Read the full August NorthSite News here DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE The time is now. NorthSite is reopen! To say it’s been a challenging road over these past years is an understatement – but we’re demonstrating that bold ideas and determination pay off. Just keep swimming! Following a long renovation, a short two-week period of reopening at […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Friends Given the unfolding global situation, we are making the disappointing but measured decision to postpone the NorthSite Opening Event, scheduled in a fortnight’s time. Thank you to every single one of you who have pre-ordered 301 tickets so far. While there are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Far North Queensland we […]
TRACEY MOFFATT & GARY HILLBERG Montages: The Full Cut 1999-2015 2 MARCH — 11 MAY 2020
Following 18 months of renovation and transformation, we’re home! The Board of Directors, invite you and your friends to join the celebrations. New spaces and fresh faces with an everlasting commitment to creativity and community. The NorthSite Artists’ Party brings the arts community together under this one roof again. In recent years, the Centre of Contemporary […]
Read the e-news here Bulmba-ja Opens This Saturday, come celebrate with Arts Queensland’s free Community welcome day as the doors open to Cairns’ revitalised arts centre – Bulmba-ja (formerly Centre of Contemporary Arts). The community welcome day will feature family-friendly activities including workshops and panel discussions. Bookings here: bit.ly/Bulmba-ja-Workshops The doors will swing open to the new […]
Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts The Honourable Leeanne Enoch Tuesday, January 14, 2020 New name, new artworks and new vision for Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns The Palaszczuk Government’s $5.9 million refurbishment for the Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns (CoCA) will see the cultural […]