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 look at cameras and photographs from the past, 1869 to 1980. Historical images of the Gladstone Region together with some of the cameras that captured them. Photographs and cameras from the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum collection.
Official launch: 6pm, Friday 2 September 2016
RSVP by 5pm, Wednesday 31 August 2016
A joint display of Japanese and Australian photographs by Saiki City and Gladstone Region citizens. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory Committee and supported by the Gladstone Regional Council.
Official launch: 6pm, Friday 2 September 2016
RSVP by 5pm, Wednesday 31 August 2016
Featuring the stories of local Special Seniors, prepared and presented by students of Discovery Christian College to celebrate Seniors Week in Queensland (13-21 August 2016).
Official opening and launch of the publication by Cr Matt Burnett, Mayor Gladstone Region and guest speakers, 1pm Thursday 18 August 2016. A light lunch will be served from 12pm.
Nominated Special Seniors are over 70 years
An exhibition of original illustrations by well-known children's book illustrators, Gregg Dreise, Dave Hackett and Lucia Masciullo. Presented by the Curtis Coast Literary Carnivale and the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum.
Official exhibition launch: 6pm, Monday 25 July 2016
More on the featured author/illustrators:
• Gregg Dreise: http://greggdreise.com/
• Dave Hackett:
'The Gas Imaginary' is an ongoing project by artist/writer Rachel O’Reilly, begun in 2012, consisting of poetry, drawings and film screenings exploring the material imagination of modern versus unconventional extraction. This is the first presentation of the project’s drawing series in the artist’s hometown of Gladstone, and has been produced in collaboration with PA/LA/CE
Selected works in all media by young artists 15 - 18 years of age.
Visitors to the exhibition are encouraged to vote for their favourite artwork to receive the ‘People’s Choice Award'. The winner will be announced at the exhibition's conclusion and will become the face of all publicity materials for the following year's exhibition.
Running annually for 22 years, the exhibition is an
A selection of photographs from the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum historical archives of local Community Elders.
On display during NAIDOC Week: 3 - 10 July 2016
Works by Queensland Indigenous artists from the Queensland Art Gallery’s extensive Collection. The exhibition examines the associations and interpretations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists have to country (land and nation) and features more than 25 works by 20 artists.
The exhibition includes artworks from the Gallery's holdings of Indigenous Australian painting,
Join us for a retrospective look at Gladstone's Health, Fire and Police Services and discover a time when the local vet was also the town's doctor and dentist.
Explore the colourful history of these essential town services and see how they have vastly changed from the local facilities we know and use today. Photographs and objects from the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery &
A Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory Committee initiative, modelled on Japan’s centuries old annual Children’s Day, offering Gladstone Region’s children a glimpse into the lives of their Japanese peers, through a variety of hands-on craft activities.
This is the 6th year this FREE annual event has run at the Gallery & Museum, each year more popular than the