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Naomi Cass

Siri Hayes, Diggidy/Dave (detail), 2006, type C photograph. In 2006 Kodak Salon until 24 June at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, 404 George St, Fitzroy, Melbourne. Call 03 9417 1549 or visit www.ccp.org.au.

Victoria Park ARI

The artist-run initiative (ARI) situated in a refurbished shop front space on Johnston Street, Abbotsford, is calling for submissions for its 2006 artistic program. Submissions are sought for the second half of this year, so visit www.victoriaparkgallery.com.

Calling for entries: New social commentaries

The Warrnambool Art Gallery is again surveying the state of Australia’s society through the eyes of its artists, through the exhibition, New social commentaries 06. Works selected for the exhibition will be eligible for the $15,000 FJ Foundation Acquisitive Prize, judged by Max Delany, Director, Monash University Museum of Art, and announced at the opening in September. The deadline for entries is 7 July, and entry forms are now available from the Warrnambool Art Gallery. Call 03 5559 4949 or email boconnor@warrnambool.vic.gov.au.

Tainted love of the landscape

Bendigo Art Gallery takes a fresh look at the relationship of key Australian artists to the landscape. Unorthodox comparisons and commentaries will be encouraged between works from the Bendigo contemporary art collection including Dale Frank, Rosalie Gascoigne, and Gayle Maddigan. See Tainted love: Contemporary developments in landscape, until 23 July. Visit www.bendigo.vic.gov.au or call 03 5443 4991.

First Site: 10 years underground

First Site, the RMIT Union Gallery, launched the publication, 10 years underground, a celebration of excellence in student art at RMIT University. First Site has exhibited work by more than 2,000 student artists. The publication will shed light on the role that university union-based exhibition spaces and arts organisations play throughout Australia in exhibiting student art, especially in the current environment of change. The gallery is funded and operated by the RMIT Union. Visit www.union.rmit.edu.au/firstsite.

Destiny for you

Destiny Deacon's large-scale solo exhibition Walk & don't look blak, having originated at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney in 2004, is showing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography until 11 June. Visit www.syabi.com. Naomi Cass