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.
Imagine standing on stage surrounded by the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s (ACO) virtuoso musicians, feeling the energy of Artistic Director Richard Tognetti playing his priceless Guarneri del Gesù violin or getting up close to Principal Violinist Satu Vänskä’s Stradivarius.
Cutting edge audio-visual installation ACO VIRTUAL takes you there.
Fusing digital technologies with visual and sonic
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 peers in Japan, through a variety of hands-on craft activities.
School event: 10am - 1pm, Friday 26 June 2015
Open to the public: 10am - 5pm, Monday to Saturday, 26 June until 4 July *In
The exhibition showcases artists interpretations of the Bimblebox Nature Refuge which is currently under threat from coal mining. Inspired by the unique ark of life found at the Bimblebox Nature Refuge, a group of artists camped on the reserve documenting, drawing and recording in order to capture the environmental, social and scientific significance of this unique landscape.
The
In conjunction with National NAIDOC Week (5 - 12 July 2015), a selection of vibrant paintings and historical photographs from the local community and the permanent collection is on display. In association with this year’s NAIDOC Week theme, We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate, the exhibition reflects back to the GIVEN (Gladstone Indigenous Vocation &
Using the traditional medium of oil on canvas, Marie Green examines the everyday lives of Queenslanders living and working in tough conditions between 1880 and 1980. In particular, Green focuses on the 'normal' activities that ordinary Queenslanders did once, but no longer do now. The exhibition also includes a digital component with photographs and oral histories relaying first
May is Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month, an annual event held each May to raise community awareness of the social and personal impacts of domestic and family violence as well as the support available to those affected.
This exhibition is an initiative of the Coordinated Community Response to Domestic & Family Violence Committee (CCRDFV) thought the presentation of Love BiTES, a
Providing a unique opportunity for regional audiences to view a survey of 20th Century Australian art by some of the country's most recognised artists. The touring works explore the development of modernism in Australia from 1940 to 1980 and includes paintings, drawings and prints by Australian Greats such as John Perceval, Arthur Boyd, Charles Blackman, Sidney Nolan, Russell Drysdale, John
The local art group ‘Friends in Art’ meet at the Gallery & Museum again for a combined exhibition of their artworks to celebrate a successful decade.
In 2005, 'Friends in Art' began when a core group of artists decided there was a need for a new art group in the area, one with less structure and more variety in activities. The group wanted to have a new outlook on
Photographers of the Gladstone Region are invited to capture the spirit of Central Queensland’s lifestyle, people and environment for this annual photographic exchange between residents living in the Gladstone Region and Saiki City, Japan. All Gladstone Region entries are displayed. Thirty selected entries are enlarged and sent to Japan for a display in June 2015.
A Gladstone Saiki
Within a Flash brings together a selection of works by sculptor Daniel Templeman. Through his exploration of movement and light Templeman hopes to create a perceptual exchange between the viewer and the artwork. As the viewer moves in relation to the work their understanding of the work shifts to reveal not only the nature of the work but also of the process of seeing and doing.
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