NorthSite Contemporary Arts in Cairns, Queensland, Australia | Non-profit organisation

NorthSite Contemporary Arts

Locality: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4050 9496

Address: Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, 96 Abbott Street 4870 Cairns, QLD, Australia

Website: http://northsite.org.au

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25.01.2022 The seas are rising. Time is running out. "As the digital tidal wave of UPRISE engulfs the gallery, the terrifying power of water overwhelms and suffocates; it is an allconsuming, visceral reminder of the very real unavoidable threat of rising seas." Emma Mcrae, Shifting Surrounds, Speculative Futures Catalogue Essay. SHIFTING SURROUNDS is an immersive digital media installation by contemporary artist Yandell Walton who grew up in Cairns and lives and works in Melbourne.... Opening this Saturday, February 13, 10am - 1pm. MORE Information here: http://northsite.org.au/exhibitions/shifting-surrounds/ Yandell Walton, Uprise, 4 channel projection installation with sound. Sound design Michele Vescio with William Elm. Animation Tobias Edwards. Video: James Arneman. With generous support from Queensland Government Arts Queensland Australia Council for the Arts Cairns Regional Council Centre for Projection Art Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort

25.01.2022 We were thrilled to have two artists talks in the gallery! A big thank you to Donna Davis (@ecoart_dd) and Kate Robertson (katerobertsonphoto) for taking the time to dive into your exhibitions and share your journey. If you’re keen attend the next program make sure you signup to our newsletter or visit our website: https://northsite.org.au Come in and visit these two fantastic exhibitions today:... WHEN A TREE FALLS by Donna Davis (@ecoart_dd) is showing in the gallery now until June 19. KUNA SIUWAI POKONG Medicinal Plants from Siuwai by Kate Robertson (@katerobertsonphoto) is showing in the gallery now until June 26. #artisttalk #NorthsiteContemporaryArts #ContemporaryArt #whenatreefalls #donnadavisart #ecoart #digitalart #australiantropicalherbarium #katerobertson #kunasiuwaipokong #experimentalphotography #cameraless

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24.01.2022 Coming up - new exhibitions

23.01.2022 Good Morning! Hope that everyone has had a beautiful NAIDOC week. Tune in to our Facebook page today at 1pm to experience a live stream of the opening of Billy Missi’n Wakain Thamai exhibition. Earlier this year, NorthSite was honoured to present a retrospective exhibition of significant artworks by the late artistic and cultural leader, Maluilgal man from Mabuiag Island, Billy Missi. This exhibition is the result of an ongoing relationship between our organisation and Billy... Missi and now, the Billy Missi Estate. We acknowledge the dedication and generosity of the project team and the friends and family of Pal’n who have worked with us to bring this important survey exhibition together. Billy was a leader, a quiet advocate who spoke up to achieve outcomes for those around him. By all accounts he was charismatic, tenacious and dedicated to his family and art; sharing and contextualising cultural stories as passed to him by his Elders, mentors and with guidance from the spirits. Billy Missi’n Wakain Thamai exhibition catalogue available through NorthSite Store & online here: https://shop.northsite.org.au/collections/billy-missi-1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this film contains the images / voices / names of people who have passed away.

23.01.2022 And on the final day of the IIAP practical training in Cairns there was an exhibition! After some intense training in artwork handling, exhibition curation, de...sign and installation our Artsworkers managed to deliver an exhibition in just 3 days. What a massive effort, we are so proud of you Nephi, Bereline, Florence & Junibel, thank you for stepping up to be the inaugural participants of this program. Huge shout out to all the fabulous staff at NorthSite Contemporary Arts for delivering this training and to the Australia Council for the Arts for funding the IACA Indigenous Artsworker Program. See more

22.01.2022 Congratulations to all entrants to REACH ARTS FNQ ‘Energy 2020 Exhibition’ - in particular award winners. We selected the following young artists for special recommendation: CJ Marshall ‘webpsyche.com.au/exploration - NorthSite Curator’s Award Teeya Ryan ‘Take a Seat’ & Raymond Clark ‘Breakout’ - NorthSite Encouragement Awards... Leilani Tela ‘Internal Bloom’ - NorthSite Process Award You can visit the exhibition Tanks Arts Centre and vote in the People’s Choice Awards. Ergon Energy, Cell Artspace, Cairns Regional Council, @NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Oxlades Cairns, PAEA Peninsula Art Educators Association, TAFE Queensland, InkMasters

22.01.2022 Some more install shots from my exhibition #When_A_Tree_Falls currently on NorthSite Contemporary Arts , Cairns. A huge thank you to Michael Marzik for taking t...hese beautiful images. Australian Tropical Herbarium Queensland State Archives Australian National Botanic Gardens Wet Tropics World Heritage Area GW Biology Amy Zanne Rebecca Clement Maldonado UC Irvine Department of Earth System Science (ESS) JCU: James Cook University, Australia Bonemap Intermedia Australia Council for the Arts Paul Eggleton #Tropical_Mountain_Flora #CloudForest #Endangered_Flora #Climate_Change #Environmental_Art #Art_Science_Residency #Artist_in_Residence #Ecological_Communities #Human_NonHuman #Interconnected_Ecosystems #CarbonCycle #Termites #Wood_Termites_Fungi #Art_Ecology #NorthQueensland See more

21.01.2022 Much fun and many laughs have been had at the TAFE Queensland studios over the last year, as artists have created one-of-a-kind ceramic platters and new works for the upcoming NorthSite Art Market - Ceramic Edition SAVE THE DATE - December 12!! We have a special opening day planned with live music by Jelly Oshen Music . More artists and artworks to be announced!

20.01.2022 What a team! Day 2 and Artsworkers Nephi, Bereline, Florence & Junibel have not only finished co-curating their exhibition, they've started install in the front gallery of NorthSite Contemporary Arts Stay tuned...

20.01.2022 LOOK An exciting opportunity exists for young people to gain valuable skills and experience working in a professional contemporary art gallery environment, at NorthSite Contemporary Arts in Cairns. Apply now! Tell your friends. Applications close 18 November 2020. ... http://northsite.org.au//work/current-vacancies-northsite/

19.01.2022 Tomorrow is the last chance for you to view Disquiet: Ecological Anxieties and Transformations by Robyn Glade-Wright and Barbara Dover at NorthSite in Cairns. Galleries & Store Open 10am - 1pm. Photo: Michael Marzik

19.01.2022 Look at these beautiful covers. Get your art fix at the NorthSite Store. Stocking the latest art magazines like Art Almanac, Artlink and Art Guide Australia. Find NorthSite at the Bulmba-ja Arts Centre at 96 Abbott Street Cairns.... NorthSite store is open 10am - 1pm on Saturdays. #contemporaryart #contemporary #magazinecover #artmagazine #art

19.01.2022 Congratulations to all the finalists in the 10th Flying Arts Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA). In particular, a shout-out to Joelene Roughsey who regularly paints at Mirndiyan Gununa - Mornington Island Art Centre, her painting ‘Seagull and Crane’ depicting a traditional Lardil story from Mornington Island, took out the Woolloongabba Art Gallery Remote Artist Award. Donna Davis, who’s working towards her upcoming research exhibition ‘When A Tree Falls’ at NorthSite in Ma...y 2021, took out the Digital Art Award for her work ‘REAP’, receiving a residency The Edge, SLQ thanks to State Library of Queensland Other North Queensland finalists include Hannah Murray who supplies art and design in the NorthSite Store and Rose Rigley - Artist for her mixed media work ‘Black Tree Calligraphy’, combining monoprint, ink wash, hand stitching, machine stitching and glue on board (pictured). Rose’s exhibition OBJECT opens at NorthSite Gallery 2, later this week! Keep an eye out for more on that. Congratulations again to all!!! Link to QRAA via Flying Arts below.

18.01.2022 6 AUGUST 26 SEPTEMBER 2020 | Gallery 2 | NorthSite Contemporary Arts "This exhibition interrogates the ecological conundrums, concerns and issues of marine and coastal plastic pollution." A Queensland touring exhibition by Cairns-based artists Barbara Dover and Robyn Glade-Wright, Disquiet examines the anxieties surrounding human generated pressures on the marine environment. Created using discarded plastic and other debris that has been carried in from the sea and washed a...shore along the Queensland coast, their work highlights the global issue of ocean pollution, and the plight of an increasingly threatened ocean ecology. This project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

17.01.2022 IACA is delighted to partner with NorthSite Contemporary Arts for the first practical component of the IACA Indigenous Artsworker Program (IIAP). This week our ...Indigenous Artworkers from the Cassowary Coast, Cape York the Gulf and the Torres Strait are getting practical and targeted onsite training in artwork handling, exhibition curation, design and installation. DAY 1 got off to a flying start! See more

16.01.2022 TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! we’re assisting with the judging and awarding of prizes for the REACH ARTS FNQ Energy 2020 Exhibition at the Tanks Arts Centre. Join us online to celebrate the best young and emerging high school artists in our region. ... A must-see exhibition, ENERGY opens a window into the astonishing talent of this region’s up-and-coming artists. The launch event is on-line only with awards presentations, student interviews, and entertainment by selected high school musicians. Tune in link below.

15.01.2022 So much young creative talent in the North!! Congratulations to all artists, musicians and schools involved, and also to REACH ARTS FNQ and Tanks Arts Centre for nailing the live feed format!!

14.01.2022 This Saturday, SHIFTING SURROUNDS by Yandell Walton opens. "In TRACES we see a vision of the future that is entirely humanmade: a landscape made of concrete rubble collected from construction sites; 3D printed figures human-like yet not human; and footage captured by a drone flying over an otherwise inaccessible industrial wasteland." - Emma Mcrae, Shifting Surrounds, Speculative Futures Catalogue Essay. Yandell Walton, Traces, 3D printed sculpture (recycled PLA lament),... salvaged concrete debris, single channel projection with sound. Sound design by Michele Vescio with Jennifer Moore. Video: James Arneman. MORE Information here: http://northsite.org.au/exhibitions/shifting-surrounds/ #shiftingsurrounds #northsite #traces #yandellwalton With generous support from Queensland Government Arts Queensland Australia Council for the Arts Cairns Regional Council Centre for Projection Art Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort

13.01.2022 Looking forward to working with Bereline, Junibel, Florence, Nephi & Vanessa at NorthSite next week as we host IACA's first Artsworker Training program. We'll be providing hands-on gallery training and working with these artsworkers to curate an exhibition of contemporary works by artists from art centres across Cassowary Coast, the Gulf of Carpentaria, Cairns, Cape York, and Torres Strait.

12.01.2022 Good Afternoon, this live stream will be starting shortly stay tuned!

12.01.2022 These are the stellar artists now showing in the main gallery as part of ‘Rite of Passage’. The exhibition reveals how these artists define themselves as voices of their families and their ancestors in their quest to preserve their Aboriginality. Fearless and relentless, these artists carry the fire of a culture that lives on, as the passage that they travel is no longer solitary - together they pave the way for tomorrow. ... Curator Shannon Brett, descendant of the Wakka Wakka, Butchulla and Gurang Gurang clans. We’re open tomorrow from 10-1pm. Come on in and experience this exhibition. #riteofpassage #GlennysBriggs #MeganCope #NiciCumpston #KarlaDickens #LeahKingSmith #JulieGough #LolaGreeno #JennaLee #CarolMcGregor #MandyQuadrio #JudyWatson #ShannonBrett

12.01.2022 PLAY ALL DAY NorthSite Play Space is open 10am - 5pm Monday - Friday. This is the final week, so be sure to drop in for a play, experiment, create, invent! Make something and take it with you! #play #create #invent #art #invent #invention #gallery #contemporaryart #contemporary #fun

11.01.2022 Tune in to hear 'Rite of Passage' curator Shannon Brett in Conversation with artists Leah King-Smith and Jenna-Lee. This is a live stream event on Facebook. Rite of Passage is a visionary group exhibition that developed as a response to the significance of the year 2020 250 years since James Cook first landed in Australia. Showing until November 21 at NorthSite Contemporary Arts.... The exhibition aims to reframe the way that we perceive this year in our history. Rite of Passage showcases the strength of autobiographical work by eleven contemporary Aboriginal artists from across Australia, including Glennys Briggs, Megan Cope, Nici Cumpston, Karla Dickens, Julie Gough, Lola Greeno, Leah King-Smith, Jenna Lee, Carol McGregor, Mandy Quadrio, and Judy Watson. Group Tour Enquiries: [email protected] Celebrating NAIDOC week, NorthSite will live stream films around some of this years First Nations exhibitions. Keep an eye on our social media pages for more info.

09.01.2022 SOON. SHIFTING SURROUNDS by Yandell Walton Opening this Saturday! Thank you for sharing Tropic Now So many great events and happenings in the North right now. #SHIFTINGSURROUNDS opens on Saturday and YES, entry to this exhibition is free.

09.01.2022 Thanks Mossman State High School! It was wonderful to share and discuss the exhibition ‘Kuna Siuwai Pokong - Medicinal Plants from Siwai’ by Kate Robertson (@katerobertsonphoto) and ‘The World Around Us’ curated by Aven Noah JR (@aven_noah_tha_2nd) & Teho Ropeyarn. Teachers - to book your class in for a visit, phone the gallery on 0740509494 or email [email protected] #northsitecontemporaryarts #visualarts #artistsofthenorth #KateRobertson #FineArt #PhotographicArt #ExperimentalPhotography #Cameraless

08.01.2022 CREATE INVENT PLAY IMAGINE NorthSite Play Space is a creative spacious art studio designed to inspire and encourage experimentation and play with materials to create artworks. Come through, bring a friend. 15 participants max at any one time in play space due to current COVID restrictions.... #play #create #make #invent #contemporaryart #northsite #playspace #DIY #imagine

07.01.2022 Come in. Look closely. Listen Up and experience Rite of Passage. Install details, featuring artworks by: Leah King-Smith Megan Cope... Glennys Briggs Jenna Lee Judy Watson Mandy Quadrio Karla Dickens Lola Greeno Nici Cumpston Also featuring works by Julie Gough and Carol McGregor. Exhibition curated by Shannon Brett. http://northsite.org.au/exhibitions/rite-of-passage/ 24 September to 21 November 2020 at NorthSite. Project supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Link in bio for further Rite of Passage exhibition info and online visitor’s book. See you at the Gallery soon!

07.01.2022 NEW MAGAZINES Art Almanac , VAULT Magazine, Artist Profile & Art Guide Australia available now at the NorthSite Store at the gallery or online Get your art fix today. NorthSite Gallery and Store open Monday - Friday 10am-5pm or Saturday 10am-1pm.

07.01.2022 Curated by Bereline Loogatha, Junibel Doughboy, Florence Gutchen & Nephi Denham, the IACA Group Exhibition is ON NOW until 7 NOVEMBER 2020 at NorthSite Contempo...rary Arts | Front Gallery This exhibition was workshopped, designed and installed by the IACA Indigenous Artsworker Program (IIAP) participants during practical training in Cairns last week. Drawing inspiration from artworks promoted by participating IACA Member Art Centres for the 2020 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, the exhibition features artworks in a variety of mediums, from 9 Art Centres. Conveying their own existing intimate knowledge about the artists and stories behind the artworks, the exhibition explores and reveals personal connections and insights, presenting an innovative and unique curatorial perspective. Artworks selected from Art Centres: Yalanji Arts - Mossman Gorge Erub Arts - Darnley Island Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre Wei'Num Arts #WikandKuguArtCentre Hopevale Arts & Culture Centre Mirndiyan Gununa - Mornington Island Bana Yirriji Art Centre Pormpuraaw Art and culture centre

04.01.2022 LOOK. COME. SEE. EXPERIENCE Join us for an exciting Market Opening Day for NorthSite Art Market - Ceramic Edition Saturday 12 December 10am 2pm Tunes by Jelly Oshen Music. Coffee and tasty treats on offer.... A chance to collect unique one-of-a-kind ceramic platters made by local artists, Lenore Howard, Jenny Valmadre, Rose Rigley, Geoff Dixon, Andrea Huelin, Arone Meeks, Julie Poulsen, Ed Koumans, Robyn Baker, Napolean Oui & Roland Nancarrow. Showcasing new works by local ceramicists, Linda Gordon, Elaine Murray, Akiko Hana, Kim Nolan, Kerrie Miller, Philomena Yeatman, Edna Ambrym, Wayne Connolly and Michelle Yeatman. Come down, have a look. Support local artists and maybe even pick up something special for Christmas. Supported by TAFE Queensland Campus. All proceeds from the sale of Artists Platters will be donated to NorthSite in support of exhibitions and programs. NorthSite Art Market Ceramic Edition runs from 11 to 24 December 2020. #art #market #artmarket #supportlocal #ceramics #ceramicart #northsite #north

04.01.2022 LOOK UP Be sure to look up when travelling along Abbott Street, Cairns City - and you will see digital artworks lighting up the Bulmba-ja Arts Centre Facade. The images you see lighting up the façade here are actually derived from an early painting by Zane Saunders, a multi-disciplinary artist and performer whose ancestry is with the Butchulla, Gunggari and Jarrowia peoples of Southern Queensland.... The painting ‘Dingoes’, 1998 represents a time when the artist recalls seeing a pack of dingoes in a forest reserve near Kuranda. Dingoes are Australia's largest carnivore and are known to hunt at night in packs.

04.01.2022 ‘Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection On Tour’ will soon be showing at NorthSite! SAVE THE DATE 05 December 2020 - 30 January 2021. Including conversations in the gallery with QAGOMA Project Officer, Henri Van Noordenburg.... A touring exhibition developed by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art. Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art Artwork: Teenage Metamorphosis, 2017 Patricia Piccinini. Silicone, fibreglass, human hair, found objects / 25 x 137 x 75cm. Purchased 2018 Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery.

04.01.2022 Tune in to hear 'Rite of Passage' curator Shannon Brett in Conversation with artists Lola Greeno & Julie Gough. Rite of Passage is a visionary group exhibition that developed as a response to the significance of the year 2020 250 years since James Cook first landed in Australia. Showing until November 21 at NorthSite Contemporary Arts.... The exhibition aims to reframe the way that we perceive this year in our history. Rite of Passage showcases the strength of autobiographical work by eleven contemporary Aboriginal artists from across Australia, including Glennys Briggs, Megan Cope, Nici Cumpston, Karla Dickens, Julie Gough, Lola Greeno, Leah King-Smith, Jenna Lee, Carol McGregor, Mandy Quadrio, and Judy Watson. Group Tour Enquiries: [email protected] Celebrating NAIDOC week, NorthSite will live stream films around some of this years First Nations exhibitions. Keep an eye on our social media pages for more info.

04.01.2022 Wonderful to have an impromptu visit with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk MP this week and tour the four current exhibitions at NorthSite!! The Premier experienced #RiteofPassage2020 and the work of 11 leading Aboriginal contemporary artists examining 250 years since James Cook’s arrival as curated by Shannon Brett; ‘Object’ by Rose Rigley - Artist who also happened to be in the gallery at the time and spoke with the Premier about her concept and connection with co...mmunity through her drawing project; ‘Thinking of Place II’, an International printmaking exhibition presented in partnership with InkMasters Cairns, and the IACA Indigenous Art Centres Member Group Exhibition curated by Bereline Loogatha, Junibel Doughboy, Florence Gutchen & Nephi Denham in the Bulmba-ja foyer gallery. The Premier also met shop supervisor Wilma Sagiba, on her last days in the NorthSite Store, where she viewed our wide range of artistic products made in the north. A big week as we launched new shows and farewelled our wonderful colleague Wilma. We wish her all the best on the next adventure!! ‘Object’ opened yesterday and continues to the 5th December 2020. http://northsite.org.au/exhibitions/object/ ‘Rite of Passage’ is showing in Gallery 1 until 21 Nov 2020. http://northsite.org.au/exhibitions/rite-of-passage/ ‘Thinking of Place’ showing until 14 Nov. Artworks available through the NorthSite Store online: https://shop.northsite.org.au//thinking-of-place-ii-intern ‘IACA Members Group Exhibition’- showing until 14th November 2020, Artworks available through the NorthSire Store here: https://shop.northsite.org.au//iaca-curated-members-exhibi. Come in to Bulmba-ja Arts Centre and say hello, the NorthSite galleries and shop are open Mon-Fri 10-5 & Saturday’s 10-1pm! (Closed public holidays!) We would love to see you here too!

03.01.2022 Opening today! Rite of Passage is a powerful exhibition curated by Shannon Brett that draws together exemplary artworks by eleven contemporary Australian Aboriginal artists as a response to the significance of the year 2020, 250 years since James Cook first arrived on our shores. : Carol McGregor, Wreath for Oodgeroo, 2020, possum skins, charcoal, ochre, binder medium, waxed thread. Installation view @northsite_contemporaryarts ... @shannonbrettartistcurator @qutartmuseum

03.01.2022 Rite of Passage | on now at NorthSite. 24 Sept -21 November 2020 Glennys Briggs ‘Swallow these words’, 2020 emu egg (etched) and silver sweet dish... Courtesy of the artist. Glennys Briggs is a Taungawarrung-Yorta Yorta woman based on the Gold Coast. Her work reflects a strong connection to land, culture and history throughout various mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, sound, wearable art and possum skin cloak making and her main practice of printmaking. Shannon Brett, curator.

03.01.2022 Disquiet: Ecological Anxieties & Transformations closes Saturday 1pm #disquiet #robyngladewright #barbaradover #greatbarrierreef #tangaroabluefoundation

02.01.2022 Donna Davis (@ecoart_dd) is a multi-discipline artist intrigued with the idea of connection; her work explores intersections between art and science with a particular focus on natural and social ecosystems. Often collaborating with ecologists, botanists and mycologists, Davis explores new ways to creatively interpret ecological data; working across sculpture, assemblage, installation and digital media to create works that consider imagined futures and provide sites of environ...mental observation. By providing new ways of ‘seeing’, Davis aims to challenge ecological discourse and empower stewardship of our fragile ecosystems. Visit NorthSite Gallery today to see her exhibition WHEN A TREE FALLS. UPCOMING PROGRAMS 19 May 2021 | 9am-12noon Donna Davis 'When a Tree Falls' Aust Tropical Herbarium Tour & Workshop Tour with Stuart Worboys (ATH) and artist Claudine Marzik (@claudinemarzik) learning about specimen collection, how to prepare, press and mount different plant specimens. Limited spaces available. Secure your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/149807569473 28 May 2021 | 10am-3pm Donna Davis 'When a Tree Falls' Field & Studio WorkshopPlant identification and hands-on artistic recording workshop facilitated by NorthSite staff Rosie Miller, artist Donna Davis and Prof. Darren Crayn, Director of the Australian Tropical Herbarium. Limited spaces available.Secure your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/149648604003 Image credit: Photo 3, NorthSite Gallery, photographer Michael Marzik (@michaelmarzik) #workshops #NorthsiteContemporaryArts #ContemporaryArt #whenatreefalls #donnadavisart #ecoart #digitalart #australiantropicalherbarium #ClaudineMarzik #artistworkshop

02.01.2022 Last day to see Billy Missi’n WAKAIN THAMAI if you haven’t had a chance to visit we are open today till 5pm! http://northsite.org.au/exhibiti/billy-missi-wakain-thamai/ Next up Rite of Passage curated by Shannon Brett opens 24 September 2020.

02.01.2022 Listen to Director Wendy Mocke from Melanin Haus speaking with Namila Benson on ABC Radio National’s ABC Arts Show today! Thanks to those tuning in to ‘M E R I: Kirapim Skin Blo Yu’ via NorthSite throughout August ~ a virtual series examining cultural identity and gender from PNG women’s perspective. Stay tuned for full exhibition now scheduled in late 2021. #PNGINDEPENEDENCEDAY #meriproject