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Deadline: 12 March 2007

Swell Sculpture Festival is an annual outdoor sculpture exhibition along Queenslands Currumbin Beach Ocean Walkway. It provides the public with a free event that creates a visual splendour amongst a natural playground. The fifth annual exhibition will feature 60 sculptures and runs from 14 to 23 September 207. Artists are encouraged to build large, durable work in a variety of mediums specifically for the outdoor environment.

Information and application forms for Austrailan and International artists are available online at www.swellsculpture.com.au or call 02 5534 1918 for more info.

Deadline: 20 February 2007, Sydney NSW

Breakfast PR & Events and Sydney Turf Club are seeking fashion designers to design an outfit that represents the quintessential Australian Race Wear, and in doing so compete with other Australian Fashion Designers in being named as the Official Fashion Designer for the Golden Slipper Festival in 2008. Judging takes place in the last week of February.

The finalists will be required to attend the launch of the Golden Slipper Festival on 3rd of March 2007 at the Roxy Parramatta with models wearing their designs to partake in a fashion parade on the night. These finalists will receive their logos on the invitations for this event and additional exposure at the event. A panel of judges will decide which entries are to go through to the final round.

For more information read the Call for Artists on artsConnect.

This looks like a gorgeous exhibition - it runs at RM Galleries in Brisbane from 21 February to 6 March 2007. Merry Sparks is the artist, if you're not in Brisbane check out the website, it has all her paintings from the exhibition online.

ABOVE & BELOW
21 February to 6 March 2007
@ RM Galleries
9 Queens Road
Hamilton QLD 4007
Tel: 07 3256 1430

Check out the exhibition online here.

Deadline : 1 March 2007
Event organiser seeks a cartoonist to draw guests (approx 70) in cartoon / caricature form. Suit art student looking to earn a few bucks. Event to be held on 13 April 2007, for more details contact Amanda on 0431 834 208.

 
A PR agency in Sydney is seeking an artist who may be interested in picking up a small project for one of their clients. Essentially, they are looking to make the world’s "smallest bowl of noodles" complete with chopsticks, out of any medium (eg ceramics, wood etc) - to be seen by viewers through a magnifying glass. If interested please contact Marcia Keenan at Notorious on 02 9280 2005. Expressions of interested are required now, with completed work to be delivered by the end of Feb 2007. Deadline: ASAP

Joel Beasant wrote and produced the musical comedy 'I Dream of Johnny' which ran for a month at the Newtown Theatre in December 2005. The play saw John Howard lose his passport (and his trousers), only to end up on a desert island with an equally naked Tony Abbott before they both got chucked into Baxter. The play mixed real quotes from the people portrayed, as part of the dialogue, in high-camp and sometimes sombre situations that showed their flawed logic.

Joel is now seeking script-writers to collaborate on 'Terror the musical.' Terror the Musical takes the angle of looking at the popularisation of jingoistic and military paraphanlia and identity for youth. We see shows like 'Border Patrol' reflection xenophobic policies on refugees and, most recently, 'Sea Patrol' popularising the military's targetting of those seeking Human Rights protection in Australia, by paralleling army recruitment strategies. Then young patriots bully concert goers to 'Kiss the flag...' at the Big Day Out etc etc.

The play approaches the subject from two directions. From the top down it looks at how government policies filter down to shape identity, and from the bottom up how fashion is used to market these agendas to the young. While also high energy and full of popular references and asides, 'Terror' will probably be more Oliver Stone meets West Side story than Benny Hill.

Joel is seeking to employ a professional script-writer who has the ability to condense and guide his ideas, rampant political brain and forked-tongue humour. Contact Joel on 02 9797 1339 to discuss further. Required ASAP.

Artfusion Gallery opened 13th December in Thompson Ave Cowes Phillip Island. We are a small gallery which represents artists of all mediums and are always looking for new works. We are seeking submissions from jewellery artists, potters and visual artists to have their work represented in our gallery. Submissions of all mediums welcome. We also have a Gallery room which is available for exhibitions. This runs at $100.00 per week plus advertising etc. For information please contact Marlene Kasper at Artfusion on 03 5952 2881 .

The Biennale of Sydney are seeking volunteers & interns to assist with arts administration, research, design coordination, marketing planning and event planning and data management. For information contact Tehmi Sukhla on 02 8484 8707.

Applications close 28 February 2007