Upcoming events.
Black and White 3.0
Celebrate the New Year with our Black and White 3.0 Event Night! Come talk to the artists and see the world in a different way by examining its beauty in Black and White.
Cost: $5
Dress Code: Please wear Black and White
There will be light refreshments available at this event.
Heritage Hands Exhibition Event
Welcome to the Event night of HERITAGE HANDS - a solo exhibition showcasing the beautifully poignant works of artist, Melissa Hoedel.
Melissa Hoedel is a Brisbane-based photographer whose work explores heritage, craft, and the human stories behind skilled hands. Her practice documents artisans across Australia, honouring cultural traditions - old and emerging - and celebrating the makers who shape, repair, and preserve the world around us.
"Heritage Hands" reveals the beauty, skill, and fragility of traditional crafts still practised today. This photographic study invites viewers into the workshops and worlds of artisans, celebrating inherited knowledge, cultural lineage, and the human connection embedded in handmade work - honouring skills that continue as vital threads in our shared cultural fabric.
Cost: $5 (online) OR $10 (at the door)
Light Refreshments will be served
Transformations Exhibition Event - Lyn Taylor and Melina Wales
Welcome to the TRANSFORMATIONS exhibition event night showcasing the combined works of Lyn Taylor and Melina Wales.
Lyn describes herself as a serial creative, following her curiosity to create unique and individual pieces. She works in variety of styles and with various techniques, exploring her passion for using and reusing, reclaimed and found objects.
Melina has been making ceramic art, recycled and up-cycled mixed media, textile art, craft and jewellery for 45 years. She has a deep love of the ocean, earth and nature and these sensibilities are felt in her artwork.
"TRANSFORMATIONS" celebrates two different artists with a shared love of transforming chosen materials into newforms. Both artists have a love of colour texture and form inspired by nature. Each will present their own take on the theme as well as collaborating on a selection of artworks.
Cost: $5 (online) or $10 (at the door)
Light Refreshments will be served at this event.
Floriology Event Night - Liane Worth
Welcome to the Event night of FLORIOLOGY - a solo exhibition showcasing the joyously meaningful floral works of artist, Liane Worth.
Liane is a mixed media artist and printmaker, who describes her work as a collage of pattern, colour inspiration and storytelling. Liane is currently enthralled with Floriology and Tarot. She has been fascinated by the hidden meanings of giving and planting flowers to convey a secret message. This was once again inspired by creating a new garden and her choice of flowers. She has also wanted to learn Tarot and in doing so she realised the connection of the tarot journey and the hidden meanings of flowers. This combination has begun an interesting journey into this new collection and exhibition, "FLORIOLOGY".
Cost: $5 (online) OR $10 (at the door)
Light Refreshments will be served at this event.
Alea iacta est Event Night - Andrew Walters
Welcome to the Event night of Alea iacta est, a solo exhibition showcasing the works of Andrew Walters.
Andrew is Autodidact Artist from Redcliffe who creates work with bold colour choices and a hidden complexity of simplicity. With a keen eye for design and composition, Andrew’s work is deceptively illustrative. Andrew lets the paint sing for him which gives him a voice when right words escape him.
"Alea iacta est" is an exhibition capturing and sharing the fleeting, fragile moments of beauty captured in the most unexpected times.
Cost: $5 (online) or $10 (at the door)
Light Refreshments will be served at this event.
They Event Night - Alison James
Welcome to the event night of THEY, a narrative exhibition showcasing the artworks of Alison James.
Alison is primarily a printmaker and ink artist exploring mental mindscapes as reality and the enduring nature of our stories. Her narrative-based artworks invite viewers to engage in a dialogue about the human condition, capturing the fleeting moments that resonate with deep emotional connections and unite us in our shared humanity.
"THEY'" is a narrative exhibition examining how others inadvertently impact your story in transformational ways.
She said, "I didn't know I was telling a story. I was just walking through the world, feeling my way through, weaving the heaviness and the lightness of my heartbeats into a landscape where I wandered alone. Sometimes I thought I caught a glimpse of something, heard a whisper on the wind, detected a scent not my own. Sometimes I seemed to be weaving a tapestry of not a SHE anymore, but a THEY."
Cost: $5 (online) or $10 (at the door)
Light refreshments will be served at this event.
Professional Artist Series - Artistic Directions (November)
What do you want to do with your artistic career? Are you struggling to find a style and direction? Lacking motivation because you are unsure about what to do next? Let’s have a group mentoring session and talk about that.
An art career is exceptionally difficult to navigate at times and it can seem like you are simply struggling to break even and be noticed. It has been my motto that there is ALWAYS a way, you just sometimes need help finding the right path to get you where you need to go. And first, you need to know WHERE you want to go. So, during this session we will:
• Discuss work/life balance, your strengths and weaknesses as an artist and where you work like to take your art career (or whether you would prefer to remain a hobby artist)
• Set your creative goals
• Work out a plan for the next 6 months
• Critique one of your artworks
• Discuss your artistic direction and techniques
There will be catered light refreshments served during break time. Please let us know of any food intolerances or allergies ahead of time.
Presenter: Alison James
Please bring: One of your artworks
Cost: $75
Abby McCahery - Exhibition Event Night
We cordially invite you to the Exhibition Event night showcasing the works of Abby McCahery.
Light Refreshments will be served.
Cost: $5 online or $10 at the door
Kim Mancini and Phil Tamblyn - Drawn Exhibition Event Night
We cordially invite you to the DRAWN Exhibition Event night showcasing the combined works of Kim Mancini and Phil Tamblyn.
Light Refreshments will be served.
Cost: $5 online or $10 at the door
Professional Artist Series - Pricing Artwork (September)
We know it is hard to price your artwork. It is one of the most asked questions we get here at the Gallery, so let’s talk about that. We have gathered together guests from 3 different backgrounds to talk to you about artwork pricing and why they would price the way they do.
· Alison James will talk to you about pricing for Gallery sales and the patterns she has observed over the past 2 years.
· A special guest artist will talk to you about their formula for pricing artworks and why that has worked for them, and
· The team from arthouse Northside will come in to talk to you about incorporating the price of materials and framing, and how your framing materials and finishing your artwork changes the price of your artwork.
Guest speakers: Alison James (Gallery Owner), TBA (Artists), Leah Gay (Arthouse Northside)
Cost: $30
Print is Not Dead Exhibition Event Night
Welcome to the event night of PRINT IS NOT DEAD! An exhibition of prints made by printmakers using traditional printmaking techniques in extraordinary ways. We invite you to join us in a night celebrating and enjoying the artwork with the artists.
Light refreshments will be served.
Cost: $5 online or $10 at the door.
Professional Artist Series - Creative Communication (August)
Do you have trouble talking and writing about your artwork? Do you ever feel stuck when trying to write those descriptions for applications? Do you ever look at your artwork and don’t know how to describe it clearly? Are your descriptions long essays that people have to spend half an hour reading before they even look at your artwork? Then let us help you!
During this 4 hour workshop you will:
· Learn the basic formula of writing about your artwork
· Write a description for one of your artworks
· Understand the purpose of the Artist Bio and the basics of writing one.
· Learn to discuss and interpret artworks of different genres clearly and articulately
· Talk about one of your own artworks with other people in a couple of different role playing sessions in order to gain confidence and feel more comfortable speaking in public.
Handouts will be given out on the information covered during this workshop.
There will be catered light refreshments served during break time. Please let us know of any food intolerances or allergies ahead of time.
Presenter: Alison James
Cost: $75
Kim Mancini, Kerri Underwood and Kim Wood - Remnants Exhibition Event
You are cordially invited to attend the Remnants Exhibition Event Opening showcasing the works of artists, Kim Mancini, Kerri Underwood and Kim Wood.
Light Refreshments will be served
Tickets: $5 online or $10 at the door.
Professional Artist Series - Social Media 102 for Creatives (July)
Already learned the basics of social media but now want to delve a bit further into it all? Are you looking to understand your brand or social media goals? Well we are BACK AGAIN teaching you what you need to know about:
understanding your branding and marketing yourself,
targeting your photography for your brand,
types of content to post,
how to read your analytics and insights,
understanding followers and building your community.
During this workshop, you will also work out a one month social media posting plan. Handouts will be given out on the information covered during this workshop.
Presenters: Alison James and Kath McCann
Please Bring: Your Phone
Cost: $75
There will be catered light refreshments served during break time. Please let us know of any food intolerances or allergies ahead of time.
Please note: Basic knowledge of posting and Instagram photography as taught in Social Media 101 for Creatives assumed. You will need Instagram loaded and ready on your phone with your account set up with examples of posts.
Signature 3.0 Event Night
We are celebrating our ANNIVERSARY and you are invited to join us at the opening of our very special "SIGNATURE 3.0" exhibition event opening.
Two incredible years behind us, hundreds of artists and a wonderful creative community. It fills me with pride every year to acknowledge how far we have come and how the vision for this place evolves. It's time to recognise all the fantastic moments we have had and what better way than to throw an EPIC EVENT NIGHT!
We are revisiting our very first exhibition, "SIGNATURE" with the Signature artworks of selected artists who have exhibited in the Gallery over the last 12 months. So come and support the Gallery, our artists and have a good time at our Signature Event Night/Anniversary celebration.
Ticket cost is $5 online or $10 at the door. Cost of ticket price goes towards paying for live entertainment for the night.
This will definitely be a night to remember and one not to be missed!
Professional Artist Series - Social Media 101 (July 2025)
Baffled by Social Media and what it is for? Then let me help you unravel the mystery and take you right back to basics. During this session, we will discuss different social media platforms and what they are for, set up your Instagram, take you on a guided tour of your settings and profile and help you through the basics of posting and photographing.
This is a workshop for BEGINNERS.
Presenter: Alison James and Kath McCann
Please Bring: Mobile Phone
Cost $25
Professional Artist Series - Artistic Directions (June)
What do you want to do with your artistic career? Are you struggling to find a style and direction? Lacking motivation because you are unsure about what to do next? Let’s have a group mentoring session and talk about that.
An art career is exceptionally difficult to navigate at times and it can seem like you are simply struggling to break even and be noticed. It has been my motto that there is ALWAYS a way, you just sometimes need help finding the right path to get you where you need to go. And first, you need to know WHERE you want to go. So, during this session we will:
• Discuss work/life balance, your strengths and weaknesses as an artist and where you work like to take your art career (or whether you would prefer to remain a hobby artist)
• Set your creative goals
• Work out a plan for the next 6 months
• Critique one of your artworks
• Discuss your artistic direction and techniques
There will be catered light refreshments served during break time. Please let us know of any food intolerances or allergies ahead of time.
Presenter: Alison James
Please bring: One of your artworks
Cost: $75
Industrial Australiana Exhibition Event Night
You are cordially invited to attend the exhibition event for "Industrial Australiana" showcasing the works of artists, Mark Hourigan, Paul Kateley and Rob Stevenson.
Light refreshments will be served.
Cost: $5 online or $10 at the door
Artisan Pop Up Street Stalls
Come visit our Artisan Pop Up Street stalls where all items on the stalls are handmade locally by our artists and artisans.
We have our pop-ups on the first Sunday of every month, so why not grab a coffee at a local cafe then come and #supportlivingartists while enjoying our gorgeous little town!
Cost: FREE
Melina Wales Exhibition Event Night
You are cordially invited to a night of fun and art at the opening of A TOUCH OF NATURE, the exhibition opening event showcasing the works of Melina Wales.
Light refreshments will be served.
Ticket Cost: $5 (online) or $10 (Door Price)
High Tea and Still Life Sketching Session in the Gallery
Et Al Gallery and Studio cordially invite you to our High Tea and Still Life Sketching Session in the Gallery. This is a luxurious event, great as a treat for yourself, a family member or friend (Just in time for Mother's Day too)!
Sit in amongst the beautiful Landscapes exhibition and enjoy being treated to a fully catered high tea where your food and drink becomes the subject matter for your still life drawing! Every participant will receive a sketch set (including, but not limited to, a sketchbook, Blackwing Pencil, eraser and sharpener) and flowers from the table to take home. Price also includes a variety of savoury and sweet treats and bottomless tea and coffee.
No drawing experience necessary. Just come and let us show you some simple ways of looking and sketching, and try out some simple sketches in your new sketchbook or simply have a delightful afternoon out in the Gallery in Fifth Avenue, Sandgate.
This is a catered event. Please let us know of any food allergies or intolerances prior to the event.
Cost: $120 (all inclusive)
Artisans Pop Up Street Stalls
Come visit our Artisan Pop Up Street stalls where all items on the stalls are handmade locally by our artists and artisans.
We have our pop-ups on the first Sunday of every month, so why not grab a coffee at a local cafe then come and #supportlivingartists while enjoying our gorgeous little town!
Cost: FREE
Professional Artist Series - Pricing Your Art (April)
We know it is hard to price your artwork. It is one of the most asked questions we get here at the Gallery, so let’s talk about that. We have gathered together guests from 3 different backgrounds to talk to you about artwork pricing and why they would price the way they do.
· Alison James will talk to you about pricing for Gallery sales and the patterns she has observed over the past 2 years.
· A special guest artist will talk to you about their formula for pricing artworks and why that has worked for them, and
· The team from arthouse Northside will come in to talk to you about incorporating the price of materials and framing, and how your framing materials and finishing your artwork changes the price of your artwork.
Guest speakers: Alison James (Gallery Owner), TBA (Artists), Leah Gay (Arthouse Northside)
Cost: $30
Artisan Pop Up Street Stalls
Come visit our Artisan Pop Up Street stalls where all items on the stalls are handmade locally by our artists and artisans.
We have our pop-ups on the first Sunday of every month, so why not grab a coffee at a local cafe then come and #supportlivingartists while enjoying our gorgeous little town!
Cost: FREE
Kath McCann and Rhianon Vichta-Ohlsen - Colour of Joy Exhibition Event
You are cordially invited to the event night of the “Colour of Joy” exhibition showcasing the works of artists, Kath McCann and Rhianon Vichta
Light refreshments will be served
Cost: $5 online or $10 at the door
Lyn Taylor - Found, Fractured and Reformed Event Night
You are cordially invited to the event night for "FOUND, FRACTURED AND REFORMED", an exhibition showcasing the diverse works of LYN TAYLOR.
Light Refreshments will be served
Ticket Cost: $5 (online), $10 (at the door)
Jenny Woolsey - Book Launch
Come meet and have your book personally signed by Author, educator and artist, Jenny Woolsey at this FREE EVENT!
Jenny Woolsey, M.Ed. (Hons), is an author, potter, speaker, carer and disability advocate. She was born with a rare craniofacial syndrome and spent her childhood in Caboolture. Standing out as physically different meant life was hard, and Jenny bore the brunt of society's displeasure of seeing her. An inner strength and self-determination led to achievements and success. But Jenny's past was forever present, and she struggled throughout her adulthood with severe mental health issues, domestic violence, loss, low vision and her poor self-esteem. Her three children were also born with her facial difference, Down syndrome and autism.
Be Weirdly Wonderful! Embrace your differences is a practical personal development book combined with Jenny's life stories. In the pages you will find many of the strategies that have shaped Jenny into the strong, independent woman she is today.
The story is endorsed by Phyllida Swift, CEO of Face Equality International (based in the UK)
You can find Jenny at:
Cost: FREE
Kerri Gear Exhibition Event Night
You are cordially invited to the “Con-Struct” Exhibition Event celebrating the solo collection by Kerri Gear.
Light Refreshments will be served.
Cost: $5 for online bookings, $10 at the door
Professional Artist Series - Creative Communication (March)
Do you have trouble talking and writing about your artwork? Do you ever feel stuck when trying to write those descriptions for applications? Do you ever look at your artwork and don’t know how to describe it clearly? Are your descriptions long essays that people have to spend half an hour reading before they even look at your artwork? Then let us help you!
During this 4 hour workshop you will:
• Learn the basic formula of writing about your artwork
• Write a description for one of your artworks
• Understand the purpose of the Artist Bio and the basics of writing one.
• Learn to discuss and interpret artworks of different genres clearly and articulately
• Talk about one of your own artworks with other people in a couple of different role playing sessions in order to gain confidence and feel more comfortable speaking in public.
Handouts will be given out on the information covered during this workshop.
There will be catered light refreshments served during break time. Please let us know of any food intolerances or allergies ahead of time.
Presenter: Alison James
Cost: $75
Artisan Pop Up Street Stalls (March)
Come visit our Artisan Pop Up Street stalls where all items on the stalls are handmade locally by our artists and artisans.
We have our pop-ups on the first Sunday of every month, so why not grab a coffee at a local cafe then come and #supportlivingartists while enjoying our gorgeous little town!
Cost: FREE
Professional Artist Series - Social Media 102 (February)
Already learned the basics of social media but now want to delve a bit further into it all? Are you looking to understand your brand or social media goals? Well we are BACK AGAIN teaching you what you need to know about:
understanding your branding and marketing yourself,
targeting your photography for your brand,
types of content to post,
how to read your analytics and insights,
understanding followers and building your community.
During this workshop, you will also work out a one month social media posting plan. Handouts will be given out on the information covered during this workshop.
Presenters: Alison James and Kath McCann
Please Bring: Your Phone
Cost $75
There will be catered light refreshments served during break time. Please let us know of any food intolerances or allergies ahead of time.
Please note: Basic knowledge of posting and Instagram photography as taught in Social Media 101 for Creatives assumed. You will need Instagram loaded and ready on your phone with your account set up with examples of posts.
Artisans Pop Up Street Stalls
Come visit our Artisan Pop Up Street stalls where all items on the stalls are handmade locally by our artists and artisans.
We have our pop-ups on the first Sunday of every month, so why not grab a coffee at a local cafe then come and #supportlivingartists while enjoying our gorgeous little town!
Cost: FREE
GRIEG Event Night
You are cordially invited to attend the "We Belong to Our Time" Exhibition Event night showcasing the works of the artist GRIEG.
Light Refreshments will be available
Cost: $5 online or $10 at the door.
Professional Artist Series - Social Media 101 (Jan 2025)
Baffled by Social Media and what it is for? Then let me help you unravel the mystery and take you right back to basics. During this session, we will discuss different social media platforms and what they are for, set up your Instagram, take you on a guided tour of your settings and profile and help you through the basics of posting and photographing.
This is a workshop for BEGINNERS.
Presenter: Alison James and Kath McCann
Please Bring: Mobile Phone
Cost: $25
Black And White 2.0 Event Night 2025
RING in the new year and get over your Christmas visual hangover with the Black and White exhibition Event night!
Come and celebrate with the artists and enjoy live entertainment with Danny Mose, some light refreshments, scintillating conversation, and don't forget to wear your best Black and White outfit!
Dress: Black and White
Cost: $10 online or $15 at the door.
HOME Exhibition Event Night
You are invited to the Event night of Leah Gay’s exhibition, “HOME” a celebration of the place we find our stories. Come enjoy light refreshments and meet the Artist!
Bookings essential for catering purposes.
Cost: Free