Indigenous Insights
Join Aunty Sharron for a musical journey celebrating National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Day. Ideal for children aged zero to eight with mums, dads and/or carers.
WHEN: 10am-11am
WHERE: Springfield Central Library
COST: Free
Create and explore with virtual reality
This three-week course will teach you how to create simple interactive worlds using Unity. Start to create your own unique landscapes with assets and textures. Explore prefabs and mix them into your own creation. Prepare your world and explore your finished creation in virtual reality.
WHEN: 10am-noon
WHERE: Ipswich Central Library
COST: Free
SILVER & GOLD: UNIQUE AUSTRALIAN OBJECTS 1830–1910
Silver & Gold: unique Australian objects 1830–1910 showcases exceptional nineteenth and early 20th Century Australian silver and gold objects drawn from the National Gallery of Australia’s significant collection of colonial decorative arts and design. The theme of this exhibition is celebration, with objects marking significant personal, community and professional achievements and milestones, or displays of prosperity and artistic accomplishment.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until August 26, 2018
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich
COST: Free
Middle Eastern Dancing
Anyone welcome to come along and learn Middle Eastern, Armenian, Bollywood style dancing.
WHEN: Every Monday, 6pm – 7pm.
WHERE: 18 Salsbury Street, Ipswich
COST: $10
Yoga
Active parks – Yoga is on every Monday during the school term.
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WHEN: 6pm
WHERE: Queens Park Croquet Hall, Merle Finimore Ave, Ipswich
COST: Free
Underworld
Descend into Sydney’s seedy underworld in a new photographic exhibition revealing the dark side of the Roaring Twenties.
Explore more than 130 candid and compelling mugshots taken by New South Wales Police between 1920 and 1930. Known as the ‘Specials’, they are unlike any found elsewhere in the world.
Immerse yourself in all things Underworld with the stunning accompanying book and an exciting line-up of talks and tours.
WHEN: 9.30am – 4pm
WHERE: The Workshops Rail Museum
COST: Adult $14.50. Children under three are free.
Bingo CSI
Free Bingo at CSI.
WHEN: 6.30pm for a 7pm start Every Monday
WHERE: CSI, 5A Lowry Street, Ipswich
COST: Free
19th & 20th Century Works
View some of the finest pieces from the Ipswich Art Gallery’s collection of 19th and early 20th century fine art and folk art, as well as contemporary works reflecting Ipswich’s heritage.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until October 14
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Nicholas St, Ipswich
COST: Free entry
Trivia Night
Bring your family or friends and form a team from 2 to 6. Vie for prizes worth over $100 each week as you battle it out over Movies, TV, Music, Logo’s, General Interest, Sport and more.
WHEN: 7pm – 9pm Every Monday
WHERE: Jets Leagues Club, 15 Downs Street, North Ipswich
COST: Free
Bingo
Join in the fun with 20 different games, 2 Jackpot games, Super 7 and more.
WHEN: Every Monday 10am – Noon
WHERE: Ipswich Jets Leagues Club, 15 Downs Street, North Ipswich
COST: Free entry
Beading with Howard
Ever wanted to learn how to make beaded jewellery? Join Our House, Our Haven’s small beading group each Monday. Howard will teach you everything you need to know to create some beautiful things to keep. Beading kits and tools provided. Booking necessary as spaces a limited. Phone 0416 826 203.
WHEN: 10am-11am
WHERE: 6 Gordon Street, Ipswich
COST: $5, booking required
THEORY OF FLAW: NEW WORK BY MATTHEW CHEYNE
In his latest exhibition titled Theory of Flaw, local artist Matthew Cheyne is taking his work in a new direction. After graduating from Queensland College of Art in 2001, Matthew exhibited in Brisbane and Melbourne which led to his first European show in Berlin presenting a commissioned series of works created in collaboration with his wife Caroline, an electronic musician. After working and studying for five years in Europe, Matthew has returned home to Ipswich, establishing a studio in the outer rural suburb of Karalee. Since his return Matthew has spent time exploring techniques, making a break from the more considered compositions of his past work, in search of new opportunities that allow for chance. This experimentation became the framework for the Theory of Flaw.
WHEN: 10am-5pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich
COST: Free
Ipswich House Portraits from the collection
Image: Bruce Buchanan Claremont 2004 (detail) | Watercolour on paper, 67 x 100cm. Ipswich Art Gallery Collection. Commissioned with funds donated by the Friends of the Ipswich Art Gallery, 2005
This selection of ‘house portraits’ examines the city’s significant domestic architectural heritage as seen through the eyes of contemporary Queensland artists.
These house portraits are more than mere pictorial representations of the city’s heritage-listed buildings, instead offering explorations into the architectural design, construction and fabrication methods while also exposing more than a hint of the personal histories and memories of their former residents.
WHEN: 10am-5pm daily, until August 26, 2018
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place, Ipswich
COST: Free
Wind Tubes
Design and build your very own flying creation to test in the Wind Tubes. See your creation take flight and soar to the ceiling and defy gravity by hovering high overhead… or just fall to the floor. It’s all about air and invention, with a little bit of mid-air mayhem.
Wind Tubes is a hands-on exhibition that challenges you to make a flying creation out of everyday materials and launch it into large, clear vertical tubes of moving air.
Plastic, paper cups, polystyrene, ping pong balls, propellers and more … all the materials you need are provided. But can your design overcome turbulence, drag, air resistance and gravity?
Wind Tubes is a fun, interactive exhibition for the whole family. There’s a special space for children under two to enjoy.
WHEN: 10am – 5pm
WHERE: Ipswich Art Gallery, d’Arcy Doyle Place (Nicholas Street), Ipswich
COST: Free
