The Fort Arts Hub Ltd. is seeking expressions of interest from professional artists and arts-based organisations looking for medium to long-term, affordable space within The Fort Arts Hub – an innovative new “creative hub”. Centrally located at 57 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley ‘The Fort’ (the old Bell Bros. Building) is made up of ten leasable spaces – four of which have recently become available!

This includes:

• Cafe or Office Space
• Art Gallery (preffered) or other retail
• Film/Photography Stuido/Office
• Artist Studios/Offices

Download the attached PDF Document for more information about these great spaces - 100413_Expressions of Interest (click link to download)

All ages show Sept 10th @ THE  FORT

Joining them on this Pop/Punk whip around Australia will be acts:

Heroes For Hire, Tonight Alive and Skyway.

Tickets onsale Friday!

For more info + Ticketing info = myspace.com/collateralmanage

Pay $3 corkage (optional) and our staff will chill and serve your drinks for you!

15 April All ages show ft. Coaltion Crew, Sketch the Rhyme, Tailor Made, $15 – strictly drug & alcohol free

Exhibition “Two Sketchy”, from 6pm, free entry

With music blasting from the huge sound setup courtesy of Brisbane’s popular club DJs. Benibee (GPO Nightclub), Profit MC, Tag Team (Empire Nightclub) and Morgan Baker (Uber Nightclub / Free Form DJs) are set to tear this party to shreds!

Grab your tickets now from www.oztix.com.au and come enjoy the loosest and whitest under-eighteen party to hit Brisbane. Remember – WEAR WHITE!

No ticket No Entry * under 18 only event * venue reserves the right to refuse admission to any person * Security search required * No pass outs * No smoking in or around premises * No alcohol or other drugs.* No one is permitted entry if they are under the influence of alcohol or other drugs * Alcohol breath testing in operation.

This is an all ages event. * Intoxicated persons will not be admitted * No thongs or steel cap boots * The venue reserves the right to refuse admission to any person

A cool podcast about THE FORT Launch that was on the 3rd of April the that we are trippley excited about!

Check out the link and have a listen here – http://cpod.org.au/page.php?id=120

Title: The Fort Arts Hub
Author: Paper SciZzZors Glue
Summary: The Fort, a much-anticipated new community-oriented arts base in Fortitude Valley, was launched on April 3, 2009. Kate talks with Ili and Innez about the Fort and the party, as well as local hiphop bands The Kelly Gang and Coalition Crew.
Published: Tue, 26 May 2009
Duration: 8:45
Download: podcast_fortlaunch_2april2009.mp3

From amateur beat boxers to virtuosic violinists, clowns to contortionists, statues to stilt-walkers, QPAC is making a concerted effort to lure talented buskers from across the nation from the street to the stage as part of the inaugural Australian Busking Competition.

With $10,000 in cash and prizes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fill your hat with more loose change. If you reckon you’ve got what it takes then make a video of your performance, visit the BU$K website, fill out the online application form, and submit a link to your video application.

Busk webiste: http://www.qpac.com.au/busk/
Online application: http://services.qpac.com.au/busk/competition_entry/

The elegance of champagne officialdom started the evening in the chandelier-lit foyer for an invite-only V.I.P. party . THE FORT Co-directors Kelly Timmons and Peter Gorrie spoke on The Fort’s history and amazed the crowd with how much support has already been received from businesses and artists alike. David Hinchliffe gave some rousing words of welcome and declared modestly the much-anticipated centre open to the public. With the champagne flowing, string quartet playing from the mezzanine, and the (gorgeous) girls serving edibles, the night was gathering momentum for the huge open-invitation party.

Of all the striking features of the event, it was the feeling of a new beginning, of opportunity and inspiration that interwove the conversations of the supporters. The crowd mingled amidst the bass swelling, swilling around the stairs like a ghost train urge in an atmosphere of tangible artistic inspiration:  A fellow was pretending to speak French whilst gesticulating wildly about the carpark graffiti-art, a young artist was furiously interpreting the live performances on his sketch pad, two girls were busting out synchronised hiphop dancing, hand-made crosswords were distributed, some people chose to joyously stand in the rain, and the delicious three-tiered vegan birthday cake was eaten from hypercoloured-top downwards with spoons!   Although none of these pursuits were planned, they certainly made for an interesting and colourful night.

[SinglePic not found] THE FORT wishes to extend a warm thankyou to everyone involved in making the party an incredible success!    We have had great feedback from the event and would love to host more like it. With your continued support we can make this possible!

Thanks to the lovely Tash, winner of the two free tickets to The Fort launch competition, for her contributions to this article. Thanks also to Manny for the great sketches!! (check out Manny’s Myspace profile here).

Special thanks to The Fort’s sponsors for making this all possible – Renegade Empire; Coopers; Nutrient Water; Steffan Town Planning; 4zzZ, and all the the artists.

Click here to view the photo gallery

[Gallery not found] ]]> http://www.thefort.org.au/2009/04/19/the-fort-launched-in-style/feed/ 2 http://www.thefort.org.au/2009/03/31/competition-win-2-free-tickets-to-the-fort-launch/ http://www.thefort.org.au/2009/03/31/competition-win-2-free-tickets-to-the-fort-launch/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:26:41 +0000 sk http://www.thefort.org.au/?p=263 As you all know, The Fort Arts Hub is hosting a fundraising event on Friday the 3rd of April with a night of performance, live art, organic bbq, giveaways and more.

For your chance to win two free tickets to the open-invite party, all you have to do is answer this question in the comments:

What do you think is the most important aspect of a community-based arts centre?

You can post as many comments as you like and we will choose the most creative answer and contact the winner via email. Be quick as entries close this Thursday 2nd of April!

To post a comment please follow these steps:

1. Register for a user account
2. Check your e-mail and confirm your address
3. Login with your user name and supplied password
4. Come back to this page and enter something creative in the comment field below
5. Press Send!