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On Fri 19 Oct, judge Cherie McNair, Director & CEO, Australian Centre for Photography the recipient of this year’s Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award.

Hold on to your hat –Melbourne public performance duo Thomas & Wells arrive at HOTA next week in a flying visit to excite, challenge and inspire.

Just announced – Conversations with Nick Cave, an evening of talk and music at HOTA, Home of the Arts on Fri 11 Jan 2019. Tickets go on sale at 8am (QLD) on Thu 18 Oct, you’ll need to get in quick.

Indelabilityarts is an inclusive theatre company that provides professional artistic and training opportunities for artists and community members who identify as having a disability.

HOTA, Home of the Arts recently welcomed acclaimed Canadian performance art company Mammalian Diving Reflex, and their Artistic Director Darren O’Donnell, as International Artists in Residence.

Earlier this year Gallery at HOTA acquired a unique work to add to the City Collection: Sarah Island, Tasmania, Oil on Canvas by Australian artist Ben Quilty.

The City’s permanent collection features more than 5000 works of art worth more than $30 million and includes one of the largest collections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in regional Australia.

This week we welcome Mammalian Diving Reflex to HOTA, Home of the Arts as our next International Artist in Residence. Their work has been seen in more than 80 cities around the world and they’re here for a month as they prepare for the engaging work All The Sex I’ve Ever Had, and for the groundbreaking Haircuts by Children as part of our Kids Take Over program.

ARM Architecture has driven the designs for the City’s $60.5 million HOTA Gallery. Images of the latest designs were released in July this year when the City of Gold Coast presented the latest update on the project to council.

One of the West End’s longest-running plays, The Woman in Black has been terrifying audiences in London since 1989. Now entering its 30th year in the West End, it’s a brilliantly successful study in atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror that will soon be taking to the stage at HOTA, Home of the Arts, for one week only.

Local artist Fiona Watson was commissioned to create a mural for a prominent wall in the HOTA Café. The result: a 5.6m long mural, her largest artwork (and first mural) to date. Done in her signature style, it evokes feelings of nostalgia and days gone by.

The Ministry of Sound are bringing their Orchestrated ‘The Strings Of Life Tour’ to HOTA, Home of the Arts on 7 December.