Bundaberg Regional Council acknowledges the Traditional Country of the Taribelang Bunda, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, and Bailai Peoples and recognises that this country has been and continues to be of cultural, spiritual, social and economic significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
We recognise the thousands of generations of continuous culture that have shaped this country and the people on it.
We pay respects to Elders, past and present.
Mayor's Message
Bursting with creativity, connection and community spirit, Bundaberg Regional Galleries’ Autumn program invites the community to explore, create and be part of something special.
This Autumn, the Galleries are thrilled to present two major touring exhibitions of national calibre: Looking Out Looking In from QAGOMA and Lost in Palm Springs from HOTA.
These landmark exhibitions bring world-class artworks to our region, offering fresh perspectives and unforgettable visual experiences.
The season also features countless opportunities to get hands-on and dive into creativity.
From relaxed Friday Night Sessions and Urban Sketching meetups to vibrant Youth Week events and fun-filled children’s activities, there’s something for every age and interest.
Local creativity shines bright with the UnFinished Objects project, run in partnership with the Gin Gin Community Hub, encouraging makers to reconnect with their in-progress pieces and celebrate the joy of crafting together.
Community arts take centre stage with a new pop up exhibition program in the historic School of Arts building, and cooler evenings will see the charm of the Artisan Twilight Markets in May once again uniting all with local makers, music and warm seasonal ambience.
With inspiring exhibitions, creative events and a strong community focus, the Autumn program promises to be one of the most exciting seasons yet.
Join us in celebrating art, ideas and the people who bring them to life.
Helen Blackburn
Bundaberg Region Mayor
Director's Welcome
As the season begins its slow turn towards Autumn, I'm delighted to welcome you to a vibrant new season in our Galleries' exhibition program.
Opening in late April, Lost in Palm Springs, presented in partnership with Museums and Galleries Queensland, is a touring exhibition from HOTA, Gold Coast.
This evocative exhibition brings together the work of 14 artists and examines the connection between Palm Springs in the United States, and Australia.
It examines how contemporary artists explore and reinterpret modernist ideas, and showcases themes of place and home, as well as real and imagined landscapes.
The works in this exhibition are sure to capture the visitor's attention, and is a must-see for those keen on modernist architecture.
Alongside in The Vault, we dial up the neon, with Darren Blackman's installation Post Truth. A proud Gureng Gureng man from Queensland's central coast with South Sea Islander heritage, Darren's latest work uses advertising-style LED sculptures to speak to the issues at the centre of the Australian Government's Close the Gap campaign.
Expanding on his previous practice with text-based paintings and textiles, as previously exhibited with Bundaberg Regional Galleries, this latest work touches on the oral history from his Elders and reworks those messages for a new audience.
As part of this exhibition, Bundaberg Regional Galleries was able to acquire the artwork "Very Disco" for the Galleries' collection.
In Gallery Two, Avi Amesbury takes the viewer on a very personal journey as she reflects on her family's settlement in Australia against the backdrop of the injustices experienced by traditional owners.
This exhibition comes from years of research and exploration by Avi and includes an exciting collaboration with MJ from Those Who Ride with Giants to give a soundscape to her ceramic artforms.
Completing our Autumn program, are three very different exhibitions at Childers Arts Space.
The Unrequited Dream by artists Kaz and Hannah Stanton and Jacob Bunt is an exquisite pairing of multiple practices to explore a nostalgia for Australia's suburban past.
This is followed in May by a pop up exhibition from the Isis District Historical Society and Metal in Motion by Bundaberg-based artist Kevin Dekker.
Whether you are a regular visitor to the Galleries or discovering us for the first time, I look forward to welcoming you to our spaces to enjoy our exciting line up.
Rebecca McDuff
Gallery Director
EXHIBITIONS
on now
James Gleeson, Australia, 1915–2008, Structural emblems of a friend (self portrait) 1941, Oil on canvas board, 46 x 35.6cm. Purchased 1984 with the assistance of the John Darnell Bequest. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art. © QAGOMA
James Gleeson, Australia, 1915–2008, Structural emblems of a friend (self portrait) 1941, Oil on canvas board, 46 x 35.6cm. Purchased 1984 with the assistance of the John Darnell Bequest. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art. © QAGOMA
Looking Out, Looking In: Exploring the Self-Portrait
QAGOMA
9 February to 18 April
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Gallery One
Contemporary society has become increasingly attuned to the self-image through social media’s 'selfie' culture and reality TV, providing a fascinating backdrop in which to examine the self-portrait today.
Looking Out, Looking In explores the genre of the self-portrait, a distinct form of portraiture in which subject and artist are one.
The exhibition examines the human tendency to envisage oneself. While some of the artists look inwards and reflect on themselves in self-effacing ways, or may just be intrigued by their own image, others seek to project an image or identity in more flamboyant displays.
Biomorphism
Penny Bennett
31 January to 11 April
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Gallery Two
Biomorphism builds on Penny Bennett’s ongoing exploration of the connections between art, biology, and the environment.
Using stitched, recycled paper animated with subtle electronic movement, Bennett creates delicate, living-like forms that invite viewers to look closer at the unseen beauty of nature.
Inspired by scientific illustrators such as Ernst Haeckel, her work merges traditional craft with contemporary technology to explore sustainability, curiosity, and care for the natural world.
Reflecting the biodiversity of the Bundaberg Region, Biomorphism encourages audiences to slow down, engage thoughtfully, and rediscover the wonder in organic forms and everyday materials.
Penny Bennett, The Non-Miraculous History Of Creation, 2023, acid free paper and thread, 30 x 25 cm.
Penny Bennett, The Non-Miraculous History Of Creation, 2023, acid free paper and thread, 30 x 25 cm.
Ana Daniels, Sturdy, 2025, cotton, polyester, cotton wadding, thread, 92 x 185 x 10 cm.
Ana Daniels, Sturdy, 2025, cotton, polyester, cotton wadding, thread, 92 x 185 x 10 cm.
Home Bodies
Ana Daniels
31 January to 18 April
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
The Vault
Home Bodies is a sculptural exhibition that interrogates the politics and tensions of the domestic sphere, particularly as they relate to queer experience. Familiar comforts - pillows, blankets, bedding - are transformed into uncanny textile sculptures fused with industrial materials, acting as proxy bodies under strain.
The exhibition explores how queer bodies navigate the home, a space often marked by both rejection and self-determination. It asks: how can softness persist in the face of rigidity, and what joy exists in the gaps between social structures?
Ana Daniels is a Bundaberg-born artist and current Master of Philosophy candidate at QUT, who first exhibited in the student exhibition Emerge at Bundaberg Regional Galleries nearly a decade ago.
The Unrequited Dream
Hannah Stanton, Kaz Stanton and Jacob Bunt
20 February to 26 April
Childers Arts Space
The Unrequited Dream is an exhibition exploring suburban life in Queensland. Three artists connected through familial ties create work that reflects their experiences of Australia through printmaking, ceramics and miniature sculptural scratch-building.
The exhibition unpacks nostalgia for a suburban past that is both cherished and critically questioned. It acknowledges the complex, often bittersweet memories of growing up in Australia while confronting the changing realities of cost of living, environmental damage and identity.
The Unrequited Dream stands as a love letter to the suburban experience and to the natural landscapes lost or tamed in the name of comfort and domesticity.
Kaz Stanton, Domestic Wilderness, 2025, reduction oil print on paper, 75 x 75 cm.
Kaz Stanton, Domestic Wilderness, 2025, reduction oil print on paper, 75 x 75 cm.
EXHIBITIONS
coming soon
Lost in Palm Springs
HOTA
27 April to 18 July
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Gallery One
Opening: Friday 1 May | 5.30 - 7.30 pm
Lost in Palm Springs is a national touring exhibition that brings together the creative minds of 14 internationally recognised artists, photographers and thinkers from America and Australia.
Curated by award-winning Australian writer and conceptual artist, Dr Greer Honeywill, Lost in Palm Springs is a multidisciplinary exhibition that explores the magical qualities of the landscape and the celebrated mid-century modern architecture found in the desert city of Palm Springs, California.
The exhibition features artworks that respond to, capture, or reimagine the unique characteristics of the city, its surroundings and its Bauhaus sensibilities.
Lost in Palm Springs is a must-see exhibition for anyone interested in mid-century modern architecture and its influence on contemporary culture.
Rosi Griffin, Tumbling Down, 2022, photographic print on Perspex, 250 x 150 x 6 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Rosi Griffin, Tumbling Down, 2022, photographic print on Perspex, 250 x 150 x 6 cm. Image courtesy of the artist.
Avi Amesbury, Taken (detail), 2025, porcelain, found clay, white glaze. Image: Visall Photography.
Avi Amesbury, Taken (detail), 2025, porcelain, found clay, white glaze. Image: Visall Photography.
Shifting Perspectives:
the Self Reconciliation Project
Avi Amesbury
27 April to 11 July
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Gallery Two
Opening: Friday 1 May | 5.30 - 7.30 pm
Art walk: Wednesday 27 May | 10 am
Through ceramics and storytelling, Shifting Perspectives: the Self Reconciliation Project uses the narrative of a settler descendent (the artist) to see and understand the injustices of settler history in Australia.
The exhibition is not the telling of an Aboriginal story, but a re-examination of the artist's family history. As one of the first settler families to arrive in Western Australia's wheat belt, Avi's family were given free land while the First Nations people of the area were being driven out.
It is about the notion of 'self-reconciliation' to stop, to turn, and to seek truth. 'To listen, to hear, to feel and to understand.'
The exhibition presents work inspired by research residencies at the Fremantle Arts Centre (2022) and Central Craft (2023) and the collaboration with composer and sound artist MJ from Those Who Ride With Giants.
Post Truth
Darren Blackman
27 April to 18 July
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
The Vault
Opening: Friday 1 May | 5.30 - 7.30 pm
Darren Blackman is a proud Gureng Gureng / Gangalu man from Queensland's central coast, with South Sea Islander heritage from Vanuatu.
Post Truth speaks to some of the issues at the centre of the Australian Government's Close the Gap campaign, that set intent to achieve health, education and employment equality by 2030 and reduce the seventeen year life-expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous peoples.
Touching on oral history from his Elders and reworking those messages, Darren channels personal observations and his lived experience, to witness a wide range of Aboriginal perspectives and mainstream political and media inference.
Darren Blackman is represented by Onespace.
Darren Blackman, Make Austraya Great Again, 2025, led-neon light with clear acrylic back board. Image: Michael Marzik. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
Darren Blackman, Make Austraya Great Again, 2025, led-neon light with clear acrylic back board. Image: Michael Marzik. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
Kim Toft, Shining in the World, 2024, hand painted silk.
Kim Toft, Shining in the World, 2024, hand painted silk.
The Nature of Silk: The Glad Not Sad Book
Kim Michelle Toft
2 May to 10 October
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
ImaginArts
Opening event: Saturday 2 May | 10 am
The Nature of Silk brings the colourful silk art of Kim Michelle Toft to Bundaberg Regional Galleries.
Based on the illustrations in Kim's latest picture book, The Glad Not Sad Book, the exhibition features 10 of Kim's hand drawn and painted silk artworks, alongside working sketches and early manuscripts, and is set to delight gallery visitors young and old.
Kim has dedicated her life to writing and illustrating children's books, showcasing the beauty and importance of nature and its role in our lives.
The Glad Not Sad Book is Kim's 12th environmental picture book.
Pop-Up Exhibition
Isis Historical Society
28 April to 3 May
Childers Arts Space
Marking its 50th anniversary, this exhibition traces the Isis District Historical Society’s beginnings in 1975 through to the opening of the Childers Historical Complex in 1988.
It celebrates the volunteers, traditions and local history that have shaped the region, and highlights the ongoing commitment to “preserving our past for the future”.
Kevin Dekker, A Splash of Coffee, 2024, Corten steel, ceramic and glass on blue gum base. Image courtesy of the artist.
Kevin Dekker, A Splash of Coffee, 2024, Corten steel, ceramic and glass on blue gum base. Image courtesy of the artist.
Metal in Motion
Kevin Dekker
8 May to 5 July
Childers Arts Space
Opening event: Saturday 9 May | 2 - 4 pm
Metal in Motion is a collection that challenges the cold hardness we often associate with steel.
Having been forged, cut and carefully shaped, these metal works explore movement — fluid milk frozen mid-pour, flames rising and twisting, ripples in a metallic pond.
Using reclaimed and recycled materials such as Corten steel, stainless steel and reinforcing bar, The Metalist transforms strength into softness and weight into flow. Each sculpture captures a fleeting moment, solidifying energy, tension and motion into enduring form.
This collection invites viewers to reconsider metal — not as static or cold, but as expressive, dynamic and alive. The artist also offers the same experience with wood, stone and ceramics to display his diversity.
EVENTS
Wednesday Art Walk at Childers
Wednesday 4 March | 10 am
Childers Arts Space
Free, no booking required
Join us at Childers Arts Space to celebrate International Women's Day 2026!
In recognition of this year's theme 'Give to Gain' - focusing on a mindset of generosity and collaboration - Gallery Director, Rebecca McDuff will be chatting with artists Hannah and Kaz Stanton about working together to develop their exhibition The Unrequited Dream.
With insight into their individual artistic practices as well as the influence of their mother/daughter relationship on their shared love of the arts, this will be a lively and enlightening Art Walk.
The event will finish with a special morning tea to celebrate International Women's Day, and we encourage everyone to join us in celebration.
All welcome, no RSVP required.
Teacher Professional Development: Self-Portraiture Workshop for Educators
Wednesday 4 March | 5 - 8 pm
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Free, booking required
Connect with peers, get hands-on with new techniques and walk away with fresh ideas ready for the classroom.
Don’t miss this opportunity to spark creativity and build confidence in your arts teaching through this professional development workshop facilitated by Henri van Noordenburg (artist, QAGOMA Regional Services Project Officer).
Riffing on the self-portraits of Australian artists featured in QAGOMA’s latest touring exhibition Looking Out, Looking In: Exploring the Self-Portrait, this workshop will explore ideas and challenge traditions associated with artistic self-representation.
The workshop will provide educators with the opportunity to create a multimedia artwork. All materials are supplied.
Teachers who are interested in bringing their students to view Looking Out, Looking In will gain deeper insights to support potential student engagement with the exhibition.
Image: Madonna Staunton / Australia 1938–2019 / They say 2010 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 38 x 32.8 x 2.2cm (framed) / Purchased 2014 with funds from the Estate of Jessica Ellis through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © Madonna Staunton.
Friday Night Studio: Life Drawing
Friday 13 March | 5.45 - 8 pm
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
$65, booking required
Join artists Jenny McDuff and Bundaberg Art Society President, Andrea Deeley, in this portraiture-focused Friday Night Studio.
Set in the inspirational surrounds of QAGOMA's touring exhibition Looking Out, Looking In, the evening will commence with a short guided tour of the exhibition led by exhibiting artist Jenny McDuff and focused on the importance of portraiture as an arts practice.
Following this, participants will engage in a guided life drawing workshop with Andrea Deeley.
No experience necessary and participants of all skill levels are welcome.
Cost: $65, includes tuition and all materials.
UFO: UnFinished Objects
Wednesday 18 March | 1 - 4 pm
Friday 10 April | 1 - 4 pm
Friday 29 April | 1 - 4 pm
Gin Gin Community Hub
Free, no booking required
UFO: UnFinished Objects is a collaborative community project that invites participants to contribute unfinished creative works, exchange them with others and complete a different object.
Spanning textiles, craft, sculpture, painting and more, the project encourages playful experimentation, skill-sharing and creative connection.
Through facilitated drop-in sessions at the Gin Gin Community Hub, participants will engage in collaborative making before the project culminates in a group exhibition and Meet the Maker event celebrating shared creativity and exchange.
All welcome, no booking required.
Urban Sketching with Kaz Stanton
Saturday 21 March | 10 am - 12 pm
Childers Arts Space and surrounds
$30, booking required
Join artist Kaz Stanton, The Unrequited Dream, as she leads an urban sketching workshop through the laneways of Childers.
This workshop invites participants to draw on location, learning simple techniques to confidently sketch buildings, streets, and scenes from everyday life.
Through guided exercises and group discussion, you will build skills, share perspectives and connect through drawing.
No experience necessary and participants of all skill levels are welcome.
Cost: $30, includes tuition and all materials.
Wednesday Art Walk at Bundaberg
Wednesday 25 March | 10 am
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Free, no booking required
Join us for this month’s Wednesday Art Walk, where Gallery Director Rebecca McDuff will guide visitors through an engaging exploration into the captivating exhibition in Gallery Two, Biomorphism by Penny Bennett.
Working with stitched, recycled paper animated by subtle electronic movement, Penny creates delicate, life‑like forms that invite audiences to slow down, observe closely and rediscover the quiet beauty found in nature.
Drawing inspiration from scientific illustration and the rich biodiversity of the Bundaberg Region, Penny will discuss how her practice blends traditional craft with contemporary technology to explore themes of sustainability, curiosity and care for the environment.
All welcome, no RSVP required.
Exhibition Application Process Info Session
Tuesday 31 March | 6 - 7 pm
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Free, booking required
In anticipation of the Gallery's 2027 exhibition applications opening on 1 April, we invite all potential applicants to join Gallery Director, Rebecca McDuff, as she guides attendees through the application process.
From how to access the online application portal through to uploading artwork images, this one hour session will focus on handy tips to support ease of application.
Please note that advice regarding the specifics of individual applications will not be offered as part of the session.
Mini Makers: Collagraphs
Friday 10 April | all day
Childers Arts Space
Free, no booking required
Thursday 16 April | 10 - 11.30 am
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
$5, booking required
In this activity, young artists will explore collagraph printmaking — a fun technique where you build your own printing plate using textured and found materials.
Using cardboard, fabric and recycled objects, participants will create their own design, then ink and print their creation to take home.
Along the way, they’ll experiment with texture, layering and storytelling through images.
Friday Night Studio: Petri-Dishes with Penny Bennett
Friday 10 April | 5.45 - 8 pm
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
$65, booking required
Join artist Penny Bennett, Biomorphism, as she shares the techniques used to create her incredible Petri Dish artworks.
Participants will learn the techniques of pen-less drawing, pin prick stippling and stitching, and will leave the workshop with their own petri-dish creation.
Penny embraces the intersection of art and biology to kindle curiosity and encourage a deeper appreciation for the beauty of the natural world.
No experience necessary and participants of all skill levels are welcome.
Cost: $65, includes tuition and all materials.
Youth Week
Paper in Motion with Penny Bennett
Saturday 11 April | 10 am - 12 pm
Bundaberg School of Arts, Bourbong Street
$15, booking required
Ages 12 - 18 years
Inspired by the oozing life forms from Penny Bennett's exhibition, Biomorphism, participants will learn to create a kinetic sculpture using paper and the process of Automata.
Automata is a playful and inventive way to create cams, cranks, levers, gears and linkages that turn movement into actions.
Participants will learn how to create all of these elements and how to use them to make their sculpture come alive with movement.
This workshop is part of Queensland Youth Week - a celebration of young people and their incredible achievements, ideas, talents and contributions to our community.
Cost: $15, includes tuition and all materials
DIY and Defiant with Ana Daniels
Friday 17 April | 10 am - 12 pm
Bundaberg School of Arts, Bourbong Street
$15, booking required
Ages 12 - 18 years
Join Bundaberg-born artist Ana Daniels for this practical workshop exploring creativity and identity through textiles.
Using upcycled fabrics and everyday materials, participants will experiment with construction and sculptural techniques to create their own tactile artworks.
Inspired by Ana’s exhibition Home Bodies, this workshop invites participants to transform the ordinary into something bold, expressive and unexpected.
Through experimentation, young creatives will discover how textiles can spark discussion on resilience, self-determination and DIY culture.
No prior experience is needed and all materials are provided.
This workshop is part of Queensland Youth Week - a celebration of young people and their incredible achievements, ideas, talents and contributions to our community.
Cost: $15, includes tuition and all materials.
Teen Printmaking with Kaz Stanton
Saturday 18 April | 10 am - 12 pm
Bundaberg School of Arts, Bourbong Street
$15, booking required
Ages 12 - 18 years
Join artist Kaz Stanton this Youth Week for a hands-on exploration of printmaking and storytelling through art.
Participants will experiment with drypoint etching using upcycled everyday materials, learning how to scratch, ink, and print their own layered artwork. Through this tactile process, you’ll piece together an image that reflects on your own ideas of home, memory, and place.
Currently exhibiting in The Unrequited Dream at Childers Arts Space, Kaz creates work inspired by suburban life in Queensland while confronting the changing realities of cost of living, environmental damage and identity.
Bring along a few reference images - photos of home, places you love to go, or locations that hold memory - and transform them into a unique artwork to take home.
This workshop is part of Queensland Youth Week - a celebration of young people and their incredible achievements, ideas, talents and contributions to our community.
Cost: $15, includes tuition and all materials.
Exhibition opening event
Friday 1 May | 5.30-7.30 pm
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Free, no booking required
Join us for the official opening of Lost in Palm Springs, Shifting Perspectives: The Self Reconciliation Project, and Post Truth.
Discover mid‑century modern magic in Gallery One with Lost in Palm Springs, a vibrant exhibition exploring the architecture and landscape of the iconic desert city.
In Gallery Two, Avi Amesbury’s Shifting Perspectives offers a reflective journey of self‑reconciliation through ceramics, storytelling and sound.
In The Vault, Darren Blackman’s Post Truth delivers a powerful insight into lived experiences, history and the ongoing challenges addressed by the Close the Gap campaign.
Our exhibition openings are always a wonderful way to relax into the weekend! Whether you are a regular gallery visitor or keen to connect, we invite you to join us for this fun social event!
All welcome, no RSVP required.
Children's Opening Event: ImaginArts
Saturday 2 May | 10 am - 12 pm
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Free, no booking required
Our young artists are invited to join us for a special children's opening event for our Imaginarts Gallery space!
Kim Toft, author and illustrator of The Glad not Sad Book will be part of the festivities, providing a special reading of her latest book alongside a morning of art activities inspired by her bright and playful silk paintings.
This event is all about celebrating the vibrancy and colour of Kim's illustrations, so throw on your brightest clothing and get ready to be creative!
Children of all ages are welcome, but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
All welcome, no RSVP required.
Artisan Twilight Markets
Friday 8 May | 4 - 7 pm
Gallery Park, 1 Barolin Street
Free, no booking required
As the sun sets and the stars begin to twinkle, immerse yourself in the Twilight Artisan Market, timed to coincide with Mother's Day weekend.
Stroll through the market under the soft glow of fairy lights and lanterns, and browse a stunning array of handcrafted products, one-of-a-kind artworks and exquisite goods, perfect for gifting or as a treat for yourself.
To further enhance the evening, musicians Bre Ferguson and Brent Lanzon will be performing throughout the night.
Our Artisan Twilight Markets are always a wonderful way to connect with makers from across our region, so don't miss this great event!
Commemorative Installation Trail Launch and Artist Talk
Saturday 9 May | 12.30 pm
Childers Arts Space
Free, no booking required
Join us for the relaunch of the Commemorative Installation Trail, a collection of ten site‑specific artworks by acclaimed artist Sam Di Mauro, thoughtfully embedded within the fabric of Childers Arts Space.
Originally installed over twenty years ago, these works honour the profound role the Childers community has played in the life of the historic Palace Hotel, constructed in 1902–1903.
Each installation reflects themes connected to its immediate surroundings, responding to the original layout, character and stories held within the building.
Following a recent refresh of the collection, the installations are being reintroduced to the community with renewed vibrancy and relevance.
Exhibition opening event
Saturday 9 May | 2 - 4 pm
Childers Arts Space
Free, no booking required
Join us for the official opening of Metal in Motion, an exhibition that reimagines the boundaries of sculptural form.
Step into the Childers Arts Space and encounter a series of steel works that play with illusion, capturing moments of movement as if paused in mid‑action.
These sculptural scenes - pouring, splashing, shifting and rippling - invite audiences to rethink what metal can express, revealing unexpected softness and energy within a traditionally rigid material.
Celebrate the launch with us as we unveil this inventive and visually striking collection.
All welcome, no RSVP required.
Amazing Shake Art Walk at Bundaberg
Wednesday 27 May | 10 am
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery
Free, no booking required
For the third year, we welcome Bargara State School Amazing Shake finalists to take over our Art Walk!
Ever wondered what young people think of art? Then this is your chance to hear directly from them, as the five finalists give their own interpretations of the artworks in our latest exhibition, Lost in Palm Springs.
The Amazing Shake is a dynamic and exciting competition that encourages young people to be leaders and role models in their school and wider community.
Bundaberg Regional Galleries is proud to collaborate with Bargara State School on this fantastic program.
All welcome, no RSVP required.
Community Arts
Open Space: I am Woman
3 to 11 March | 10 am - 12 pm
Bundaberg School of Arts, Bourbong Street
Free, no booking required
I am Woman is a photographic collection of portraits of women who live in the Bundaberg area. They are a celebration of modern women living in Western society and their stories.
First exhibited for International Women’s Day in 2022, the project is Sabrina Lauriston’s reflection of what women have become today as the result of the rights won from the battles of the suffragettes of past generations. Women today live with those rights but strive for different needs and dreams.
Four years on, as we celebrate International Women’s Day in 2026, this collection continues to honour their stories.
ARTSLAB: Project Planning for Creatives Workshop
Sunday 29 March | 10 am - 2 pm
Bundaberg School of Arts, Bourbong Street
$75, booking required
Supercharge your creative projects! Join Olivia Everitt in this hands-on workshop to embed community engagement into your project planning.
Explore designing meaningful outcomes and learn to define and measure qualitative impact, moving beyond the pressure of reporting numbers.
Leave with a grant-ready plan on a page to showcase your project’s real community value, gain practical project tools and discover strategies to create lasting impact within your community.
Open Space
1 April
Bundaberg School of Arts, Bourbong Street
Free, apply online
Launching this April, the Open Space program gives five local artists and community groups the opportunity to showcase their work at the School of Arts for two weeks, with in-kind support valued up to $1,000 to provide hands-on assistance, cover costs and remove barriers.
Short-term exhibitions offer a low-risk platform to test new ideas, present first shows and engage local audiences.
Artist-led and community-focused, the program supports emerging, culturally diverse and First Nations artists, activating the gallery as a vibrant creative hub while making arts accessible to all.
Expressions of Interest open 1 April via SmartyGrants.
VISIT
Gallery Shops
Discover an inspiring selection of artful gifts and locally crafted treasures at the Gallery Shops, located within Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery and Childers Arts Space.
Each shop celebrates the creativity of makers from the Bundaberg region, across Queensland and beyond.
Explore a thoughtfully curated range of jewellery, textiles, homewares, books and unique exhibition merchandise—perfect for art lovers and curious browsers alike.
Whether you're hunting for a meaningful gift or treating yourself to something special, the Gallery Shops offer a vibrant retail experience that showcases craftsmanship, creativity and local talent.
Local funding available for creative projects
RADF supports local artists, arts workers and community groups to bring creative projects to life.
Now is your chance to access project funding, workshops and professional development to make your ideas a reality.
The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Bundaberg Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
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