Regional Queensland
Queensland Music Festival expanding, recommiting to regional engagement
With new funding and programming, the festival dramatically reinvented itself during COVID.
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…
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.
Returning to Country and supporting regional arts
First Nations artists Gordon Hookey, Ivy Minniecon and curator Angelina Hurley speak about their participation in Bundaberg’s annual Milbi Festival…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.