Event Type: All Ages

Exhibition Dates :
Thursday 7 August – Monday 1 September 2025
**Installation viewable 24/7

Stitch Insects is a lovingly handcrafted exploration of insects, surface patterning and material exploration using a mixture of fabrics, cottons, decorative stitching and tea.

“I love making things with my hands. Objects that reveal the human element, the processes involved and the imperfections of the hand crafted. Stitch Insects has taken time to complete, and I enjoy the slow process as a contradiction to the accelerated nature and current AI leaning culture of our society. Each seam, stitch and knot are unique.  I have loved, hated and felt ambivalent about it. Finally completing the piece, running my hands over its surface, there is a wonderful sense of accomplishment. Looking at all the insects in their various forms, I marvel at these precious little creatures the basically run the world. And I wonder what on earth I am going to do with all my newly found spare time… 

This piece was created using primarily second-hand or left over fabrics, manifesting themselves as surface patterning, material experimentation and transformation of shapes.  

The base of the garment is a left-over toile from a sewing pattern overworked with Victorian style ‘crazy’ patchwork in scraps of silk, cotton, polyester and other fabrics. As with traditional Victorian patchwork the seams are embroidered with a variety of decorative stitches. The surface has been overlayed with a variety of insects using cross-stitch and stumpwork embroidery. The sleeves are worked with different knots and stitches to create ‘wildscapes’ that reflect microenvironments.”
– Style Constructed | Holly Farley

Opening Event :
Wednesday 20 August 2025, 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Exhibition Dates :
Thursday 21 – Monday 25 August 2025
 10:00am – 5:00pm daily

Mixed Expression is a vibrant exhibition by sisters Sahar and Maryam from S & M Art Studio, featuring abstract art, mixed media, and glass painting that express emotion and storytelling through colour, texture, and unique styles.

This collection brings together a diverse mix of abstract works, textured mixed media pieces, and delicate glass paintings, all reflecting the artists’ individual voices and shared passion for storytelling through art.

Each artwork in the exhibition explores themes of emotion, memory, and connection. From layered brushstrokes and experimental materials to luminous glass surfaces, Mixed Expression invites viewers to experience art that is both expressive and deeply personal. Though the styles differ, the harmony between the sisters’ creative visions forms a cohesive and vibrant display.

This exhibition celebrates not only artistic freedom but also the beauty of collaboration. It’s a reflection of how differences in expression can come together to create something unique and inspiring.

You can follow more of Sahar and Maryam’s creative journey online

Opening Event :
Friday 27 June 2025, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Exhibition Dates :
Thursday 26 June – Saturday 5 July 2025
10:00am – 2:00pm daily

Philip James Mylecharane utilises painting to create a tableau of the figure that embodies the flux of affective states from one point to the next.

His paintings avoid a didactic relationship between image and external object in favour of presence. The works in this exhibition make no claims to speak to anything, nor ask for anything. It is simply; painting.

Opening Event :
Thursday 14 August 2025, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Exhibition Dates :
Wednesday 13 – Monday 18 August 2025
10:30am – 4:30pm daily
*exhibition viewing after 2:00pm on Wednesday 13 August / after completion of install**

Daily Painting in action from 1:00pm (Monday – Friday)

An awe inspired exploration of Tasmania’s mountain wilderness through the poetry of paint, touching on light gilded rock faces and alpine wildflowers tenaciously bejewelling the edges of blue shadowed chasms.

Perhaps ‘I lost my compass’ would be an apt title too.

After many years of ‘getting around to it’ Mel Hills has finally started this series of mountain celebration paintings. 

Come for the ultimate lightweight bushwalk.
Guaranteed no scrub.
Fitness level optional.

Leave your heavy gear behind and prepare to have your breath snatched by awe inspiring mountain vistas, yawning chasms, towering peaks nd scintillating waterfalls. See the mist veils rising- giving glimpses of blue shadowed cliffs, studded with the gems of alpine flowers.

Imagine an icy dip in a mountain tarn while the last light gilds the surrounding peaks in gold and the cold mountain wind whispers through the crags..

With evident inspiration and influence from great Tasmanian landscape photographers such as Dombrovski and Truchannas, Mel composes poetic and breathtaking paintings of our iconic landscapes and details the flora and fauna that help make them so special.

Each painting is meticulously researched and may have a supporting folio of work, enabling a glimpse into the creation process.

The main body of this exhibition is a series of oil paintings on triple primed board and hand framed in timber. All have hanging wires and  D rings attached. Full interpretation information is presented with the artwork and also attached to the rear of the painting. 

The artist will be present for the duration of the exhibition for ridicule, track notes, general chit chat as desired and is likely to be plying a brush for part of each day.

Opening Event :
Friday 8 August 2025, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Includes an introduction by the artists, followed by a short dialogue between the artistic and scientific perspectives of aurora photography. This conversation will explore how visual art can reveal scientific phenomena in ways that create emotional connection and deeper understanding.

Exhibition Dates :
Friday 8 – Monday 18 August 2025
Sunday – Friday 10:00am – 5:00pm
Saturdays 9:00am – 5:00pm

A contemplative visual collaboration between art and science showcasing Tasmania’s unique connection to the southern lights, where award-winning photography reveals the awe-inspiring beauty of this natural phenomenon during the 2025 solar maximum.

Featuring works by Dr Andrew Phipps, Luke Tscharke, Paul Hoelen, and Benjamin Alldridge

A powerful photographic journey revealing Tasmania’s unique connection to the southern lights. During the 2025 solar maximum, this exhibition showcases award-winning photography that captures one of nature’s most elusive phenomena, the aurora australis, as it illuminates Tasmania’s night skies. The collection celebrates our island’s position as Australia’s best aurora viewing location, presenting the southern lights as both an artistic subject with remarkable visual impact and a scientific phenomenon demonstrating interactions between solar activity and Earth’s atmosphere.

Each photograph is paired with accessible scientific insights into the processes creating these auroral forms, offering understanding of space weather, solar activity and atmospheric interactions. Interactive elements include a live aurora dashboard displaying real-time solar conditions, time-lapse presentations revealing aurora movement patterns, and educational material highlighting Tasmania’s pristine dark skies and ideal viewing conditions.

Presented as part of National Science Week 2025 with support from Inspiring Tasmania, Dark Sky Tasmania, and Beaker Street, this exhibition brings together artistic vision and scientific understanding during Solar Cycle 25’s peak. Southern Nights explores how looking south across Tasmania’s dramatic landscapes reveals these magnificent nocturnal displays that have captivated sky-watchers for generations.

Opening Event :
Thursday 31 July 2025, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Exhibition Dates :
Friday 1 – Sunday 24 August 2025
Monday – Friday 9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturdays 10:00am – 3:00pm
Sundays 10:00am – 2:00pm

“RAW Exhibition is a unique perspective on how I capture my photography,
turning everyday objects into beauty. I create my images by experimenting
with different concepts, lighting and techniques. Each photo gives a unique
visual experience.

RAW exhibition is about my personal journey of discovery with photography, exploring this in a digital age, through non figurative abstract photography. I utilise the power of the camera while working in a controlled environment as well as being strongly focused on the use of objects which exist in our immediate physical world. I find inspiration in the simplest things, and notice beauty in things that most people don’t, then exploring something so mundane and creating something so unique. The relationship I have with the object, lights, and my camera, tells a unique story of what I see through my lens. Every photo captures a moment in time.

I’ve always had a passion and respect for traditional photography and draw inspiration from it. However it has been done time and time again in the photographer’s own style. I want to create and capture something new. When an observer walks into my exhibition, or looks at one of my photos, I want to challenge them and their emotional response.

In the digital age we live in, and now with AI, I feel the fundamental skills of photography haven’t been given the appreciation, respect and recognition they deserve. The journey of photography from those early processes of the 1800s to the digital age is truly remarkable and fascinating. I feel it is slowly being lost and I hope that I challenge the observer to question and research the history of photography and to use it in their own photography.

My style and passion for the use of the camera removes the need for post production tools like photoshop, unless used as if I was in a dark room. I want to use my camera to its full potential and to show how powerful the camera is on its own. This exhibition is a series of unique abstract and dynamic non figurative style photographs, exploring how powerful the camera is, pushing it to its absolute limits, while using and exploring traditional methods in a digital format.”
– Rachael Windress

Opening Event :
Thursday 14 August 2025, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Exhibition Dates :
Thursday 14 – Monday 18 August 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm daily
**Closes at 1:00pm on final day**

An exhibition of artwork by the members and tutors of The Colour Circle

Kaleidoscope will showcase a wide range of media represented including watercolour, soft pastels, oils, acrylics, printmaking, drawing and mixed media. Traditional, contemporary, impressionist, graphic, botanic and abstract styles will all be represented. 

The Colour Circle is a vibrant community organisation of over 260 members from all walks of life. It provides high quality tutored art classes and workshops as well as social activities and opportunities for members to exhibit their work.

Opening Event :
Wednesday 20 August 2025, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Exhibition Dates :
Wednesday 20 – Monday 25 August 2025
11:00am – 4:00pm daily

Improvised Performances @ 1:00pm daily

Palimpsest-as-Process by Andrea Breen questions the processes of art-making, in the gallery and by showing work that has already been ‘transformed’.

Palimpsest-as-Process will interrogate how we make decisions around discarding or reinventing art & how art practices might celebrate the processes of creativity. Andrea Breen has spent the past twelve months re-inscribing & reimagining extant texts from her oeuvre of previously shown creative work, including paintings, collages, drawings, poetic texts & acoustic compositions. 

The exhibition will include sound installations (in the gallery space and on headphones), and ‘in-gallery’ change processes. Visitors will be invited to offer contributions.

Improvised performances (collaborations and solo) are programmed for 1:00pm each day in the gallery. 

Recordings and art work will be available for sale on request.

Performanes :
Sunday 8 & Monday 9 June 2026
Doors Open @ 6:30pm | Performance from 6:45pm – 7:15pm

Duration : 30 minutes | NO INTERVAL

Tickets :
Flexible Ticket (pay as you can) $19 – $50
Concession $14

Tickets are limited. We recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.

Standing Event or bring a cushion and sit on the ground surrounded by the incredible works of artists from the Art for Takayna residency

In a unique and breathtaking installation, for the first time in Australian arts history, a grand piano was placed in a threatened forest in Takayna for pianist Dave McEvoy to compose music and help save Takayna’s ancient landscapes from mining and logging.

Now, you’re invited to immerse yourself in David’s compositions, created during his time in the threatened Que Forest. Experience this 30-minute sound journey as Dave plays a grand piano in the Long Gallery, surrounded by powerful artworks from our Art for Takayna residency, created by artists who spent time in Takayna: one of Earth’s last wild places.

Film Screening :
Thursday 5 June 2025
Doors Open 6:30pm | Screening from 7:00pm

Duration : 135 minutes | Includes INTERVAL (at 60 minutes approx)

TICKETS :
Adult $38 (+BF)
Concession $32 (+BF)
+ Family & Group Ticket Options

Warren Miller is going big for 75 years!

Stacked with unbelievable action and unexpected stories, Warren Miller’s 75 will bring fans to powder stashes and chutes around the world, from Canada, Colorado, California, and Utah to Finland, Japan, Austria, and New Jersey.

Catch a diverse lineup of snowsports legends, Olympic hopefuls, world champions, X Games stars, and emerging talents on the big screen this May 2025, including snowboarders Shaun White, Jeremy Jones, Danny Davis, and Toby Miller, plus skiers Max Hitzig, Lexi duPont, Caite Zeliff, Mark Abma, and Aaron Blunck.