14 September 2012

Public Program: 'Connection'

Flying Arts will host a forum as a part of the upcoming Queensland Regional Art Awards exhibition launch.

Connection, the touring exhibition of the 2011 Queensland Regional Art Awards, opens in Brisbane on Saturday 29 September. The exhibition, to be launched by the Hon Ros Bates MP, Minister for Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts, will be preceded by the public forum Creativity and the Power to Connect and a floor talk by exhibition curator Michele Helmrich.

Saturday 29 September

2:00pm  Public Forum: Creativity and the Power to Connect*
State Library QLD - Auditorium 1 - FREE

  • Yen Trinh: designer, writer, public artist
  • Melissa Lucashenko: novelist, essayist
  • Lenine Bourke: arts producer, director, manager
  • Jay Younger: artist, curator, educator
  • Robyn Daw: artist, writer, director, manager
3:30pm  Connection floor talk
State Library QLD - The Studio - FREE
  • Michele Helmrich: curator
4:00pm  Connection: Exhibition lauch
State Library QLD - The Studio - FREE
  • To be opened by the Hon Ros Bates, Minister for Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts

*Each speaker will address the following statement from the point of view of their own work and experience: "Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected."

For more information, contact Gabriella Szablewska on (07) 3216 1322 or projects@flyingarts.org.au

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