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.
Illustrations by inaugural Australian Children's Laureate, Alison Lester.
Are We There Yet? is a warm, heartfelt story based on an actual journey undertaken by Alison and her family when she was a child. The exhibition shows both the original illustrations as well as the preliminary and developmental stages in the making of the book - from Alison's children's actual travel
Paintings and artist prints from the permanent collection, shown in conjunction with artworks by local Murri artists and presented in celebration of National NAIDOC Week 7-14 July 2013.
For further details about National NAIDOC Week celebrations follow the link to the official website: http://www.naidoc.org.au/
The Young Dancers Company of Central Qld presents "Power Soup", a unique multimedia and dance installation choreographed by professional dancer Fleur Conlon in collaboration with visual artist Rigobert Pupache. Power Soup is a dialogue between movement, space and visual art creating an atmosphere of what symbolises power in an industrial zone and how that affects Gladstone.
Life in Your Hands: art from solastalgia champions visual art, craft and design as an enabling force to combat solastalgia, the phenomenon identified by Professor Glenn Albrecht as ‘the homesickness you have when you haven’t left home’. The artists consulted directly with communities and tour venues to create artworks addressing this issue.
A Lake Macquarie City
Celebrating 40 years of pottery by the Gladstone Area Potters Group Inc. Pots, paintings and other crafts presented in conjunction with Potters Group members.
A tribute to those who have served Australia. Photographs and memorabilia from the local families together with that from the RSL and Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum collections.
Ah Xian is a senior Chinese/Australian artist who is best known for his contemporary use of the ancient mediums of porcelain, lacquer, cloisonné and jade. The human body is of central importance within his work, which incorporates traditional Chinese iconography to reference past experiences.
A Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art touring exhibition.
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Over 135 high quality entries were submitted by artists responding to the challenge to explore ‘place and the elements of environment’ in relation to Queensland. Thirty have been selected for this touring exhibition.
A free catalogue accompanies this exhibition and is available from the Gallery/Museum.
An annual Flying Arts Alliance Inc. project and tour.
Display of all Gladstone Region entries received in the annual photographic exchange between Gladstone & Sister City Saiki, Japan.
A Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory Committee initiative, supported by Queensland Alumina Limited and the Gladstone Regional Council.
BREAKING NEWS:
The submissions deadline has been extended until 5pm Tuesday 19 March 2013!
Celebrating International Women’s Day. Honouring the lives of Russian migrant women settling in the Yarwun district after WWII.
Presented in conjunction with the Women’s Health Centre.