Brisbane Artsworkers Collective (BAC) is comprised of 6 artists brought together by their day jobs in the arts industry – facilitators, support workers, curators and administrators. The fundamental link between group members is that they are all practicing artists who work to support the creative expression of others. This year BAC will work with the theme AWARE, exploring attention to detail – amplification, intensification, magnification. An integral part of the artistic process is sharpening one’s senses to perceive the intricacies of life – the small, the banal, the overlooked, the under-appreciated, the misunderstood. By becoming aware of diversity in individuals and the …

Retrospection brings together five Brisbane based female image-makers who often look to the past to make sense of their place in the world in ways that are simultaneously methodical and melancholic. In combining elements of contemporary technological advancements with the analogue familiarity of old, these artists reinvent and play with various interpretations of the world through their respective photographic practices. These insights are deeply personal and encourage considered reflection, while paying homage to the small and seemingly innocuous moments that are fleeting yet worth capturing. Artists: Charlotte Tegan, Lisa Kurtz, Michelle Richards, Nina White and Vanessa Bertagnole.

Hatch was the first exhibition of the Brisbane Artsworkers Collective. Members of the collective are all arts workers who had put their personal artwork on hold to concentrate on their curating and organising work. This exhibition sought to re-invigorate their creative arts practice. Hatch, symbolic of the group’s ‘birth’ and as individuals re-birth, as well explores themes surrounding growth, renewal and replenishment. Media included oil and acrylic painting, photography, soundscapes, mixed media, sculpture, installation and textiles. The group is comprised of nine local artists; Alithea Josaphine, Anthea Patrick, Chrissy Dwyer, Helen Bradshaw, Genevieve Jackson, Felicity Kelly-Cruise, Michelle Knowles, Michelle Richards, and Rachel Gaffney-Dawson. Hatch was …