A highlight this month is the Linear Horizons Printmaking Residency, a cultural printmaking exchange between the 23 Sampaguita Artist Collective from Baguio City, Philippines and NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns.
Eight First Nations artists will participate in a two-week collaborative printmaking residency, which includes cultural exchange, relationship-building experiences and creation of new artworks.
Visitors are welcome to engage with the program during the Open Studios interactive printmaking demonstration and Community Celebration Event on Monday, 14 October, at NorthSite Art Studios.
Linear Horizons: A Collaborative Printmaking exchange between Baguio, Philippines and Cairns, Australia
George Ian Lucero
Ronald Allan De Leon
Kim Antonette Lopez
Fara Martia Manuel
Sasha Farnell
Keira Alberts
Susan Reys
Raidon Robinson
Dian Darmansjah with Trainee Printmaker – Aiona Tala Gaidan (Badu Arts)
23 Sampaguita Artist Collective – Jules Caburian, co-founder/creative producer.
NorthSite – Melania Jack, programs coordinator & Ashleigh Campbell, CEO.
NorthSite Art Studios, 55 Greenslopes Street, Cairns
More information: programs@northsite.org.au
Linear Horizons is an international printmaking residency program produced by NorthSite Contemporary Arts and 23 Sampaguita Artists Collective.
This project is supported through Regional // Regional, an initiative of Asialink Arts at the University of Melbourne with support from The Yulgilbar Foundation.
This project is recipient of the Cairns RADF City of Arts Hero Grant. RADF is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Cairns Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
Thanks to the Philipine Cultural Society of Cairns for their support of this project.
NorthSite also acknowledges the generous support of Hayman’s Electrical in relationship to Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art. Their annual support (2023-2025) sees NorthSite staff undertaking ambitious projects that train the next generation of artists and artsworkers in Far North Queensland and delivering projects that develop relationships between artists and with peer organisations across the Indo-Pacific.