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Perspectives

3 April, 2024

Exhibition Season 2 Overview

NorthSite Contemporary Arts’ 2024 exhibition program celebrates the breadth and diversity of practice in Far North Queensland, in dialogue with artists who have strong connections to the region. Our second […]

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A image of a poster that contains the text 'NorthSite Open' a person is in the background.

22 March, 2024

Careers: Communications Coordinator

DOWNLOAD POSITION DESCRIPTION   Position title: Communications Coordinator Category of employment: Permanent, full-time Salary: $63,500 per annum, plus superannuation Locations: NorthSite Contemporary Arts (Bulmba-ja, 96 Abbott St Cairns 4870) Closing […]

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A bight image with 4 photographs of people and the text 'DREAM BIG Emerging Creatives Lab'

14 March, 2024

Dream Big: Emerging Creatives Lab

The ‘Dream Big: Emerging Creative Lab’ by Flame.Arts is only a week away. This session will focus on personal branding and raising your profile with seasoned industry professionals. NorthSite’s Communication […]

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The cover of a book on a white background. The book is a green colour with gold text 'Selina Kudo'.

13 March, 2024

Selina Kudo | Australian Photobook Awards

Ahead of the Photobook workshop this Saturday, Cairns-based Artist Selina Kudo has been shortlisted for the 2024 Australian & New Zealand Photobook Awards. Facilitated by Photo Collective in partnership with […]

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Geoff Dixon: Portraits of Us

11 March, 2024

Upcoming Film and Workshop

It is the final month of our first exhibition season and to celebrate we have the feature documentary film screening ‘Geoff Dixon: Portraits of Us’ and a fantastic photobook workshop […]

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An installation work of hot pink ironing boards with white dress shirts floating above them and projections onto the shirts.

8 March, 2024

IWD | Pressing Topics

This International Women’s Day (IWD) we are celebrating the incredible powerhouse duo, The Ironing Maidens. The Ironing Maidens, led by Cairns-based Artists Melania Jack and Patty Preece, is an experimental […]

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A person holds a catalogue with the text ' Ngurruwarra/ Derndernyin' on the front cover

6 March, 2024

NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands

The exhibition catalogue from ‘NGURRUWARRA/ DERNDERNYIN: Stone Fish Traps Of The Wellesley Islands’ is available to download from the link below. FOREWORD WORDS: SEAN ULM, JOHN ARMSTRONG AND BERELINE LOOGATHA […]

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A image shot in the night of a person pulling a white rope attached to a car with another person standing on-top of the car holding a traffic cone. There is a red light shining on the people.

14 February, 2024

Mixed Grill event recap

Earlier this year, NorthSite hosted the one-night micro-festival event, Mixed Grill, produced by The 5Five collective. Mixed Grill closed the collectives exhibition in Gallery 2, ’other’, and was a live […]

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Cairns Animation Incubator with a black and white artwork by Zane Saunders

13 February, 2024

Cairns Animation Incubator

If you’re interested in animation take a look at these Animation Workshops and get your name on the list. Email “I’m Interested” to: cairns.animation@icloud.com Series 1: Focus on Indigenous Artists […]

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A vibrant panoramic painting on canvas

24 January, 2024

Exhibition Season 1 Overview

NorthSite Contemporary Arts’ 2024 exhibition program celebrates the breadth and diversity of practice in Far North Queensland, in dialogue with artists who have strong connections to the region. Our first […]

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