Constance

Constance ARI is an off-site project-based artist-run initiative in nipaluna/Hobart CONSTANCE is an off-site project-based artist-run initiative.

We are focused on creating critical dialogues and engagement within, and beyond, the Tasmanian arts community.

20/02/2026

✨ JOIN US! ✨ We are seeking financial leadership through a Treasurer role.

We are looking for:
👉 Senior fiduciary experience.
👉 Capacity to contribute to a thriving small org with minimal remuneration.

If you have the experience and capacity for this responsibility, we’d love to hear from you.

Find out more about the role and apply via this link
🔗 https://www.volunteer.com.au/volunteering/236679/treasurer

Closing date for applications is 1 April 2026.

13/11/2025

Don’t miss the UTAS Art School Grad Show opening in Nipaluna (Hobart) tomorrow night; as part of the celebrations we’ll be presenting a special pop-up exhibition called Time Capsule in Holding Space, curated and compiled by Matt Warren.

37 Hunter Street, Nipaluna (Hobart)
Opening Friday 14 November, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Open to the public Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th November, 11:00am to 4:00pm

// Student work of the past, of now, of the future. Time Capsule brings together student explorations, considerations and gestures, in and out of time and yet as relevant as ever. \\

Image Credit: Antony Rieck, 2025, Aphorisms, still from video

18/10/2025

Join us today for the final School of Physical Culture class at - festival pick 💅💋🥊

PCYC Boxing Gym, Queenstown
9am

All bodies welcome.

21/08/2025

Constance ARI presents ✨
Jewelled Nights || School of Physical Culture

Curated by Jacqueline Dortmans, and presented by The Unconformity.

100 years after the release of Marie Bjelke Petersen’s Jewelled Nights — Lutruwita / Tasmania’s first major silent film — this exhibition is a love letter to the women who made it happen.

We also invite you to sweat and subvert through the School of Physical Culture. Group fitness becomes a choreopolitical playground, in a participatory performance, unravel fixed identities and histories and re-perform with rupturing repetition. Explore autonomy, fluidity, and the politics of posture – come flex with us. More sass than sweat. All bodies welcome.

Info + registration: https://2025.theunconformity.com.au/events/jewelled-nights/

18/08/2025

Open Studio with Ursula Woods | Holding Space
Monday 18 - Wednesday 20, 12-2PM

Pop in and say hi! ✨

Image courtesy of the Anologue Photographic Society, taken during an analogue film workshop with Ursula.

12/08/2025

In Conversation with Ursula Woods ✨

Join us at Holding Space this Friday for this special conversation between resident artist Ursula Woods and Marion Abraham. The event will include a screening of outcomes from a recent analogue film workshop, and an informal celebration of the final week of Ursula's residency.

Holding Space, Friday 15 August, 5PM.

07/08/2025

URSULA WOODS (Lutruwita) is coming to the end of her Holding Space residency. Please join us to celebrate! 🎞️✨

Come along for an In Conversation with Ursula (15 Aug, 5–6PM), including a short screening of workshop outcomes. Then stick around for the Closing Celebration (from 6PM), featuring a selection of new and in-progress works developed during the residency.

Event link in comments ✨

16/07/2025

✨ Final days to apply ✨ For more details on the roles and to apply, see the link in the comments ✨ Applications close 7pm, Sunday 20 July! ✨

14/07/2025

✨ FINAL WEEK TO APPLY! ✨ Constance are looking for artists, arts workers and arts enthusiasts to fill the following positions on our board:

👉 General Board Members
👉 Treasurer
👉 Marketing Officer

Applications open until 7pm, Sunday 20th July 2025.

Apply here: https://constanceari.org/CALL-OUT-Board-Members

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Image: Board members and 2024 Solo Tasmanian Artist, Evelyn, pictured at the opening of Monotony Bay (2024). Image by Cassie Sullivan.

04/07/2025

We're excited to share that Ursula Woods will be artist in residence at Holding Space in July-August ✨

Ursula Woods is a cinematographer and experimental film artist who creates work across film, television, art installation and experimental projects. Ursula has contributed to projects including Netflix’s The Survivors, SBS’s Moonbird, the award-winning fantasy/horror short A Green Affair, and Relâche - a hand processed 16mm film created in collaboration with Nipaluna/Hobart’s Second Echo Ensemble. Ursula has long worked in collaboration with artists and ensembles to create work for stage, screen and gallery. She is passionate about creating moving image works from her home darkroom, usually on 16mm.

During the Holding Space residency, Ursula will be working on a new body of work incorporating experimental film techniques and processes. There will be opportunities to connect with Ursula and learn about her approach to film – stay tuned!

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Images:
1. Headshot by Kelly Nefer
2. Anything But Grey, 2023, 16mm colour film 3 mins
3. Relache, 2024, 16mm black and white film 19mins (Second Echo Ensemble / Ursula Woods)

26/06/2025

✨ JOIN US! ✨ Constance are looking for artists, arts workers and arts enthusiasts to fill the following positions on our board:

👉 General Board Members
👉 Treasurer
👉 Marketing Officer

We are seeking applications for board members who have a range of experience in arts facilitation, admin, or or other relevant roles - we're also keen to hear from people who are excited to learn!

Applications open until 7pm, Sunday 20th July 2025.

Apply here: https://constanceari.org/CALL-OUT-Board-Members

23/06/2025

📣✨ DIRECTOR ANNOUNCEMENT ✨📣

We’re thrilled to announce the appointment of Nadia Refaei and Feras Shaheen as Co-Directors of the 2026 Hobiennale!

Nadia and Feras will lead the return of nipaluna’s beloved ARI festival, bringing their shared vision of the Hobiennale as a space for responsive, critical practice and vibrant community engagement.

We can’t wait to introduce you to Nadia and Feras over the coming days — stay tuned!

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Queenstown, TAS
7467

Website

http://constanceari.org/

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