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From 23 - 26 October, The University of Melbourne and Arts Project Australia will host Contemporary Outsider Art : The Global Context, an international conference investigating the interdisciplinary field of 'Outsider Art'. An exciting programme of associated exhibitions, films and events will be held at prominent venues across Melbourne.

For the full programme and session times follow this link:Contemporary Outsider Art : The Global Context

Alcaston Gallery is thrilled to be participating in the conference programme with our upcoming exhibition From the Outside by Western Australian artists JULIAN POON, TIM MALEY, CLIVE COLLENDER & KATRINA BARBER, in conjunction with DADAA inc. 

To see the full exhibition online follow this link:From the Outside Exhibition

In conjunction with Alcaston Gallery and the University of Hawai'i, GREG SEMU's photographs from his 2010 series Body on the Line, Cultural Warriors have been published in a book and electronic journal - the Special Issue of The Contemporary Pacific - a Journal of Island Affairs, 'Global Sport in the Pacific', Volume 26, Number 2, 2014. This series captured former and current NRL players of South Pacific and Maori heritage. By featuring familiar, contemporary sports figures adorned in traditional attire the artist promotes, celebrates and nurtures cultural awareness, provoking health and fitness issues and a marriage between the world of art and sport whilst developing relationships with ethnic minorities and mainstream Australia. 

A major artwork by acclaimed Queensland artist SALLY GABORI, Dibirdibi Country 2012 has been acquired by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.

This magnificent four-panel painting is installed on the QAG ground floor alongside a stunning installation of magnetic tape and painted wood panel sculpture by Zilvinas Kempinas, Columns 2006. 

Follow this link to read the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art blog featuring Sally Gabori.

Queensland artist Naomi Hobson has been featured in the article Twin streams to the heart of artist’s world by Nicolas Rothwell in the Australian newspaper's Arts Section, Thursday 2 October 2014.

To read the full article please follow this link: Twin Streams to the heart of artist's world.

Naomi Hobson was recently a finalist in the prestigious 2014 Telstra Art Award, with her artwork being acquired by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin. Her artwork has also been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, the US Consul General, Brisbane and the Honorable Tony Abbott MP, Prime Minister of Australia Collection.

An outstanding new exhibition of paintings by Naomi Hobson, Ngaachi Paapa - My Mother's Country, is on view at Alcaston Gallery until 10 October 2014. Click here to view the full exhibition.

On Saturday 13th September 2014 Alcaston Gallery held the opening event for two exciting new exhibitions: Naomi Hobson | Ngaachi Paapa - My Mother's Country and the Hermannsburg Potters | New Marks.  These exhibitions continue to Friday 10 October.