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.
Special seniors share their memories with Mount Larcom State School's Year 7 and 8 students.
A Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum and Gladstone Observer project, supported by Ergon Energy.
Official opening 1pm Tuesday 7 October 2008, RSVP 4976 6766
Inset: 2007 Our Priceless Past participants Caitlin McCarthy, Harold McArdle, Chantel Sismey with the Observer's Craig Chapman
The Power of Eight is a local history exhibition exploring years ending in eight.
Images and artifacts to celebrate the highs and lows of those years, as early as 1888 right up to our current year.
Inset: Gladstone Railway Station Fire, June 1988. Courtesy of Des Smith
A survey exhibition of paintings, watercolours and drawings by local artist and teacher Val Anderson, from 1978 to today.
Mostly what I have gained from my artwork is a host of wonderful friends, Val Anderson.
Presented in conjunction with the artist.
Inset: (detail) Keys and Pathways, V Anderson, Pastel 1992
Opening night invite (PDF 124kb)
The Castaway Art - New Beginnings project is a series of workshops presented by local artists, a competition and exhibition of entries teaming up the residents of Banana Shire and Gladstone Regional Councils.
Castaway Art entries are made predominantly from recycled materials aiming to promote awareness within the community on the exciting ways we can reduce waste going to landfill.
The
Digital works, assemblage and paintings by local artist Josh Cleary.
Josh was the recipient of the 2003 Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Society Bursary and On the Move is his first solo exhibition.
Presented in conjunction with the artist On the Move will be officially opened by Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Society Patron, Cyril Golding at 6.30pm Friday 15 August 2008.
This annual display held in conjunction with local high schools offers young people aged 15-18 years of age the opportunity to display their artwork in a professional gallery space.
Entries may also become the 'face' of the Showcase when visitors are invited to vote for their favourite.
Now in its 14th year, the Showcase displays 107 artworks from 87 artists and represents a broad range of
Images from leading Australian children's book illustrators Ann James, Leigh Hobbs and other illustrators.
A Books Illustrated exhibition presented in conjunction with the 2008 Curtis Coast Literary Carnivale.
Inset: Ann James: Baby Boy and Hands
This annual exhibition recognises and promotes outstanding achievements by art students from state and non-state secondary schools throughout Queensland, including regional and remote communities.
Featuring a range of artistic styles and techniques, the exhibition includes paintings, drawings, photographs, mixed media, sculptures, prints, etchings and digital videos by the winners of the 2007
Presenting a selection of paintings by local artist Danielle Mate.
?All Together is a compilation of works, past and present. It is a great opportunity and pleasure to be able to exhibit my works particularly during NAIDOC Week. So lets all come together and celebrate NAIDOC 2008.?
Inset: Danielle Mate, (detail) Bubba, 2008
Presenting a selection of photographs by local artist Katrina Elliott.
?Working with the local indigenous people, I found I really had no idea about their culture. The more I learnt the hungrier I got and the more I understood about the past the more I wanted to share. 2Share is a series of ongoing works, working together 2Share and to move forward.?
Inset: Katrina Elliott, (detail) The Road