»Halt the Salt

Short Commercial Break: Although the EPA slammed it in its report, they are thinking of going ahead with building a massive salt mine bigger than the size of a city in the Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia. All you have to do is quickly sign the petition to help prevent this happening. Find out more about Halt the Salt here.
»Syd: Arnie Arnold at The National Grid Gallery

Arnie Arnold exhibition ‘EPIPHANY’ is on at the National Grid Gallery.
Saturday 22nd November - 13th December
24 Chard Road, Brookvale
Sydney. NSW 2100
Tel: 9905 9332
»I vote for Art

Newish site I vote for Art has almost 40 varying artistsĀ currently selling their work, including Skaffs, Kareem Rizk and Yiying Lu..as well as this one from Noferin.
»Udessi :: Call for Artists

Udessi is a new online gallery offering contemporary Australian art, craft & design, dedicated to showcasing & promoting Australian artists with unique work and products.
They are currently looking for artists & designers to submit their work to the online gallery, and would love to hear from Australian based artist that are interested.
The website will be launched early-mid December, and artists that join the online gallery now will be included in the marketing campaign and press releases following the launch, providing exposure to the general public, as well as selected interior design agencies, magazine editors and art & design professionals.
»DreamTime Studio
»Collider site update

Collider Film in Sydney has updated with new site design and work.
»TWiN direct new Spot for Nissan

Jon and Josh Baker have directed a new Spot for Nissan, really nice stuff. Check out some more work by TWiN at Rabbit productions.
»Syd: Trailblazers Exhibition

Trailblazers hits Sydney this month at the Boutwell Draper Gallery, multimedia works by pioneering Australian, American and European artists from November 19 onwards. With works from Ben Frost, Kill Pixie, Kelsey Brookes, Copyright, Shannon “Dmote” Peel, Matt Furie, Jesse Hogan, Hush, Ian Johnson, Anthony Lister, Merda, Buff Monster, Numskull, 1337, Alex Pardee, Cleon Peterson to name a few. The vast array of paintings, photography, sculpture, installation, video and digital arts is on display until December 13.
»Nails aka Niels Oeltjen

The work of Niels ‘Nails’ Oeltjen from Melbourne, Australia. Nails is primarily a painter, but often branches out into other media.
»Melbourne’s Letterbox

Melbourne based Letterbox have some really nice graphic design work, with a strong typographic sensibility. Pictured above is their font Bisque.
»Rob Morris from Digital Mash

Extremely well communicated portfolio site of Rob Morris.
»Emerald Arts

Emerald Arts make some nice stuff, including this Make Your Own Voodoo Susan.
»Syd: Patricia Piccinini exhibition

Check out the sculpture exhibition by Patricia Piccinini, Related Individuals, at the Rosyln Oxley9 Gallery in Sydney. (Closing 6th December)
»Supercolossal cubby house


Cubby house installation piece from Sydney based architecture office Supercolossal. Their blog is also well worth looking at. With a name like Supercolossal there is no other cubby house you can build than this one. Any idea why they have a swiss URL?
»“BLACKSPOT

Wasteland Gallery presents “Blackspot” A Local Street Artist Exhibition and Laneway Party FEATURING new works from CREEPY-KID ZOOM-TWENTY ELEVEN-JODEE KNOWLES-BNA-NAS-RUS BROCKMAN.
Opening night VIP & invites nly 6-8pm | General Public 8-10pm
Wasteland Gallery 1-44 King Street Perth
Laneway Party 8 - late. Tickets $15, available from Wasteland & Subway DC
Wolf Lane (off King St)
»Furniture Designer Laura McCusker

"Compact"

Via the Modamuse Blog: Hobart’s Laura McCusker has some nice furniture design on her site. Be sure to look out for the origami stool.
»Modamuse relaunch

Modamuse has relaunched with some nice jewellery and homewares design in store.
»Abdul Abdullah

Abdul Abdullah out of Perth has some nice portrait work on his site.
»four days in Adelaide

Resin is a major sponsor of AGDA. As part of it’s support produced the opener and speaker support package for the 2008 Australian Graphic Design Association Awards. The winners can be checked out here.
»Dirty Show X: Call For Artists

Dirty Show Detroit started ten years ago, as a showcase for erotic art.
The National Grid Gallery in Sydney will proudly be Hosting Dirty Show X Australia in February 2009. Please visit our Website to download your entry form to submit work for Next years exhibition. Entries close December 9th 2008.