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Cancer survivor's soft sculpture records a harsh journey of recovery

September 22, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art

A young Central Queensland cancer survivor has charted her journey of survival through art, creating a fabric journal encased in its own fibre rebcage.

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September 22, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
Brianna Brett, sculpture, fibre arts, CQU Creates
Visual art

Woolwash memories, Dreamtime stories and cancer survival recognised in 2019 CQU Creates awards

August 03, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art

CQU Creates - an annual competition and travelling exhibition for artwork by past and present CQUniversity Australia students and staff - is on the road for 2019.

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August 03, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
CQUniversity, CQU Creates, Carmen Beezley-Drake, Llewellyn Swallow, Brianna Brett
Visual art

25 regional artists named Bayton Award finalists

May 26, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Photography, Visual art

The Rockhampton Art Gallery has announced the 25 artists from across Central and Western Queensland selected as finalists for biennial art prize The Bayton Award.

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May 26, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
Bayton Award, Rockhampton Art Gallery
Photography, Visual art

Rocky Art Gallery celebrating House & Home

March 31, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Indigenous, Visual art

Two very different exhibitions at the Rockhampton Art Gallery are celebrating house, home, and all it means to us: Erin Dunne’s House, and Woorabinda community project Your Home, My Home overseen by Nickeema Williams.

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March 31, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
Nickeema Williams, Woorabinda, Erin Dunne
Indigenous, Visual art

Federal funding confirmed for new Rockhampton Art Gallery

March 10, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art, Lifestyle

Rockhampton Art Gallery is getting a new home: the final piece of the funding puzzle has fallen into place with $10 million from the Building Better Regions fund.

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March 10, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
Rockhampton Art Gallery
Visual art, Lifestyle

Birds of Bimblebox roost in Gladstone

March 09, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Environment, Visual art

Bimblebox: 153 Birds is a touring exhibition of prints, poetry, prose and musical birdcalls inspired by the 153 bird species recorded at the Bimblebox Nature Refuge near Alpha in central western Queensland.

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March 09, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
Bimblebox Nature Refuge, Bimblebox 153 Birds, Gladstone Art Gallery
Environment, Visual art

CQ Contemporary Artists recognised in John Villiers Outback Art Prize

February 28, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art

Three members of the CQ Contemporary Artists group have been named as finalists in this year’s John Villiers Outback Art Prize. Find out more about Ainslie McMahon, Joanne Kerr and Veronika Zeil.

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February 28, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
ainsley mcmahon, veronika zeil, joanne kerr, CQ Contemporary Artists, John Villiers Outback Art Prize
Visual art

Yeppoon youth taking art to the streets

February 06, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Opportunities, Visual art, Youth arts

The Capricorn Coast’s latest public mural is wrapping the toilets at Farnborough Beach’s Rotary Park in a joyful splash of colour - and you can get involved this weekend.

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February 06, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
Youth Arts Yeppoon, Livingstone Shire Council, mural, public art
Opportunities, Visual art, Youth arts

Rockhampton to swap artists & books with Chinese sister city Zhenjiang

January 19, 2019 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art, Lifestyle

Rockhampton Regional Council has announced a series of partnership projects with Chinese sister city Zhenjiang, including an exchange program for visual artists and a library book swap.

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January 19, 2019 /Jodie van de Wetering
Bayton Award, Rockhampton Regional Council, sister city
Visual art, Lifestyle

Rocky RADF round funds everything from millinery to bushcraft

December 01, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in DIY & making, Lifestyle, Visual art

Six artists and arts and cultural groups will be developing skills from bushcraft to milinery via drawing and lapidary, with funding from the Regional Arts Development Fund.

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December 01, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Allana Gregson, CQ Contemporary Artists, Erin Dunne, Lapidary Club, Capricornia National Seniors, Rocky Instincts, RADF
DIY & making, Lifestyle, Visual art

Drought-inspired painting wins major gong at Gladstone's Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards

October 28, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art, Art

Ainsley McMahon’s Drought in the Lucky Country has won the overall award at this year’s Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.

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October 28, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
martin hanson memorial art awards, ainsley mcmahon
Visual art, Art

Homage to Duaringa scoops top prize in Queensland Regional Art Awards

September 26, 2018 by Jodie van de Wetering in Visual art

Rockhampton artist Erin Dunne, originally from Duaringa, has won the Queensland Regional Art Awards’ Life for Art award for her multi-drawing artbook Destination Duaringa.

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September 26, 2018 /Jodie van de Wetering
Queensland Regional Art Awards, Erin Dunne, Emma Ward, Flying Arts
Visual art
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Rocky Street Press acknowledges the Darumbal people, Traditional Custodians of the Central Queensland region where we live and work.  We pay our respects to Elders past and present and to Indigenous nations’ rich cultures of art and storytelling. We welcome Indigenous readers and contributors.

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