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.
Captain Creek artist Jennifer M Ryan's dramatic experience on the Bruce Highway affected her more than she could have predicted. Work after her traumatic experience and 10 day hospital stay gave her new perspectives when approaching her artwork, and increased her commitment to experiment beyond old boundaries.
This exhibition is an expression of the artist’s emotions, her abstract works
A colourful and imaginative display of paintings, drawings and collages celebrating 'who and what make Australia great'.
A digital exhibition of entries can be viewed at selected Gladstone Regional Council offices, venues and libraries from late January 2023.
Celebrate Australia 2023 touring exhibition can be seen at the following locations throughout 2023:
An annual exhibition presented to coincide with Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month, showcasing artworks made as part of the LOVE BiTES 2022-2023 Program.
High school aged students from around the Gladstone Region create artworks in response to interactive workshops focusing on consent, healthy relationships, and gender stereotypes.
LOVE BiTES is an successful, respectful relationships
Immerse yourself in the rich history and tradition of Japan through craft, and enjoy artworks made by local schools and objects from our community and our collection.
Come along to our Family Fun Day for face painting, role play dress up's and educational craft.
A Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory Committee initiative modelled on Japan’s centuries old annual Children’s Day.
An exhibition of entries for the annual photographic exchange with Saiki City, Japan.
Each year Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory Committee invite photographers of the Gladstone Region to capture the spirit of Central Queensland’s lifestyle, people, and environment.
We are calling for entries for Intercity Images 2023 from 20 February - 18 March 2023. Click here for more information.
On 25th April, each year we pay respect to our Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, not just our first ANZACs from 1915, but all who have served Australia and New Zealand in conflicts since the First World War.
This year our exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
Photographs and memorabilia from local families and materials from
Mackay artist Shelley Engwirda examines the success and failures of the Women’s Movement in We Rise. Drawing on her experience as a new grandmother, Engwirda explores the way female artists have been regarded historically through her multidisciplinary practice. The artist’s large scale patchwork quilts alongside glass work respond to what she considers major moments in the Women’s Movement from
Immerse yourself in the stories of seven local Special Seniors. Selected students from Rosedale State School interviewed the Seniors and prepared their stories to celebrate Seniors Month in Queensland.
The Our Priceless Past 2022 touring exhibition can be seen at the following locations throughout 2023:
Sharing the stories of the 1949 inaugural Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, we celebrate 75 years of welcoming the competitors across the finish line.
This social history exhibition showcases historical images and memorabilia from Douglas Drouyn, skipper of the Sea Tang. Mr Drouyn was one of the founding members of the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club and the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race.
A highly original exhibition that links artist Zela Bissett’s concerns for the health of our oceans, with a conviction that we can produce an environmentally friendly alternative to single-use plastic.
Giant versions of coccoliths made from dried Kombucha film, provide an artistic representation that in some ocean regions plastic particles now outnumber plankton by several hundreds to one.