Past Exhibitions


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.

 

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    In the Built Environment Project year 8 and 9 students at Gladstone State High School take on the challenge of creating their perfect house.

    With limited space and materials the students show creativity and initiative when reflecting on their built environment.

    Inset: Andrew Wootton: Untitled, 2007.

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    In this joint exhibition two well-established local indigenous artists explore their perceptions of life's journey.

    A collection of images portraying the idealisms and personal beliefs of these artists come together in individual and collaborative pieces.

    Allen Craigie's featured artworks were inspired in a pathway through grief after the deaths of three people close to him. Having lost these

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    This exhibition draws on the Queensland Art Gallery's collection of figurative bronze sculpture to explore the application of this enduring medium across a variety of subjects and themes.

    Myth, legend, portraiture and Modernism feature in a selection of works, dating from c.1700 to the emerging Modernism of August Rodin, and early twentieth-century works by Jacob Epstein and Henry Moore.

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    The wild beauty of Antarctica, and the extreme hardships endured by its early explorers are vividly depicted in this selection of photographs by two of the most noted Antarctic photographers, Frank Hurley and Herbert Ponting.

    The images, drawn from the Australian National Maritime Museum's collection, are of Shakleton's Endurance expedition 1914-1917 (Hurley) and Scott's Terra

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    Celebrating its 32nd year, the Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards are a major highlight on Central Queensland?s cultural calendar and a nationally recognised event giving local artists the opportunity to exhibit and view their work alongside that of others from across Australia.

    In 2006 entries were unique and innovative and ranged from traditional to contemporary. Artworks reflected

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    This local exhibition displays the literary and art achievements of twenty local primary school students.

    Mentored by local artist Belynda (Bindi) Waugh, this Curtis Coast Literary Carnivale event showcases the students' responses to the environment in innovative ways by examining the impact of industry on landscape, culture and residents of the area.

    The stories and artworks resulting

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    Presenting the stories of the region's seniors as told by local secondary school students. This annual exhibition and accompanying souvenir publication is the key event in Seniors Week celebrations in the Port Curtis area.

    Initiated to celebrate International Year of the Older Persons in 1999, Our Priceless Past has showcased over 130 seniors living in our community to date. This award winning

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    40 Years of QAL in Gladstone 1967-2007

    Based on firsthand accounts, this local history exhibition celebrates the 40th anniversary of when Queensland Alumina Limited came to town.

    This local history exhibition takes a closer look at Gladstone's industrial past and how the region's future was rewritten.

    Image: Queensland Alumina Limited, December 1967. Photo courtesy of Bevin

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    Northern Rivers Touring Ceramic Exhibition 2006 - 2008.

    Highlighting the diversity, excellence and vigour of contemporary ceramic practice in regional Australia.

    ConVerge brings together a collection of ceramic work that draws on an incredibly diverse range of cultural references, influences and styles.

    This is exemplified by the work of selected artists including emerging Indigenous

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    This photographic exhibition by Fabian Quiblier and Eirini Kokkinaki includes breathtaking countrysides, innovative architecture and colourful cultures, allowing the viewer an incredible insight into people and places many only dream of visiting.

    Fabian and Eirini have been on an incredible journey through Europe and the Middle East, across Asia and to our doorstep, culminating in a collection

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