Feels so good being BAD – the bold Brisbane Art Design is back with a cluster of culture-filled events
Lovers of all things bold, beautiful and breath-taking, listen up – a bevy of artistic and exciting works from the city’s best and brightest creatives is returning to Brisbane in May 2023. Brisbane Art Design (BAD) is back with a packed program of workshops, open studios, design talks and art parties, highlighting a lofty line up of local art and design luminaries. Being BAD has never felt so good, so continue reading for all of the naughty details …
From Wednesday May 10 to Sunday May 28, the BAD program, presented by the Museum of Brisbane, will activate more than 150 events and exhibitions across three neighbourhoods, over three weekends. Following the themes of culture, community and clay, BAD will have art lovers skipping between the burbs and The City for a cluster of creative pop-up events including after-hours studio tours, exclusive workshops and design-led talks. Highlights of the program include a flagship exhibition from daring local ceramicists Bonnie Hislop, Steph Woods, Kenji Uranishi, Jane du Rand and Nicolette Johnson, alongside art dinners, fashion parades and laneway DJs.
The creative quest kicks off in The City from May 12 to 14, setting the scene for BAD with the ever-popular Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside held in the City Botanic Gardens. There will be large-scale artworks and artist tours, along with food trucks and live music to keep stomachs full and good vibes high. Over at the Museum of Brisbane is where you’ll find the new ceramics exhibition, and be sure to keep an eye out for the pop-up art studios, exhibition talks and live projections scattered across The City.
Heading north, from May 19 to 21 you’ll have the opportunity to delve deeper in to the design processes with the In Conversation series hosted by the Design Institute of Australia, or meet the makers at this year’s Finders Keepers markets. Get behind the scenes of The Valley’s most awe-inspiring architectural studios, get your hands dirty in a ceramics workshop hosted by mother-daughter duo at Mas & Miek Ceramic House in Newstead, or stay up late for an intimate look inside the northside’s independent art spaces.
Finally, skip on over to the southside where you will find a wearable art and fashion parade at South Brisbane’s Fish Lane, plus an exclusive art dinner at Southside restaurant, or take a peek at works-in-progress and signature pieces at open studios in Wooloongabba, West End, Yeronga and Yerongpilly. Finish your creative adventure with an art party at Yerongpilly’s Station Road Creative Precinct on Sunday May 28, bringing the celebration of Brisbane’s creative community to an energetic close.
Keen to join in on all of the action? You can explore the entire BAD program by heading here.
To find out more about what’s on in Brisbane, head to our Event Guide.
