Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum (GRAGM) selects exhibition in several strategic ways that reflect community desires and tourism drivers, while maintaining our commitment to growing and developing regional creative talent. We also introduce our audiences to cultural content from other regional and national centres to continue to broaden their knowledge and experiences.
If you're interested in exhibiting at GRAGM, visit http://gragm.qld.gov.au/about/exhibiting-at-gragm and complete an application form. These are assessed by our curatorial team and selected based upon prescribed criteria.
This exhibition presents the entries for the Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards, showcasing the creativity and talent of established, emerging and amateur artists from across Australia.
Celebrating 50 years, the Awards remain one of Queensland’s most respected regional art events, recognising artistic excellence and fostering cultural growth.
Official Opening and Awards Presentation
6pm, Saturday 8
Immerse yourself in the lives of Gladstone Region locals.
Showcased Special Seniors are over 70 years of age, have lived in the area for over 30 years and have been nominated by the community.
Gladstone City Library 4 December - 15 January
Gladstone Airport 15 January - 26 February
Calliope Library 26 February - 9 April
Boyne Island Library 9 April - 21 May
*Dates
Two Girls From Amoonguna is an exhibition featuring new work by Arrernte and Southern Luritja artist Sally M Nangala Mulda and Western Arrarnta artist Marlene Rubuntja. Encompassing video, bush-dyed, handsewn soft sculptures and observationalist paintings, it recounts their intertwining stories of friendship and resilience.
The centerpiece is an animated work titled Arrkutja Tharra, Kungka
This exhibition evolved in response to the post-lockdown freedom to spread our wings and travel again, to document the journey and the recollections of the experience.
The works depict parts of sites encountered by the artist, taking snapshots of a significant small patch of the ground, incorporating the natural environment and what lies there.
The images map the landscapes visited, and document
Inspired by a revival of childhood memories after her grandmother’s passing, the artist presents a series of artworks that combine a varied range of mediums as ceramics, glass, copper and printmaking. Maria is celebrated as a woman of many hearts, with many tentacles embodying the metaphor of the mischievous octopus.
6pm, Friday 20 February
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A colourful and engaging display of paintings, drawings and collages celebrating 'who and what make Australia great', created by Primary School Children across the Gladstone Region.
Gladstone Airport 26 February - 9 April
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum 2 May - 14 June
Calliope Library 18 June - 30 July
Boyne Island Library 30 July - 10 September
On 25th April, each year we pay respect to our Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, not just our first ANZACs from 1915, but all who have served Australia and New Zealand in conflicts since the First World War.
Immerse yourself in the rich history and tradition of Japan through craft, and enjoy artworks made by local schools and objects from our community and our collection.
A Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory Committee initiative modelled on Japan’s centuries old annual Children’s Day.
To be confirmed.
An exhibition of entries for the annual photographic exchange with Saiki City, Japan.
Each year Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory Committee invite photographers of the Gladstone Region to capture the spirit of Central Queensland’s lifestyle, people, and environment.
To be advised.
Contemporary society has become increasingly attuned to the self-image through social media’s 'selfie' culture and reality TV, providing a fascinating backdrop in which to examine the self-portrait today.
Looking Out, Looking In explores the genre of the self-portrait, a distinct form of portraiture in which subject and artist are one. The exhibition examines the human tendency to envisage