Public art has the power to honour stories, shape place, and create enduring cultural legacies. This half-day seminar brings together artists and curators to explore how meaningful collaboration and site-responsive practice can result in meaningful and powerful public artworks.

Framed by the new sculpture Acknowledgement to Kabi Kabi Country by Lyndon Davis and Russell Anderson, the program includes keynote talks by Dr John Waldron and Lubi Thomas, alongside an artist panel discussion involving Lyndon Davis, Simone Eisler, Russell Anderson, and Lubi Thomas.

This event is ideal for artists, curators, commissioners, fabricators and anyone interested in the future of public art in Queensland and beyond.

Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: 31 The Abbey Place, Caboolture QLD 4510 (starting at the Abbey Museum & Cafe)
Cost: $20 General Admission | $15 Concession | $10 Abbey Museum Friends

Optional - The Abbey Cafe will be open for lunch at the conclusion of the Q&A session. Please place a pre-order if you would like to have lunch at the Cafe.

The registration fee includes FREE entry to the Abbey Museum and, after the seminar, a visit to the exhibition Inspired Images: The Art of Faiths in the new Art Gallery with the Senior Curator, Michael Strong, in residence.

Programme

• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G Major, K. 525 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude – J.S. Bach

• Méditation from Thaïs – Jules Massenet

• The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 “Summer”: III. Presto – Antonio Vivaldi

• String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 ‘The American’: III. Molto vivace – Antonín Dvořák

• Pavane, Op. 50 – Gabriel Fauré

• The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12c, Divertissement. Tea, Chinese Dance – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12d Divertissement. Trepak, Russian Dance – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• The Carnival of the Animals, R 125: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) – Camille Saint-Saëns

• Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. “Clair de Lune” – Claude Debussy

• Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio – Ludwig van Beethoven
  Performers

• String Quartet - Paradiso Strings

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A master of sonic spontaneity, xmunashe. aka The Last SonicBender captured the attention of the global music community after only a handful of performances in unconventional spaces like public parks, warehouses and artist studios. Since then, he's performed to packed rooms in Paris & London, as well as the Sydney Opera House for VIVID. His genre-agnostic style seamlessly melds jazz and soul influences with poetic lyricism, all performed entirely off the cuff, gifting audiences with a completely unique performance at each show.

Grab a coffee, and your crew, to witness this musical vanguard on the precipice of something magical.

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