographic silkscreen printing using photographic emulsion stencils. The workshop explores the creative potential of the screenprinting process.

You will print your own designs onto t-shirts, tote bags and paper, learning screenprinting fundamentals such as creating colour separations, screen exposures, registration techniques, printing tips and more.

Samuel Tupou makes art that is known for its exploration of pattern, repetition and vibrancy, inspired by family, culture and identity. Samuel began his career working with the juxtaposition of traditional Pacific tapa cloth patterns and found imagery from popular culture sources. More recently, he has explored the way imagery and patterns from our past may morph and adapt to take on new meaning, and the impact of the global reach of technology and its avalanche of imagery. 

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $70

You will be inspired by objects you have collected, are unfinished or that you would like to work with, investigating how these objects might be incorporated into a piece of wearable art. While undertaking the work, conversations around the significance of the objects will be an integral part of the process.

The class will focus on a variety of jewellery techniques. These will be demonstrated to enable students to complete a project during the workshop. These will include – but not be limited – to soldering, cutting, forming, roller impressing and creating connections and clasps, including solutions for brooches and necklaces. There will be a focus on planning and working with your hands to realise your own creative solutions.

Catherine Large is a contemporary jeweller and metalsmith based in Brisbane. She has a Masters of Visual Art and teaches in Jewellery and Small Objects in the Fine Art Department at QCA, Griffith University.

Making original jewellery, objects and flatware in precious metal, she draws on her experiences of travel and the nature of ‘stuff’ to inform her work. Recycled metal and re-use of materials feature in her work. Catherine has been the recipient of a number of grants and she regularly exhibits her work in exhibitions. Her work is held in both public and private collections.

All Levels | 18 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $120 – $150 (depending on your existing materials)

27 June – 7 July

Do you love repetition and want to learn the basics of silver jewellery fabrication to be able to make your own chains? Teaching the basics of chain making, your experienced tutor thoroughly explains all aspects of the process, so no experience is necessary other than to be able to work with your hands on a small scale. Students need good eyesight and the steady use of both hands. This course will provide instruction on safe work practices, understanding about tools and equipment, material preparation, and chain fabrication techniques which leads to students making their own silver chain. The workshop will introduce the basics of chain making and jewellery techniques such as making jump rings, silver soldering, filing, saw piercing and finishing. Scheduled class times are highly structured with a balance between demonstrations and students practicing techniques and creating their own chains. Upon completion, you will have the knowledge to continue to make your own chains and wear your creation home.

Kathryn Wardill is a contemporary jeweller who received her Master of Arts, Fine Art by research from RMIT University. As a jeweller and glass artist she has actively participated in group and solo exhibitions internationally over the last 25 years. Kathryn’s dedication to researching jewellery objects which combine metal and glass has resulted in a solo exhibition in the US as a part of an artist in residency and she is represented by Studio Ingot and e.g.etal Melbourne.

All Levels | 18 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $120 – $150 (depending on your existing materials)

This workshop will take you through a design process to help trigger your imagination and make a ceramic sculpture from a working drawing. The class includes explanation and demonstration of the five basic hand-building techniques. It will problem solve the making and carving of fine detailed features including eyes, teeth, fur, and feet, or whatever your sculpture entails, as well as the use of glazes and underglazes to complete the creature.

Born into the same family of potters, Clairy Laurence and Libby Usher are ceramicists and teachers working out of their studio in Brisbane. Clairy, your lead tutor is a ceramicist with over 30 years of experience. Her current work features minutiae and favours muted saccharine and high-gloss hard blacks and lustres. Clairy’s use of colour implies the interfaces between life and death, and good and evil that characterise her work. Floral and leaf motifs represent symbols of rebirth and renewal and inform her more improvised forms that react to the unpredictable shapes found in nature.

Clairy has an annual solo exhibition with Paper Boat Press and has shown recently in the ‘Beautiful bizarre’ magazine press, the Adelaide Jam Factory and at Bruce Heiser Gallery.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated material cost: $350

This beginner-to-intermediate photography workshop is for keen amateur photographers who want to gain the most from their digital cameras. To bring out the best in your photography skills, you will learn to photograph professional models, bursting water filled balloons, the Japanese Gardens, and astrophotography, just to name a few. You will also be developing your post-processing skills to make your images jump off the screen! Techniques include exploring ACR (adjustment module) layering, masking and mode bending. On completion you will have covered a huge range off digital techniques, photographed a surprisingly diverse range of subjects, and fine-tuned your images via state-of-the-art professional editing software.

Don Hildred is a professional commercial photographer with 30+ years of experience after graduating from QCA Morningside, (now Griffith University, Southbank Brisbane) in Applied Photography back in 1988, and USQ Springfield in 2015 with a Bachelor in Film and Television. Since then he has been teaching digital photography workshops, online lecturing for USQ (Bachelor of Communications and Media), and running guided tours around Queensland, down to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales and over to New Zealand.

Introductory/Intermediate | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Explore one of the earliest historical photographic processes: the cyanotype, and get a glimpse into other alternative photographic techniques.

Once we have covered the history and theory of the exciting cyanotype process, you will learn how to create cyanotype prints on paper and cotton using botanical specimens, found objects, digital negatives and sunlight.

You will learn:

• about tools, light sensitive solutions, and surfaces,
• how to prepare paper and print your prints,
• to create unique sun prints using camera-less techniques, and
• how to make and use digital negatives.

During the class you will receive individual and group feedback on your work in progress. No experience or cameras are necessary.

Dr Renata Buziak is a photomedia artist, researcher and educator. She has a PhD from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.

Through her biochrome art and the ECO Harmony Compass system she developed; Renata helps people to reconnect with nature. Renata’s signature biochrome art has been displayed in solo and group exhibitions, nationally and internationally. She has received several awards, and her work has featured on ABC TV Gardening Australia, and in private and public collections.

Introductory/ Intermediate | ages 16 +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Cost of Materials: $100 (depending on your existing materials)

This workshop provides beautiful, well proportioned figure drawing and explores colour mixing and painting techniques for the figure. Make your drawings leap out of the paper! Learn essential techniques from the classical atelier. Accelerate your drawing skills to confidently and accurately block in any pose. This course will explore drawing techniques, gesture, anatomical landmarks, rhythms of the figure and more, working from the life model.

You will then learn how the colour wheel works in relation to painting the figure, the possibilities of a minimal palette that has stood the test of time, brush handling and the importance of tone.

Each afternoon we will explore the design concepts needed for strong compositions with impact, analyse masterpieces and learn how to research and evolve ideas to develop a series of works.

David Bongiorno is a figurative artist working in Maleny. Fascinated by the portrayal of the figure in art as a young child, he has been compelled to pursue it ever since. Recurring themes in his work explore the inherent beauty in form, and the decorative potential of the nude.

Consistently exploring media and techniques, his studies of anatomy, composition and art history inform his keen interest in the human figure. David also uses his experience in management to drive his vision for a flourishing art culture in his community through curating, event collaborations, and teaching.

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950  

Estimated Material Cost: $175 (depending on your existing materials)

Life model present

June 27 – July 1, 2022

This workshop will work on four book structures and discuss possible variations, demonstrating the versatility of the book as a container of text or as a sculptural object. Participants will be encouraged to develop a theme and create their own individual projects. The book structures are versatile and all lend themselves to a wide variety of sizes and interpretations for journals, artists’ books, drawing books, sculptures etc with soft or hard covers.

Book structures will include folded structures, sculptural concertinas, a coptic bound journal (feral or plain), a compound, hinged page binding (butterfly book), and a book sewn on tapes.

Adele Outteridge lives in Brisbane where she runs The Studio West End, she works in artists’  books, printmaking, sculpture, drawing and fibrearts. She has exhibited widely and her work is held in private and public collections nationally and internationally. Her work has also appeared in many publications, both national and international including Keith Smith’s Non-Adhesive Binding series.

Adele travels widely lecturing and teaching workshops, and has been artist in residence in schools and galleries throughout Australia, and overseas.

Introductory/Intermediate | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950  

Estimated Materials Cost: Depends on your own supply and paper choice. $60 to $110

June 27 – July 1, 2022

Over the five days we will complete a number of watercolour paintings and throughout the process we will concentrate on harmonising colour, using soft transitions and connected shapes to create paintings that sing. A lot of the colour work will be with greens and greys, warming them, cooling them, shifting tones and seeing how that affects the painting. Wet into wet work will play a big part, timing and understanding the relationship between the water on the brush and the water on the paper.  

We will also look at colour interaction and how it affects perspective and mood in a painting. There will plenty of discussion on design and linear and aerial perspective. We will be turning ordinary scenes into pieces of art.

James has been painting in watercolour for over 25 years and has exhibited his work in galleries throughout Australia and Southern Africa over the last 10 years. James was born and spent most of his life on a farm in Africa where he started to paint scenes from the farm and African life. Some 20 years ago he made Australia his home, and fell in love with the Australian landscape, particularly the old farms, the warm soft colours and the light. This inspired him to paint more seriously.

He paints loosely in watercolour using wet into wet techniques. He does a lot of his work on site and is passionate about painting in the great outdoors.

Introductory/Intermediate | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950  Estimated Material Cost: $200 (depending on your existing materials)

June 27 – July 1, 2022

Craig Penny will be exploring the acrylic medium and its versatility, with step-by-step demonstrations each day, participants will be encouraged to explore their own techniques and creativity. A range of subject matter will be covered, with an emphasis on interpreting photographs in a loose energetic style.

Craig studied art at Federation University, where painting and graphic design attracted most of his attention. Craig pursued a successful career as an illustrator in the advertising industry and became a member of the Illustrators Association of Australia.

Craig’s career has progressed into a range of media including skills in computer graphics. As a result Craig has also undertaken a successful career in teaching traditional drawing and illustration at Victoria University and Swinburne University. Throughout this time, he never lost his love of using traditional methods and subsequently specialized in watercolour and acrylic painting and illustrations. This has led to an extremely successful solo career. In 2001, Craig had his first major solo exhibition. In 2007, his work was accepted by Gallery Diamante in Carmel, California USA. Craig is represented by galleries in Australia, Singapore and Cambodia

All Levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950  

Estimated material cost: $150 (depending on your existing materials)

June 27 – July 1, 2022

Jenie Fawkner shares her entire oil painting process to help students open up a world of loose, textured and colourful techniques capturing the Australian landscape in all its simplified beauty. You will earn to paint confidently from start to finish with a palette knife in oils and impasto, creating a richly textured and colourful landscape. You will gain the technical knowledge to continue painting and developing your own style and interpretation of the landscape.

A professional contemporary artist working with oils and oil-based printmaking, Jenie grew up living and working in regional Queensland. Jenie is now based north of Toowoomba in her purpose-built studio where she practises full time and exhibits with several galleries including Art Nuvo Gallery Buderim. Jenie has had numerous group and solo exhibitions over the last 30 years and currently holds a solo exhibition annually. By painting with a unique colour pallet in tune to the subtle and ever-changing seasonal landscape around her, Jenie uses her exposure to the Australian landscape and field trips to evoke constant inspiration and ideas.

All levels | 16 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950   

Estimated Material costs: $380

You will be inspired by objects you have collected, are unfinished or that you would like to work with, investigating how these objects might be incorporated into a piece of wearable art. While undertaking the work, conversations around the significance of the objects will be an integral part of the process.

The class will focus on a variety of jewellery techniques. These will be demonstrated to enable students to complete a project during the workshop. These will include – but not be limited – to soldering, cutting, forming, roller impressing and creating connections and clasps, including solutions for brooches and necklaces. There will be a focus on planning and working with your hands to realise your own creative solutions.

Catherine Large is a contemporary jeweller and metalsmith based in Brisbane. She has a Masters of Visual Art and teaches in Jewellery and Small Objects in the Fine Art Department at QCA, Griffith University.

Making original jewellery, objects and flatware in precious metal, she draws on her experiences of travel and the nature of ‘stuff’ to inform her work. Recycled metal and re-use of materials feature in her work. Catherine has been the recipient of a number of grants and she regularly exhibits her work in exhibitions. Her work is held in both public and private collections.

All Levels | 18 years +

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated Material costs: $120 – $150 (depending on your existing materials)

In this workshop we will create jewellery micromosaics, which are like larger mosaics, but with numerous small, coloured pieces of glass which create an image or pattern. Tweezers are used to arrange tiny pieces of glass into a frame following a pattern or design and when the mosaic is finished it can be wonderful wearable unique jewellery piece.

Kathryn, who is an experienced tutor, thoroughly explains all aspects of the process, so no experience is necessary other than to be able to work with your hands on a small scale. Students need good eyesight and the steady use of both hands. This course will teach you safe work practices, terminology, design considerations, understanding of the tools, equipment and materials needed to make your own micromosaic jewel. The workshop will introduce all the specialist terminology, the glass, jewellery bezels, adhesives and micromosaic techniques. Scheduled class times are highly structured with a balance between demonstrations and students practicing techniques and creating their own mosaics. Upon completion, you will have the knowledge to continue to practice your skills and wear your creations home.

Kathryn Wardill is a contemporary jeweller who received her Master of Arts, Fine Art by research from RMIT university. As a jeweller and glass artist she has actively participated in group and solo exhibitions internationally over the last 25 years. Kathryn’s dedication to researching jewellery objects which combine metal and glass has resulted in a solo exhibition in the US as a part of an artist in residency and she is represented by Studio Ingot and e.g.etal Melbourne.

Introductory to intermediate | 16 years +  

Workshop Cost: Student (Junior & USQ student) $400, Early Bird $850, Full Price $950

Estimated material cost: $400

5 July – 7 July, 2022

This workshop will focus on the technical aspects of camera performance — how to establish credibility and connection, shoot high quality self-tapes (auditions), and feeling comfortable on film sets. The course structure provides students a solid foundation for screen acting and the process of auditioning for Drama School. More importantly, they will learn how to identify and trust their own unique skills. All participants will be provided with scripts during the workshop which will be used to explore and develop characters. Additionally, if possible they will be asked to come prepared with a short monologue of their own choice. Examples will be available on the McGregor website. Throughout the workshop, participants will have many opportunities presenting to camera. Thomas will provide support and specific feedback for all students.

Thomas Larkin is an award-winning actor, voice artist and arts educator. He has worked with the University of Southern Queensland, NIDA, Queensland Theatre, Bell Shakespeare Company, La Boite Theatre, and facilitated
workshops in schools and universities across Australia.

Thomas has played leading stage roles in Death of a Salesman (2019 Matilda Awards – Best Supporting Male Actor), As You Like It, True West, Macbeth, and Romeo & Juliet. Thomas’ latest film credit includes Baz Lurhmann’s film Elvis set for release later this year as well as appearing in a TV series for Nickelodeon called Taylor’s Island. He has also lent his voiceover talents to BMW, TattsLotto, Audible and Beyond Blue.

Beginner – Intermediate | 15 years +

Workshop Cost $300

‘The Storytellers Residency’ – Mcgregor X Deadly Ways

This workshop is designed for First Nations young people from Western Queensland as a part of the ‘Deadly Ways Storytelling Residency’, it will be led by First Nations artist Yvonne O’Neill, and feature University of Southern Queensland academics who will each lead a one-day workshop: Ceramics lecturer Peta Berghofer in ceramics, Dr Rhi Johnson in printmaking, and Dr Tarn McLean in drawing and painting.

Momentum is an exhibition showcasing the work of current Visual Art students at the School of Creative Arts at the University of Southern Queensland. After the stagnant year of 2020, these students are regaining Momentum within their individual practices, and are ready to flaunt it.

Curated by students and staff, this exhibition features works made in 2021 and 2022 by emerging and established artists working in disciplines including ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, painting, drawing and hybrid practice. This will be the first time that many of the artists will be exhibiting together, and their creative practices are thriving!

Momentum is an exhibition showcasing the work of current Visual Art students at the School of Creative Arts at the University of Southern Queensland. After the stagnant year of 2020, these students are regaining Momentum within their individual practices, and are ready to flaunt it.

Curated by students and staff, this exhibition features works made in 2021 and 2022 by emerging and established artists working in disciplines including ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, painting, drawing and hybrid practice. This will be the first time that many of the artists will be exhibiting together, and their creative practices are thriving!

The Future Visions Visual Art Exhibition is an annual art award for high school art students from across the Darling Downs and Southeast Queensland.

Facilitated by the USQ School of Creative Arts, this award and exhibition showcases the diverse, dynamic, multidisciplinary, and emerging professional approaches to artmaking by young people in the region.

Future Visions is open to applicants from grades 10 – 12 and is currently in its 11^th year.  This exhibition continues to attract a high calibre of emerging artists who are creating exciting and innovative art.

The Future Visions Visual Art Exhibition is an annual art award for high school art students from across the Darling Downs and Southeast Queensland.

Facilitated by the USQ School of Creative Arts, this award and exhibition showcases the diverse, dynamic, multidisciplinary, and emerging professional approaches to artmaking by young people in the region.

Future Visions is open to applicants from grades 10 – 12 and is currently in its 11^th year.  This exhibition continues to attract a high calibre of emerging artists who are creating exciting and innovative art.

The Initiate Visual Art Exhibition is a selection of works from first and second year Visual Art students at USQ. 

This exhibition maps the outcomes of studio experimentation, peer discussion, practice-based research, and emerging visual dialogue.

Initiate marks a turning point in studio discovery for all artists involved as they conclude a year of study and prepare to progress and further their emerging arts identity.

The Initiate Visual Art Exhibition is a selection of works from first and second year Visual Art students at USQ. 

This exhibition maps the outcomes of studio experimentation, peer discussion, practice-based research, and emerging visual dialogue.

Initiate marks a turning point in studio discovery for all artists involved as they conclude a year of study and prepare to progress and further their emerging arts identity.

The Rise Visual Art Exhibition is a collection of works by artists who are alumni, curated by Alexandra Lawson and Rhi Johnson, also alumni. The exhibition will explore the rise of the artist from their time in art school, which is a time of great personal and artistic growth.  

A series of conversations will occur as a part of this exhibition with the artists included in order to understand their journeying, and their rise.