Australian Watercolour Muster 2023

A Bowl of Porridge, watercolour by Michael Solovyev

When: Thursday 7 September – Saturday 28 October 2023

Launch: 5pm Friday 8 September

The Australian Watercolour Muster features an exhibition of watercolour paintings by artists from around the nation and a six-day public program of workshops and events.

The goal of the Australian Watercolour Muster is to create a broader platform for Australian artists to engage with the international arts community, and specifically for the watercolour community to take their work into new and creative fields of endeavour, creating opportunities to share studios and exhibitions spaces where possible in this world.

The Australian Watercolour Muster is part of a network from over 80 countries - engaged and linked together via the FabrianoInAcquarello - Italy Art Symposium, held annually in Italy over the last 14 years. This year, the curator of FabrianoInAcquarello, Anna Massinissa, will join us in Tropical North Queensland and will be running two workshops.

All artwork on sale online via Australian Watercolour Muster

Purchase & browse artworks

Phillip Edwards - Tasmanian Uplift (detail)

Workshops & Public Program

Wednesday 6 to Monday 11 September

This program will feature an amazing selection of workshops with tutors from around the world, as well as two Picnic and Paint events - designed to take you to experience the amazing colours and shapes of our Indigenous artists at the Quinkan Caves and then to the cool waters of the tropical waterfalls with artist, Phillip Edward, creating a live Immersive Watercolour in the Water experience.

Workshops take place between Court House Gallery and Tanks Arts Centre + special trips to the Atherton Tablelands and Quinkan Caves.

Public program and workshops

Image: Tasmanian Uplift, watercolour by Phillip Edwards.