Arts

U3A Creative Classes Showcase Talent and Collaboration

The Ipswich Community Art Gallery will be alive with colour, creativity and community spirit when the U3A Creative Classes Exhibition opens on Saturday afternoon, November 1.

Glen Smith

29 Oct 2025

Arts

Art at the Ipswich Sustainability Festival (Get your ARTS into Gear)

On Saturday, October 19, Ipswich City Council hosted the Ipswich Sustainability Festival.

Glen Smith

29 Oct 2025

Arts

Exhibition Marks End of an Era (Get your ARTS into Gear)

On Friday night (October 10) Arts Alive held its opening event for the yearly art Challenge ‘Reflection’.

Glen Smith

22 Oct 2025

Arts

Speaking for the River art show a huge success (Get your ARTS into Gear)

Art has an extraordinary power to stir emotions, provoke thoughts, and ignite discussions.

Glen Smith

22 Oct 2025

Arts

Ipswich Artists need your Vote (Get your ARTS into Gear)

The Queensland Regional Art Awards (QRAA) are the Flying Arts Alliance’s annual visual arts awards for established and emerging artists living in regional Queensland.

Glen Smith

15 Oct 2025

Arts

REFLECTION Art Challenge 2025 (Get your ARTS into Gear)

Arts Alive Creative Arts School has a great history of inviting local artists to take up their annual Art Challenge.

Glen Smith

08 Oct 2025

Arts

Good reads a-plenty in Cornwell’s ‘The Last Kingdom’

IN AN interview following the release of the third novel in what was then the Saxon Stories, the author was asked how many books he planned for the series?

Staff Writers

01 Oct 2025

Arts

Meet local identity Angelina Martinez (Get your ARTS into Gear)

IN 1986, Angelina Martinez graduated from Queensland College of Art with a Fine Art degree in Painting.

Glen Smith

01 Oct 2025

Arts

Ipswich families can come along to Create, Craft and Taste

The Ipswich community is being invited to make their mark these school holidays with the launch of the Booval Fair Community Mural – a vibrant art project designed to celebrate community, creativity, and connection.

Glen Smith

24 Sep 2025

Arts

Ipswich Grammar students enter the Creative Generation Excellence Awards

The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art recognise and promote excellence in senior visual art education in Queensland state and non-state schools.

Glen Smith

24 Sep 2025

Arts

The Great Marburg Bake Off – Let them ART Cake (Get your ARTS into Gear)

CALLING all home cooks and artists, the annual Great Marburg Bake Off is on again and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Entries are now open for the baking and the art competition.

Glen Smith

17 Sep 2025

Arts

Decked Out at Arttime Gallery (Get your ARTS into Gear)

Decked Out is one of Arttime’s longest running and most popular competitions.

Glen Smith

03 Sep 2025

Arts

Ipswich Artist awarded Pastellist of the Year (Get your ARTS into Gear)

IPSWICH artist Karen Christiansen was awarded Pastellist of the Year by the Pastel Society of Australia at their Annual Awards Ceremony held at the Matthew Flinders Gallery, Bribie Island on Saturday, August 9.

Glen Smith

27 Aug 2025

Arts

Artwork Gives a Voice to the Homeless (Get your ARTS into Gear)

AS PART of the Artsconnect Community Gallery in Booval Fair commitment to community we have on display the vibrant community artwork that was recently the centre piece of Ipswich’s National Homelessness week.

Glen Smith

27 Aug 2025

Arts

On A Roll – new art exhibition (Get your Arts into Gear)

A new exhibition of unique artworks opens at the Ipswich Community Gallery on August 29 and remains on display until September 7.

Glen Smith

20 Aug 2025

Arts

Second Chance - Indigenous art on display at Booval Fair

AS PART of the commitment to the community, Artsconnect showcases other community groups artwork and stories at the Booval Fair Shopping Centre Artsconnect Community Gallery.

Glen Smith

20 Aug 2025

Arts

Awards for ‘Watch Your Head’ (Get your ARTS into Gear)

WELL done and congratulations to Jim Orr as director of a now award winning performance of ‘Watch Your Head’ at the One Act Play Festivals in South East Queensland.

Glen Smith

13 Aug 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Ipswich Art Awards celebrate 25 years

THE Ipswich Art Awards are celebrating 25 years of championing local creativity.

Rob Mellett

06 Aug 2025

Arts

A Sound Like Rain (Get your ARTS into Gear)

A special book launch and art exhibition ‘A Sound Like Rain’ arrived at Booval Fair on July 26. The special guests were Jennifer Howard MP who opened the exhibition and Councillor Pye Augustine who was also present and a great support.

Glen Smith

06 Aug 2025