Queen Street are handing back the keys at FraserStudios warehouse space in Chippendale at the end of June, and are hosting a month-long celebration of all that FraserStudios was with 30 DAYS & 30 NIGHTS, a month long celebration of art, exhibitions, masterclasses, drop-in classes and performances from Visual Arts & Performing Arts Residents past and present.

Some things not to miss:

Imagination and Memory – Karen Therese’s Performing Arts Masterclass, Monday 4 June 9:30am – 5pm. A theatre devising workshop that will lead participants through a series of practical exercises in performing, writing and movement scores that work to open and rupture imaginative worlds.
Cost: $65

What About Me – The Fondue Set Performing Arts Masterclass, Wednesday 6 June 9:30am – 5pm. It will involve dancing and moving and talking and writing and dancing and shape making and shape shifting and more dancing. Bring a pen and a book for an inspired day of making and ideas.
Cost: $65

POST have been commissioned to participate in a 4-day creative development at FraserStudios that culminates in a showing on Thursday 14 June at 7pm.
FREE

Double Trouble – Julie Anne Long and Martin del Amo will be hosting an evening of duets as they develop their own, (The Night Is Young and We Are Not). Saturday 16 June 7pm.
Cost: $10

The Cardio Church Gala Performance – Matt Prest and James Brown will be presenting an evening combining physical exertion and release with spiritual transcendence. Featuring: Smalltown (Matt Prest and James Brown), Lee Wilson and Mirabelle Wouters (Branch Nebula), and Teik-Kim Pok.

More info on these and other amazing goings on at FraserStudios
HERE

Helen Pynor and Peta Clancy’s installation, The Body is a Big Place has been selected as one of the winners in the 2012 Prix Ars Electronica. The new media commission was part of Exchange at Performance Space in November 2011.

The work explores the fluidity between bodily boundaries inherent to the organ transplantation process, the ambiguous boundary between life and death, and the complex and multilayered responses reported by organ transplant recipients.

Congratulations Helen and Peta for the Honorary Mention in the Hybrid Arts section!

Full list of winners HERE

Vide footage of the work HERE

Tiny Stadiums Festival of live art, site-specific performance and audience intervention returns in June 2012 with the excitement of a new bunch of curators.

PACT will be presenting 10 new works around Erskineville as part of the festival.

One of the highlights of the festival will be Sweet Child of Mine by Bron Batten with her parents live on stage (winner of Award for Best Experimental Performance at Melbourne Fringe 2011).

Stadiums will soon infiltrate the streets of Erskineville, intersecting the familiar pedestrian routes and the paths of regular weekend activity with a cross section of live art.

Curated around the concept of Centre/Margins, Tiny Stadiums artists will shift how people navigate the heart and peripheries of the suburb.

A mix of performance, visual arts, installation and sound art, the 2012 Tiny Stadiums Festival transitions between fact and fiction, local and global while considering ideas of place and belonging.

Full program details HERE

Marrickville Council’s Arts and Cultural Grants and Independent Artist Grants are now open for applications.

Arts and Cultural Grants
Arts and cultural projects that contribute to the Marrickville local government area. Funding of $1,000 – $7,500 per project is available for each program.

Full information HERE

Independent Artist Grants
This grants program encourages local emerging artists to maintain an independent arts practice. These grants may be suitable for applicants staging a Sydney Fringe Festival performance.
Funding of $1,000 – $5,000 per project is available for each program.

Full information HERE

Applications for this year’s grant programs open on Thursday 26 April 2012 and close on Wednesday 30 May 2012 at 5pm.

Stuart Ringholt’s tour at MCA  just wrapped up as part of Local Positioning Systems, curated by Performance Space.

You can read all about Preceded by a tour of the show by artist Stuart Ringholt in The New York Times article
HERE

Michaela Gleave will be speaking about her atmospheric-based installation, Our Frozen Moment at 2pm on the 28 April.

Please note that this means that she will no longer be speaking on 21 April as previously stated in the program.

Come and hear more about Michaela’s beautiful large scale experiment in space to further illuminate this stirring work.

Robyn Backen’s artist talk will now be at 3pm, 28 April. She will be speaking about her incredible new installation, Whisper Pitch.

Please note that this means that she will no longer be speaking on 21 April as previously stated.

Don’t miss what will be an illuminating insight into this haunting work. More information about Whisper Pitch here.

Performance Space is looking for a full-time Projects Officer.

The Projects Officer plays an important part of the program team.  S/he supports and coordinates program delivery by organising ticketing, front of house (FOH) and catering.  S/he also assists senior programming staff by tracking project timelines, drafting contracts and organising travel and accommodation.  The Projects Officer’s role is particularly important because it is one of the key points of connection between Performance Space and CarriageWorks.

The Projects Officer reports to Performance Space’s Associate Directors/Producers and works as an active member of the program team.

For more information about the position, please contact Emiline Forster, Performance Space’s Administrator on (02) 8571 9111 or
admin [at] performancespace.com.au.

DOWNLOAD PROJECT DESCRIPTION HERE (pdf)

The deadline is 9am, Monday 16 April, 2012.
Interviews will be held the following week.

Performance Space is currently recruiting for its Director/CEO.

The Director will be an inspired and visionary leader, with an intimate knowledge of the contemporary arts sector, excellent negotiation skills, and diverse and strategic networks. The Director is both the Artistic Director and the CEO, responsible for the overall program as well as the company’s strategic direction, operations and financial management. The Director reports to the Board of Directors, and is supported by the General Manager and a programming, technical, marketing and administrative team.

The ideal candidate will have:

• a deep knowledge of contemporary performance practice
• networks in contemporary arts, nationally and internationally
• experience in working with artists at conceptual and production stages
• demonstrated ability to lead and manage staff
• sound understanding of strategic and operational management
• excellent negotiation skills
• Presence and public speaking skills to maintain a public profile for the organisation.

DOWNLOAD POSITION DESCRIPTION HERE

For more information and enquiries, please contact Julieanne Campbell on (02) 8571 9116.

Closing date: 30 April 2012