Gallery Workshops
Townsville City Galleries offers a range of workshops delivered in our Gallery spaces, catering for children, families, teens and adults, that enable community members to experience the arts through workshops and activities.
Gallery Creatives
For Teens and Adults
Gallery Creatives workshops are one-off, low-cost workshops run in our Gallery spaces, and are aimed at introducing beginners to new techniques and mediums. We engage exhibiting and local artists to develop and deliver these workshops that are informed by the exhibitions on display.
The workshops last around two hours and participants get to take home a finished work at the end. There are two age groups for these workshops, Creative Crowd for teenagers (12 – 17yrs), and adult Gallery Creatives workshops (18yrs+).
Masterclass Workshops
Our Masterclass workshops offer an in-depth insight into various mediums over the calendar year and are aimed at developing skills for intermediate to advanced creatives.
Keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook and Instagram pages for news on these workshops.
School Holiday Workshops
Townsville City Galleries is proud to offer free workshops for all the family during school holidays. Get inspired by the exhibitions on display at our Galleries and get creative!
These workshops are free, and no bookings are required. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Look out for information and dates of workshops on our Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as in our Galleries E-Newsletter. With free materials, you are sure to have a fun and creative time at the Gallery!
Little Ceramics
8 to 11 April 2025
Session one: 10 to 11am
Session two: 11am to 12pm
Wedgwood Workshop Space, Shop 7, 261-263 Flinders Street
Get inspired by Wedgwood: Artists and Industry, exhibiting at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, and create your own iconic blue and white bowl using paper clay. Colour your clay and sculpt your bowl, then add decorations in another coloured clay to create your masterpiece.
Comic Collage
15 to 17 April 2025
10am to 12noon
Von Stieglitz Meeting Room, Riverway Arts Centre
Visit Behind the Lines at Pinnacles Gallery and get inspired by a range of artworks by political cartoonists. Then head over to the Von Stieglitz Room and try your hand at making your own cartoon comics using collaged images!
Free, drop-in, maximum numbers apply, first come, first serve attendance.
No bookings required.
Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Art-box
Join a creative environment with play-based multi-sensory learning for under 5s, families, and carers!
These workshops are free, and no bookings are required. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
All materials are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Where: Pinnacles Gallery at Riverway Arts Centre
When: 10:30 to 11:30am on the first Thursday of the month, during school terms*
Cost: Free
Look out for updates on the dates of these workshops on our Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as on What’s On Townsville.
Next Art-box Workshops:
- 3 April 2025
- 1 May 2025
- 5 June 2025
- 7 August 2025
- 4 September 2025
- 6 November 2025
- 4 December 2025
* Art-box will not occur on school holidays, Gallery closures or public holidays.
