Via @sugarcanemagazine ✨ Pierre Mukeba @pierre_mukeba, James 2:10 (detail) 2017 🙌🏾 2017 @churchieemergingart winner, on view at @qutartmuseum. Brush pen and fabric appliqué on cotton . . . #supportblackart #pierremukeba #churchieemergingart #sugarcanemagazine #blackart #blackexcellence #qutartmuseum #artoncotton #mixedmedia #contemporaryart #artlovers #artworld #artnerd #thehumancondition #instaart #artgram #artinspiration #artistlife #emergingart #artisttowatch

And here’s another- Nici’s second on now art museum exhibition. Follow the link below for a VIRTUAL TOUR of "Rite of Passage", the current exhibition at QUT Museum, featuring work by NICI CUMPSTON: http://www.artmuseum.qut.edu.au/riteofpassagevirtualtour/ Curated by Shannon Brett, "Rite of Passage" is a response to the significance of the year 2020 – 250 years since James Cook first arrived on our shores. New work from Nici will be on view later this month in our NAVIGATING COOK exhibition @michaelreidsydney View this exhibition online via @qutartmuseum #riteofpassage @nicicumpston #nicicumpston #qutartmuseum #shannonbrett #jamescook #captaincook #michaelreidsydney #michaelreidberlin (at QUT Art Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_KB1a5j-z-/?igshid=pzo1ab6hnrxw

Inspiration -  Miffy Exhibition, QUT Art Gallery

Inspired by the creative QR codes at Miffy Exhibition, QUT Art Gallery, I wanted to adapt this idea for Northshore to create user interactions. QR codes and AR technologies will be utilised to create an interactive journey, allowing visitors to access hidden images and the stories behind them. 

Based on the 8 Aboriginal Ways of Learning, 'Northshore Stamps’ creates highly engaging and encouraging interaction to the audiences with the focuses on story sharing, symbols & images, land links and community links. 

The design of the QR codes will feature unique motifs - symbols or images created by the aboriginals. The idea aims to educate aboriginal learning to the public in a more engaging way.

Reference:

QAGOMA. (n.d.). INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ART. [Image]. https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/learn/collection/indigenous-australia

QUT Art Museum. [@QUTArtMuseum]. (2020, November 26). Go on a ‘A day out with Miffy’ this weekend!. [Image attached] [Facebook]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/QUTArtMuseum/photos/pcb.10158542116881885/10158542114471885/

8 Ways of Aboriginal Learning. (n.d.). https://www.8ways.online/ 

Although pleasant weather is always preferable, being located in a large city does offer enough inside options to fill a day or two when the Gods are feeling sad. I was also lucky enough to find a stylish cheetah print umbrella left on a bench to make walking around in the rain more tolerable. Our first day in Brisbane consisted of spending the majority of the day in the Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery, followed by the QUT Art Museum and Institute of Modern Art.

Art museums still amaze me at how inefficient they are in terms of space. They are usually allocated prime real estate in key cities, and manage to fill only a fraction of the useable space. No one can argue the pricelessness of art and how it captures society at any given moment, but the vastness of some galleries is echo-inducing. Take a look at the pictures above for some of the art installations that caught my eye.

The third stop for the day was the QUT Art Museum, but was not inspirational and no larger than a small house. The Institute of Modern Art left a better impression, and didn’t leave me dumbfounded like many other modern art galleries. One of their noteworthy exhibits was a clock that counted minutes with 50 seconds. It was a strange phenomenon as it was the correct balance to not make you notice, but still feel something was off. Another interesting project replaced the covers of reading material with random covers so you never knew what controversial or inspiring magazine you were going to be gazing through.

The last art piece that caught me off guard was there indoor club. Upon entrance the bouncer explains the rules to you in order to gain entrance. 1. You must not wear any clothes. 2. You are not allowed to use any electronic devices inside the dance room. These seemed easy enough to follow so I went in and enjoyed several songs underneath the disco ball. I was the only one there at the time since my friend refused to join me, but it was apparently very popular when it first opened. I don’t see how you could reject the chance to dance naked in a museum. It sure makes the game “never have I ever” more challenging.

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Teachers were invited to QUT Art Museum's professional development program held in conjunction with In the spotlight: Anton Bruehl photographs 1920s-1950s with artist Gerwyn Davies. Replicating Anton's practice, they made (miniature) marquettes to photograph.

"Rite of Passage" featuring NICI CUMPSTON is now on view at @qutartmuseum. Curated by Shannon Brett, "Rite of Passage" is a response to the significance of the year 2020 – 250 years since James Cook first arrived on our shores. Reframing the way that we perceive this year in our history, the exhibition showcases the strength of autobiographical work by eleven contemporary Aboriginal artists from across Australia @michaelreidsydney @nicicumpston #nicicumpston #captaincook #navigatingcook https://www.instagram.com/p/B-X5Obhjjp1/?igshid=77b87fd47hbc

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