Search News

See all news
Chewing Gum Dreams. Image is of a black teenage girl sitting on a block, wearing school uniform and looking shocked.
StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Theatre review: Chewing Gum Dreams, Clubhouse Theatre, Townsville

A solo show that traverses the life of a black teenager teetering on the edge of adulthood.

Muddiman. Laughing woman with blonde hair and wearing a gold and black top.
Q&A

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…

Melanie Hava. Image is a long painting stretching round three black walls. Painting is of colourful tropical Far North Queensland rainforest.
StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Exhibition review: Melanie Hava: Bugan Mungan, Cairns Art Gallery

A must-see nine-metre long painting by one of Tropical North Queensland’s celebrated artists.

CIAF. A woman in a Vote 'Yes' T-shirt, grey denim jacket and darker grey trousers, stands in front of an orange and white painting and points at a blue painting, while a man with his back to us films her on his phone camera.
News

Attendance level underscores Indigenous art fair's social and economic impact

A new report on the performance of the 2023 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair unpacks its significance, and a new theme…

Umberto Clerici. Man in black formal wear conducts orchestra.
Features

Leading from the front, Umberto Clerici forges a new orchestral direction

Looking forward to an ambitious 2024 season, the Chief Conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra recaps on his 2023 program…

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Exhibition review: Heather Wunjarra Koowootha, Cairns Art Gallery

Moving away from her hallmark lithographs to the flora of her Peoples and Country, Koowootha's new series is a must-see.

Education & Student News

Dismay as James Cook University proposes closure of creative arts in North Queensland

Artists, academics and creative communities fear the loss of one of the region's only university qualification in creative arts.

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Theatre review: Measure for Measure, Queens Gardens, Townsville

Style and substance succeed in this little-staged Shakespeare play.

Opinions & Analysis

An accessible tour guide of a beachside sculpture festival

Visiting this year's SWELL Sculpture Festival from the perspective of a person who uses a wheelchair.

StarsStarsStarsStarsStars

Theatre review: Higher Faster Louder, Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, Queensland

Take to the skies in a play based on the experiences of one of the world’s first female commercial pilots.

1 2 3 4 5 16