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Girra: Fraser Coast National Prize

Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize Exhibition open from 23rd August 2025

Man in wetsuit with surfboard on beach with sculpture. SWELL Sculpture Festival
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SWELL Sculpture Festival 2025: the Queensland favourite will shine even brighter this spring

Built on a grassroots ethos to connect through stories, SWELL Sculpture Festival will unveil over 80 artworks that tap zeitgeist…

Ken Done, an 85-year-old Caucasian man standing smiling with his arms crossed on top of his chest inside a studio with canvas, paint, and a work in progress.
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Ken Done, 85, takes on surfers’ spirit at HOTA, Gold Coast

Gold Coast’s HOTA will soon welcome the joyous paintings of Ken Done in Ken Done: No Rules.

a brown enamelled steel tea pot with white writing on the side that says SPILL THE TEA ON THE COLONY. Kerry Klimm, CIAF 2025 Art Fair Showcase
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CIAF 2025 Art Fair Showcase reviewed – the Far North’s celebration of Indigenous culture

This year's Art Fair Showcase underlines the huge breadth of ideas and mediums in current First Nations art practice.

a tall wooden carving of a simian creature. Offering by Bernard Singleton. CIAF Art Awards 2025
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Winners of CIAF Art Awards announced

In its ninth year, the CIAF Art Awards 2025 responded to the festival's theme 'Pay Attention!'

Pacific Island artist conducting a workshop with group. Watercolour Muster
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Global opportunity for watercolour artists, from Cairns to Italy, Spain and beyond  

The Australian Watercolour Muster is calling for artists to join this growing international community, and expand their practice and networks.

'Families Collecting Giddie Beads' by Fiona Omeenyo from Australian Gallery, Gimuy/Cairns. CIAF 2025
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CIAF 2025 returns to the Tanks Arts Centre this week

Now in its mid teens, CIAF 2025 is well-established as a celebration of community, culture and creativity.

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SWELL Sculpture Festival

SWELL Sculpture Festival 2025

10 days of outdoor sculpture, 80+ artworks, workshops, live music and more! Come and see for yourself at Queensland's largest…

Members of the community choir rehearse for 'The Palace'. an artistic commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Childers, Qld Backpackers' fire of 2000. Pictured are a group of 13 people, ranging in age from seniors to people in their 30s, rehearsing a song in a country hall meeting room.
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New song cycle commemorates 25th anniversary of the Childers Backpackers Hostel fire

‘The Palace’, a collaboration between the community of Childers, Queensland music ensemble Topology and writer/director Rod Ainsworth, has its world…

A musical recital in Townsville's Queen's Garden at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music 2024. The photo shows seven musicians playing a range of instruments including string and brass, on a low outdoor stage. under trees in front of a seated audience.
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Australian Festival of Chamber Music moving to Cairns in 2026

After 35 years, the AFCM is moving 347 kilometres north to Cairns, but not before its final edition in Townsville…

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