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LAUNCH INTO SUMMER

LAUNCH INTO SUMMER

Patterns, water, summer holidays and a lifetime of painting are all on offer this summer season with four exciting new exhibitions on display at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum.

On display until February 3 is the Craft Queensland exhibition Pattern Recognition. Pattern has entranced artists for millennia and this exhibition brings together nine Australasian artists for whom pattern

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Art Awards Announced!

Art Awards Announced!

There was a strong turn-out at the announcement of the 31st Comalco Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards on Saturday 4 November at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum.

Artists, sponsors and community members attended the much anticipated event to hear the results read out by 2006 Judge Anne Kirker.

This year 354 entries were received from 219 artists, of which, 120 were local artists.

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Art Award Opening Celebrations

Art Award Opening Celebrations

The opening celebration of the annual Comalco Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards is the biggest arts event on the region's social calendar with artists and supporters joining in the festivities to help celebrate and further the arts and culture in our region.

This year the celebrations will be bigger and better than ever and everyone is welcome to join in the fun!

Everyone is invited to

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Priceless Past Partnership Honoured

Priceless Past Partnership Honoured

The driving forces behind the annual Our Priceless Past project were recognised recently at the Australian Business Arts Foundation (ABAF) Awards.

Walking away with the Qantaslink Regional Award for the best private sector relationships with the arts was Ergon Energy, the Gladstone Observer and the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum for a project which strives to bring together Year

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Official Launch of Print Exhibition

Official Launch of Print Exhibition

The official launch of the new exhibition, Marks and Motifs: Prints from the Print Council of Australia, will be opened by Cr Peter Corones, Mayor of Gladstone at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum on Thursday 28 September at 3.30pm.

Cultural identity, social justice, the environment and new technology are all prevailing themes in this collection of Australia's finest

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School Holiday Printmaking Workshops

School Holiday Printmaking Workshops

Explore your creative side these September school holidays with these Printmaking Workshops being held at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum.

Try your hand at basic printmaking or expand your art portfolio. At the completion, invite family and friends along to see your work on display at the official launch of Marks and Motifs: Prints from the Print Council of Australia.

Two

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Last Days for Lighthouses

Last Days for Lighthouses

There are only a few days left to see the National Archives of Australia touring exhibition Beacons by the Sea: Stories of Australian Lighthouses on display at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum until Saturday, 21 October.

Gladstone is the last stop for this touring exhibition which took three days of installation transforming the Town Hall Gallery into a myriad of life stories from

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SAIKI MAYOR TO ATTEND OFFICIAL OPENING

SAIKI MAYOR TO ATTEND OFFICIAL OPENING

On an official visit the Mayor of Gladstone's sister city Saiki, Japan will take time out of his busy schedule to attend the opening of the annual photographic exchange between the two cities.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the sister city relationship which has been sustained and strengthened through cultural enterprises such as the annual Intercity Images and visitor exchanges.

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SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES EXTENDED

SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES EXTENDED

Submission of entries for the 12th Annual Golding Showcase: Port Curtis and Callide Valley Youth Art Exhibition have been extended to 4pm, 31 July 2006.

The Golding Showcase will be on display in the Gallery/Museum from Monday, 7 August until Saturday, 2 September. Last year the exhibition showcased some excellent works by young local artists, 15-18 years old, and this year is looking just as

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Deep Blue Opens a Sea of Words

Deep Blue Opens a Sea of Words

Join author/illustrator Kim Michelle Toft on a journey through the original silk paintings from her new children's book A Sea of Words: An ABC of the Deep Blue Sea and her previous title The World That We Want at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum on 27 July at 5:30pm followed by the official opening by Liz Cunningham, MLA, at 6:00pm.

Over 250 children have already booked their