Arts Marburg Show Fine Arts is getting bigger and better - Get your ARTS into Gear The country show season is about to start for 2025 with Marburg Show being the first for our local region. Glen Smith 23 Apr 2025
Arts A new community art gallery for Ipswich - Get your ARTS into Gear As a local artist and a leader in the Ipswich arts community, I realised that in the past years, opportunities for local community, not-for-profit groups and emerging artists have become fewer and more difficult to find suitable and affordable locations to display and exhibit artwork. Glen Smith 23 Apr 2025
Arts If She Spoke – Stories from Struggle to Strength (Get your ARTS into Gear) Local artist Rhiannon Hetherington has turned her own life struggles into something powerful in celebrating the strength and power that women face every day. Glen Smith 16 Apr 2025
Arts Triangle House bring you Butterfly House (Get your ARTS into Gear) Caragh Bradbery and Pauline Bradbery, co-founders of Triangle House, a creative activation and events business based in Ipswich, are bringing exciting experiences to local communities. Glen Smith 09 Apr 2025
Music Grant lifeline as thugs smash music bar windows THE State Government has presented Banshees Bar and Artspace with $24,464 to refurbish and rebrand their frontage, foyer, stage and dance floor. Rob Mellett 02 Apr 2025
Arts ‘A Sound Like Rain’ a new book by Don Hill Local artist Don Hill held his first solo exhibition in Brisbane in 2000 and has held more than 20 one man shows since that time. Glen Smith 02 Apr 2025
Arts ‘Murder Incorporated’ new play by Amanda Harrison Talented young actor Amanda Harrison has taken on a residency at the Fire Station 101 and Studio 181 as part of the Artist in Residence Program (AiR) run by the Ipswich Civic Centre. Glen Smith 02 Apr 2025
Arts Why wildlife art always has the WOW factor A LITTLE over 250 years ago, British botanist Joseph Banks asked the celebrated artist George Stubbs to paint a strange animal he’d collected on Lt James Cook’s 1768-1771 voyage of discovery in HMS Endeavour. Guest Writer 02 Apr 2025
Arts Life Drawing sessions (Get your ARTS into gear) After a much-deserved Christmas break the Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian choirs have been extremely busy. Glen Smith 26 Mar 2025
Arts & Entertainment Black Blues Brothers ready for Ipswich Civic Centre AFTER amazing audiences around the world, The Black Blues Brothers arrive in Ipswich at the end of the month. Rob Mellett 19 Mar 2025
Arts The importance of art as therapy (Get your ARTS into Gear) After facing another three to four days in stay-at-home mode, I realised that many of us would have been faced with anxiety and stressed related to the uncertainty of how Cyclone Alfred would affect us. Glen Smith 19 Mar 2025
Arts A first for Ipswich (Get your ARTS into Gear) I was able to get a preview at the new exhibition ‘Thank You Ipswich’ at the Ipswich Community Gallery prior to the opening. Glen Smith 19 Mar 2025
Arts Steve Mondel – Long-Haul Flights (Get your ARTS into gear) Local musician, Steve Mondel, will be launching his new song ‘Long-Haul Flights’ in his show on March 15, at Studio 188. Glen Smith 12 Mar 2025
Arts The Creators’ Summit (Get your ARTS into gear) Ipswich City Council hosted The Creators’ Summit Ipswich on Saturday, March 1, in and about the city. Glen Smith 12 Mar 2025
Arts Lost Trades – Art Exhibition A new art exhibition at the Ipswich Community Gallery is a true visual acknowledgement of Ipswich’s rich industrial history. Glen Smith 28 Feb 2025
Arts Entries open in Fine Arts and Photography for the Ipswich Show As the Ipswich Show draws nearer the Show Society aims to pull out all stops to make this year’s show bigger and better. Glen Smith 28 Feb 2025
Arts Get your ARTS into gear - 12th February 2025 Artsconnect Ipswich member Mark George will be holding his first solo art exhibition to display his beautiful, created glass works. Guest Writer 19 Feb 2025
Arts Get your ARTS into gear - 12th February 2025 Ipswich artists Glen Smith and Grant Quinn have donated artworks to help raise funds at a charity event to be held on International Women’s Day in March. Guest Writer 12 Feb 2025
Media Creative Summit big draw for artists THE Creators’ Summit returns next month and is aimed at helping creatives bring their artistic visions to life. Rob Mellett 12 Feb 2025
