How grassroots creativity fostered Indigenous fashion

Cairns might not be known as a fashion hotspot, but it has been pivotal in growing Indigenous fashion talents.

Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)

Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Creative Industries

Exhibition review: After Fairweather

Ian Fairweather’s legacy through the eyes of contemporary First Nations and diaspora artists.

Circus review: Carnival of the Animals

The return of Circa’s Carnival of the Animals offers continuing joy and delight, with an added and most enjoyable twist.

Exhibition review: Jeff Gibson, Countertypes

Copy, Cut and Compilate: an artist who plays with mass media imagery.

Unravelling Chiharu Shiota’s threads of humanity

Studying in Australia played a huge part in shaping the career of internationally celebrated installation artist Chiharu Shiota, currently showing…

Faceless portraiture redefines blak/black identity

A new exhibition at Cairns Art Gallery draws international connections with Indigenous Australia when re-imagining identity and social politics.

Can Australian circus bounce back from pandemic disruption?

How will our medium-sized circus companies maintain international presence and profile post-COVID?

QLD and NSW budgets invest in the arts

Governments in two east coast states handed down their 2022-2023 budgets this week. What’s in them for the arts?