AboutSophie Blackshaw, Author at The Creative Issue
Metro Arts: Not Much To Tell You
August 18, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawLook around you: everyone is using their phone. Whether or not they’re using it with genuine purpose or as a distraction is unknown, but the point is that the art of talking is now an art forgotten and underrated.
Drawn In at Woolloongabba Art Gallery
August 5, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawIf you’re thinking about venturing south of the Brisbane River (further than South Bank, that is), stop by the Woolloongabba Art Gallery, where you’ll be transfixed by their exhibit Drawn In.
Triffid: New Music Venue at Newstead
July 25, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawBrilliant news for all live music lovers – there’s a new 800-person capacity music venue coming to Brisbane.
Hot Modernism at the State Library
July 8, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawHave you ever been intrigued by the way Old Queensland style homes are hot in summer and freezing in winter? Well, you’re not alone.
NAIDOC Week at St Andrew’s Hospital
July 1, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawNational Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, or NAIDOC as it better known, takes one week out of each year in Australia to celebrate Indigenous culture and heritage.
Review: Galore
June 23, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawWhether you grew up by the coast with its beaches and breezes, or in the country with its long roads and uncharted hills, new film Galore gives the lost teenager inside every Australian a nostalgic prod.
Artspace Espresso West End
June 15, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawAttention! An affordable Brisbane breakfast joint has been located!
Lose Yourself at Lifeline Bookfest
June 5, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawLiterature enthusiasts unite, the Lifeline Bookfest is nigh!
Ross Jones at REDSEA Gallery
June 3, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawIt’s been said before and it should be reiterated once more: storytelling is the original art.
FotoVisura at the Powerhouse
May 22, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawLaunched in 2010, the FotoVisura SPOTLIGHT Exhibition is an annual event celebrating a selection of individual images taken by photography students chosen by a panel of leading editors and curators.
Yarn: Stories Spun in Brisbane at Iceworks
May 16, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawStorytelling is often recognised as the oldest art form, and from a biased view, it is without doubt the best. Think of your favourite book or film, and know that that is the final product of an idea that came … Read More
‘Captured’ at Museum of Brisbane
May 12, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawDo you think “exotic beauty and foreign savagery” when you see an indigenous Australian? No, but you might think of home, or Brisbane, or of the city’s historical and cultural origins.
People who did think in the former way were … Read More
The National Photographic Portrait Prize
May 5, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawPhotography buffs, be enthralled: the National Photographic Portrait Prize is on tour and is in our part of the country for the next few months.
An annual event, the NPPP intends to promote the crème de la crème of contemporary photographic portraiture … Read More
Paniyiri Greek Food Festival
April 28, 2014 | Sophie BlackshawMmm, food. Greek food. And grape stomping (we’ll get to that).
The annual Paniyiri Greek Food Festival will be back at Musgrave Park in South Brisbane (near West End) again for the 36th time this year, and believe me you, … Read More