19 September, 2021
Billy Missi’s Torres Straight designs translated to light at Bulmba-ja
Billy Missi was undoubtedly one of the Torres Strait’s most prolific and respected artists, working at the start of the 21st Century from the island base of Moa, drawing inspiration and cultural guidance from his homlands of Mabuaig and leveraging his practice from a new base in Cairns, prior to his early passing in 2014. […]
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7 April, 2020
FUNDING and THE AUSTRALIAN ARTS SECTOR IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Dear Arts Friends The last weeks have been massive for the arts in Australia, with widespread announcements of closures, job losses, program changes, cancellations, funding redeployments, ministerial roundtables, and notification of the major Australia Council of the Arts’ multiyear organisational funding program, which has seen many much-loved arts companies missing out or being defunded as […]
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18 March, 2020
NORTHSITE CLOSES GALLERIES, SHOP and SWITCHES ONLINE COVID:19
Good morning. As we take all precautions to keep our staff, artists and audiences safe and supported at this time, we will not be opening the doors to NorthSite at Bulmba-ja today and will not be physically open to the public again, until after an inevitable period of greater disruption to everyday life and the […]
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17 March, 2020
UPDATE: NORTHSITE ACTIONS ON COVID-19 to 17 March 2020.
We want to wish you all the best at this time and provide an update on the measures we are taking in the best interest of our artists and audiences in these uncertain times. On 2 March, we re-opened our doors to the public following Arts Queensland’s renovation, and the opening of Bulmba-ja on 29 […]