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NorthSite is Tropical North Queensland's leading contemporary arts organisation, featuring five exhibition spaces, a retail store and printmaking studio.
Located within the Bulmba-ja Arts Centre in Gimuy/Cairns, NorthSite presents more than 30 high-quality exhibitions and public programs each year, with a focus on contemporary and Indigenous art and design from the wet tropics, Cape York, the Gulf, Torres Strait and Asia Pacific regions.
NorthSite Store specialises in hand crafted jewellery and ceramics, textiles, artist books and paintings with a distinctive Tropical North Queensland flavour. A wide range of fine art prints by leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are available for sale as well. All are locally sourced, high-quality artworks that celebrate the vibrant creativity of the region. NorthSite puts the artist and the unique creative spirit of Far North Queensland at the heart of everything it does.
NorthSite Art Studios, near the Botanic Gardens in Edge Hill, is the only professional printmaking facility of its kind in Tropical North Queensland. It's printmaking programs serve artists from remote Indigenous communities and the Cairns region, specialising in traditional printmaking practices like lino printing, screen printing, etching and lithography.
You can find NorthSite on the ground floor at Bulmba-ja Arts Centre, 96 Abbott St, just across the road from Cairns Aquarium. Entry is free and everyone is welcome!
Amenities
Cafe
Cafe serving on site
Internet Access
Free Wifi
Facilities
Cafe
Family Friendly
Food and Refreshments
Gallery / Museum
Public Toilet
Shop / Gift Shop
Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
- Offer multiple options for booking - web, email, phone
- Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints
- Accept the Companion Card
- Employ people with disability
- Train your staff in disability awareness
- Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)
- Ask all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met
- Website meets WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Provide assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
- Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
NorthSite Contemporary Arts
96 Abbott Street, Cairns City, Cairns Area, Queensland, 4870
+61 74050 9494
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