Exhibitions and Programs

In my shoes: Intimacy

general events

A 360-degree virtual reality experience that explores the power of human connection.

Drawing on complexity (Experimenta series)

workshops

An experiment that combines collaborative, expanded drawing with an exploration of complex adaptive systems.

Experimenta Make Sense

exhibition

An exhibition that expresses the disconcerting and delightful world of the digital age.

Artist Floor Talk: Kim Guthrie

floor talk

The Australian Voices

performance

Johns Landing: a story of respect, of people and place

seminars

Deeper Conversations: Kim Guthrie and Kevin Wilson

seminars

River's Edge: Kim Guthrie

exhibition

An exhibition of photographs of Johns Landing Camping Ground in Noosa by Sunshine Coast based artist, Kim Guthrie.

M.A.D.E. Walking with Nicole Voevodin-Cash

workshops

Deeper Conversations: Judy Watson and Katina Davidson

seminars

Artist Talks: Johanna DeMaine, Fiona Dempster and Kym Tabulo

floor talk

Women's Work from the Collection

exhibition

This exhibition celebrates artwork by Australian women artists held in the USC Art Collection.

Deeper Conversations: Leonard Brown and Angela Goddard

seminars

Music at USC

performance

Lunchtime concert series

Come Close

exhibition

A group exhibition of the work of Leonard Brown, Christian Flynn, Ian Friend, Gordon Shepherdson, Amber Wallis and Judith Wright.

Holiday Closure

USC Art Gallery will be closed from 10 December 2018 to 30 January 2019.

Exhibition X: The future begins now

exhibition

This exhibition presents the work of students nearing the completion of their studies in Design at USC.

Deeper Conversations: Ritual in modern life

seminars

Join us for a discussion about ritual in modern life.

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.

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.

Dark Rituals Magical Relics Artist Talks

floor talk

Margaret Baguley, Beata Batorowicz, Linda Clark and Ellie Coleman

Dark Rituals, Magical Relics

exhibition

Amalie Atkins, Margaret Baguley, Beata Batorowicz, Linda Clark, Ellie Coleman, Lisa Reihana and Susan Shantz 

Creative Generation

exhibition

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.

Second Hand Opera: Tatyana, the dance of

perfomance

Join us for a lunchtime performance by Fiona Bryant choreographed in response to an artwork by Arthur Boyd.

Ross Watkins in conversation with Melanie Myers

general events

Join Ross Watkins as he discusses his new book, The Apology, with Melanie Myers.

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.

The Lady and the Unicorn: Arthur Boyd and Peter Porter

exhibition

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.  

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.

The Landscape. Abstracted. Discussion.

floor talk

Artists Amy Clarke, Joseph Daws and Thom Stuart will talk about their work.

Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival

screening

A free film screening presented in partnership with the Queensland Film Festival.

Present-ing Fierce

perfomance

A special performance by Mitch Runcie held in conjunction with International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

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.

Creative Journaling

workshop

Join author and illustrator, Tash Turgoose, for an exploration of travel and creative journaling.

Books as Art: Black Out Poetry

workshop

Join author, Emily Larkin, for an exploration into techniques for creating your own blackout poetry.

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.

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.

The Strip Show

exhibition

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.

Lullabies for Zander: Muses Trio

perfomance

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.

Tracey Moffatt from the MAMA Collection

opening

Join us for the opening of Tracey Moffatt from the MAMA Collection.

Tracey Moffatt, works from the MAMA Collection

exhibition

Tracey Moffatt is one of Australia's most successful artists, both nationally and internationally.

Beach to Birrabeen

exhibition

An exhibition of artworks made by the Fraser Coast's Regional Artists and Tutors group during a residency on K’Gari (Fraser Island).

Paradigm: The Shape of Things to Come

exhibition

This exhibition presents the work of fifty-five students nearing the completion of their studies in design at USC.

Future Tense: Two Decades of Gifts to the Collection

exhibition

An exhibition of artworks that have been gifted to USC over the last two decades.

Creative Generation

exhibition

This annual exhibition recognises and promotes excellence in senior visual arts education throughout Queensland’s state and non-state schools.

From the Mountains to the Sea: Sunshine Coast Stories

exhibition

This collaborative exhibition focuses on broad Sunshine Coast historical themes, drawn from multiple museum collections, extending beyond local history over the last 50 years.

How the Light Gets in: Contemporary Photographic Practice

exhibition

This exhibition brings together artworks by local emerging and established artists that embrace digital tools to explore previously unimagined possibilities.

Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award 2016

exhibition

Grafton Regional Gallery’s biennial flagship art prize, promoting innovation and excellence in contemporary Australian drawing.

East Coast Encounter

exhibition

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.

Seer and Seen: Alex Ashton

exhibition

An exhibition of the creative outcomes of a three year Doctor of Creative Arts undertaken by Alex Ashton at USC.