Exhibitions

North Queensland Ceramic Awards

Exhibition Dates: 18 October – 16 February 2024
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

The biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards has long aimed to increase public exposure to a high standard of ceramic artwork from around the nation. A showcase for both well-known and emerging artists, this competition displays the diversity of ceramics currently being produced in Australia.

The City of Townsville Art Collection Award of $10,000 continues to provide the opportunity for artists to become a part of one of the nation's most significant ceramic collections, as well as ensuring the continued growth of this important subsection of the City of Townsville Art Collection.

A Townsville City Galleries exhibition.

_{Image credit: Sally Walk, A Little Off Centre, 2022. Midfire clay with black slip and clear glaze, 65 x 23 x 30 cm. Major acquisitive prize winner, 2022 North Queensland Ceramic Awards. City of Townsville Art Collection. Image courtesy of the artist.}

Yucky Yum Yum

Exhibition Dates: 30 November 2024 – 9 March 2025
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Do you find joy eating food in fake rainbow colours, even though it might be bad for you? Do you like watching videos of objects being squished, or even people popping pimples?

Even if you answered "no" to all the above, you would know that some things can be both delicious and disgusting at the same time. Or they can be funny and sad. Sometimes we actually desire things because they are scary or dangerous.

The artists in this exhibition have made works that you might find both yucky and yum. Hopefully, the art sparks your senses. It may ignite your emotions and memories too.

Many of the works in this exhibition are connected by themes around food, nature and the "unnatural", disgust and taboo. These themes have complex and challenging histories, presents and futures. The artists don't shy away from tough subjects, but their works are also filled with fun and irreverence. Yucky Yum Yum will be packed with new, artist-designed activities to keep you entertained and engaged over the long summer months. Just don't eat ice-cream off the pavement.

Featuring: Ebony Russell, Elizabeth Willing, Hotham Street Ladies, Jan Hynes, Kenny Pittock, Lisa Ashcroft, Smac McCreanor and more.

A Townsville City Galleries exhibition.

_{Image credit: Smac McCreanor, Hydraulic Press Girl series, 2022. Video. Image courtesy the artist}

Yucky Yum Yum – Family Fun Day

Townsville City Galleries presents an exciting Family Fun Day to launch our newest exhibition, Yucky Yum Yum.  Join us for a range of activities to celebrate all things yucky, yummy, and everything in-between!

This exhibition is especially for kids, but it’s for older people too. The artists in this exhibition have made works that you might find both yucky and yum. Have you ever tried eating something that adults say is disgusting but it tastes delicious? Have you ever seen something that is sad but also a bit funny? Then this is the exhibition for you. Yucky Yum Yum is on all summer long and is packed with activities. Just don’t eat ice-cream off the pavement.

All materials are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis for all of our workshops. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

Family Fun Day
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
Saturday 30 November
9:30am – 3pm

Sweet Sculptures – With the Hotham Street Ladies! (Booked Out)

Anything is Popsicle – Activity Space
Create your own ice cream in the Anything Is Popsicle Activity Space by Kenny Pittock! Design yummy and yucky paper ice-creams to showcase in our ice-cream van!
Available during Gallery open hours!

Easy Peasy Pizzas
1:30pm – 3pm
Enter the Perc Tucker Pizza kitchen and create yummy, yucky, weird, and wacky collaged pizzas!
Free, no bookings required, first come first serve.

For full details visit What's On Townsville.

_{Image credit: Kenny Pittock, Bubble'O Bill from100 Ice-creams, 2023, painted ceramic. Collection Bendigo Art Gallery, purchased with support from the Heather Williams Trust, 2023. Image courtesy the artist, MARS Gallery and Olsen Gallery}