Experience
All Exhibitions3 May - 16 June 2024
Pressing Topics
The Ironing Maidens
3 May - 16 June 2024
An Unnatural History
Sarah Treadwell
3 May - 16 June 2024
Still Searching
Ron McBurnie
21 June - 21 July 2024
Artificial
2024 Umbrella Members' Exhibition
21 June - 21 July 2024
Compact Prints
International Print Exhibition & Exchange
Make
All Workshops1pm - 4pm Sunday 26 May 2024
Drypoint Etching Workshop
$90 - $110 | Lynn Scott-Cumming
9.30am - 4.30pm Saturday 15 June 2024
Sandcast Silver Ring Workshop
$275 - $295 | Nadine Suzanne
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Clay Stoneware Package
Create with clay for your next group event
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Life Drawing Package
Book a creative event for your next special occasion
Register your interest for 2024
Discover, Dive, Draw
Kerrie Everett Horrocks and Tony Fitzsimmons
Learn
All Public ProgramsExhibition Applications
Apply now to exhibit at Umbrella - deadline midnight Sunday 21 April 2024
Transitions
Explore the mentorships in this year's program
Residencies
Explore our residency opportunities
Touring Exhibitions
Catalogues and education kits available
Creative Industries
Professional development for artists and critical art world discussions
Explore
All ProgramsCompact Prints 2024
Register and submit by 5pm (AEST) Friday 31 May 2023 | Register now!
PUNQ Festival
Pop Up North Queensland Festival
Young Indigenous Printmakers
A free education program for senior Indigenous Australian high school students
Touring exhibitions
Explore Umbrella's touring exhibitions
Creative Youth
Creative learning opportunities for young people
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
COVID Safe Visits
Umbrella asks that visitors adhere to social distancing, visitor logs, and other COVID Safe directives and procedures as directed.
Open Hours
Tues - Fri: 9am-5pm
Sat - Sun: 9am-1pm
Gallery closed Mondays, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks.
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Contact
408 Flinders Street,
Gurambilbarra (Townsville),
Qld, 4810 Australia
PO Box 2394,
Gurambilbarra (Townsville),
Qld, 4810 Australia
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Acknowledgement of Country
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region; Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
Umbrella is a Dealer Member of the Indigenous Art Code. This means we are committed to fair and ethical trade with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and transparency in the promotion and sale of artwork. As a Dealer Member and signatory to the Code we must act fairly, honestly, professionally and in good conscience in all direct or indirect dealings with artists.
Acknowledgements
Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funds through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.