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.
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
The 2008 Arts NAIDOC exhibition features paintings by some of the region's leading Indigenous artists, shown in conjunction with a selection of works from the permanent collection.
There is also a collection of historical photographs on display documenting local Indigenous families from 1920 to present day as well as a DVD presentation of some earlier years' NAIDOC celebrations.
Sea Paintings: a series of studies in oil by local artist Beverly O?Brien, officially opened by Elizabeth Zussino on Saturday, June 7, features an exciting collection of local seascape canvases.
Painted from a Barney Point patio perspective, the paintings are a reflection of the many watery harbour moods that have inspired the artist.
The works are a direct response to the condition of the
Highlighting global warming, this exhibition co-ordinated by Press Gang Printmakers, invites five printmaking studios throughout Australia to submit mini prints based on the theme of climate change.
Complemented by additional mixed media addressing the issue of climate change, this fascinating exhibition focuses on capturing the way citizens can make a beneficial difference in the world through
Notes From the Solstice Voyeur 1975-2005
Arthur Wicks panoramic images capture the world's shortest and longest days and records the state of the earth in these moments.
Image: Arthur Wicks: Tokyo, 2005
Gilbert Bel-Bachir's photographic exhibition is a series of 35 powerful portraits of Australian descendants of South Sea Islanders brought to this country during the 19 and early 20 century.
A Tweed Art Gallery travelling exhibition.
Image: Gilbert Bel-Bachir: Joyce Eggmolese and A Johnson, Bundaberg Queensland, 1988
Comprising more than 300 kilograms of white Lego blocks, Olafur Eliasson's cubic structural evolution project invites viewers to use the building blocks to create a cityscape.
Designed for children but with appeal for all ages, the work becomes an ever-evolving metropolis limited only by the imagination of participants.
A Queensland Art Gallery travelling exhibition.
Image:
Olafur
Ornamentomology showcases works by selected contemporary Queensland jewellers and metalsmiths responding to images of insects.
Curated by Kirsten Fitzpatrick and Trevor Moore for the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Queensland, Ornamentomology includes superb works by both established and emerging jewellers alongside, and in the context of, a remarkable collection of images from the Queensland
Through her distinctive art, Brisbane-based artist Gail Cowley deals with the personal and social effects on people's lives from time spent in institutions such as orphanages, psychiatric facilities and prisons.
Painted on old institutional enamelware cups, plates and bowls, her images are all portraits of people she has met during the course of her work.
A Museum of Brisbane & Gladstone