

In my shoes: Intimacy
general events
A 360-degree virtual reality experience that explores the power of human connection.
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Drawing on complexity (Experimenta series)
workshops
An experiment that combines collaborative, expanded drawing with an exploration of complex adaptive systems.
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Experimenta Make Sense
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An exhibition that expresses the disconcerting and delightful world of the digital age.
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River's Edge: Kim Guthrie
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An exhibition of photographs of Johns Landing Camping Ground in Noosa by Sunshine Coast based artist, Kim Guthrie.
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Women's Work from the Collection
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This exhibition celebrates artwork by Australian women artists held in the USC Art Collection.
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Come Close
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A group exhibition of the work of Leonard Brown, Christian Flynn, Ian Friend, Gordon Shepherdson, Amber Wallis and Judith Wright.
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Holiday Closure
USC Art Gallery will be closed from 10 December 2018 to 30 January 2019.
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Exhibition X: The future begins now
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This exhibition presents the work of students nearing the completion of their studies in Design at USC.
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Deeper Conversations: Ritual in modern life
seminars
Join us for a discussion about ritual in modern life.
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Häxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages)
screening
A free film screening with live soundtrack by performed by Lucy Cliché and Naomi Blacklock, presented in partnership with the Queensland Film Festival.
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Sunshine Coast Open House: USC Art Gallery
floor talk
Sunshine Coast Open House is a free public event that celebrates the region’s architecture and offers behind-the-scenes access to some of the Coast’s iconic buildings.
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Dark Rituals Magical Relics Artist Talks
floor talk
Margaret Baguley, Beata Batorowicz, Linda Clark and Ellie Coleman
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Dark Rituals, Magical Relics
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Amalie Atkins, Margaret Baguley, Beata Batorowicz, Linda Clark, Ellie Coleman, Lisa Reihana and Susan Shantz
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Creative Generation
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The Queensland Government Department of Education's exhibition Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art recognises and promotes excellence in senior secondary visual arts education throughout Queensland’s regional and metropolitan schools.
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Second Hand Opera: Tatyana, the dance of
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Join us for a lunchtime performance by Fiona Bryant choreographed in response to an artwork by Arthur Boyd.
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Ross Watkins in conversation with Melanie Myers
general events
Join Ross Watkins as he discusses his new book, The Apology, with Melanie Myers.
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Blood Below the Skin
screening
Join us for a free film screening presented in partnership with the Queensland Film Festival. The Blood Below the Skin programme includes three short films directed by women that that draw on the emotional logic of music.
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The Lady and the Unicorn: Arthur Boyd and Peter Porter
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This exhibition presents the 24 etchings produced by Arthur Boyd that respond to Porter’s reinterpretation of the 16th century tale of the unicorn left off The Ark in the Biblical Great Flood.
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Deeper Conversations: The Field
seminars
This lecture presented by Beckett Rozentals (Curator, Australian Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts to 1980, NGV) will examine the impact, significance and legacy of The Field.
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The Landscape. Abstracted. Discussion.
floor talk
Artists Amy Clarke, Joseph Daws and Thom Stuart will talk about their work.
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Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival
screening
A free film screening presented in partnership with the Queensland Film Festival.
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Present-ing Fierce
perfomance
A special performance by Mitch Runcie held in conjunction with International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
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The Landscape. Abstracted.
exhibition
This group exhibition includes the work of three artists based on the Sunshine Coast who explore the juncture of landscape and abstraction.
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Creative Journaling
workshop
Join author and illustrator, Tash Turgoose, for an exploration of travel and creative journaling.
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Books as Art: Black Out Poetry
workshop
Join author, Emily Larkin, for an exploration into techniques for creating your own blackout poetry.
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Opening The Strip Show
opening
Join us for the opening of The Strip Show. This exhibition examines the influence of comic strips on the work of Australian artists.
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Books as Art: Journals as Art
workshop
Remember You Love This Sh*t is a creative journaling workshop for writers, designers, artists and anyone wanting to take journaling to the next level.
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The Strip Show
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The Strip Show examines the influence of comic strips on the work of Australian artists Stephen Bird, Chayni Henry, Shin Koyama, Jonathan McBurnie, Brian Robinson and Charles Street.
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Lullabies for Zander: Muses Trio
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In celebration of International Women's Day, Lullabies for Zander is a musical portrait for Muses pianist, Therese Milanovic’s firstborn, Zander. While some babies slumber to nursery rhymes, Zander’s dreams are coloured with sounds of exploring and rehearsing new music.
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Tracey Moffatt from the MAMA Collection
opening
Join us for the opening of Tracey Moffatt from the MAMA Collection.
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Tracey Moffatt, works from the MAMA Collection
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Tracey Moffatt is one of Australia's most successful artists, both nationally and internationally.
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Beach to Birrabeen
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An exhibition of artworks made by the Fraser Coast's Regional Artists and Tutors group during a residency on K’Gari (Fraser Island).
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Paradigm: The Shape of Things to Come
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This exhibition presents the work of fifty-five students nearing the completion of their studies in design at USC.
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Future Tense: Two Decades of Gifts to the Collection
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An exhibition of artworks that have been gifted to USC over the last two decades.
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Creative Generation
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This annual exhibition recognises and promotes excellence in senior visual arts education throughout Queensland’s state and non-state schools.
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From the Mountains to the Sea: Sunshine Coast Stories
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This collaborative exhibition focuses on broad Sunshine Coast historical themes, drawn from multiple museum collections, extending beyond local history over the last 50 years.
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How the Light Gets in: Contemporary Photographic Practice
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This exhibition brings together artworks by local emerging and established artists that embrace digital tools to explore previously unimagined possibilities.
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Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award 2016
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Grafton Regional Gallery’s biennial flagship art prize, promoting innovation and excellence in contemporary Australian drawing.
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East Coast Encounter
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A multi-arts initiative involving Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, writers and songwriters to re-imagine the encounter by Lt James Cook and his crew with Aboriginal people in 1770.
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Seer and Seen: Alex Ashton
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An exhibition of the creative outcomes of a three year Doctor of Creative Arts undertaken by Alex Ashton at USC.
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- Kinship: Jandamarra Cadd
- Nikon-Walkley Awards for Excellence in Photojournalism
- Regional Marks: Celebrating 50 Years of Print
- David Green: Collecting Tomorrow's Dreams
- Creative Generation
- USC Unpacked 20/20
- 2016 USC Design Student Folio Exhibition
- Letaba Elephant Hall Design
2015
- Telling Stories: The Illustrated Book
- The Drift of Impure Thoughts: Kym Tabulo
- Tubes: The Possibility to Meet the Unknown by Wilson Aguiar
- Responsible Much? An Issue is Not an Issue Until it is Your Issue
- Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award 2014
- Gubbi Gubbi Gun'doo Yang'ga'man
- AWIS Artis Blong Vanuatu
- Creative Generation
- Tess Edwards: Metaphysical Fishing
- Judith Rosenberg: The Magi and Other Works
- SPECIAL EVENT Preview the Sunshine Coast Art Prize: New Media Finalists
- 2015 USC Design Student Folio Exhibition
- Random Transitions: fibre.rust.skin
2014
- Chroma 256: International Colour Project
- 2013 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Awards
- The John Mainwaring Collection
- Fibro Coast
- Creative Generation
- Grainy Songs: Biomorphic Furniture and Votive Works by Ross Annels
- 2014 USC Design Student Portfolio Exhibition
- Intersection Interaction
2013
- Paul Thomas: Images of Vietnam
- Posters from Missouri
- Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award 2012
- True Stories from the Studio
- Mid-Year Design Student Exhibition
- Engage Research Lab: People and Technologies to Change the World
- iNASA: David Howard (The Adventures of Two Little Astronauts)
- Creative Generation
- Creative Power: The Art of George Baldessin
- Raymond Coffey: Homeless Series
- USC Design Student Folio Exhibition
- Margaret Ellen Turner: Space Invaders
- Raw Line: Caloundra Drawing Collective
2012
- Berbagi
- Chris Pantano: 25 years of glass making
- Through the Looking Glass: A Mother's Journey to Understand the Inner World of her Autistic Son
- STUDIO: Australian Painters Photographed by R. Ian Lloyd
- Collective Perspectives: Mid-Year Design Student Exhibition
- Stefan Dunlop: Ten Years
- Creative Generation
- Past and Present, Women in Eons of Time: Kicki Hankell
- Light and Soul: Dr Park Nam Hee
- Design Student Folio Exhibition
- Rex Backhaus Smith: Painting Life