Past Exhibitions Court House Gallery
Compositional Utterances
Compositional Utterances is a site-responsive, collaborative exhibition by three artists whose material-led practices share feminist and ecological concerns
I am Here by Indigenous Design Labs
I Am Here pays tribute to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders throughout Cairns. The purpose of the exhibition is to honour and celebrate Elders while also creating an opportunity for the young Indigenous creatives to connect and yarn with them on a regular basis.
Australian Watercolour Muster 2023
The Australian Watercolour Muster features an exhibition of watercolour paintings by artists from around the nation, and a five-day public program of workshops and events.
Accessorise - Sixfold Project
Thursday 2 November 2023 – Saturday 6 January 2024 Accessorise is the latest collaboration between Australian artist collective Sixfold Project. Six “Friends-Over-Long-Distance” come together from across Australia and the Pacific to deliver an exhibition of works at Court House Gallery alongside a range of workshops for adults and children.
Vessels, Vehicles, Velocity (vroom, vroom, vroom) exhibition
Vessels, Vehicles, Velocity (vroom, vroom, vroom) is a collection of reminiscences – some real, having actual coordinates in the space-time continuum, and others fantastical.
How We Relate - Yalanji Arts Exhibition
Located in Mossman Gorge Aboriginal Community, on the border of the Daintree National Park, Yalanji Arts nurtures and develops artists to showcase culture and generate individual and community growth.
Understory Film Festival 2022 Finalist Film Screening
Currently screening is the Understory Film Festival 2022 Finalist Short List, an extraordinary program of films that exemplify the filmmaking talent that abounds in the region.
Thomas Chen - An Extension of Myself Exhibition
An Extension of Myself is a collection of artworks exploring the complex relationship between creativity and identity.
Receive>Respond 2023 Exhibition
The Receive>Respond arts challenge and culminating exhibition provide an opportunity for artists aged 15 to 25 in the Cairns region to share their passion for art and collaboration.
Past, Present, Future Exhibition
Past, Present, Future exhibition is a celebration of the vibrant South-East Queensland creative arts community that came out of the Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art (CAIA) program at the Queensland College of Art (QCA), Griffith University, which since its inception, has gained a far greater geographical reach.
Asia Pacific Video Exhibition
Produced in conjunction with Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art's (QAGOMA) flagship exhibition series ‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, this exhibition gives Cairns audiences the opportunity to experience a diversity of video works from the QAGOMA Collection.
Colourful Country Exhibition
Pormpuraaw Art & Culture Centre is well known for their innovative ghost net sculptures and print making. However, their paintings deserve equal recognition and praise.
Tell Me A Story Exhibition
This Exhibition provides kindergarten and primary school-aged children living in Far North Queensland the opportunity to have their artwork exhibited at an art gallery and receive public recognition for their creativity and skills.
Passing The Torch Exhibition
Celebrating the influence and legacy of the Murray sisters on the Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre, this exhibition presents significant stylistic examples from the Girringun canon alongside new ceramics by Art Centre artists.
Bilum Stories Exhibition
Bilum Stories brings together women from Cairns and Brisbane each with their own bilum story to share that just as the craft is carried through generations so too are the stories of the women who own, make and use these woven bags.
I Am Who I Was When I Was Ten Exhibition
As you get older, fewer and fewer things seem new to you - except in art. Making art is a challenge that never gives way and never runs out of things to discover. When you’re making art, you are ten again.
Woven Stories Exhibition
Woven Stories provides some anthropological context to its sibling exhibition, Bilum Stories. Items borrowed from collections held by James Cook University and some private collections include bilums for births, deaths, marriages, and ceremonial bilums marking the different stages of male initiation.
The Healing Power of Industrial Ink & Magic, a Sister Cities Exchange exhibition
Cairns and Riga have been sister cities since 1990. Of all our sister cities, Riga has participated the most in exchanges of a visual arts nature, including ceramics, photography, textiles, and now printmaking.
Cairns Sketchfest 2022 Exhibition
This exhibition and workshops program celebrates the 35th anniversary of our sister cities relationship with Scottsdale, Arizona, and will feature sketches of the two cities and surrounding areas by artists working in the environment.
Gifts From Our Cities Exhibition
The Sister Cities program aims to develop meaningful and long-term links with cities and communities in other countries, to achieve a greater level of international understanding and goodwill between peoples.
Cairns Festival Exhibition - Celebrating 60 Years
View the dynamic soul of our city through curiosity, creativity, and culture, celebrating 60 years of the Cairns Festival - a journey through the archives.
CIAF Fashion Story Exhibition
A celebration of Queensland First Peoples’ fashion design, wearable art, photography and performance as seen on the runway and on Country through the pandemic.
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