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Submissions for the region's flagship art prize close May 19, 2024

Call to artists to work with Horizon Festival closes soon

The Local Contemporary Art Prize 2024 is open for submissions from Sunshine Coast artists. Entries close February 2.

More music, theatre and comedy will be created locally thanks to an important funding allocation.

October is your chance to experience a three-day program of contemporary dance and live art never seen before on the Sunshine Coast. OUTBOUND is a brand-new three-day festival, happening October 6-8 at Frank X Studio, Warana.

Works from 40 leading Australian artists, showcasing the very latest contemporary art the nation has to offer, go on show at Caloundra Regional Gallery Friday August 18, in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2023 (SCAP) Exhibition.

Finding common ground and connecting cultures starts with acknowledging and respecting our differences. First Nations senior elder, artist and educator, Dr Hope O’Chin, shares the ethos behind her latest exhibition Saltwater Dreaming: Recent Works of Dr Hope O’Chin, on show until August 13 at Caloundra Regional gallery.

Inspired by a three-hour public transport commute, the latest exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery offers a unique sensory journey through time and space. Titled THIS IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT YOU, Ruby Donohoe’s experiential installation blends video, sculpture, sound and text, inviting audiences to consider the state of the passenger in transit and is on show until June 25.

Horizon Festival, the Sunshine Coast’s premier arts festival, returns in 2023 with a vibrant and topical program that celebrates the here and now. From 25 August to 3 September, as the region’s winter draws to a close, the highly anticipated festival will captivate locals and tourists alike with a diverse array of music, cabaret, theatre, comedy, family events and more.

Sunshine Coast artists are diverse, plentiful and exceptionally talented, a fact evidenced by the stunning Local Artists - Local Content Art Prize 2023 exhibition, on show now at Caloundra Regional Gallery.

Entries are open for the 2023 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, a showcase for outstanding contemporary arts practice, with a prize pool of more than $40,000. The winner will take home $25,000 and join the ‘greats’ in the Sunshine Coast Art Collection Submit online at gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au Entries close May 14, 2023.

Defeat school holiday boredom with Sunshine Coast Council’s Christmas and Summer holiday activities.

On 11 November 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four years of continuous warfare.

For the first time, a rare exhibition celebrating this ancient tradition and the work of the Omie people is on show at Caloundra Regional Gallery, providing a visual and textural journey of this culturally rich artistic community.

They impressed the judges of this hotly contested art prize and now you have the chance to see them at a special free exhibition.

An uncanny collection of 2D artworks goes on show today with 40 finalist artworks coming together in the punchy, inspiring, thought-provoking 2022 Sunshine Coast Art Prize Exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery.

Forty contemporary 2D artists have been selected and will now vie for the top gong in one of Australia’s most recognised art awards, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2022.

A powerful exhibition of artworks by leading First Nations artists Jennifer Herd (MBarbarum) and Joanne Currie Nalingu (Gungurri) opened today at Caloundra Regional Gallery and included several debut pieces.

The much-anticipated Sunshine Coast festival of arts and culture Horizon unveiled its 2022 program on the sandy banks of the Maroochy River last night. Supporting a stellar line-up, Horizon Festival is back – live and up close and personal from Friday, August 26 to Sunday, September 4.

Although the first reigning Monarch to visit Queensland was Queen Elizabeth II in 1954, many Royal tours and visits have taken place in our sunny state since 1868.

A deep insight into one of the Sunshine Coast’s renowned artistic travellers, Rex Backhaus-Smith, is on show from May 13 at Caloundra Regional Gallery and it’s got the local art world talking.

An exciting celebration of Sunshine Coast artists is now on show in the Local Artists—Local Art Prize exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery until May 8.

Entries are open for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2022