Sam Clark
The Subtle Ether
Installation view
CAST Gallery 2007

 

CONTENTS

CAST NEWS

PROGRAM NEWS

TOURING NEWS

NOTICEBOARD

unMAGAZINE relaunch

Clarence Cultural Arts Program 2008

The Glover Prize

The RACT Insurance Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize

Ozco Inter-Arts RUN_WAY Grants

Category A: Ozco Community Partnerships Grants

Artist Run Initiatives - Visual Arts Grants 2008

ANAT Professional Development Travel Grant

Back to the City

Uralla Arts Sculpture Prize 2007

The Wilderness Gallery Prize for Photography

35th Alice Prize 2008

Tasmanian Creative Arts Summer School

The Art of Promotion

Edge Radio T42 Arts Update

Southern Exposure 2007 Exhibition

2007 Short Film Festival

 

 

  

 

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CAST News

As this year has unfolded, it has proven to be an exciting year for the arts in Tasmania with the State Government announcing $1.5 million new recurrent arts funding and providing Arts Tasmania with a substantial opportunity to develop new initiatives and increase funding to a number of existing arts companies and grants programs; CAST's annual recurrent funding from Arts Tasmania will increase $15,000 per annum.  Outcomes from the Minister for the Arts' initiative, An Island Inspired (the mechanism through which arts community input was gathered and which inform new initiatives) are yet to be announced.

It is also the year that CAST's triennial Strategic Business Plan for 2008 - 2010 is due with both the state and federal funding bodies.  The plan locates the organisation in an expanding visual arts environment in Tasmania; cognisant of major new developments, including the upgrade and expansion of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's city facilities and the exciting Museum of Old and New Art development at Berriedale, amongst other proposals. The Tasmanian Government is supportive of CAST's endeavour to align with new major developments and be assisted with the relocation in the Sullivans Cove precinct.  Relocation remains the key initiative for the Board - its fit within Government's vision for the development of the waterfront is heartening and sustains our resolve to continue to work towards this important strategic goal. 

Over the new triennium, CAST's core business will be to continue to service innovative art practice and new artists and to foster new audiences for the pre-market sector of professional visual art, craft, design and electronic media arts. The organisation will also continue to play a coordinating role in the small-to-medium, public gallery sector, to continue partnership activities with these organizations and to maintain or build upon established and successful programs in exhibition development, mentorships and publications activity. The plan also includes developing new public dialogue initiatives designed to deepen and broaden the degree of public engagement with our gallery and touring exhibition programs. The main delivery mechanism for these initiatives will be through a redevelopment of the website and upgrade of the material and programs the site delivers, along with a program of artists' floor talks to complement the gallery program.

Finally, and importantly, the 2007 CAST Members’ Exhibition is looming.  Entry forms will be due at CAST office by Monday, 5 November. Forms can be collected or requested from the CAST office or downloaded HERE. (MS Word doc, 76 KB)

Michael Edwards, Director

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Program News

Nourish (21st April – 13th May)curated by Zara Stanhope (Deputy Director, Senior Curator of Heide Museum) was the second in an ongoing series of craft and design exhibitions curated by interstate curators, the first being Suzie Attiwill’s Making Relations in 2006. The exhibition focused on the work of artists who consciously used recycled material in the making of their work. On display was the work of Futago, Belinda Holloway, Fiona Lee, Linda van Niekerk, Tricia Swanton, Marcus Tatton, Toni ten Bensel, Andy Vagg, and John Vella. The exhibition was accompanied by a free publication, in which craft and design practitioners from across Tasmania were invited to submit an outline of their work. This CAST initiative, supported by Arts Tasmania, continues to enhance the sector and will be followed in 2008 with an exhibition curated by Peter Anderson (independent curator and writer)

With the backing of CAST’s Exhibition Development Fund, Derek Hart was able to undertake substantial research for his outstanding exhibition, Room (26th May – 17th June). It presented the work of (Kathryn Faludi-Ball (TAS), Matt Warren (TAS), Kylie Stillman (NSW), Catriona Stanton (NT), Katrina Simmons (SA), Stephen Garrett (VIC) and Simon Horsburgh (VIC). With very sparse exhibition design, Hart was able to create a contemplative environment in which all the works combined to evoke a fusion of the familiar and the eerie. Room will tour to Burnie Regional Gallery, opening on the14th December 2007 and continuing until 20th January 2008.

This year’s 3 into 1 exhibitions (30th June – 22nd July) brought together the work of three emerging Hobart artists whose works present a subjective psychological rawness in different ways. Andy Wear’s, The Honourable Senator, looked at the paucity of communication in a world obsessed by communications technology, Caz Rodwell’s assemblage, Absence and Solitude, based on the perverse writings of Georges Bataille, considers a possible loss of self through excess, and Andrew Harper’s video, A Thousand Pardons, presented a harrowing performance from Andrew, playing out a sense of alienated inconsequence in an environment of political bankruptcy.

Infinite Empire, curated by Carole Hammond (27th July – 26th Aug) was the result of CAST’s 2007 Curatorial Mentorship Program. This exhibition looked at the subculture of Steampunk as an attempt to redress a technological world apparently out of control. Incorporating video, digital prints, furniture, jewellery and costume design, Infinite Empire presented the works of Sonia Heap (Tas), The Lycette Bros. (Vic), Aurélien Police (France), Madeleine Rosca (Tas), James Vaughan (Tas), Julia deVille (Vic) and Jon Williamson (Tas).

Samantha Clark’s The Subtle Ether, opened on the 7th September. Sam’s video and installation works are driven by poetic science. They make us look again at the world we inhabit and the universe we are inextricably bound to. Clark invites us to consider the spaces between the words and terms we use to define our world, sparking imaginative wonder within our everyday experience of physical reality. The Subtle Ether closes on the 30th September and will tour to Devonport Regional Gallery opening on the 12th October and closing on the 11th November.

The CAST Program Committee met on the 14th July to look at proposals for the 2008-09 period and to select the 2008 Curatorial Mentorship recipient. In the gallery next year we will endeavour to provide as interesting and balanced a program as possible whilst maintaining: the guest curated craft/design exhibition; the Curatorial Mentorship Program; the 3 into 1 exhibitions and of course, the ever popular, Members exhibition.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to Jack Robins who has recently been appointed as CAST’s 2008 Curatorial Mentorship recipient. He will be presenting an exhibition of work examining processes of adaptation between the urban and natural environments. All the best Jack!

The CAST Curatorial Forum and Workshop was held on the 13th and 14th of April at the Hobart Function and Conference Centre, Elizabeth Pier. This successful and much welcomed initiative provided an introduction to contemporary curatorial practice, and incentive for those wishing to develop exhibitions and curatorial projects in Tasmania.

The Forum and Workshops were assisted by a panel of seven prominent national curators and were chaired by the independent curator and writer Stuart Koop. Other members of the panel were David O’Halloran (Apartment), Jason Smith, (Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Victoria) Laresa Kosloff (CLUBSProject Inc), Spiros Panigirakis (CLUBSProject Inc), Zara Stanhope (Deputy Director, Senior Curator of Heide Museum) and Kyla MacFarlane (Assistant Curator/Exhibitions at Monash University Museum of Art). Representatives from the Tasmanian public gallery sector also played an active role in the event.

Stuart Koop gave the opening address on the Friday night, followed on Saturday morning by a series of papers given by each member of the panel. In addition to these papers, information sessions given from Tasmanian public gallery representatives, regarding curatorial opportunities in the state, provided a good opportunity for the participants to become more aware of possibilities for curating in the state. The workshops were held on the Saturday afternoon and gave emerging curators an invaluable opportunity to discuss their projects and ideas in group sessions directed by members of the panel. The intense and positive atmosphere among the participants was testimony to the interest in, and perceived potential for, curatorial activity and is therefore very encouraging for the future of exhibition projects in Tasmania.

Around 60 people attended the two day event, 32 of which participated in the workshop sessions. There was a very high level of interest, even from the early planning stage, and the event has inspired many to think positively about the possibilities for curating here in Tasmania and, for some, to apply for funds to bring those ideas to fruition.

The development of CAST’s e-journal and web gallery (STOCK-SITE) is still, unfortunately, experiencing some teething problems, technical issues and staffing levels being the primary cause. Bec Tudor, a current PhD theory student at the Art School, experienced in working with dynamic web sites, has recently volunteered her services to assist with the technical and editorial development of the site. We welcome Bec with open arms and thank her for helping CAST in what will be a great opportunity to foster critical awareness in the local contemporary art sector.

 

Philip Watkins , Exhibitions Officer

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Touring News

Congratulations go Sarah Jones, who has been awarded Exhibition Development Funding (EDF) for her exhibition The Look of Love to be co- curated with Dr Meg Keating for the Plimsoll Gallery. Mary Knights and Maria Kunda have also been awarded EDF to develop and curate the exhibition Chance Encounters for the Salamanca Arts Centre. Both these exhibitions are being developed for exhibition and tour for CAST’s Touring Program. Brigita Ozolins’ exhibition Parallel from Salamanca Arts Centre and Colin Langridge’s show Liminal have been excepted onto the Touring exhibition program and will be promoted to venues throughout Australia to tour over the next two years. 

Please keep this opportunity in mind if you are considering a curating role. We run two application rounds each year with the next EDF round closing on 28 February 2008. Feel free to call and talk to staff here if you are interested.  

New Deities: Art and the Cult of Celebrity, curated by Catherine Wolfhagen out of the Devonport Regional Gallery, is about to commence a 2 year tour of Australia, after opening at the Plimsoll Gallery on 19 October 2008. This exhibition includes the work of Emily Hunt & Raquel Welch (NSW), Jonathan Nichols (VIC), Grant Stevens (QLD), Monika Tichacek (NSW), John Vella (TAS), Tiffany Winterbottom (TAS) and Paul Wrigley (VIC).

This is not a print show curated by Karen Lunn and Milan Milojevic will also begin a tour of the mainland states after opening at the Burnie Regional Art Gallery on 26th October 2007. The artists in this exhibition are, Neil Emmerson (NZ), Tom O’Hern (TAS/VIC),  Mohd Fauzi Sedon (MALAYSIA),  Alexis Beckett (VIC), Jazmina Cininas (VIC) and Belinda Fox (VIC).

Wallpaper, curated by Greg Leong which was held at Carnegie Gallery last year, will open at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery on 29 September. It includes a group of mainly Launceston-based artists; Penny Mason, Junko Go, Seiglinde Karl Spence, Christl Berg and Trudy Humpheries.  This exhibition will travel to the Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery NSW early next year.

The Tasmanian Emerging Curator Fund (TECF), a pilot project generously supported by Arts Tasmania, provides a curators fee for five emerging curators to develop exhibitions throughout the state. Two grants were awarded in the first round. Derek Hart will curate an exhibition with the Academy Gallery in Launceston, Lotte Kronberg will do the same with Salamanca Arts Centre and Lucy Hawthorne will develop an exhibition at the Devonport Regional Gallery.  

Applications are now being accepted for the second round of the TECF which will be closing on September 30. If you are interested in this program please call CAST for information. 

This year’s recipient of the CAST Craft Mentorship is Hobart jeweller, Karin Beaumont. This program is funded as part of an Australian Government 2007 Young and Emerging Artists Initiative that provides support for a 12 week self-directed mentorship. Karin will carry out her mentorship under the guidance of Marian Hosking, one of Australia’s foremost internationally recognised contemporary jewellers. Marian will assist Karin expand her conceptual base, technical knowledge and design skills in contemporary jewellery practice as well as gain exposure to important networks in the craft and design sector.

 

 

Fiona Lee, Touring Officer

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Noticeboard

 

unMAGAZINE relaunch
Melbourne contemporary art journal un Magazine is relaunching with a special issue in early 2008. They are currently seeking expressions of interest from potential contributors and new art writers.  

Further details can be found by contacting editor@unmagazine.org or by clicking HERE.


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Clarence Cultural Arts Program 2008
Clarence Council supports a number of exhibitions and artist led workshops each year  and is currently calling for expressions of interest from those wishing to participate in its 2008 program in the Schoolhouse Gallery and Barn. within the Schoolhouse Gallery and Barn.  Applications are invited from established and emerging artists, arts and cultural organisations and community groups for the 2008 program. Applications which cannot be assisted by the Council arts programs may be able to use to the Barn on a hire basis.

For Further information please click HERE. (Look under Community, Arts and Events and follow the links to Schoolhouse Gallery.) 

For an application form, to discuss your proposal or for information on the Gallery spaces please contact: Tracey Cockburn or Sarah Bishop on 03 6245 8740 or email schoolhouse@ccc.tas.gov.au

Closing date: 26 October 2007

 

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The Glover Prize
In 2008 the richest landscape art competition in Australia; The Glover Prize celebrates its 5th Year. The John Glover Society Inc. invites artists to enter their work in The Glover prize – for landscape paintings of Tasmania.

The winner will receive $30,000 plus a maquette, bronze sculpture of John Glover by Peter Corlett valued at $4,000. All other exhibited entries will be eligible for The Greg Waddle People’s Choice Award of $3,000.  The Glover Prize aims to emulate the innovative and outward looking approach Glover had to his own practice. As a nationally significant prize, artists are encouraged to enter, no matter where they live nationally or internationally. 

For further information please email info@johnglover.com.au or click HERE.

Closing Date: Friday 25 January 2008.

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The RACT Insurance Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize
The RACT Insurance Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize is an opportunity for emerging Tasmanian artists aged under 30 to exhibit their work to the community in a high-profile event.  The first prize is $5,000 and a trip to two to the Archibald Prize exhibition in Sydney. The medium is oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, and mixed media. The size of the art works must be a maximum of 150cm (h) x 150 (w).

For further information please call 03 6426 2344, email info@tasregionalarts.org.au, or click HERE.

Closing date: 25 January 2008

 

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Ozco Inter-Arts RUN_WAY Grants
RUN_WAY is a program designed to extend and enliven your experience and understanding of interdisciplinary arts and new artistic practice. The initiative is for young and emerging artists and artsworkers 30 years of age and under.

RUN_WAY provides opportunities for young and emerging artists and artsworkers to travel, learn and develop new skills and understanding of interdisciplinary arts and new artistic practice. You can determine and implement a unique professional development scenario, suitable to your own individual needs. Through RUN_WAY, the Australia Council will provide grants of up to $5,000 to successful applicants.

For further information phone 1800 226 912, email program officer, Nina Stromquvist at n.stromqvist@ozco.gov.au, or click HERE.

Closing date: 15 October 2007

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Category A: Ozco Community Partnerships Grants
Category A provides seed funding of up to $5,000 per grant to assist artists, groups or organisations to develop significant project ideas or build effective partnerships that enable future projects to take place.  It is envisaged that research and development supported by seed funding could lead to detailed proposal(s) for future community arts and culture projects involving a range of cross-sectoral partners.  Only applicants who have discussed their proposal with Community Partnerships staff are eligible to apply.

For further information click HERE.

Closing date: 1 November 2007

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Artist Run Initiatives - Visual Arts Grants 2008
The Visual Arts Board is offering Australian artists a limited number of grants of up to $10,000 as support for Artist Run Initiatives (ARIs) 2008. The grants are part of the Australian Government’s Young and Emerging Artists Initiative.

The grants are part of the Australian Government’s Young and Emerging Artists Initiative. The grant is to be used for program and administration costs, so that greater opportunities for public exposure and career development can be created for the artists involved with an ARI.

For further information click HERE.

Closing date: 1 November 2007


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ANAT Professional Development Travel Grant
A quick response fund for Australian artists) to attend national and international events (max $3000). Funding is available for travel and registration fees and applicants must be members of ANAT (small registration fee applies).

The closing date for each round is the last day of every month (except for December), with applicants notified by the 14th day of the next month. The event being applied for must start no earlier than the 21st of the following month e.g. applications received at June 30 must be for events commencing on July 21 or later.

For further information about ANAT and this funding opportunity click HERE.

This funding is ongoing


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Back to the City- Call for Site Specific Exhibition Proposals
Back to the City is a series of temporary urban art interventions scheduled for 24 January - 17 February 2008 in Newcastle, NSW. We are calling on collaborative teams of artists, architects and landscape architects to submit proposals for a series of site-specific installations. Sixteen teams will take part in the exhibition with seven teams already pre-selected.

For further information, selection panel and submission guidelines please email info@backtothecity.com.au or download the brief HERE.

Closing date for proposals: 2 November 2007

 

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Uralla Arts Sculpture Prize 2007
Artists are invited to submit entries to the 2007 Uralla Arts Sculpture Prize.  The prize is acquisitive with the winning sculpture to be placed in a public space within the township of Uralla or surrounding parks. The winner will also receive $2500. In addition to the main prize, a People’s Choice prize of $200 (non-acquisitive) will be awarded.

For further information please email sandra.eady@hotmail.com or click HERE.

Closing date: 12 October 2007

 

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The Wilderness Gallery – Prize for Photography
In this significant year marking the 25th anniversary of the declaration of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, The Wilderness Gallery Prize for Photography 2007 is an acquisitive competition offering a prize pool to the value of $6200. 

Prizes include:
- The Wilderness Gallery Prize of $5000 for the most outstanding work in the exhibition as determined by a distinguished panel of judges.
-Fujifilm Peoples Choice Award of Fuji professional equipment to the value of $1200.

50% of entry fees will be donated to a Tasmanian Devil Research Project.  For further information click HERE or HERE.

Closing date: 14 October 2007

 

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35th Alice Prize 2008

The 35th Alice Prize award is acquisitive. The award is $15,000 plus a 4-week residency in Alice Springs. The residency is to be taken up within 18 months. It includes accommodation and airfares. The non-acquisitive people’s choice entitled the ‘Tammy Kingsley Award’ 2008 is 1000.
For further information click HERE or contact the Alice Springs Art Foundation on (08) 8953 7090 or by email at asafinc@octa4.net.au.

Closing date: 24 October 2007

 

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Tasmanian Creative Arts Summer School 9-18 January 2008
The University of Tasmania, Newstead College, Launceston College, TAFE Tasmania, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and the Launceston City Council are proud to present the 2nd Tasmanian Creative Arts Summer School in January 2008. The Tasmanian Creative Arts Summer School offers fifteen creative arts workshops. The Summer School will again be held in world-class facilities in Launceston at the School of Visual and Performing Arts.

For further information please phone (03) 6324 4400 or click HERE.

 

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The Art of Promotion
A two day marketing and branding workshop designed to help Visual Artists develop the skills they require to manage their own careers, build a brand identity and market their work
When and Where:
St Helens: 26 October 2007 - Jewellery and Accessory Makers
Program Fees: $180.  A two-day workshop supported by a follow-up program of e-learning and personalised coaching open to artists aged under 35 who hold and ABN.

Register your interest by calling Vanessa on 0418 429 010, emailing vanessa@necessarygroup.com or click HERE.

 

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T42 Arts Update - Get Your Exhibition Promoted Free With the Edge Radio
The T42 Arts Update provides accessible information on local art exhibitions, openings, and gallery events in Hobart through an on air sponsorship announcement broadcast on Edge Radio 99.3fm.

This promotional mechanism is supported financially by T42, who purchase the on air announcements as part of an Edge Radio sponsorship package. This is a fantastic service for Tasmania’s arts community, supporting and promoting local and international artistic excellence at no financial cost to the arts community.

Please note:
Listings are only eligible if the exhibition entry is free of charge. To be eligible please email us at artsupdate@edgeradio.org.au on the address below at least 3 weeks prior to the event date.

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Southern Exposure 2007 Exhibition
Huon Art Exhibition Group presents the ‘Southern Exposure 2007’ Art Exhibition. This is an early bird call for all those wishing to exhibit.
So get started or finish off that special piece, the theme of which could be taken from the title of the show “Southern Exposure”. The aim is to expose our Southern artists and/or our Southern region so there is scope for all.

For further information please phone (03) 6295 0415, info@haeg.org.au or click HERE.

Closing date: 12 October 2007

 

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2007 Short Film Festival
The Shorts Film Festival is currently calling for entries for its 2007 competition. This annual Festival offers its first-prize winner a return airfare an accommodation to the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. For your film to be eligible, it must have been completed between 1 June, 2006 and 12 October, 2007 and be no longer than 20 minutes in duration.

For further information click HERE.

Closing date: 12 October 2007

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