Walking with Water Tour
3 May 2025
| Dates | Saturday 03 May |
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| Times | 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
| Cost | FREE |
| Booking | Please be sure to book via the link below |
| Age | Recommended for 12 years and over |
Join Artist Kylie Stevens and Historian Margaret Cook on a guided tour of Ipswich's flood history.
As part of their exhibition Flood Lines, Kylie Stevens and Margaret Cook will lead people on a guided walk and talk about the flood history of Ipswich. The walk will unfold along the Flood Line, an ephemeral public artwork created by Kylie, that marks the path of the flood onto the public lands around Ipswich CBD with landscaping chalk. Flood stories will be shared during the walk by Margaret and the participants.
Participants will meet in the Ipswich Art Gallery foyer.
What to wear: It will not be a challenging walk, but please wear comfortable walking shoes.
What to bring: Participants may want to bring water.
This program is an artist-run event, associated with Ipswich Art Gallery.
Kylie Stevens, Untitled, 2025. Bremer River flood water, ochre, limestone, charcoal, copper leaf and acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist.
The painting's white dotted line traces the 1841 flood, mirroring the pathway of the Walking with Water Tour.
Kylie Stevens
Kylie Stevens is an Ipswich-based artist whose practice is deeply rooted in the natural environment. Working across diverse multimedia forms, she embraces flexibility in her artistic expression, reflecting a profound connection with and reverence for nature.
Through her work, Kylie seeks to highlight the beauty and transformative power of the natural world, inspiring viewers to develop a deeper appreciation for and commitment to protecting our precious natural spaces.
Margaret Cook
Margaret Cook is an Ipswich-based environmental historian and author of A River with a City Problem. Her work draws on documentary research and oral history to write and tell histories of waterways and climate.
She is fascinated by the complex relationships between humans and the environment over time. Margaret hopes that her work instils a deeper understanding of our history of floods.
This project has been supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Ipswich City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.