Experience
All Exhibitions15 March - 28 April 2024
20/40 Degrees of Separation
Wren Moore
15 March - 28 April 2024
North of the Silver Phoenix
Odessa Mahony-de Vries
2 February - 21 April 2024
Dreams of Verdant Decadence
Lynn Scott-Cumming
3 May - 16 June 2024
Pressing Topics
The Ironing Maidens
3 May - 16 June 2024
An Unnatural History
Sarah Treadwell
Make
All Workshops8am - 1pm Sunday 24 March 2024
Copper Wayfaring Workshop
$215 - $235 | Wren Moore
9.30am - 12pm Saturday 6 April 2024
Intaglio Printmaking Workshop
$90 - $110 | Ann Bartholomeusz
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Clay Stoneware Package
Create with clay for your next group event
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Life Drawing Package
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The Castle of Tarragindi on Tour | Natalya Hughes
Free | Self-guided children's activities
Learn
All Public Programs10am Sat 23 March 2024
Creative Industries | The Artist’s Journey & Film Screening
Jonathan McBurnie
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Discover, Dive, Draw
Kerrie Everett Horrocks and Tony Fitzsimmons
Exhibition Applications
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Residencies
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Touring Exhibitions
Catalogues and education kits available
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All ProgramsArtificial: 2024 Umbrella Members' Exhibition
Entries close: Midnight Sunday 12 May 2024 | Enter now!
Compact Prints 2024
Register and submit by 5pm (AEST) Friday 31 May 2023 | Register now!
PUNQ Festival
Pop Up North Queensland Festival
Young Indigenous Printmakers
A free education program for senior Indigenous Australian high school students
Touring exhibitions
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Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
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Sat - Sun: 9am-1pm
Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks.
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408 Flinders Street,
Gurambilbarra (Townsville),
Qld, 4810 Australia
PO Box 2394,
Gurambilbarra (Townsville),
Qld, 4810 Australia
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Acknowledgement of Country
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
Umbrella is a Dealer Member of the Indigenous Art Code. This means we are committed to fair and ethical trade with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and transparency in the promotion and sale of artwork. As a Dealer Member and signatory to the Code we must act fairly, honestly, professionally and in good conscience in all direct or indirect dealings with artists.
Acknowledgements
Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funds through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.