Agnes Water Library is the proud home to Gladstone Regional Council’s newest, pop up public artwork, featuring the creative works of 60 young residents from across the Gladstone Region.

Gladstone Region Mayor Matt Burnett said the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum project engaged local artist Kim Cooke to design the layout of the pop up, exhibiting the finalists in Council’s 2018

Submissions have been called for the 2018 Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum on October 13.

Now in their 43rd year, the nationally recognised awards draw hundreds of submissions from artists throughout Australia with this year’s awards offering an overall first prize of $15,000 courtesy of major sponsors Rio Tinto.

Artists will compete

The Gladstone Region’s creative and cultural community can develop their skills at a free, one-day intensive submission writing workshop in September.

Gladstone Region Mayor Matt Burnett said the workshops would be held at three venues across the region, hosted in conjunction with the Gladstone Region Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) 2017-18.

"This is a great opportunity for Gladstone