Cairns
Fashion, craft and design calendar 2025
What’s on in fashion, craft and design this year, including exhibitions, fashion festivals, design weeks and makers' markets.
First Nations choir Marliya to take ‘Spinifex Gum’ to London
Making their international debut, the Cairns-based choir Marliya will perform the critically acclaimed ‘Spinifex Gum’ at the Barbican in October.
How 65,000 years of culture can inform contemporary questions of identity
Every year the Cairns Art Gallery hosts exhibitions of Indigenous artists to coincide with CIAF. In 2024, a diversity of…
Exhibition focuses on a next generation of Torres Strait Island artists
Curatorial collaboration celebrates diversity of new making and greater exposure at NorthSite Contemporary Arts.
Deaf Indigenous Dance Group celebrates 27-year history at State Library
The Far North Queensland Deaf Indigenous Dance Group empowers d/Deaf First Nations artists through Culture and dance.
Charcoal exhibition united through art-making
Charcoal symbolises renewal, and a new exhibition explores the medium for Reconciliation Week.
Country Speaking at Indigenous art fair's 15th anniversary
The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair heralds its 15th year with anniversary celebrations unveiled.
Theatre review: The Great Travelling Médecin Show, Cairns Performing Arts CentreÂ
Gods were pitted against medical science in this experimental piece.
Who's celebrating significant anniversaries in 2024?
Surviving in the arts is hard. ArtsHub speaks with organisations celebrating significant anniversaries this year.
The state of Indigenous art organisations in Gimuy/Cairns
The Indigenous art sector is facing a number of challenges, especially when skills development and skilled Indigenous personnel are at…