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South Bank is Brisbane’s arts precinct – home to the Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Queensland Museum and State Library of Queensland. It also hosts some of Brisbane’s and Queensland’s best creative industries and arts organisations. |
Gallery QCA- Queensland College of Art Griffith University - The College’s gallery, QCA Gallery exhibits local, national and international art. Grey Street, South Bank Tel: 61 7 3875 3116 Hands On Art – a place for kids to get arty and crafty. There are holiday workshops, daily activities and even discos for children. The Boardwalk, South Bank. Tel: 61 7 3844 4589. Illustration House – Queensland’s first illustrative art and literature centre. They offer classes and workshops too. Stanley Street Plaza, South Bank Tel: 61 7 3846 2558. Queensland Art Gallery – houses a collection of more than 10,000 works of art including paintings, sculpture, prints, photography installations and videos. Free entry except to special exhibitions. Queensland College of Art Griffith University – The College has produced some of Australia’s leading artists, designers, animators, photographers and filmmakers. 226 Grey Street, South Bank Tel: www.gu.edu.au/faculty/qca. Free entry. Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University – guides and inspires talented young musicians for a professional career in music. The Conservatorium also has a program of regular concerts, open to the public. Queensland Gallery of Modern Art – will open in a stunning building next to the State Library. Due to open in late 2006, the Gallery of Modern Art will link to the Queensland Art Gallery and combined they will make the second largest public art museum in Australia. Queensland Maritime Museum – displays antique maps, everything related to shipping and boating, plus you can walk aboard the HMAS Diamantina. Located near the south end of the Goodwill Bridge. Tel: 3844 5361. Open 7 days. Admission charges apply. Queensland Museum – is an important source of education, entertainment and research for preserving Queensland’s social, technological and natural history. Free entry, except to special exhibitions. Queensland Performing Arts Centre – is a world-class facility offering unrivalled venue choice, services and facilities for musicals, plays, ballets, operas and concerts. Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) – is the centre of theatre in Queensland. Exciting, inspiring, the QTC brings the best local and international plays to Queensland. Its performance venue is the Bille Brown Studio. Riverfestival Pty Ltd– South Bank is home to the festival that celebrates Brisbane as the River City – Riverfestival. The annual festival is held each September and includes fireworks, music, an environmental symposium, feasts and more. Sciencentre– See, touch and feel science in action. Great fun and good learning. State Library of Queensland – Queensland’s leading public reference and research library, the State Library supports a network of 326 sites for a state-wide platform for life-long learning. Access internet, journals, reference works, books and archives. (Building currently under redevelopment and only offering limited facilities. Due to open in late 2006) |