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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    The city of Gladstone's little known past.

    On January 25, 1847 the Lord Auckland floundered and passengers took refuge on Facing Island.

    This exhibition explores this fateful journey and their failure to establish the Colony of North Australia.

    A Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum exhibition.

    Inset: Colonel Barney, 1792-1862

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    Pendragon Boot Company takes the humble shoe and transforms the mundane to exotic.

    Pendragon offers regional audiences an exhibition of shoe art spanning work from the past 17 years. It explores themes as diverse as nature, absurdity and haute couture.

    Jackie Orme Ward and Adrian Lockwood have 16 years of shoemaking experience, including made-to-measure, patternmaking and grading,

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    Australian artist printmakers celebrate the centenary of the Surf Life Savers Association 1907-2007.

    A touring exhibition of 200 original works accompanied by a local history display of Surf Life Saving in the Port Curtis region.

    Coordinated by Impress Printmakers Studio, Brisbane.

    Inset: Gwenn Tasker: Ready and Waiting

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    In conjunction with Reel Heroes/Safe Beaches, the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum presents this local history exhibition exploring over 70 years of contribution by Surf Lifesavers in our region.

    The display includes photos, newspapers, ties, t-shirts, uniforms, cufflinks, medals, pennants and trophies, including a silver tray presented to a member of Life Savers Ladies Auxiliary in

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    A series of geometric assemblages reflecting suburban lawns by Sebastian Di Mauro.

    Sebastian Di Mauro is a Senior Lecturer at the Queensland College of Art Griffith University. Since 1987 he has held over 35 solo exhibitions and has been exhibited in Australia, Europe and Asia. His work encompasses a wide range of art forms including sculpture, installation, public art, painting, and artist

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    As part of Australia Day 2007 celebrations the Gladstone City Council called for entries in the inaugural Celebrate Australia Primary School Art Competition.

    Open to ALL primary school students in the Port Curtis region, the competition encourages us to celebrate 'what and who makes Australia great'.

    Winner Section Two, 2007 Celebrate Australia Primary School Art Competition Laura

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    From the beach to the bush, everyone young and old has a memory of how they spent their Summer holidays.

    Take a trip down memory lane and see how local residents spent their Summers including holidays on Curtis Island, having to milk the cows twice a day instead of once, and celebrating Christmas in the Port Curtis region.

    Bert Norris recalls taking half a day to travel to Tannum Sands to

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    Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum

    An overview of Joan?s work and contribution to the arts in Gladstone.

    Presented in conjunction with the artist.

    Image: Joan Wright: Waterfront, 1987

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    Three local artists look more closely at the different roles water plays in our region and lifestyle.

    Paintings and photographs by Kim Scrimshaw, assemblage and sculpture by Rosemary Anderson and poetry by John Anderson.

    Presented in conjunction with the artists.

    Image: Rosemary Anderson: Recreation, 2006 (detail)

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    Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum

    Pattern has entranced artists for millennia. Pattern Recognition brings together nine Australasian artists for whom pattern is a shared language. Together, they articulate pattern in a diverse range of forms; tactile, stimulating and surprising.

    The exhibition shares its title with the latest novel by harbinger of cyberpunk, William Gibson, and it

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