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AMPLIFY Pet Portraits with Marcus Nunn
Venue: Side Gallery, 7 Emma Street, Red Hill, Brisbane
Celebrate your beloved companion with a custom drawing by local AMPLIFY ME! artist, Marcus Nunn.
Bring a photo and watch Marcus bring your furry, feathered or scaly friend to life through his linework.
Side Gallery is proud to present AMPLIFY, a group exhibition featuring the original artworks from Brisbane City Council's Outdoor Gallery exhibition, AMPLIFY ME! - a city-wide project celebrating local artists with lived experience of disability.
This exhibition offers the rare opportunity to see the original works behind the large-scale banners currently enlivening Brisbane's streets, revealing the detail, materiality and process of each artist's practice in an intimate gallery setting.
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