Classes, Lessons & Workshops

Each year in May, on the weekend closest to 23 May when HMB Endeavour anchored in Bustard Bay on the Queensland coast, they celebrate with a family friendly Festival. In 2019 the 27th annual 1770 Festival theme is Experiences in Paradise.

In 2019, CIAF will celebrate its 10th Anniversary as it continues to introduce innovative and exciting opportunities for Queensland Indigenous artists. CIAF has gone from strength to strength since the inaugural fair in 2009, attracting significant attention from both international and national collectors, curators, media and the general public.

Learn the basics of blacksmithing and create your own set of blacksmithing tools with Terry Drennan. You will make a set of blacksmithing tools including a cold chisel, hot cutter, round punch, oval punch, centre punch and tongs.

Sri Lanka is an island of lavishly spicy cuisines and India is well known for its aromatic spices. One of the most common cuisines served in Sri Lanka and India is steamed or boiled rice, alongside a curry, (whether it's vegetable, pulse, seafood or meat).

Enjoy the old-world charm of a Clock Tower tour. Step into the original 1930s hand-operated lift, travel past the Art Deco-styled clock face to arrive at the final, 64 metre high platform for a bird’s-eye view of the city.

Inspired by Easton Pearson’s famous runway shows, design your own fashion headband using playful templates created by Brisbane artist and long-time Easton Pearson collaborator Stephen Mok. Let your imagination run wild with Stephen’s creative shapes and make your own adornment fit for the catwalk, a stroll in the city, or your own living room, in this fun activity for the fashionable of every age.

Staying in Cairns for a while and need some creative outlet? Make an impression... be a printmaker! This course covers the basics of stone lithography, the print medium chosen by Picasso, Raushenberg, David Hockney and Camille Henrot.

Add your own weave to our collaborative artwork installation for a fun creative experience the whole family will enjoy. Inspired by the designs and pattern making techniques in The Designers’ Guide: Easton Pearson Archive, this paper weaving project enables all ages to connect and share in the joy of making.

Kiah Park is a horse riding facility where they love to engage school-aged children in the fresh excitement of spending time outdoors. They offer seven-day residential horse riding camps during all Queensland school holidays, long weekend camps and day camps.

Take a guided walking tour of the city with one of our local guides. Dressed in period costume, the guide will help you discover Maryborough's colourful past and take you back to a time when Maryborough was a thriving port, and the place where about 22,000 free settlers took their first steps on Australian soil.