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Group Exhibition – Mudpickers
Visitors must comply with Umbrella's COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives | Gallery open Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. Mudpickers features artists Suzannah Babicci, Lauren Jaye Carter, Jane Hawkins, Hannah Murray, Rhonda Payne and Bronwyn Smith. The exhibition collectively maps the artists’ experiences with place and an investigation of memory and history. The works reflect a shared interest in trawling across the mudflats of Townsville to find hidden treasures in the layers, colours, textures…
Sue O’Malley – DEEP / VAPOUR
Visitors must comply with Umbrella's COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives | Gallery open Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. Two new moving image works by Sue O'Malley. In Vapour, real worlds dissolve into artificial worlds, as a ghost drifts into the night. In Deep, the future of the world is at sea. It shifts. It distorts. Nothing stays still. Nothing keeps its original form. It is a time to reflect, to look beneath the surface.…
Shirley Dawson – The Long Walk
Visitors must comply with Umbrella's COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives | Gallery open Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. The works in this exhibition tell stories of surviving in the desert, gathering food and passing on women's knowledge. Image: Shirley Dawson, The Long Walk, 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 75.5 x 182.5cm. Exhibitions Launch 6pm Friday 5 March 2021. View event details here. Also on display during this exhibition period 5 March – 11 April 2021: Group Exhibition –…
Online Artist Talk | Mudpickers
Visitors must comply with Umbrella's COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives | Gallery open Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. Join Umbrella and artists from the group exhibition Mudpickers for an online discussion about the exhibition works, imagery and themes. Mudpickers is on display 5 March - 11 April 2021. Event link and more details coming soon. Image: Jane Hawkins and Suzannah Babicci, Remnants 2 – Mud bubbles (satin), Digital print on satin, acrylic yarn, thread, stainless steel wire, 25cm…
Umbrella Open Day
Visitors must comply with Umbrella's COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives | Gallery open Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. Join Umbrella and some of our artist members from the Umbrella Makerspace Access Group as we share our our spaces with you, to: - View our latest exhibitions, or join a tour every hour (9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am and 12:30pm); - View printmaking demonstrations in our downstairs Makerspace; - Hear about our membership options; - and…
Marker-resist Etching Workshops with Jill O’Sullivan
Join Umbrella and master printmaker Jill O'Sullivan for two experimental etching workshops. Participants of all skill levels will be introduced to a new printmaking technique combining traditional etching with the illustrative benefits of permanent markers. Participants will need to attend both workshop sessions to draw, etch, proof, print and experiment with backgrounds. Jill will provide ongoing demonstrations and participants will be encouraged to experiment and develop their skill base. Participants will each produce small editions of their work. Participants are required to wear covered footwear, and…
Taste of Art 2021
This event's date and details are currently tentative pending COVID-19 eventualities. Umbrella looks forward to presenting this event. Please join our eNews or follow our social media for updates as they arise. You are invited to join Umbrella Studio in the Townsville CBD for a culinary art adventure. Taste of Art will comprise a 3 course alfresco progressive dinner (by the creative team at A Touch of Salt), live music provided by the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and a guided night-time street art tour.…
