Event Type: All Ages

Heather Crisp and Kerri Jacobson

Opening Event :
11 April 2025, 6:00pm

Exhibition Dates :

10 – 14 April 2025

9am – 4pm daily

When two women of a certain age get together in an old Huon Valley apple packing shed anything is possible.

Rather than baking tarts and pies, Heather and Kerri’s creative juices have combined to produce delicious and sumptuous works of art. Working alongside each other has allowed them to explore and create works, both abstract and figurative, featuring glorious colour and fascinating compositions.

Opening Event :
16 April 2025, 6:00pm

Exhibition Dates :

Thursday 17 – Monday 28 April 2025

10:00am – 6:00pm Sunday – Thursday
10:00am – 8:00pm Friday & Saturday

This is a public exhibition of original photographic works produced by members of the Hobart Photographic Society

This is an annual exhibition with a collection of works by our members covering a wide range of genres including but not limited to landscape, portraiture, wildlife, macro, urban and creative images.

It is expected that there will be 60 large format images on display plus a video display of a further 200 images. It will be open to the public and is anticipated to attract local, interstate and overseas visitor as it has in past years. HPS members include winners of numerous national and international photographic awards.

We believe that as with any art form unless it is shared with the public audience, colleagues, and friends it is not fully appreciated and is often lost forever. The exhibition offers an opportunity for our diverse and talented members to showcase their best or most meaningful work with others in our community.

The exhibition also provides us with an opportunity to describe the workings of the society and encourage new membership.

Past exhibitions have been reviewed by local media and been described as being of the highest order of presentation and diversity.

This exhibition offers visitors from interstate and overseas an opportunity to view our images and share something of the experiences and lives of the people living in our community.

As the majority of images on display are sourced from Tasmanian based suppliers they demonstrate the expertise and professionalism available in this state

Presented by Artosaurus

Dates:
14 – 28 April, 2025
Mon-Fri 10am – 5pm
Weekends 10am – 4pm

Opening event:
17 April | 6pm

A representation across a collection of mediums of Artosaurus’ core value: Make Art, Be Happy.

A collectives depiction of Artosaurus’ core value: Make Art, Be Happy.

The Printer, the Painter, the Potter, and Maker is a collaborative assemblage of artworks created by Artosaurus resident artists, mentors, teachers, and Art Club members.

Opening Event :
Thursday 17 April 2025 @ 5.30pm

Exhibition Dates :
Friday 18 – Sunday 27 April 2025
Daily 10:00am – 4:00pm

Michelle Hiscock, Sue Nettlefold, Julie Williams, Gina Bruce

Four painters, three from Sydney painters and one from Tasmania, connected through their association with the National Art School, and a love of landscape, are coming together to showcase their unique approaches to painting and drawing the world around us.

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Michelle Hiscock trained at the Canberra School of Art (ANU). Her powerfully evocative early landscapes were well received by collectors and critics, and she has continued to develop a pictorial language based on a contemporary interpretation of the classical landscape tradition.

Hiscock has lived in Japan and France and travelled widely sketching in Europe. She has had 15 solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, and is regularly a finalist in national competitions such as the Archibald Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Art Award and the Gallipoli Art Prize. She has had survey exhibitions at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery and Rusten House in Queanbeyan.

Sue Nettlefold is a Tasmanian based painter with a particular focus on building creativity in Community. Since her return to Tasmania in 2008 Sue has completed an MFAD in painting at UTAS in 2017 and established the Spring Bay Studio and Gallery on the East Coast in 2011.  

Sue’s recent solo exhibition, ‘Vantage Point’ at Sidespace Gallery in 2022, was followed by an invitation to participate in Paint 2022, Relationships and Limitations, in Launceston and Devonport (Polmeina and Nant Galleries). Sue has exhibited in Sydney and Melbourne over many years before her return to Tasmania in 2008.

Sue was recently awarded ‘Citizen of the Year, 2025’ for her cultural contribution to the East Coast.

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Julie Williams is an Australian painter, printmaker and teacher who divides her time between studios in Sydney and Hill End, NSW.  Julie also exhibited in Paint 22, Relationships and Limitations in both Launceston and Devonport, Tasmania.

Julie has exhibited widely in Sydney, Regional Galleries in NSW and in South-East Asia during her 5 years living in Singapore. Her work is held in both public and private collections.  She has been a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize in Sydney on more than one occasion including their inaugural exhibition.  

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Gina Bruce is a celebrated painter known for her en plein air works and exploration of landscape and figurative compositions. She graduated with Honors from the National Art School after completing a commerce degree at the University of Sydney. Bruce has held nine solo exhibitions at the Robin Gibson Gallery and earned notable awards, including the Waverley Art Prize (2011) and the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award (2002). Residencies, such as at the Denise Hickey Paris studio (2003) and Nokia Asia Pacific Art Award in Bangkok (2002), have contributed to shaping her career.

Exhibition Dates :
Friday 2 – Sunday 25 May 2025
Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday* & Sunday 11:00am – 3:00pm

John Coleman’s companion album Amber and the Flow can be accessed HERE

*Live Music from 1:00pm – 3:00pm on Saturdays

Seeing this Place, a collection of 20 paintings and charcoal drawings, is singer-songwriter John Coleman’s visual ode to the ephemeral and pervasive beauty of South East Tasmania.

Seeing this Place is a visual celebration of South East Tasmania. The collection of oil paintings and charcoal drawings are companions to a new album of original songs exploring life in Tasmania, titled “The Amber and the Flow”. 

“Nearly nine years ago I moved permanently to Susans Bay (SE Tasmania) and was able to convert the shed in our yard into a studio where I have been able to  continue my writing and painting practices. The paintings, drawings and songs are for me a kind of thank you for the gift of sea and sky – hills and silence.  While my songs are often narrative reminiscences, the making of my paintings has become my other way of “seeing”. The songs are emotional and conceptual but the making of the artworks is another contemplative way – a complementary and “slower” way. My practice is a response to the ever-present invitation to set aside circling thoughts and to dwell deeply in the “particular” – the small, the vast, the natural, the blue and the green and the patches of light – the lovely light. This deep looking and the subsequent creation feel more akin to bird watching and contemplation rather than an exercise of intellect and imagination. And so, my intention with this exhibition is to communicate something of the peace and beauty of this place where we live.

My landscape method is one that usually begins with a tramp along shores and bushland, stopping periodically to sketch and photograph. It’s about seeing and being affected by light, colour, smell and sound – the delicious immersion in landscape. There is always warm anticipation in this first stage. Back in the studio I will create one or two charcoal drawings that help me to know the contours and note the points of attraction for me. Often there’s a sense of discovery as I realise what it was that drew me to this particular aspect of land and sky – whether the transformation of light to hillsides and rock faces, the geometry of a green-black belt of trees above tidal angularities, or the thick green foliage of wetland forest above the little bird filled lake. And always the sky and the land are equal actors. Of course, then there is the painting – all the steps that occur before the final subtleties and the knowing that “it is done”. 

I am seeing this place.”

– John Coleman (2025)

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John Coleman’s companion album Amber and the Flow can be accessed HERE

Opening Event :
Friday 2 May 2025, 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Exhibition Dates :
Friday 2 – Sunday 18 May 2025
9:00am – 5:00pm daily

HoCo Now : a showcase of Year 11 and 12 students from Hobart College’s 2024 cohort working in a variety of media.

Every year art students from across the state work hundreds of hours to produce art as part of their coursework, largely unseen except by peers and teachers.

HoCo Now is an annual survey of work from Hobart College, celebrating the depth and breadth of contemporary student practice. Featuring works across a diverse range of media—including painting, sculpture, digital art, photography, and installation—the exhibition highlights personal reflections, social themes, and technical skill of the next generation of artists.

Exhibition Dates :
Thursday 1 – Monday 12 May 2025
10:00am – 5:00pm daily
*Closing Early on FINAL DAY : 1:00pm on Monday 12 May 2025

Opening Event :
Friday 2 May 2025, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Works on paper is a broad phrase that indicates any artwork that uses paper as its main substrate.  The Works on Paper exhibition by four Hobart based artists present prints, drawings, artist books, collage, drawings, sculptures and paintings. Paper is the star of this exhibition.

Featuring works by Rebecca Coote, Ange Cooper, Kaye Green and Cathryn McCarthy-Ross.

Opening Event :
Friday 21 March 2025, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Exhibition Dates :
Saturday 22 – Sunday 30 March 2025
Monday – Friday 10:00am -3:00pm
Saturdays 9:00am – 4:00pm
Sundays 10:00am – 3:00pm

Step into Dot 25, a celebration of new work. Curated by Designed Objects Tasmania, this group exhibition brings together the unique talents of DOT’s community of makers and designers in one show.

Designed Objects Tasmania (DoT) proudly presents Dot 25, an exhibition celebrating exceptional design. This group show unites the creative talents of DOT’s community of makers and designers, featuring a diverse range of work across a range of materials. Combining a blend of traditional craftsmanship and innovative vision, Dot 25 explores what design can be.

Presented by Blue Cow Collective : Mark Buckland + Stephen Hargreaves + Eo Greensticks

Opening Event :
4 April 2025 | 6pm

Exhibition Dates :
Thursday 3 – Monday 14 April 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm Saturday – Wednesday
10:00am – 7:00pm Thursdays & Fridays

A presentation of works by three friends, Mark Buckland, Eo Greensticks and Steve. who have been exhibiting their work together for over a decade. Artistically our styles and content are individually quite distinct, but somehow together it always seems to work.

Much of Eo’s work is large scale ferro-cement sculpture and bright paintings inspired by people like Joan Miro. In this exhibition Mark is presenting a single work comprised of 486 works created over the last 35 years titled ‘Check Mate – Experiments in Colour, Space and Time 1990 -2025. Steve. works mainly in oils, ceramics and photographic imagery.

Kirby Gibson

Exhibition Dates :
16 April, 2025 – 25 May, 2025
**Installation viewable 24/7

Say hello to Tasmania’s premier upcycled saddle collection!

The repurposing of old and broken saddles into functional and, more importantly, memorable pieces is a passion project of Kirby’s.

The Second Stride collection is incredibly unique and is an amalgamation of traditional leather working skills, a love of horses, and a yearning for a challenge!

Made completely by hand from repurposed leather from donated saddles, no two pieces are ever the same. From bags to wallets to notebook covers, Kirby takes your old saddles and crafts a nostalgic gem you can take with you wherever you go.