An Interactive Art Experience for all ages, New Beginnings will feature award-winning artists, poets, writers, puppeteer, florist, and jewellery makers providing an eclectic creative arts program.  The quality of the presenters, and the art pieces, is outstanding and holds something of interest for all ages.

Local artist Sharon Forbes presents an exhibition celebrating the allure of contemporary handcrafted jewellery as a form of artistic expression. Sharon repurposes precious metals, stones and Australian timbers into unique designs that transcend mere adornment to become wearable art.

I Love Goombungee! celebrates the unique character and charm of the Goombungee area, and features works from artists across the Region that capture the essence of this special town. From photography to landscapes and textiles, it invites visitors to discover quiet laneways and the residents who live there, the purple haze of Jacaranda-lined streets, and the deep connection to local places and spaces that reminds us to relish the moment.

The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art recognise and promote excellence in senior visual art education throughout Queensland state and non-state schools.

Since 1990, the program has helped raise community awareness of the degree of sophistication in concepts, diversity of technical competence, and the high standard of visual art education in Queensland secondary schools.

This regional exhibition displays the creative talents of senior high school visual art students from the Darling Downs South-West region for 2024.

Marilyn Murray presents Little Darlings, which references the size of the paintings and subject matter, the Darling Downs. The miniature artworks, measuring just 8.9 x 6.4cm, will jog memories and evoke emotional ties to the Region.

Part of Marilyn’s “Meeting History in Miniature” series, these intricate works of art showcase the beauty of the Darling Downs region and feature old churches, community halls and pubs.

Borderline Regional Arts Association presents a collection of paintings, mixed media works and sculptures by artists straddling the border communities around Stanthorpe, Tenterfield, Texas and Warwick, with a common expression of ‘where we find peace’ demonstrating that, regardless of individual circumstances, peace can be sought, found, and cherished by the curious seeker.

Ikebana, the traditional art of Japanese flower arrangement, draws attention to the beauty in nature.

Attracting international, national and local artists, the 2024 RME Downlands Art Exhibition offers viewers both contemporary and traditional artworks, creatively curated in a generous and imaginative format. This important cultural and community event has been held annually since 1987. With around 800 works on display in the Graham Centre at Downlands College, each year brings new surprises and interesting contrasts.

Experience the intricate artistry and stunning designs of the Toowoomba Quilters Club annual quilt exhibition. ‘A Party of Quilts’ will feature hundreds of traditional and modern quilts, textile art and small items made by Club members.

Experience the dynamic and vibrant local art scene with the Toowoomba Studio Art Trail. Take a leisurely self drive tour around the city to discover local artists and explore their home studios. Go behind the scenes and learn about their creative process – don’t miss this opportunity to be inspired!

Gardens connect us through our shared love of flowers and beauty, sunshine and our joy in the simple abundance of life. Spring is a season of such potential and new life.

The latest collection of colourful and heartfelt, floral paintings by Anna Battle, open your mind to ideas becoming possible alongside her collection of ideas and collaborations then pick up a pencil and reconnect to your own creativity in the workshop space.

To celebrate Toowoomba Carnival of Flower’s 75th anniversary, this exhibition brings together artworks by local artists that respond to the theme ‘Carnival Queens’. It blends contemporary art with Carnival’s rich history.

Western Downs artist Cindy Grimes celebrates the small everyday moments, the community places, the hard work times, the high colour of the flush times - documenting everyday regional Queensland landscapes and life in her paintings.

Judy Currie and Claire Howden present Connection Through Colour, an exhibition that celebrates art, colour and creativity and the power of art to transcend the conventional, the routine and the everyday.

Artist Henri van Noordenburg’s practice has always been strongly informed by rich histories of the Dutch Golden Age with a focus on the heavy symbolism therein. Time of the Signs is carved into being with ritualistic fervour while listening almost solely to pop-minimalist arrangements of Max Richter’s Exiles album.

POSTWORLD features Australian artists who create parallel universes.   Audiences will be invited into playful, sublime, poetic, and cautionary explorations of contemporary works and installations by nationally significant artists. Drawing on the detritus of the human epoch, these worlds have their own internal iconographies and languages existing in alternate time and space.

The 2024 High Country InStudio Art Trail spans over four weekends, providing visitors with multiple opportunities to embark on this self-drive adventure. From 10am to 4pm each day, follow the trail to studios, halls and galleries all brimming with artistic brilliance. No bookings are required and entry is completely free, allowing vistors to freely indulge in the beauty of art.

A collection of artworks by Glenmorgan & Toowoomba art groups, celebrating the imminent arrival of Spring.

Featuring a curated selection of works from artists participating in the annual InStudio Art Trail, InStudio InSights offers an enticing preview of the trail in one location.

A Delicate Balance explores both the diversity and details of nature and the notion of changing habitats. Suzanne Bauer and Jo Eagle highlight the delicate balance of environmental change through fibre and mixed media works.

Artists, Ute Braatz, Sian Carlyon and Jess Millicent, explore different contemporary printmaking techniques and their reflections on what makes our existences worth living.

The exhibition is based on the historical artistic trope of ‘memento mori’ (remember that you will die) – that life is fleeting – and so we should ‘carpe diem’ (seize the day)! Reinterpreting a long-standing historical artistic practice dating from Roman times through to contemporary ‘still life’, provides opportunities for commentary on social mores. Death is almost a friendly spectre on the periphery, but it is the ultimate social leveller.

Toowoomba Region artist David Carson gives us insight into why ‘today is his moment’ with diverse images in an abstract form and enhanced photographic images taken from the natural world and portraiture.

Step into the captivating world of "Eat My Dust". This heartwarming children's book transcends traditional narratives, shining a spotlight on the remarkable contributions women have made throughout history.

Inspired by the colours of nature, artist Kerry Harvey captures moments in time when the artist’s breath was literally taken away by the colours, changes of light and shade and the reflections of light and colour on bodies of water, be it the ocean, rivers, dams or lakes. The exhibition seeks to provide inspiration and appreciation for the natural beauty of our surroundings and asks the viewer to slow down and find beauty in the everyday.

Shadows and Reflections is a collection of paintings that celebrates the drama of shadows and reflections, the colours of sunrise and sunset and the ever-changing effect of light and colour on coastal, rural and river scenes.

Inspired by the colours of nature, this exhibition captures moments in time when the artist’s breath was literally taken away by the colours, changes of light and shade and the reflections of light and colour on bodies of water, be it the ocean, rivers, dams or lakes.