Image: Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Bright shadow 2011 | Translucent porcelain, 26.5 x 32 x 29 cm. Ipswich Art Gallery Collection. Acquired through the Ipswich Arts Foundation, 2011

Take a second look at some treasures held within the city’s art collection with a selection of works by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Ricky Swallow and Michael Cook.

Works from the Collection

Enter the dazzling world of Light Play where children can explore their artistic potential in an interactive space created especially for them!

Light Play for Kids

Take a journey to an eccentric place where gadgets are poetic, puppets are naughty, machines untamed and circus tricks pop-up when you’re least expecting it!

Loose Ends: Theatre for Families

Image: Ricky Swallow Evolution (in order of appearance) 1999 | Cast resin, 4 x 34 x 6 cm . Ipswich Art Gallery Collection. Acquired through the Ipswich Arts Foundation, 2013

Take a second look at some treasures held within the city’s art collection with a selection of works by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Ricky Swallow and Michael Cook.

Works from the Collection

Image: Jordana Maisie’s interactive kaleidoscope ‘The Real Thing’

Discover a kaleidoscope of epic proportions! Be mesmerized by the psychedelic imagery of The real thing a human-scaled, interactive kaleidoscope by new media artist Jordana Maisie.

The Real Thing

Image: Image: Lyne Marshall Layering the land 2016 (detail) | Acrylic on synthetic paper 94 x 64 cm. Courtesy of the artist

Lyne Marshall is a modern artist traveller whose explorations, and the experiences encountered in the landscape, provide the inspiration for her artworks.

RE: Location: Works by Lyne Marshall

Take a journey to an eccentric place where gadgets are poetic, puppets are naughty, machines untamed and circus tricks pop-up when you’re least expecting it!

Loose Ends: Theatre for Families

Image: Kenneth Macqueen Afternoon shadows 1950 (detail) | Watercolour on paper, 35.2 x 46 cm. Ipswich Art Gallery Collection. Acquired through the Ipswich Arts Foundation in recognition of the significant contribution of Mr Greg Roberts, 2009

Kenneth Macqueen (1897-1960) is widely acclaimed as an Australian modernist and ‘the most distinctive watercolourist of his generation’.

Kenneth Macqueen Watercolours

Image: Michael Zavros Hearth 2010 | Oil on canvas, 103 x 123 cm . Ipswich Art Gallery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the artist and Philip Bacon Galleries, 2010

Take a second look at some treasures held within the city’s art collection with a selection of works by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Ricky Swallow and Michael Cook.

Works from the Collection