In the round – ’round’ design firm in Melbourne

Jul 21, 2010 3 Comments by admin

In an over saturated world of websites, every once in a while it’s possible to find something quite unique. I found this when discovering the ’round’ studio website. Round is a Melbourne design studio displaying a huge range of projects by using a very simple and neutral design style. The website’s appeal is clean navigation [...]

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Jugglers Art Space inc

Feb 03, 2011 No Comments by admin

In a uniquely Queensland way, Brisbane has over 20 visual artist run spaces. The spaces Engage with each other offering a wide range of conceptual frameworks. The spaces are all withing a 4km radius of inner Brisbane and are in warehouses, conventional gallery spaces, window displays & converted Queenslanders. Well know Art spaces include: Boxcopy, proppaNOW, [...]

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Fine art in the ‘Bauhaus’ sphere

Sep 12, 2010 21 Comments by admin

Is art a commodity that functions in the modern world or is it commodified forever as an object of luxury in our consumer world? Something worth considering in our over stimulated world of visual culture. The following website is a company that specialises in converting original artwork from contemporary artists, into a tapastry. The process [...]

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The most famous Jazz venue in Australia

Jul 27, 2010 1 Comment

The Jazz Crescendo for Australia – Bennetts Lane Jazz Club. This modest space houses the countries greatest performers, carefully chosen and defined by the music genre: Jazz. The club is open every night, and even on the rainiest and windiest of even a ‘school night’ the two performance rooms can be filled to the brim [...]

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Adventures in Improvisation… Jazz

Jul 27, 2010 3 Comments

Jazz Australia appears to have a smart looking new website! and it’s coverage of Australian Jazz activities is widely displayed throughout this online resource. Each state within Australia is featured extensively. This site is at it’s core an information portal delivering a plethora of information about Jazz in this country. There are reviews, events and [...]

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Australia and ‘the collector’

Jul 21, 2010 2 Comments

The Australian Art Collector This glossy presentation of Australian Art is glossed over view of the Australian art scene. Since it’s debut back in 1997 it has grown to be the largest and widely exposed art publication of it’s kind. It’s intoxicating for the art lover, to say the very least! Australian Art Collector Magazine [...]

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Writing that dynamic Art History Paper!

Jul 09, 2010 No Comments

See the following link about the overwhelming task of submitting your Art History paper You have been assigned an art history paper to write. You would like to finish your assignment on time with a minimum of stress, and your instructor fervently hopes to read an engaging, well-written paper. Here are some dos and don’ts [...]

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Melbourne Art Foundation

Jul 09, 2010 1 Comment

Art in the southern hemisphere directs the camera to Australia for the biennial ‘Melbourne Art Fair’. The Art Fair brings Australia’s in focus by delivering our contribution as a nation in presenting the best in Contemporary Art: Nationally and Internationally. The event happens but once every two years. The Royal Exhibition Building boasts it’s former [...]

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Where the bloody hell is the pig, the statistician and Lance?

Dec 02, 2009 13 Comments

48 hour Film Competition – Melbourne, BMW Edge, Federation Square – 23 November. What does the statement “where the bloody hell are you mate” have in common with a piggy bank, a statistician and the names Lance & Lily?  Nothing of course unless you were fortunate enough to attended the BMG Edge “48-hour film project” [...]

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Music Grants

Nov 20, 2009 14 Comments

New work grants support one-off projects that involve the creation or development of music, new musical material or media arts projects. …

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