Abstract Blooms is a new series of abstract paintings by Toowoomba artist Sam Walton. Drawing inspiration from the landscape, Sam uses vibrant colour and texture to capture the wild energy of flowers, creating art that evokes a genuine sense of connection and joy.

Image: Sam WALTON / Into the cosmos 2024 / mixed media on canvas / 93 x 123cm / © Sam Walton

Back Road Artists present Eclectic Harmony, a vibrant showcase of diverse styles and mediums. United by a spirit of collaboration, these regional artists invite viewers to explore art that’s both personal and communal, celebrating creativity without limits.

Image: Jodie RIGBY / Genie jars 2025 / mixed media on paper / 30 x 42 cm / © Jodie Rigby

Lyne Marshall finds joy in the freedom of experimental artmaking, working with non-traditional methods and unusual materials.

Her Mindscapes exhibition features paintings primarily created with acrylics on aluminium and polythene paper, alongside works in encaustic wax and sculpture.

This collection offers an ethereal and emotive experience, inviting viewers to see the world through shifting perspectives. Inspired by memory and place, Marshall’s art evokes a sense of peace, healing, and quiet expectation—leaving lasting impressions that resonate beyond the canvas.

The Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art recognise and promote excellence in senior visual art education throughout Queensland state and non-state schools. This regional exhibition displays the creative talents of students from the Darling Downs South West region for 2025.

Image: Bron FRANCIS / Choose Your Path 2025 / ink on aluminum / 83 x 25cm / © Bron Francis

Celebrating the Future is a photographic exhibition by local photographer David Martinelli that captures the unique small town festival Jacaranda Day held in Goombungee in its 30th year.

Create/Respond is a collaborative project exploring the evolving nature of mark-making, authorship, and aesthetic dialogue between artists. Through shared surfaces and layered responses, the works invite reflection on how artistic meaning emerges through ongoing, responsive exchanges — a visual conversation across time, material, and intention.

Image: David AKENSON, Beata BATOROWICZ, Peta BERGHOFER, Linda CLARK, Kyle JENKINS, Rhi JOHNSON, Alexandra LAWSON, Amber MANTEUFEL, Alice RIGBY, Alex STALLING, David USHER / Point of difference 2025 / mixed media on paper / 84.1 x 59.4cm / © the artists

A vibrant, two-week art exhibition celebrating impressions of our region as interpreted by our local Toowoomba and Darling Downs artists. Runs from the 13th September – 27th September. Open 10-3pm everyday, including weekends. Opening night event (ticketed – limited spots) Friday Night 12th September 6-8 pm.

Join award-winning artist Frida Forsberg for an exclusive open studio event! Hosted at the Starving Artist Collaborative’s gallery in Brook Street, nestled in the Old Mill Factory, this is your chance to meet Frida, watch her at work, and explore a stunning retrospective alongside new pieces. Surrounded by vibrant creativity, you can also enjoy fresh coffee, craft beer, and explore nearby galleries in the precinct.

Known for capturing Australia’s breathtaking flora, fauna, and landscapes, Frida’s work is both inspiring and deeply connected to environmental causes. Stop by, say hello, and immerse yourself in art and community (Tue - Sun).

A vibrant and immersive exhibition celebrating the timeless beauty and artistry of flowers. Specially curated for Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, this showcase brings together an inspiring collection of floral-inspired works from both established and emerging artists, representing creativity from across Australia.

Visitors will be captivated by breathtaking paintings and artworks that explore nature’s elegance through the lens of art, offering fresh perspectives on the floral forms that surround us.

Six fortnightly pop-up shows in The Bolton Reading Room: Housing the Lionel Lindsay Library.

Each show features rare books from the Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Collection, plus jewellery acquired from previous Contemporary Wearablesexhibitions for Toowoomba City Collection, and is designed to complement Contemporary Wearables 25 – Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition.

Image: YEVONDE [Yevonde Middleton] / Ruby Lind c. 1919 / black and white photograph / in The Drawings of Ruby Lind. (Mrs Will. Dyson) / London: Cecil Palmer, 1920 / Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Collection

The Art of Escape brings together three distinct artists - working in ceramics, design and photography - collaboratively responding to the multifaceted theme of escape. Their artworks illuminate personal and collective journeys, inviting exploration into new realms of freedom and transformation.

Image: Sarah RYAN, Ruby MARSHALL, Peta BERGHOFER / 3DWizard 2025 (detail) / lenticular photograph in assemblage / dimensions variable / © the artists

Colourways is a thought-provoking collaboration between painter AJ Gogas and textile artist Barbara Stephenson combining their shared love of colour and movement.

Contemporary Wearables Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition is the focus of Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery's contribution to promoting excellence in contemporary adornment. The award was established in 1989, with the aid of the Toowoomba Gallery Society Inc., and is a forum for experimental and innovative contemporary jewellery and object practice. On display until 23 November 2025.

Image: Contemporary Wearables 2023 Award Winner Zoë VENESS / Wreath 2023 / Neckpiece: archival paper, stainless-steel cable, sterling-silver tubing / 42 x 42 x 4cm / Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery – Toowoomba City Collection 2417 / Purchased 2023 with funds donated by Toowoomba Gallery Society Inc., 2018. / © Zoë Veness

A Collective exhibition presenting distinctive perspectives and methodologies of three accomplished artists and friends.

Abernethy and Tremewen concentrate on interpreting patterns and shadows encountered in their daily environments, skilfully integrating these observations into their work.

Baxter investigates his surroundings through innovative techniques, placing emphasis on vivid colours and abstract interpretations of everyday life.

Collectively, the artists offer significant expertise and individual insight in their depictions of the world around them.

SIXTY: The Journal of Australian Ceramics 60th Anniversary 1962–2022 is a special Australian Design Centre On Tour exhibition project presented in partnership with The Australian Ceramics Association to acknowledge this significant anniversary.

This major exhibition will showcase the work of twenty-two acclaimed ceramic artists from across Australia, including Toowoomba’s own Dan Elborne, and other previous exhibitors such as Pippin Drysdale, Vipoo Srivilasa and Greg Daly.

Every First Nation of Australia is spiritually and reciprocally connected to their own unique, living place – Country. The First Nations artists represented in this exhibition celebrate and share their ancestral connection to their timeless Country.

Image: Vincent SERICO (Wakka Wakka & Kabu Kabu) / [Tree of life] 1988 / synthetic polymer paint on board / 61.0 x 91.5 cm / Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery – Toowoomba City Collection 1702 / Courtesy of the Estate of Vincent Serico and FireWorks Gallery

Taking its cue from Rupert Bunny’s The harem c.1913, this exhibition features artists from the Gallery’s collections whose work embodies their fascination with pattern and decoration. It focuses on links between ornamentation and Asia’s diverse creative histories.

Image: Rupert BUNNY / The harem c.1913 / oil on canvas / 51.8 x 79.5cm / Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery - Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Collection 002

InStudio InSights features local artists participating in the 2025 InStudio Art Trail and showcases the diversity of their creative vision and practice.

Let There Be Light by Rosemary Williamson depicts the glorious light and life of the Australian landscape. The exhibition’s oils on canvas are an ode to Rosemary’s obsession with capturing the beauty of nature's play on light and shadow.

Local prize-winning artist, workshop tutor, and demonstrator, Bruce Griffiths presents his 20th solo exhibition, Watercolour Heart - a select collection of works that explore light, story, and emotion through the delicate medium of watercolour.

Families and children can experience exciting free hands-on art-making activities when the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern (QAGOMA) presents Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour

Susan Wellingham invites the viewer to look more closely at the natural world in her exhibition Take a Closer Look. Her series pushes the boundaries of watercolour, capturing local flora and fauna in a soft, impressionistic style.

In Shared Words - Lives Lived, photographer Jim Filmer shares the lives of eight Indigenous Elders. Featuring simply recorded videos and large-scale portraits, these personal narratives invite viewers to see beyond stereotypes, fostering a deeper understanding of Aboriginal individuals and their unique stories.

'Quiet Reflection' is a body of work that explores the intimate terrain of inner thought and emotional resilience. Through a series of figurative pieces, the artist delves into the quiet strength of the human form - each posture and gesture a meditation on contemplation, vulnerability and endurance. These figures are not merely subjects, but echoes of inward journeys, held still in moments of one’s personal truth.

International Art Textile Biennale showcases innovative practices within contemporary textile art and celebrates a diverse range of works that explore and push the boundaries of the textile medium.

Create your own connections with and between eye-catching artworks in this exhibition of contemporary and historical holdings selected from the gallery’s collections. Featured artists include Tony Albert, Gordon Bennett, Rew Hanks, Norman Lindsay, Margaret Preston, Christian Thompson and Judy Watson.

On tour from the National Portrait Gallery’s collection, Mīal is a fractured self-portrait by Archie Moore (Kamilaroi/Bigambul). Comprising 34 pieces relating to colours of the artist's body parts, it continues Moore’s practice exploring the politics of identity, racism and language systems.

This exhibition regards the empire of dust and the dust of empire. It features works about how imperial processes turned the ancient lands of Australia into dust country.