This weekend brings together exhibitions, workshops, classes and a dance showcase, with a strong focus on visual arts and hands-on creative experiences. The programme includes collection-based exhibitions, textile and abstract displays, plus pottery, baking and knitting sessions for audiences looking for cultural and creative events.
Babies and Toddlers: Textiles Exhibition
21 August 2026 – 30 September 2026 | Redlands Coast Museum, Cleveland
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A nostalgic exhibition featuring garments, accessories, keepsakes and a restored baby pram that explores how babies and toddlers were cared for, dressed and celebrated across generations.
Drawing Animal: Works from the Redland Art Gallery Collection
21 August 2026 – 25 August 2026 | Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
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An exhibition of artworks from the Redland Art Gallery Collection that explores the entangled relationships between animals and human activity, while highlighting environmental concerns and the diversity of contemporary Australian artists.
Mountain No Mountain by Si Yi Shen
21 – 25 August 2026 | Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
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An exhibition by Si Yi Shen using digital collage and sculptural forms to explore identity, belonging and life between cultural worlds through layered works that blend physical and digital fragments.
NAIDOC 2026 Exhibition: Fifty Years of Deadly
21 August 2026 – 2 September 2026 | Redlands Coast Museum, Cleveland
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A moving NAIDOC exhibition curated by Margie Kennedy that uses powerful images, cultural content and stories to honour the past, speak to the present and empower the future.
A Collective Fusion – Exploring the Abstract
21 – 30 August 2026 | Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Cleveland
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An exhibition at Old SchoolHouse Gallery featuring a colourful mix of artworks, ceramics, photography and leadlight lamps, including pieces by gallery member Lenore Robbins and guest artists.
Handbuilt Ceramic Palette & Trinket Dish Workshop
21 August 2026 | Grant Street Business Centre, Cleveland
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A relaxed two-hour handbuilding workshop where participants create a personalised ceramic paint palette, watercolour palette, jewellery dish or trinket tray using stoneware clay.
Dance Showcase 2026
21 August 2026 | Civitus Centre, Thornlands
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A dance showcase featuring live performances at Civitus Centre.
Highland Cow Cupcake Decorating Class
21 August 2026 | Cordie’s Cake Supplies, Capalaba
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This is a beginner’s class suitable for anyone wanting to make the cutest cupcakes! You’ll be using both fondant and buttercream in this beginners class.
We Are Gooniyandi – The Collectors Exhibition
21 August 2026 – 31 January 2027 | Straddievarious Gallery, Raby Bay Harbour
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An exhibition of original Gooniyandi artworks from the Kimberley that shares traditional stories, culture and knowledge while supporting artists and their communities.
Bouquet Piping Class
22 August 2026 | Cordie’s Cake Supplies, Capalaba
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A beginner- to intermediate-level piping class where participants use a range of piping tips to create buttercream flower cupcakes and turn them into a bouquet.
Clay Goddess Workshop
23 August 2026 | Grant Street Business Centre, Cleveland
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A guided clay workshop where participants hand-build a goddess wall hanging or statue using symbolic sculpting and decoration techniques.
Art Jam Session – Redland Coast Art Society
23 August 2026 – 24 January 2027 | Redland Coast Art Society Gallery, Capalaba
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A relaxed, visitor-friendly art session where participants can bring their own painting, drawing, journalling, collage or mixed media projects to work on in a welcoming creative space.
Reversible Cable Knitting Workshop
23 August 2026 | 1/372–374 Main Rd, Wellington Point
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A knitting workshop where participants learn to create the reversible, cabled Piccino Shawl while practising chart reading and cable techniques.
Across the weekend, the line-up continues with exhibitions and workshops that extend beyond the main dates, alongside one-day classes and a dance showcase. Together, the events offer a varied mix of art, making and performance-focused activities.
