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Ipswich Art Workshop

Ipswich Art Workshop is an accessible and welcoming multi-use, hands-on workspace, open to supporting a variety of arts-based initiatives.

Ipswich Art Workshop provides opportunities for creatives and arts organisations to forge connections within community through a variety of innovative and diverse visual arts projects.

It's a hub for creativity, collaboration, and studio space for artists to inspire and be inspired!

A vibrant, community-led space where local creatives share their talents.

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Artist Lounge with IPSARI | Saturday 20 September 2025 | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Social Sewing with Alice Nightingale | Sunday 21 September 2025 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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Soft Pastels: A Taster Workshop with Karen Christiansen and Benitta Harding | Friday 26 September 2025 | 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Trinket Keychain Workshop with Undone ARI | Sunday 28 September | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM 

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Donalee Moriarty is a ceramic artist who explores the precision and unpredictability of clay.

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Donalee Moriarty: Artist in Residence 

Faridah McCaul is a painter who explores healing and resilience through dynamic brushwork and intuitive mark-making. 

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Faridah McCaul: Artist in Residence  

Her practice is centred on experimenting with clays and firing processes, drawing inspiration from architectural forms, and weathered surfaces and textures.&nbsp;She blends the precision of structured handbuilt forms with the unpredictable beauty of saggar firing. This exploration of the structured and the spontaneous, the predictable and the unpredictable forms the core narrative of her work.

Raised in the Sunshine Coast hinterlands, she channels nature's rhythms into luminous colours and fluid textures across oils, ink, and mixed media.

Following an experience with psychogenic dysphonia, Fari's art evolved into her primary form of expression. Each brushstroke captures the energy and emotion of moments in time. Her work moves across surfaces in layered colours and shifting forms, embracing spontaneity and allowing the process to lead to the outcome.

Now based in Ipswich, McCaul has found the city's vibrant creative community to be a catalyst for artistic growth. During this residency, she will deepen her exploration of visual storytelling while creating a space for visitors to discover creativity as their own path of self-expression, healing, and meaningful connection.

Artist Residencies

Delve into the expressive potential of gouache painting with Dylan Jones! 

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IAG Masterclass: Self-Portraiture Painting with Dylan Jones

This School holidays, families and children in Ipswich can experience free hands-on art-making activities developed by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern (QAGOMA) Children’s Art Centre!

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Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour

Create your own wearable art piece with Norton Fredericks! 

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IAG Masterclass: Wool Felting with Norton Fredericks

Explore a unique side of yourself in this introductory painting workshop, led by painter Dylan Jones.&nbsp;

Dylan will guide participants through the basics of painting self-portraits using gouache - a versatile, often overlooked water-based medium celebrated for its rich opacity and matte finish. Perfect for those new to painting, the session highlights gouache’s unique qualities, including its immediacy, adaptability, and expressive potential.&nbsp;







Be inspired by Dylan's gestural and energetic mark making and discover a new facet of one's reflection.&nbsp;



Through step-by-step instruction, participants will delve into basic colour mixing and experience the benefits of working from their own likeness using a mirror. By the end of the workshop, attendees will complete an original self-portrait on high quality paper and gain an understanding of fundamental gouache painting techniques.





Skill level:&nbsp;This workshop is suitable for beginners.





What to wear:&nbsp;Please wear closed-in shoes and workshop-friendly clothing. BYO Apron should you require it.





Materials:&nbsp;All Materials are provided.The workshop will include a 30 minute lunch break to bring or grab a meal and socialise with the other attendees.

Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour features activities developed by QAGOMA Children’s Art Centre in collaboration with artists who invite children to explore wide-ranging themes and ideas through a mix of hands-on activities.





Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour includes activities developed in collaboration with artists Dana Awartani (Saudi Arabia/Palestine), Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar (Malaysia), Brett Graham (Aotearoa New Zealand) and Yim Maline (Cambodia).



Developed in collaboration with artist Dana Awartani, Unity within Multiplicity is an activity based on Zellij tile designs &mdash; a style of mosaic traditionally found in North African and Spanish architecture and created by arranging small pieces of coloured tile into geometric patterns. In this activity children can create repeating patterns using coloured pencils and geometric templates.





Monster of Wants, developed with Malaysian artist Harold ‘Egn’ Eswar, invites children to create a drawing of a monster that expresses the things they most desire, while A Dream for the Future, in collaboration with Cambodian artist Yim Maline, prompts them to make a drawing that reflects what they dream for the future.





Wakuwaku reflects artist Brett Graham’s use of traditional Māori patterns. He asks children to consider the natural environment where they live and to be inspired by it when designing their own pattern to apply to the surface of two custom template shapes.

Learn the ancient craft of wet felting with artist Norton Fredricks. Gain hands-on experience to create a bespoke piece of wearable art, using merino wool and additional natural fibres for surface design. Participants will design and create their own felt shawl, spending the day creating their textile with nothing but a few simple tools, soapy water, and their hands.&nbsp;

This workshop is perfect for beginner felters or any artist wanting to learn a new medium. It is designed as a introductory workshop into the world of wool felting!&nbsp;







Norton Frederick's felted artwork will also be on display in Ipswich Art Gallery's upcoming exhibition, <a href="https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/residue-and-response-tamworth-textile-triennial">Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial</a> from October 4 - November 30 2025. 









What to wear:&nbsp;Please wear closed-in shoes and workshop-friendly clothing. BYO Apron should you require it.



What to bring: Please bring two old towels for the felting process.&nbsp;







Materials:&nbsp;All Materials are provided.

The workshop will include a 30 minute lunch break to bring or grab a meal and socialise with the other attendees. <h5>READ MORE - <a href="https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/residue-and-response-tamworth-textile-triennial">Residue + Response: Tamworth Textile Triennial</a><a href="https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/fantastic-forms"></a></h5>

IAG Masterclasses + Programs

Expressions of Interest are now closed for the Ipswich Art Workshop for July - September 2025.

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EOI for July - Sept 2025 - now closed

The Art Workshop is located in d’Arcy Doyle Place in a separate building to the Ipswich Art Gallery. The closest entrance is via Limestone & Nicholas Streets. Located next to the Ipswich Community Gallery.

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Where is the Ipswich Art Workshop?

Proudly supported by Ipswich Art Gallery and Ipswich City Council.

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Find the Ipswich Art Gallery in d’Arcy Doyle Place in the Ipswich CBD adjacent to the Nicholas St precinct.
The Ipswich Art Gallery is a visual arts and social history museum presenting a dynamic program of exhibitions, heritage displays and an extensive program for children and families.

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