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Aussie Art Still On Display

Aussie Art Still On Display

It's not too late to view all the entries in this year's Australia Day Art Competition as they are now on display at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum.

The inaugural competition proved a great success at the Australia Day festivities held on January 26 at the Toondoon Botanic Gardens with the winners' artworks being printed on free commemorative postcards.

The

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Arts and Cultural Funding

Arts and Cultural Funding

Organisations and individuals seeking funding assistance for arts and cultural activities are encouraged to apply for the Gladstone and Calliope Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF).

To promote arts development in the region, the State Government, Gladstone City Council and Calliope Shire Council jointly fund the venture.

Funding is open to all Gladstone and Calliope residents, individuals

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ART FORUM

ART FORUM

The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum will be hosting an Art Forum with Queensland College of Art Griffith University Senior Lecturer Sebastian Di Mauro at midday on February 2.

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Joan Wright Display Extended

Joan Wright Display Extended

The exhibition Joan Wright: 40 Years of Painting will now be on display until 17 February.

Joan Wright: 40 Years of Painting pays tribute to an artist who has contributed greatly to the visual arts in Gladstone.

Joan has helped to establish and further local art groups and shared her talent by teaching others in the community. Joan's work over the past 40 years is diverse and includes

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FREE FAMILY FUN DAY

FREE FAMILY FUN DAY

Kids' APT Summer Spectacular - Queensland!

Saturday, 13 January
10:30am - 2.30pm
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum

Get a custom-designed tattoo, give yourself a mystical 'third eye', learn the art of Torres Strait Island storytelling, participate in a large collaborative drawing, manipulate cheeky foam characters and create your own postcard at the Kids' APT Summer

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LAUNCH INTO SUMMER

LAUNCH INTO SUMMER

Patterns, water, summer holidays and a lifetime of painting are all on offer this summer season with four exciting new exhibitions on display at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum.

On display until February 3 is the Craft Queensland exhibition Pattern Recognition. Pattern has entranced artists for millennia and this exhibition brings together nine Australasian artists for whom pattern

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Art Awards Announced!

Art Awards Announced!

There was a strong turn-out at the announcement of the 31st Comalco Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards on Saturday 4 November at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum.

Artists, sponsors and community members attended the much anticipated event to hear the results read out by 2006 Judge Anne Kirker.

This year 354 entries were received from 219 artists, of which, 120 were local artists.

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Art Award Opening Celebrations

Art Award Opening Celebrations

The opening celebration of the annual Comalco Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards is the biggest arts event on the region's social calendar with artists and supporters joining in the festivities to help celebrate and further the arts and culture in our region.

This year the celebrations will be bigger and better than ever and everyone is welcome to join in the fun!

Everyone is invited to

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Priceless Past Partnership Honoured

Priceless Past Partnership Honoured

The driving forces behind the annual Our Priceless Past project were recognised recently at the Australian Business Arts Foundation (ABAF) Awards.

Walking away with the Qantaslink Regional Award for the best private sector relationships with the arts was Ergon Energy, the Gladstone Observer and the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum for a project which strives to bring together Year