A Studio Space For All
Wondai Art Gallery’s new art space – named appropriately enough “The Studio” – has been officially opened
Decked Out For The Gallery
Skateboards and schoolwork don’t using go hand-in-hand but for a bunch of Year 10 art students it was all part of the curriculum this term.
Art That Comes From The Heart
The South Burnett Disability Art Show began back in 2007 … and it just keeps on growing.
Artist Debuts New Works
Well-known Hivesville artist Shannus O’Sullivan has unveiled several new works at his latest exhibition
Big Weekend For Art Lovers
The South Burnett’s art galleries are preparing for the Festive Season with extended showings. And two of the new summer exhibitions will go on display in Wondai and Kingaroy this weekend.
Chorale Sings In The Festive Season
The South Burnett Chorale heralded the festive season at the weekend with the first round of their popular annual Christmas Charity Concerts – one at Nanango’s Uniting Church in Gipps Street on Sunday afternoon, and a second at Kingaroy’s Church Of Christ Hall later that evening.
Pottering About For Art’s Sake
Sometimes artists like to just potter around … with clay, of course! The Nimué Art Gallery in Kingaroy held its first clay modelling workshop on Saturday for people interested in learning how to work with modelling clay.
Charity Christmas Concerts
The South Burnett Chorale will be performing their first two Christmas Charity Concerts this weekend.
Local Artist To Feature At Gallery
Celebrated Hivesville painter Shannus O’Sullivan will be the featured artist for December and January at the Wondai Regional Art Gallery.
Ration Shed Wins Award
The Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group has won a Gallery and Museum Achievement Award
$26m Funding Round Opens
More than $26 million is up for grabs for community groups to showcase the best of Australia’s Indigenous culture, languages and visual arts.
Capturing The South Burnett’s Spirit
The 2011 floods left an indelible mark on many local residents … and now they’re going to leave another legacy: a video documentary, a book and a theatre play plus song and art competitions.
Murgon Dancers Get Ready To Shine
Jacarandas in bloom always mean end-of-year exams; they also mean end-of-year concerts for the region’s dancers
Fund Offers Money For Small Towns
The Federal Government is offering grants of between $50,000 and $500,000 for community projects in small towns in round three of the Regional Development Australia Fund, which is now open.
Titanic Effort In Nanango
You just know the cast is going to either sink or swim … or in this case, drown
Six Turns Out To Be A Really Magic Mix
Six different artists mounting a joint exhibition isn’t common in the South Burnett – most exhibitions usually feature the works of one to three artists, unless they’re a competition or an acquisitive…
Nomads Muster At Murgon
It looks like the Murgon Music Muster has well and truly become part of the grey nomad “circuit” with campervans and caravans packing the Murgon Showgrounds at the weekend for the four-day feast of music.
Old Friends Renew A Happy Acquaintance
Sunshine Coast artist June McCotter enjoyed a reunion with former Wondai Art Gallery curator Alison Iszlaub on Friday night when the Gallery launched its November exhibition, which features works by June and her friends Sarah Lawson, Patti Henderson and Lyla McLaren.
Congratulations To Young Artists!
Recently, art enthusiast and curator of the Wondai Regional Art Gallery Mrs Elaine Madill visited Kingaroy State School to judge the primary school art competition.
Island Breeze In Kingaroy
The visiting Youth With A Mission team hosted a Polynesian festival of singing and dancing in Kingaroy
