The Beyond Pacific Art Gallery was opened on the 17th March 2012 as the first PNG art gallery in Brisbane, Australia. The Gallery was set up by Joycelin Leahy, a Papua New Guinean artist and curator. It features artwork and handicrafts from PNG and the Pacific Islands aiming to retail and promote their artists. The Gallery is set in lush green surroundings at 23 Lather Road, Bellbowrie, Queensland and is about 20 minutes from the city of Brisbane.
Leahy previously founded Kalem Kollection, a clothing line depicting PNG prints from 1991 till 2005; and Beyond Art, an art gallery in Port Moresby for over 17 years. She also brought to fame the Pacific Storms Contemporary Art Exhibition, in which artists from 27 Pacific islands and states show their work every two years. The exhibition promotes the effects of climate change in island countries across the Pacific. Leahy believes she has done enough marketing for Pacific and PNG arts in Australia and believes the opportunities are there to sell exclusively.
The hope for the gallery is that it will promote dancing, languages, weaving and many other traditional skills from PNG and other islands apart from selling both contemporary and traditional handicrafts. These skills will be taught through workshops in creative learning art space (CLAS) on premises. PNG and Pacific diaspora will be invited to take part in as guest tutors.
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