Visual arts

Visual arts

Australian visual art, media, craft and design - from artists and contemporary art organisations.

Explore some of the projects supported by us.

Image: Mikala Dwyer, Hanging Garden, 2007-2008. Photo: Mikala Dwyer

Features

Leading Australian sculptor awarded

Prominent contributors to the visual arts acknowledged.

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K�nstlerhaus residency announced

Sydney-based video artists, Soda_Jerk have been selected to complete the 2010/11 residency at the K�nstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
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Human Rooms

Artist Efterpi Soropos is connecting art with medicine by creating environments and spaces to assist patients in alleviating stress and suffering.
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Australia Council and Samstag Program in cultural partnership

Samstag Program has become a key partner of the Australia Council for the Arts� Visual Arts Board
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The Reincarnated McMansion

Artist Matthieu Gallois and his project team have proposed to reincarnate a McMansion.
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The Land Mass Project

Making connections with art and garbage.
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Controlled Released

Read about video works by Derek Hart, documenting water flow in rivers and lakes- a Connections Residency hosted by Hydro Tasmania.
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Tomorrow the World

The festival aims to survey different experimental interdisciplinary and audiovisual practices.
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Locksmith Project

Locksmith Project second issue launched on Friday 18 September.
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Opportunities for young artists

Half Dozen's professional development in collaboration with the Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Cultural Centre.
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Contemporary Indigenous Art Series

The Visual arts board is supporting the publication of 10 books on contemporary Indigenous art.
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Ars Electronica Futurelab Residencies

Five Australian artists were selected to take part in FutureLab residencies in Linz, Austria in 2009-10.
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Residencies in Helsinki and Liverpool

The Visual arts board has established two new three-month studio residencies.
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Australia Council mourns the passing of visual artist Sue Ford

The Australia Council for the Arts and the Australian arts community deeply mourn the passing of visual artist Sue Ford.
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