5. Professional Creative Development

Challenge:

To provide opportunities that extend professional skill sets

Responses:

  • support artists in identifying and developing their competencies.
  • present developing artists with options to extend their techniques and to explore different media
  • maintain a professionally equiped exhibition, installation and workshop spaces for local artists that is accessible to a broad range of creative milieu 
  • offer promotional and public relations support services for exhibitors 

CELEBRATING ART CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN THE GOLDFIELDS

9. Our Creative Neighbourhood. 

This section identifies who is present in our local arts neighbourhood


Maryborough Butter Factory 

is a key component of the delivery of Creative Goldfields activities. It is centrally located within the Shire’s tourism precinct and next to the public transport hub. As a creative space it retains a focus on exploring humanity, inclusion and diversity through a creative activities. It is a valuable centre for arts and creativity and is a destination for local tourism. It is an effective combination of gallery, studio and workshop space that deliver exhibitions, installations and community events that could not be delivered as successfully elsewhere.


Avoca Arts Precinct 

Spearheaded by the Gallery 127, this is a dynamic centre for the arts and supports regional artists. The precinct continues to grow with exciting new concepts the latest being  huge creative projections onto the local silos for evening film and cultural events.


Possum Gully Art Gallery

Possum Gully Art Gallery is a gallery run by a local artist specialising in painting and drawing. Trish Walsh holds a permanent collection of her artwork as well as periodic exhibitions of other local artists.


Dunolly Arts Hub

Is a community arts hub that hold exhibitions of local arts and crafts and is run by experienced staff and volunteers.


Maryborough Art Gallery

This municipal art gallery always presents an exhibition worth seeing. Helen Captian curates the gallery with a keen eye to great art.


Mill House

Mill House is a Neighbourhood House with a fresh and dynamic approach to community creativity. Mill House participates in many local cultural activities  with exciting events that focus on the visual and culinary.


Ministry of Fun

The Ministry of Fun is a workshop and retail space devoted to felting. It carries the exceptional work of a local textile and community artist Anna Ashton.