Brisbane
artisan
45 King Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3215-0800. E info@artisan.org.au W www.artisan.org.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. artisan is Queensland’s home of craft and design. Gallery, store and workshop space supporting and promoting contemporary craft and design practice for both makers and their audiences. To Jan 29, 2022 NEW WEAVE presents an international collection of nine cutting-edge animators, responding to and reinterpreting ancient Southeast Asian traditions of weaving. At artisan, these videos are presented as an immersive experience, alongside finished products produced by the Maybank Women Eco-Weavers; traditional woven items from Laotian, Cambodian and Indonesian poverty alleviation projects, producing sustainable income through eco-friendly initiatives, preserving traditional cultural craft practices.
FireWorks Gallery
9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006. T (07) 3216-1250. E info@fireworksgallery.com.au W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues-Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. Dec 4 to Feb 5, 2022 Small Mercies: Group Exhibition, and Shorelines: Lockhart River Collaborations. The Gallery is closed from Dec 24, reopening Jan 25, 2022.
Institute of Modern Art
Judith Wright Arts Centre, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006. (07) 3252-5750. Free entry. Tues-Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To Dec 18 – ‘the churchie’ is one of Australia’s leading prizes for emerging artists. Presented at the IMA since 2019, the finalists’ exhibition provides a survey of the compelling and diverse work being produced by emerging artists today. Finalists: and . Also, – and create large-scale artworks that engage with ideas of home, family, memory, sustainability, migration, and Australia-Asia relations. Also, – the first exhibition in Australia by Ho Chi Minh City-based artist . This single-channel colour film is her most recent work and continues her ongoing research into the Mekong River and the cultures that it nurtures. Through allegory it explores the environmental and social changes caused by the expansion of agriculture, overfishing and economic migration of farmers to urban areas.
