Members

MAPBM undertakes a variety of projects and services with and for its members. MAPBM seeks grant funding for exhibitions, other activities and to support professional development, and holds an annual Members' Show. MAPBM also holds regular "Show and Tell" sessions in member artists' studios, at their exhibitions or online to discuss professional practice. In addition MAPBM members receive a regular newsletter on the organisation's activities, members' exhibitions and events as well as funding, residency, competition, exhibition and other opportunities which may be of particular interest.

MAPBM 5+5 Project at Wentworth Falls School of Arts

MAPBM is presenting an exciting project in May 2025 to help reactivate the Wentworth Falls School of Arts. The project will involve an exhibition that will parallel the cultural history of the School of Arts with MAPBM’s history of contemporary art making and exhibiting. As part of this project MAPBM is seeking personal stories and memories about the past activities and events that have taken place at the School of Arts. To find out more contact Cassandra Hard Lawrie at hardlawrie.art@gmail.com

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MASHUP II

MAPBM concludes its successful inner-city adventures with digital art, experimental music (and cocktails) with MASHUP II. Five artists from the MAPBM Digital Group are remixing the works from the first MASHUP last week, so please join us for a great evening at SHADES Bar at Central Station. Entry is free but please register at https://events.humanitix.com/mashup2

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_MOSAIC

_MOSAIC, was MAPBM's first inner-city presentation of digital works at the Golden Age Cinema, 80 Commonwealth St Surry Hills, held on Wednesday 12 July 2023

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MASHUP!

After _MOSAIC, MAPBM's very successful screening of digital works at the Golden Age Cinema, six MAPBM artists created a digital MASHUP on Thursday 20 July 2023 at SHADES Bar at Central Station (12a Eddy Ave Haymarket).

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TOGETHER OR OTHERWISE A(PART)

Together, or otherwise a(part), MAPBM's first exhibition in the city, featured the work of 19 MAPBM member artists. The exhibition at Articulate Project Space (497 Parramatta Rd Leichhardt) ran from 6 May to 21 May 2023.

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Carnivale Catastrophe

Carnivale Catastrophe presented by Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains (MAPBM) at Cementa22, Kandos 19-22 May, 2022. Proudly assisted by the Australian Government through the Festivals Australia program, Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal and NAB Foundation. Curated by Fiona Davies, Exhibition Manager Lizzy Marshall. Participating Artists: Fiona Davies, Rhonda Dee, Beata Geyer, Anne Graham, Tom Isaacs, Kenneth Lambert, Sean O’Keeffe and Ebony Secombe.

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Fabrik

The title of this exhibition, Fabrik, overlays the word fabric, the basis of all textile and clothing, with the word fabrik to emphasise the place of making, of manufacture rather than just the material being made. The idea that the object is not independent of how it is made, how it is used and how it is disposed of is the basis of this exhibition.

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SewnUp2

The second stage of the SewnUp project was held in November 2020 after the lockdown regulations were partially relaxed in NSW, Australia. It is an intentional art exhibition.

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SewnUp

Split into two stages by COVID-19 isolation requirements, the five artists commissioned by SEWNUP have produced artworks that respond to their investigations into the tension between the beauty, comfort and social identity provided by textiles and clothing products on one hand and either questionable aspects of the product cycle or a reassessment of the handmade on the other. Stage 1 was shown in April 2020.

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Members' shows

Each year MAPBM holds a curated exhibition of members' work. Imperceptible resistances was the first MAPBM members' exhibition, which was curated by Lizzy Marshall at the Everglades Gallery in Leura in December 2018. The second members' exhibition, Mapping, was curated by Anthony Bond OAM at Braemar Gallery in Springwood in August 2019.

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Explorers: narratives of site

Explorers: narratives of site was a multilayered, accumulative exhibition project, which responded to the complex and overlapping narratives of the historic Woodford Academy site. The show, co-curated by Beata Geyer and Mahalya Middlemist was supported by Create NSW and involved 17 contemporary artists from the Blue Mountains and Western Sydney.

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The Kiosk 3x6 Project

In October 2017 MAPBM combined with Toolo, Blue Mountains Tool Library, to launch a major funded arts initiative at Katoomba Falls Kiosk, a heritage listed 1920s building overlooking the Blue Mountains escarpment.

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