Ipswich Community Gallery
An active arts space with a focus on connecting local emerging artists, arts professionals and arts groups.
Presenting a dynamic + curated program of exhibitions
The Ipswich Community Gallery is a welcoming space for diverse arts-based initiatives, supporting artists of all abilities. Programs include solo and group exhibitions, workshops, professional development sessions, pop-up activities, and collaborative community events.
The Gallery serves as a crucial steppingstone for emerging and early-career artists, offering an entry point into professional practice. Bookings are allocated annually through a competitive expression-of-interest process.
Exhibition applications for 2025
OPENING SOON
The Ipswich Community Gallery invites exhibition applications for 2025 from emerging and established visual artists and curators.
Both group and solo exhibitions that embrace contemporary practice and nurture meaningful connections with our audiences are encouraged to apply!
What's on
Conversations in open spaces
10 October — 20 October 2024
This exhibition explores a visual conversation between two local artists, Cynthia Copley and Amy Stapleton.
Photography by Thomas Oliver www.thomasoliver.photo
Where is the Ipswich Community Gallery?
The Community Gallery is located in d’Arcy Doyle Place in a separate building to the Ipswich Art Gallery. The entrance to the Community Gallery building is on the corner of Limestone & Nicholas Streets (opposite the Ipswich Civic Centre).
Past Exhibitions and Events
Reading is Magic: Story Arts Festival Ipswich
04 Aug 2024 — 17 Aug 2024
David Pearce, The Inventor (detail), 2023, Images courtesy of the artist.
Blak & Abstract - 21st Century Indigenous Explorer
20 Jul 2024 — 28 Jul 2024
Countermeasures, 2024, silicone, pins, wool, pigment, variable dimensions.
Image courtesy of the artists.
Countermeasures: Ellie Coleman & Linda Clark
30 May 2024 — 09 Jun 2024
Alex Beitz, The Eyes of a Man, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 455mm x 355mm, Image: Courtesy of the artist.
Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School: Visual Art Showcase
10 May 2024 — 19 May 2024
Connections: The Marburg and District Art Society
18 Apr 2024 — 28 Apr 2024
Photograph of videographer Kate Ellovee and Russell Clifford with the prize surfboard.
Photo by Thomas Oliver www.thomasoliver.photo
Ippy Drops In…and Rips: Surfboard Art Design Competition
02 Dec 2023 — 22 Dec 2023
Bobbi Lockyer
For Our Elders 2023. The 2023 National NAIDOC Week Poster incorporating the Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag (licensed by the Torres Strait Island Council).
For Our Elders: Poster Exhibition + Workshops
03 Jul 2023 — 17 Jul 2023
