EOI CLOSES 27/10/2023
RADIUS 5.0
Radius 5.0 Exhibition | 23 February – 04 May 2024
The Junction Co. and Courthouse Gallery+Studio are currently seeking expressions of interest from emerging artists to participate in Radius 5.0.
Radius 5.0 is a launchpad, group exhibition for early-career Pilbara and Kimberley artists. The exhibition creates an opportunity for up-and-coming regional artists to develop their skills as visual practitioners in the exhibition and gallery space. Radius 5.0 aims to enrich and grow regional artists’ confidence and knowledge in an exhibition space.
The Radius program provides all participating Artists with group and 1 to 1 mentorship sessions leading up to the exhibition to develop insight and skills informing Radius 5.0 groups show works.
The Junction Co. and Courthouse Gallery+Studio will provide the following to participating artists:
- Exhibition Fee – All artists selected for the group show will be provided a flat exhibition fee.
- Installation of Artworks
- Publicity, Advertising and Support Materials for the Exhibition
Radius 5.0 is open to artwork proposals in all artistic mediums, including but not limited to: painting, sculpture, textiles, digital media and photography.
Radius 5.0 realises The Junction Co.’s vision to engage, grow and empower regional creatives, by supporting the development of artists on their professional creative journey.
The Junction Co. and Courthouse Gallery+Studio encourage Expressions of Interest from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people from diverse cultures.
KEY DATES
Expression of Interest Close
27 October, 2023
Mentorship Sessions
Weekly, commencing date TBA
Artworks to be delivered by
9 February, 2024
Exhibition Opening
23 February, 2024
Venue
Courthouse Gallery+Studio
16 Edgar Street, Port Hedland WA
MEET YOUR MENTOR
Kate Lesli
Kate Leslie, born in Perth Western Australia, is a practicing artist who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from Curtin University in 2004. Kate has held solo and group exhibitions in Australia and New Zealand and is currently working on a new body of works from her studio at PS Art Space.
Kate is interested in the intersection of reality and the fantastical, her dreamt-up scapes are places for creatures and characters to inhibit. Often taking inspiration from moments of the everyday Kate infuses the mundane with an ethereal quality. Her work traverses the interplay between light and shadow, reverie and authenticity. She is inspired by myth, archetypes, tarot, peace, symbolic meanings and the human condition. Questioning the boundaries of our world Kate uses her paintings to create new possibilities of what could be, shaping new worlds and dreamscapes.
In collaboration with Michele Ulrich, Kate’s next body of work will be a multi-disciplinary installation titled: The party is on the inside. The artists will run a series of workshops in print and sculpture. The works produced by participants during workshops will provide the artists with a collective chronicle that captures peoples dreams and joys; a happiness bank. From these images and concepts Michele and Kate and will re-create sets and dream worlds of shared joys, an archive of happiness! The exhibition will be at the Courthouse Gallery+Studio, Port Hedland and will be a combination of, mixed media, painting, photography, performance, sculptures and still life.
Kate has worked as a facilitator, mentor, art consultant and curator with community arts organisations and individual artists across a range of sectors. Kate has a passion for working with people and supporting artists of all abilities to access their creativity to develop a strong professional practise while delivering high quality contemporary art.