Tickets are on sale now, for the Gladstone Regional Council's exciting 2011 SUNfest Youth Holiday Program and all are encouraged to book early to avoid disappointment.

This summer's calendar is packed with plenty of exciting workshop opportunities in film, drama, visual arts, sports and fun, fun, fun.

Get involved in the exciting Bazil Grumble Clay Animation workshops, with visiting artist

A lively crowd gathered at the Gallery/Museum on Saturday evening, 6 November 2010 for the announcement of the 2010 Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards winner and exhibition launch.

The exhibition will continue on display until Thursday 9 December 2010.

Come along to view the submissions and celebrate the achievements of a vibrant arts community.

Staff at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum wish to advise that the Gallery/Museum will be closed to the public from Monday, 1 November 2010 to Friday, 5 November 2010, for installation of the 35th Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.

The doors will re-open at 10am on Saturday, 6 November 2010.

Download your invitation to the exciting day's events

Artist Marguerite de Fondaumiere is visiting Gladstone to run the Waterless Lithography workshop for locals, December 4 and 5 as part of Flying Arts’ 2010 Artists on Tour workshop program.

The workshop will be hosted at the Gallery/Musuem, from 10.30am to 4.30pm, both days.

Locals will be encouraged to put their creative and artistic skills to work over the course of the

If you are seeking some arts and culture of an evening, view the mesmerising large-scale projection artworks of media artist Craig Walsh as part of Digital Odyssey, a Museum of Contemporary Art touring project.

The dramatic transformation of a shop-front in Goondoon Street's Library Square, by Craig's digitally-manipulated motion-picture Incursion, gives the illusion of the building being filled

Much anticipated entry forms for the 2010 Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards are now available.

Printed entry forms can be collected from the gallery/museum after Thursday 30 September or if you are on our mailing list expect your copy in the mail in early October.

If you're one of the many eager artists that can't wait that long download your copy now by clicking

Come along to the Gallery/Museum 4.15pm to 5.15pm, Wednesday 15 September 2010 to meet artist Craig Walsh and find out more about his exciting Digital Odyssey project. 

Craig is an internationally respected Australian artist and his Gladstone residency will involve displaying his large-scale projection artworks responsive to local stories, architecture and surrounding

While the winter woollies are still getting some use out of the wardrobes across the Gladstone region, another super summer event is heating up as preparations begin for Gladstone Regional Council’s premiere youth holiday program, SUNfest.

SUNfest was initiated in response to a Gladstone City Council Youth Needs Study in 1997 and the first SUNfest in 1998 offered 40 diverse workshops and

THURSDAY 8 JULY 2010:

STORY-TELLING ON CANVAS WITH JARROD BEEZLEY

Looking for some creative entertainment for your kids these winter holidays?
The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum will be offering an inspiring art workshop for children from Prep-Year 7.

The class is $5/per child and includes all materials.

Thursday 8 July, 2010, 10.00-12.00
$5 per child, prep-year

Management and staff wish to advise, the Gallery/Museum will be closed on Monday and Tuesday June 28 & 29, for staff training.

The training will provide the opportunity for staff and volunteers to gain valuable new skills to operate a fantastic new collection management system for the community's art and history collections.

The Vernon Catalogue system will bring the