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Get your ARTS into gear - 22nd January 2025

The new year has begun and Ipswich theatre is promising to be bigger than Ben-Hur with two local theatre companies starting the season with shows that will more than tantalize our love of theatre.

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15 hours ago
Arts

Get your ARTS into gear - 15th January 2025

It was a big year for the arts and artists in Ipswich in 2024. Many local artists, both visual and performance, had the opportunity to showcase their work and triumph in a very competitive and lustrous industry.

Guest Writer
15 Jan 2025
City Life

Banshees gig for stunning family music duo

FOR those who think the age of classic songwriting is a thing of the past, think again.

Rob Mellett
15 Jan 2025
Arts

Get Your ARTS into Gear - 18th December 2024

IPSWICH artists who took part in the 2023 art exhibition ‘Ipswich Threads’ are thrilled to have their work now exhibited in another exhibition entitled ‘Parallel Threads’ on Rhode Island, USA.

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18 Dec 2024
Arts

Get Your ARTS into Gear - 11th December 2024

THE Creative Hearts of Greater Springfield Pop-Up Art Gallery & Creativity Hub is inspiring local talent and community connection in Greater Springfield.

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11 Dec 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 4th December, 2024

Adrian Carr from Swich Up Productions said he’s absolutely thrilled to announce that after receiving an incredible 19 nominations, Swich Up Productions’ ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ has advanced as a finalist in 10 different categories for the Gold Palm Theatre Awards!

Guest Writer
04 Dec 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 20th November, 2024

IPSWICH Art Awards is over for another year. It is the general feeling that everyone was very happy with the event this year.

Guest Writer
20 Nov 2024
Arts

Ex-QT journo’s book debunks First Fleet myths

THE story of the First Fleet is one of courage, tragedy and of overcoming insurmountable odds.

Rob Mellett
20 Nov 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 13th November, 2024

Last week the Ipswich Climate Action Group (ICAG) hosted their inaugural ‘Trashion Parade’ at the Masonic Lodge in Ipswich.

Guest Writer
13 Nov 2024
Arts

Vermeer and the Dutch Golden Age - Felicity Smith

DUTCH painter Johannes Vermeer lived and worked in the city of Delft where he worked primarily as an art dealer, a business he had inherited from his father in 1652, when he was 20-years-old.

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13 Nov 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 6th November, 2024

THE highly anticipated Queensland Regional Art Awards are annual visual arts awards for established and emerging artists living in regional Queensland.

Guest Writer
06 Nov 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 30th October, 2024

Amadeus Rockefeller is an Ipswich author who is a multi-gold medal award winning Australian-Taiwanese writer who grew up in the 80s and has a diverse background spanning film, TV and radio, the military, electrical engineering, robotics, quantum mechanics, aviation and elementary school teaching.

Guest Writer
30 Oct 2024
Arts

Galaxy of stars for Supanova

SUPANOVA Comic Con and gaming’s landmark 100th event comes to Brisbane next month.

Rob Mellett
23 Oct 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 23rd October, 2024

Last week the Tivoli Drive-In held its Tivoli Arts Festival.

Guest Writer
23 Oct 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 16th October, 2024

Conversations in Open Spaces Conversations in Open Spaces explores a visual conversation between two local artists, Cynthia Copley and Amy Stapleton. Two friends communicating through their unique visual language about their connection to Ipswich...

Guest Writer
16 Oct 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 9th October, 2024

Local community arts group, Artsconnect Ipswich Inc get behind and support a wonderful cause in the Helping Support Minds Christmas Hamper fundraising appeal.

Guest Writer
09 Oct 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 2nd October, 2024

Ipswich Little Theatre will be hosting a very special presentation on the origins of the Burley Griffin Incinerator in Ipswich at the Incinerator Theatre on Saturday, November 9.

Guest Writer
02 Oct 2024
Arts

Get Your Arts Into Gear - 25th September, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, where fashion trends come and go in the blink of an eye, there is a growing movement towards sustainable design.

Guest Writer
25 Sep 2024
Arts

The allure of ‘Flaming June’ - Felicity Smith

‘ART for Art’s Sake’ was the mantra of the Aesthetic Art Movement of the 1880s.

Guest Writer
25 Sep 2024