Gold Coast
![Swell Festival. On a beach a large sculpture comprising metal triangles and attached blue cords is in the centre of the frame. Behind is the sea and a rock island. People are milling about looking at the sculpture.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Alejandro-Propato_SAILING-THE-BEACH_Image-Ravel_0Y5A3956_SWELL23.jpg?w=310)
A sculpture festival that’s bursting with pride
The SWELL Sculpture Festival is a place where art and community are inextricably linked.
![A person dances between pink and orange lights. The audience sits and stand around her to watch.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/20210717Fullframe097V1.jpg?w=310)
Underground Festival returns June 2024
The Underground Festival hosted by HOTA returns to the Gold Coast in early June.
![Roller Coaster. A dark stage has a backdrop of neon lights in the top right hand corner of the frame, saying 'Ocean Side Rolla Rama'. In a spotlight in the centre of the stage are two women, one wearing skates and multi-coloured socks has crashed to the ground. Behind her a commentator in a purple shirt with a headset mic is crouching and shouting - is she cheering or jeering? We don't know.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/Rollercoaster-2023-Photo-Simone-Gorman-Clark-@simonegormanclark-2882.jpg?w=310)
Aesthetics, happiness and social cohesion: celebrating art’s most important values
Everybody NOW!’s 2023 production ‘Roller Coaster’ had measurable benefits in terms of social wellbeing, empowerment and connection, a new report…
![Donna Marcus mesmerises audiences with the mass and variety of vintage cookware she collected, sorted and assembled. 'Radiate' installation view at HOTA. Photo: ArtsHub. Red, blue and silver wall sculptures made of aluminium parts and arranged in different patterns arranged on a white wall.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/IMG_8607.jpg?w=310)
Exhibition review: Donna Marcus, Radiate, HOTA
An exhibition that reflects the integral role women have played in feeding the growth of Australia as a nation since…
!['Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street' installation view at HOTA 2023. Photo: ArtsHub.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/11/20231123_115724-e1701125086787.jpg?w=310)
Sneaker boom: from grassroots to billion-dollar industry
HOTA’s latest international exhibition ‘Sneakers Unboxed’ details the influential people and iconic kicks behind the sneaker boom.
![Muddiman. Laughing woman with blonde hair and wearing a gold and black top.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Susi_Muddiman_OAM_-CROP_photography_Corrine_Lewis.jpg?w=310)
Q&A: Susi Muddiman on her move from Tweed to HOTA
After 16 years at the helm of Tweed Regional Gallery, the gallery director heads to the glitz of the Gold…
![Karin McCracken, second from right, with students. Image supplied.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Yes-Yes-Yes-Hero-with-Karin-Landscape-scaled-2.jpg?w=310)
Theatre show tackles the tricky subject of consent education
The award-winning Aotearoa New Zealand production YES YES YES is undertaking an Australian tour as consent education is mandated in…
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Twenty-year strong sculpture festival builds connections for intergenerational audiences
Co-Founder and Artistic Director Natasha Edwards shares insights from seeing SWELL Sculpture Festival grow and evolve over the last two…
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How to stage a festival in a city with no CBD
The Gold Coast is a city with no identifiable CBD, so how does its unique geography impact the annual BLEACH*…
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A spectacle of immersive and experimental ideas, in HOTA's intimate spaces
HOTA’s Underground 2023 festival will entertain and tantalise, with narratives daring and subversive.