The Guide: June 2025

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June is Pride Month and to celebrate the contributions of the LGBTIQ+ community, head along to Sunshine Coast Mardi Gras at the Banana Bender Hotel or the star-studded Moreton Bay PrideFest at Pine Rivers Park, and revel in the joy.

The Keeper Project is making its way to Caloundra, with artists acting as the archaeologists of local stories, activating public spaces and revealing the unseen. Follow their journey on socials for updates and ways to connect with the Keepers.

Further north, the annual Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (10-13 July) invites us to Pay Attention! Spotlighting First Nations voices and the power of art to challenge, connect and transform.

Also - a reminder to get your applications in for The Refinery’s R|Artist Residency: Urban Ecologies, closing midnight Monday 9 June.

And that’s just the beginning! Read on for this month’s best events and opportunities from across the region.

 

EOIs open for Art At Large Murals

Applications close 30 June

The City of Moreton Bay invites expressions of interest from professional artists across Australia for four temporary murals on Council-owned infrastructure in 2025–2026. This opportunity includes two wall-based and two footpath murals. Artists must demonstrate strong artistic practice, site relevance, and an understanding of art in the public realm.

Selected artists will facilitate community engagement workshops to inform their mural with artist fees range from $1,500 to $10,500, depending on the project scope. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to contribute creatively to public space and connect with local communities.

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Art in the Environment, Without Leaving a Trace

28 June – 27 July 2025

Australia’s premiere art-in-nature event Floating Land returns to Noosa. This year’s theme, Escape Making, invites audiences to experience site-responsive works that embrace impermanence and place. Since 2001, Floating Land has brought together acclaimed local and international artists from across the globe to collaborate with the environment, creating installations, performances and workshops that leave no trace. Set across Noosa’s coastal, river and hinterland sites, it’s a celebration of art, ecology and creativity, where sustainability shapes every story.

With free and ticketed experiences for artists, the arts-curious and families alike, explore the full program online.

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Develop Your Ideas Into a Cohesive Body of Work

Applications close 30 June

Facilitated by artist and educator Dr Kellie O’Dempsey, R|The Path takes emerging and early-career visual artists on the journey from concept development to production of a new body of work. Through intensive group workshops, one-on-one consultations, peer critiques and talks from industry professionals, this popular program is designed to provide artists with the skills to plan, strategise and design a professional career path. Open to visual artists across all disciplines.

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EOI
Outer Space and Composite invites applications from emerging Queensland artists working in video, experimental film or screen-based practices for a 4 month development & presentation opportunity including $2,000 artist fee & $1,000 production budget.
Applications close 23 June.

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FUNDING
The British Council’s Connections Through Culture grants support UK–Australia collaborations. Offering artists and organisations grants of up to £10,000 to fund projects, residencies, performances or community exhibitions that foster lasting partnerships.
Applications close 23 June.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
T Projects presents 2025 Seminar Series, a mentoring program for artists, offering insights from leading industry experts on every stage of public art commissioning. Designed to support artists entering the public art space.
Applications close 27 June.

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EXHIBITION
Experimenta Emergence at Noosa Regional Gallery examines emerging societal dynamics and environmental change. Reflecting on long-term megatrends and their transformative potential, invites us to consider how we navigate complex, evolving realities.
14 June – 17 August

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EXHIBITION
From the sea, the land and the mountains at Caloundra Regional Gallery celebrates First Nations artmaking across the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) peoples of the shores and northern hinterland, and the Jinibara peoples of the southern hinterland. 
3 June - 3 August 2025

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EVENT
SCENE is an electrifying night of music, art and movement present by HONC at The J Noosa. Headlined by Silky Roads (Gadigal/Sydney) with support from Carlo. (Roma) and Abstract Human Radio (Meanjin), expect genre-blurring sounds, immersive visuals and high-energy vibes.
13 June

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Image credits (from top): Image via Unsplash; Image courtesy of Noosa Regional Gallery; Image courtesy of The Refinery; Gavin Murphy, The Necessity of Ruins (Films 2012—2023), Composite : Moving Image Agency (Narrm / Melbourne) 2025. Photo: Christo Crocker; Image courtesy of British Council; Image courtesy of T Project; Ina Conradi & Mark Chavez, ‘Moirai, Thread of Life', 2023. © Conradi Chavez; Zartisha Davis (Kabi Kabi/Butchulla/Cobble Cobble) | Kabi Kabi Djagan | 2024 | acrylic on canvas | 101.5 x 152.5cm. Commissioned by First Nations Partnerships, Sunshine Coast Council (Stretch RAP), 2024. Sunshine Coast Art Collection; Image courtesy of The J.

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