Businesses have backed the annual Mary Valley Art Festival with thousands of dollars, giving the organising committee a healthy prize pool for 2025. Entry forms will be available in May as the final details are confirmed for the festival to be held at Imbil Public Hall from 24-27 July. The festival is popular with Sunshine [...]
Mary Valley visitors and residents alike are loving the new pop-up Art on Yabba Gallery in Imbil’s main street. Its first exhibition by popular watercolourist Jan Lawnikanis has drawn rave reviews, and her September workshop has sold out. The gallery’s next show is Eclectic Treasures, featuring works from a collection of local artists including Kym [...]
The next show at Art on Yabba pop-up gallery is Eclectic Treasures, featuring works from a collection of local artists including Pat Cale, Pam Hopkins, Lizzie Last, Lyn Nothdurft, Nonie Metzler and Jennie Hawkes Wright. It opens on Saturday 5 October at 3PM, at the gallery’s new address of 102 Yabba Road, Imbil. Eclectic Treasures [...]
Lew Brennan is represented in Australian and US galleries but winning the Bendigo Bank Open Award at the Mary Valley Art Festival on July 26 was a first for him. The Cooran-based realism artist collected $1000 for his oil on canvas portrait Backstreet Madonna, a breakaway from his characteristic charcoal works. The sensitive portrayal titled Reluctant [...]
Cooroy custom framing business Frame Tree has jumped on board as a new sponsor for the annual Mary Valley Art Festival. Entries open on May 15 and you can use the online form or pick up a print entry form at local outlets. Entry forms are due by July 8 and you can find them [...]
The forced closure of the highly popular fine art gallery in Imbil has prompted the managers to build their own arts hub in the Mary Valley town. Construction of a Mary Valley arts and cultural hub encompassing the Art on Yabba Fine Art Gallery will begin at the Imbil Heritage Railway Precinct in Imbil as [...]
Art lovers are in for a treat with the unveiling of a one-off exhibition by Pat Cale on October 11 at Imbil. From 2-4pm they can experience a multi-media installation titled “Song” at the Imbil RSL Hall. Art created by Pat Cale will be displayed against a soundtrack of music commissioned from Sunshine Coast composer [...]
