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.
A series of abstract acrylic paintings depicting the ocean landscapes of the Gladstone region. The artist uses colour, form, line, and movement to recreate the relaxation often felt when by the water.
10.30am, Saturday 8 February
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Celebrate the diversity of paper as a medium and its limitless potential to create works beyond a flat surface. These works from the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum permanent collection showcase a variety of media including prints, drawings, watercolours, photographs and sculpture.
New Exuberance: contemporary Australian textile design is a major touring exhibition project reflecting on current directions in textile practice through art, design and fashion. Curated by Meryl Ryan in consultation with the JamFactory team, the exhibition presents the work of more than thirty diverse multidisciplinary creatives and includes ten commissioned furniture pieces produced by
An exhibition of twelve posters created by Paulette Flint with related documents and artefacts from cafés based around the book published by Paulette in May 2022. Celebrating Gladstone's cafés, tea rooms and milk bars from a time before television, computers and online dating.
10.30am, Saturday 23 November
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The Art Awards are one of Queensland’s most prestigious regional art events and is eagerly anticipated each year. 2024 marks the 49th anniversary of The Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.
An exhibition of entries created by established, emerging and amateur artists Australia wide, full of colour following diverse themes.
Immerse yourself in the lives and beloved memorabilia 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.
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A display of First Nations creative arts highlighting the personal journey of the artist, Gordon Lister.
From the Bush to the Sea showcases traditional art practices as well as more contemporary approaches.
6pm, Friday 20 September.
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An annual display and an initiative of the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum Society, supported by the late society patron, Mr Cyril Golding (1920–2012). The exhibition offers young artists aged 15-18 years the unique opportunity to display their artwork in a professional gallery space.
27 July to 3 August 2024. 10am-4pm, Monday to Friday, 10am-1.30pm, Saturday
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An investigation into the colonial frontier and the relationships formed between the artists ancestors, both wadjin (white women) and yinarr (Gamilaraay women) delineated by their relationships to the land and water.
Working across textiles, ceramics, and photography, Debbie Taylor-Worley juxtaposes colonial and indigenous histories, celebrating the enduring strength of all women in her family.
An assemblage of sculptures, digital prints, and cyanotypes which artfully delves into the intricate interplay between the natural world and human creations, emphasising the profound cycle of these objects.
10.30am, Saturday 3 August
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