Celebrate local artist Bina Van Haeften as we officially open her exhibition, Biophilia -a leaf is a leaf is a leaf.

10.30am, Saturday 30 August 2025
RSVP by 4.30pm, Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Join us for the official opening of The 31st Golding Showcase: Port Curtis Callide Valley Youth Art Exhibition and certificate presentation for participating students plus the announcement of the Curator's Choice Award. 

6pm, Friday 22 August 2025.

RSVP by 5pm, Wednesday 20 August 2025. 

Join Flying Arts facilitator Elysha Rei for an intensive Exhibition Development Workshop!

Topics covered include:

• Overview of galleries and how to work with them
• Understanding exhibition proposals
• Conceptual development
• Exhibition development
• Preparing for your exhibition

Participants will leave this workshop with the structure and beginnings of an exhibition proposal and project plan

Join us as we officially open Coral Shimmer Thrust by Lisa Ashcroft, a series of abstract seascape paintings developed over four years, drawing from the sublime beauty and fragile ecology of the Great Barrier Reef. Ashcroft uses bold colours, shapes, and textures to capture the feeling and movement of the ocean.

She will present an artist talk around her exhibition followed by a light morning

Join artist Lisa Ashcroft for an inspiring Expressive Watercolour Workshop, where you'll explore a variety of techniques to bring your artwork to life. Drawing inspiration from Lisa’s breathtaking abstract coral art exhibition, this hands-on class will introduce you to the creative possibilities of watercolour.

Learn how to achieve depth and luminosity with glazing, texture, and experiment with

Join Flying Arts facilitator Elysha Rei for an intensive Exhibition Development Workshop!

Topics covered include:

• Overview of galleries and how to work with them
• Understanding exhibition proposals
• Conceptual development
• Exhibition development
• Preparing for your exhibition

Participants will leave this workshop with the structure and beginnings of an exhibition proposal and project plan

Are you between the ages of 15-18 years old? Would you like to have your artwork exhibited in a professional gallery? 

Enter your work into the Golding Showcase and be exhibited at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum alongside works by other emerging artists.

This annual exhibition is an initiative of the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Society, supported by the late

Join CQ artist Tim English as he guides you through an introduction to painting seascapes in oils. Discuss technique, subject matter, materials, and composition, then start work on your masterpiece to take home. 

10.30am, Saturday 12 July

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum Think Tank

$20 per person, all materials included

Bookings required on 4976 6766 or gragm@gladstone.qld.gov.au 

In this workshop, participants will create their own textile work to take home using the punch needle tufting technique. Natalya will lead participants through some of the techniques and processes she has employed to create custom textile works in The Interior.  

10.30am-12.30pm, Saturday 5 July 

$25, bookings required  

The workshop includes all materials, including a tufting kit that

All are welcome to join the Official Opening of The Interior by Natalya Hughes, an exaggerated consultation room playfully furnished for psychoanalysis. 

6pm, Friday 4 July 

RSVPs appreciated on 4976 6766 or gragm@gladstone.qld.gov.au 

Join artist Natalya Hughes in conversation to unpack the ideas and development of this newly commissioned installation. Natalya will speak to the research that