Olivia Takes Art To Heart
South Burnett artist Olivia Everitt has a busy time ahead.
Cultural Centre Timeline
Work on Murgon’s new $1.59 million Cultural Centre in Macalister Street is planned to start within the next three months.
Country Comes Alive In Mural
Murgon artist Niketa Law has created a new mural at St Mary’s Catholic College in Kingaroy as part of the school’s Bunya Dreaming Garden.
Off The Wall Plan To Attract Tourists
An historic piece of memorabilia from World Expo 88 could find a new home in Blackbutt if a plan backed by the South Burnett Regional Council becomes a reality.
Murgon’s $1.59m Dream Comes True
Murgon’s planned Cultural Centre – including an art gallery and fossil museum – will become a reality following a Federal Government grant of $1.596 million announced on Friday
Theatre Company Ready To Go!
The COVID-19 pandemic has put most South Burnett community groups temporarily out of action … but while some have ground to a standstill, others have been using the lockdown in highly productive ways.
South Burnett Switches On To Zoom
South Burnett groups have been keen to embrace video conferencing to beat COVID-19 isolation and keep their networks intact.
Song Project Aims To Lift Spirits
A virtual musical collaboration has been launched in a bid to better connect rural people during COVID-19.
Artists Bloom Despite The Bans
Wondai Art Gallery should have unveiled the winners of its annual Wondai Garden Expo art competition on Friday night … but like the Expo itself, the exhibition isn’t going ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
RADF Plan To Fund Arts Officer
The South Burnett’s Regional Arts Development Fund could have a total of $33,000 available for artists in 2020-21, but a little over a third of this would go towards the employment of an Arts Officer in the Wide Bay region.
Gallery A Major Tourist Attraction
The Wondai Regional Art Gallery is now the second-biggest volunteer-run tourist attraction in Wondai.
Arts & Language Grants Open
Eligible community organisations are being encouraged to apply for funding from Federal Government’s 2020-21 Indigenous Languages and Arts program.
Musicians To ‘Top Up’ Local Schools
Two members of Topology will be visiting the South Burnett on Monday to teach composition and percussion to students at Moffatdale, Windera and Cloyna State schools.
Gallery Seeks More Artists
A lot of people might have thought the concept of an art gallery in Blackbutt was a crazy idea back in 2002.
Diverse Exhibitions Launch New Year
Wet weather – or the promise of it – led to a smaller than usual turnout for the opening of the Wondai Regional Art Gallery’s first exhibition for 2020 last Friday night.
Councils Open Grant Rounds
The second – and final – round of the South Burnett Regional Council’s 2019-20 Community Grants Program opened this week.
Summer Tunes Coming To Yarraman
Toowoomba Regional Council’s popular Summer Tunes live music program is coming to Yarraman for the first time!
RADF, Grants Rounds To Open
Artists and not-for-profit community groups should mark their calendars … the latest round of funding under the South Burnett Regional Council’s Community Grants Program will open on February 1.
Summer Exhibition ‘A First For Region’
Wondai Regional Art Gallery’s latest exhibition is offering visitors something unique this summer: the first non-metropolitan exhibition from the Pastel Society Of Australia (PSA).
Artists Do It For Love
One of the South Burnett’s oldest painting groups believes it has survived for 11 years because its focus is as much about socialising as it is about art.
