Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery

  • Phone: (07) 4688 6652
  • Address:
    Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
    531 Ruthven St
    Toowoomba, QLD 4350
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Located beside City Hall at 531 Ruthven Street, the Toowoomba Art Gallery was established in 1938, making it the oldest public art gallery in regional Queensland .The current Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery facility was opened in March 1994 and is owned and maintained by council.Admission is free.Access for the disabled is from street level, with a lift leading to the upper floor. Toilet facilities cater for visitors using wheelchairs and parents and guardians tending babies and young children. Parking is available in Ruthven Street and in nearby off-street car parks.Gallery hours:Tuesday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm.Sunday: 1pm - 4 pm.Public Holidays: 10am - 4pm.Closed Christmas Day and Good FridayPlease note that The Gallery Shop closes at 3:45pm - ie 15 minutes before the Gallery closes.


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Past events

Sense of Place 2012

28th February

Sense of Place is a new annual screening program of contemporary Australian video art, featuring the work of 8 artists unified by their investigation of...

Free

High Tea

23rd October

An exhibition of fine English porcelain and ceramics that once served a utilitarian purpose before being gifted to the people of Toowoomba by Fred and...

Free

Watercolours from the Lindsay collection

8th September

An exhibition featuring half the watercolour paintings held in the Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Collection. The Lindsay Collection, which has been...

Free

Lindsay women

8th September

Depictions of women by the siblings Lionel, Norman and Daryl Lindsay and Ruby Lind, selected from the Library and City Collections.

Free

Tour De Force: In Case of Emergency Break Glass

17th October

A ground-breaking exhibition that highlights the work of eight progressive Australian artists who have made work that breaches the traditional ideas,...

Free

Bouquet

29th August

An arrangement of oil and watercolour paintings from the Fred and Lucy Gould Art Collection that demonstrate how European and Australian artists have used...

Free

Progressions

21st September

Staged by Darling Downs Textile Art Group, Progressions is the seventh biennial juried exhibition of selected textile artworks from emerging and prominent...

Free

Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artist Award Exhibition

14th September

Free

A Collaboration

26th June

An exhibition of artworks and textile designs by John Weeronga-Bartoo in collaboration with Ann Coy.

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Mapping Earth and Empire 2012

1st March

Maps and topographies from the early 1600s to the late 1800s.

Free

Bookplates, Marbled Papers and Printed Treasures 2012

1st March

Beautiful rare books and Ex libris artworks held in the Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Collection, complemented by bookplates donated by Patrick...

Free

Spatium 2012

1st May

Three dimensional works selected from the collections of the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.

Free

Jenny Sages: Paths to Portraiture 2012

12th May

This exhibition comprises nine large and arresting portraits, more than thirty drawings, photographs and objects inspiring and reflecting the work of the...

Free

Adornment 2012

15th February

An exhibition of contemporary jewellery from the Toowoomba City Collection.

Free

A Trail from Asia 2012

11th April

A collection of drawings and postcard paintings reminiscent of Asian adventures by local artist, Tina Wilson.

Free

Statements in Clay 2012

24th April

From the Toowoomba City Collection a selection ceramics acquired in the 1980s.

Free

Community Quilts of Toowoomba Region 2012

30th March

To commemorate the close of term of the first Toowoomba Regional Council in 2012, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery will present an exhibition of community...

Free

Modern Eyes 2012

8th March

An exhibition of contemporary photographs from Toowoomba City Collection

Free

Backward Glances 2012

28th March

An exhibition of historical photographs from Toowoomba City Collection.

Free

Wash up 2012

27th March

An exhibition of discarded objects symbolically used to give reflective nuance to some of the points and queries on the Australian mind of artist, Gabby...

Free

Crud in Yer Eye 2012

13th March

An exhibition of new work by Evan Dean influenced by street art and advertising, utilising printmaking and spray paint techniques.

Free