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Are you a highly engaged contemporary practitioner wanting to expand your critical appreciation of contemporary arts practices?

Click below for full information and to apply to participate in Critical Light.

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Upcoming...

Good Chats is on again this month at Sub Tropic Studios.
Come and join the local creative community for a morning of networking and hearing from some of our amazing local creatives.
Registration is free (coffee is also on us!) – so reserve your place now. 

THE REFINERY SHOWCASE
Join us for a night of inspiration and connection on Tuesday 5 July at The Refinery’s fourth annual Showcase event.
You will hear pitches from 15 exciting creative entrepreneurs, who were selected from over 80 applicants to be part of The Refinery – the Sunshine Coast’s unique annual creative incubator program. From gallery to stage and forest to Netflix, their stories, ideas and talents will inspire and excite you.
Connect with creative enterprise and creative thinkers to activate and expand your own business or projects. Enjoy a nibble and some networking and find out more about what makes the Sunshine Coast a regional creative hotspot. 
Drinks and canapes are on us with full restaurant service available. 
Spaces are limited, reserve your spot now.

Past events...



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Good Chats #16

October 15, 2021


Good Chats


Good Chats #14

August 13, 2021


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Did I Say That Out Loud?

August 1, 2021


Good Chats


Good Chats #13

July 16, 2021


Good Chats


Good Chats #12

June 4, 2021


Good Chats


Good Chats #11

May 17, 2021


Good Chats


Good Chats #10

April 16, 2021


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SCCA Sponsorship

March 26, 2021


Good Chats


Good Chats #9

March 13, 2021


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Critical Light

Presented by Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance

Are you a highly engaged contemporary practitioner wanting to expand your critical appreciation of contemporary arts practices? Apply to participate in Critical Light.

Twelve artists will journey Horizon Festival with Provocateur Dr Margi Brown Ash (artist, educator and researcher) to shine a critical light on the program through interpretation, contextualisation, and engage in rigorous discussion.

There are eight places for artists who reside on the Sunshine Coast and four places are reserved for artists who reside on the Gold Coast through the support of the City of Gold Coast.

Critical Light will enable you to see a program of works throughout Horizon Festival with artist peers, including Provocateur Dr Margi Brown Ash, and engage in conversations about your interpretations of the work.

To be eligible for the program you will need to be available to participate in the whole program schedule of shows and group discussions that will take place across the Sunshine Coast. The days and times you will need to be available are as follows:

Friday 26 August, 5pm – 9pm, Cotton Tree

Saturday 27 August, 10am – 1pm, Tanawha and Sippy Downs

Sunday 28 August, 3pm – 5.30pm, Cotton Tree

Tuesday 30 August, 5.30pm – 8pm, Cotton Tree

Friday 2 September, 6pm - 9pm, Cotton Tree

Saturday 3 September, 1pm - 7pm, Nambour and Kawana

Sunday 4 September, 5am – 7.30am, Coolum

If your application is successful, you will be provided with complementary tickets to the programmed shows.

The successful applicants from the Gold Coast will be supported by the City of Gold Coast through a stipend of $1300 as a contribution to their time, travel expenses and accommodation. 

To apply to be selected to participate in Critical Light complete your application by 7 July 2022. 

Apply now