Jim Cullen Photographer

17/07/2025

08/07/2025

🌹🌹 Candlelit Opera in the Woods tickets on sale! 🌹🌹

Proudly supported by Major Sponsor Mackay City Property

🕯Date: Saturday 23 August 2025

🤫 Secret Mackay industrial CBD location

🕯Time: 6.30pm - 10.30pm

🕯Tickets: $185 pp includes gourmet canapes / wine / champagne / beer.

💃 Dress in your best opera glamour.

👉 Tix at https://events.humanitix.com/candlelit-opera-in-the-woods / 4953 5122

A magnificent candlelight fundraising opera event bringing the magic of a live, multi-sensory operatic, and performance experience to an awe-inspiring industrial secret Mackay CBD location.

The industrial grandeur of the secret space, transformed into a mesmerising journey of visual candle lit discovery. An exclusive immersive opera and musical experience with the very best of the Australian Opera scene, in support of inclusive arts, presented by Crossroad Arts.

Join our internationally acclaimed distinguished guests from Opera Queensland, Katie Stenzel a dynamic, coloratura soprano, and resonant baritone Jon Maskell, both integral fixtures in the Australian Opera scene, accompanied by renowned repetiteur Brendan Murtagh, performing a repertoire of the greatest opera arias.

Plus a performance by classical musicians from Mackay City Strings, and all the fun of the theatrical opera stylings of the undeniable Crossroad Arts Performers.

This is an all-inclusive unique experience which includes gourmet canapes, delicious wine from Sydney based winemakers Joval wines, champagne and beer. Live special operatic and classical entertainment, lively art auction of three acclaimed Australian Artists work and special auction of premier SA Opera tickets, flights and accommodation to Adelaide.

Never seen in Mackay before, a fabulous candlelit night celebrating the arts and fundraising for inclusive arts, this event is one not to be missed!
Be part of the art and make a real difference in your community. All proceeds from this delicious boutique fundraiser will be directly re-invested into the Mackay community through Crossroad Arts.

Thank you to our sponsors: Principal sponsor Mackay City Property, Gold Sponsor Helloworld Travel Mackay & MT Pleasant, Porters MITRE 10, Fish D'vine catering and events, JOVAL Wines

Image description: A poster design featuring Crossroad Arts performers dressed in baroque clothing with candles surrounding them

Photo credit Jim Cullen Photographer

02/09/2022

What a beautiful show.

📣 Nightly News Bite - From 1977, Lyre Bird Press produced more than 50 artists’ books, ranging from luxury publications to experimental book forms, involving creators of all kinds.

👉 Some of those works, as well as bookplates and ephemera, will form an exciting major exhibition opening this week at Artspace Mackay.

The exhibition, Tales of the Lyre Bird, will open in the Main Gallery this Friday, September 2, along with D. Harding: The Wall (Foyer Gallery) and Veronika Zeil: Echo Forest – the Eloquence of Trees (Foundation Gallery).

Read more: https://bit.ly/3pYoa0k

02/09/2022

Speed date it!

Join us for Speed Date the Collection, Thursday 25th from 5:30pm - 6:30pm!

This is a fantastic time to discover more about our exhibitions through Artists' Books! Entry is free, so register via - www.artspacemackay.eventbrite.com.au

02/09/2022

Its how it is at Artspace.

02/09/2022

Love this picture.

Although I've stopped photographing weddings, I am still photographing. In fact my commercial work (the majority of my work) is very busy at the moment.

It's been a tough year for all of us but the Mackay area is very resilient and photography work has held up well through it, to the point where it's nearly back where it was before covid.

I'm still shooting commercial/business profiles and staff portraits, local, state and federal government work, mining industry related jobs, events, commissioned portraits and copy work.

Contact me to chat about your photography needs.

20/06/2022

Lighting test for a corporate head and shoulders.

Family comes in handy.

Thanks Ed!

13/04/2022

Hanging out painting.

05/03/2022

The 2022 Libris Awards shortlist has been announced! Check out the full list on our website https://www.artspacemackay.com.au/whats_on/libris_awards

Judges Brian Robinson and Adele Outteridge selected 57 artist books as in the running for a total $14,500 prize money. Works will be on display at Artspace Mackay from Saturday 9 April.

The 2022 Libris Awards are sponsored by Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, Mackay Regional Council and Artspace Mackay.

Image: View of the 2020 Libris Awards, Artspace Mackay. Photo: Jim Cullen Photography

07/02/2022

From the collection, Estonian love token was created by Melbourne-based artist Jazmina Cininas for the 2020 Libris Awards. Using repurposed Farmi milk cartons, Cininas creates from paper a threaded unfolding screen, inspired by traditional Baltic styles of jewellery.

Image: Jazmina CININAS Estonian love token 2018, used Estonian milk cartons and embroidery thread, 25 x 30 x 14.5 cm (closed). Mackay Regional Council Art Collection, purchased 2020 through the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Fund.


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