Brisbane
artisan
45 Kins Street, Bowen Hills 4006.
T (07) 3215-0800. E info@artisan.org.au
W www.artisan.org.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 5.00, Sat 10.00 to 4.00. Closed Sun–Mon.
Edwina Corlette Gallery
629 Brunswick Street, New Farm 4005.
H Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00, or by appt.
FireWorks Gallery
9/31 Thompson Street, Bowen Hills 4006.
T (07) 3216-1250. E art@fireworksgallery.com.au
W www.fireworksgallery.com.au H Tues–Fri 10.00 to 6.00, Sat 10.00 to 5.00. To May 13 Recollections II: Country in Mind featuring Dorothy Napangardi, Lily Kelly Napangardi, Julie Nangala Robertson, and Yvonne Mills-Stanley. May 17 to June 10 Halfway House: Where Chaos Meets Critique curated by Pat Hoffie and Lily Eather.
Griffith University Art Museum
226 Grey Street, South Bank 4101.
H Tues–Sat 11.00 to 4.00.
Institute of Modern Art
Judith Wright Arts Centre, Ground Floor, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley 4006.
T (07) 3252-5750. E ima@ima.org.au
Free entry. Tues–Sat 10.00 to 5.00. May 20 to Aug 19 with , and family. In Australia and across the globe, demands are growing for a society in which prisons and policing are no longer the solution to the social, economic and political issues in our communities. Despite this, systems of surveillance, classification, and control extend far beyond prison walls, parole boards and courtrooms. They are embedded in archives, bureaucratic procedures, and the documents that record a person's lived experience. unveils the ineptitude of “official records” and resists bureaucratic representations of women whose lives intersect with the Prison Industrial Complex. Emerging over 15 years, this intimate work has been eo-ereated by artist and several women in her life. From six-minute phone calls to handwritten letters that circulate between , friends and family, this multi-authored exhibition examines their co-created archive as a site of resistance. May 20 to Aug 19 – , and . the churchie emerging art prize is renowned for profiling the next generation of contemporary artists since its inception in 1987. One of Australia's leading prizes for emerging artists, ‘the churchie’ offers a $25,000 prize pool, with the overall