If you love all things bright, bold, and big – read on for our favourite art trails across Southern Queensland Country.
If your local art gallery knows how you like your latte, it’s time for an escape to our country canvas.
Southern Queensland Country has played muse to a number of artists who now adorn the walls of local galleries, lanes, even gigantic silos, creating art trails around the region.
If you love all things bright, bold, and big – read on for our favourite art trails across Southern Queensland Country.
Discover the talent of the region’s best artists as they exhibit at studios and galleries during the annual festival, GBART.
From 27 - 29 October 2023, test your brush strokes or put pen to paper in a workshop, take part in a hands-on display, meet the artists, watch the experts in action and more.
Inspired by one of the biggest art shows for small towns in the country, Smalls Halls Festival, the Granite Belt showcases its local artists while inviting small community halls to take part.
Stick around to see the talent of the Granite Belt’s local community, alongside international artists, on the Granite Belt Art Trail dotted around the region.
From intricate mosaic tiles snaking along the pavement to detailed paintings sprawled around the town, immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of culture, history, and artefacts in the area.
Discover the giant murals scattered throughout the CBD and be sure to follow the sculpture trail through Weerona Park.
We recommend putting on your best walking shoes and tackle the city’s street art by foot and/or jump in the car for a leisurely scenic drive art spotting.
While you’re there, check out these 10 things to do in the Granite Belt.
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Stay a bit longer on the Southern Downs after GBART, as the Condamine Country art and open studio trail kicks off the following weekend. Spend the weekend of the 2-3rd November 2024 at the northern end, basing yourself in Warwick to experience the second year of this creative gathering of artists, from Swan Creek, Emu Vale, Killarney, Loch Lomond and Warwick.
Studio Visits: Meet and talk to artists as they work in their private studios. Learn about their technique, inspiration and motivation.
Collectives: Learn why the Condamine Country art scene is thriving. Chat to groups of like minded artisans working and sharing conversation and ideas.
Public Art: Celebrating our past and showing our vision to be a progressive, modern city now and into the future. Watch public art being created over the weekend.
Marvel at over 55 masterpieces from local and international artists covering the walls of the city with a wander through Toowoomba’s Laneway Art Trail.
Thanks to the First Coat festival, which kicked off in 2014, Toowoomba’s laneways are permanently home to some of the country’s most renowned street art.
Grab a croissant and coffee at Ground Up, tucked away between vibrant murals in Searles Lane, before snapping shots of the city’s most photographed large-scale artworks.
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For more: Check out InStudio Art Trail, a self-drive trail in the High Country Hamlets region around artists, studios, and exhibition spaces which takes place each August.
The Goondiwindi region might have joined Australia’s silo art trail in 2019 with their iconic Yelarbon Silo Mural, but closer to town there’s plenty of art works to explore.
The town's been painted from the ground up, thanks to the annual Lanescape Festival, which sees artists adding to its permanent art trail.
What started as an opportunity for artist James Ellis has turned into an annual event after the artist painted a bare wall, outside the Gunsynd Motor Inn (2018), while on passing through on his way to Melbourne.
He's since coloured in more of the town with his popular murals.
If you’re keen to stick around, see how to spend 48 hours in the Goondiwindi region. Or go deep and fully explore Goondiwindi's Art Trail with this 4 day itinerary.
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For more: Join the street party and watch the experts transform buildings and walls. The next Lanescape is scheduled for 13 October 2023.
With works from some of Australia's best-known artists hanging in galleries across the Western Downs, there’s more to the region's connection with arts and culture than meets the eye.
This region is the birthplace of more than one famous bush artist, with plenty still calling the Western Downs home.
Renowned artists Hugh Sawrey's works can be seen throughout parks and galleries, with some of the best examples of his work on the Grand Tara Commercial Hotel’s walls.
To help power your adventure, here’s everything you need to know about the Western Downs.
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