Australia’s Gold Coast nurtures a vibrant artistic community accounting for 20% of the total cultural and recreational services workforce in Queensland.
Lose yourself in 84 art galleries, 22 drama and theatrical organisations and 300 cultural groups.
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Gold Coast City Art Gallery is home to Australia’s richest photography prize. Gold Coast Arts Centre is one of Australia’s largest regional arts and entertainment complexes with a gallery, theatre, cinema, restaurant, café, function and community rooms. The centre attracts 270,000 annually. For more details vist: www.gcac.com.au
Tweed River Art Gallery’s Doug Moran National Portrait Prize snares the artist $100,000. The winning paintings become part of the collection.
www.tweed.nsw.gov.au Performance is strong with leading international and Australian acts at Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre:
www.gccec.com.au and the live stage spectacular at Conrad Jupiters where there are cabaret restuarants and themed dining experiences
www.conrad.com.au
Art isn’t confined indoors. Sculpture Walkway is one of Australia’s few public sculpture parks. Public sculptures adorn city streets – view Burleigh street scapes. Each September, Currumbin Sculpture Festival Swell attracts 30,000 to view 50 world renowned outdoor sculpture artists.
Events draw on a proud music heritage – there’s opera and jazz in the vineyards, the annual Blues on Broadbeach, Beaudesert Country Music Festival or the Tyalgum Classical Musical Festival.