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Creating Art in the Tropics

Future Exhibitions

  • Robert Crispe, Brumbies (Michael Smith)

    Group Exhibition - Brumbies20 March - 26 April 2020

    Brumbies is a multi-disciplinary work exploring notions of legacy, nature, urban environments, emotion and conflict. Robert Crispe (videographer and director), Michael Smith and Jack Ziesing (choreographers and performers) have together crafted cinematic responses to questions of identity, place and  purpose within the world. Brumbies is an ongoing project that seeks to involve additional artists, makers and creatives over time. Image:  Robert Crispe, Brumbies (Michael Smith), 2018, digital photograph, 4240 x 2384px.

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  • Afternoon-Rose

    Jac Hawthorn – Translation20 March - 26 April 2020

    Jac Hawthorn’s mixed media and sculptural works portray everyday people interwoven with innovative nuances. The intention of the artist is to invite viewers to contemplate the underlying stories of these individuals and to initiate memory connected introspection. Image: Jac Hawthorn, Afternoon Rose, 2007, watercolour on paper, 15 x 23cm.

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Upcoming Events

  • 8March

    Sculpture Drawing Workshop #2 with Tony Fitzsimmons10am - 12pm

    This workshop is back by popular demand! Join local artist and Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA) artist-in-residence Tony Fitzsimmons for a fun morning drawing session. Participants will to draw one of the MOUA life-sized...

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  • 4August

    Taste of Art 20206pm - 10pm

    You are invited to join Umbrella Studio in the Townsville CBD for a culinary art adventure from 6pm on Tuesday 4 August 2020. Taste of Art will comprise a 3...

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North Queensland artists are influenced by their tropical surroundings. Umbrella Studio promotes exceptional Queensland based artists including, Ron McBurnie, Jo Lankester, Hannah Murray, Gail Mabo, Aicey Zaro and others.

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    Notice of 2018 AGM

    Umbrella Studio Association Incorporated is a not-for-profit contemporary arts organisation, which began as a space for emerging Townsville artists, and whilst retaining this, has evolved to become an important centre…

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    Thank you Townsville City Council

      As we head into the weekend, we wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Townsville City Council for helping us out with temporary office space at the 2020 building on…

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