People, places, ideas

Ontour onexhibition supports regional Queensland communities to develop exhibitions that express the stories of their people, places and ideas. Genuinely community-created and full of creative expression, Ontour onexhibition tours the exhibition statewide and nationally, opening eyes to the spirit of Queensland's regional communities.

Examples of how Ontour onexhibition shares the stories of regional Queensland's people, places and ideas:

A Child's Life on the Station

Booringa Shire Council and Mitchell Arts Council Inc.

Viewed to a soundtrack of children laughing and playing, A Child’s Life on the Station is a series of heart-warming photographs that portray the daily lives of children on Australia's Outback stations. The images capture the joy of simple pleasures as well as the hardships that come with station life. All the photographs have been taken by parents and friends of children living on the land and were originally part of a regional competition managed by Mitchell Arts Council, with assistance from the Booringa Shire Council Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) and Epic Energy.

Jennie Bucknell, from 2-hours outside Mitchell, was the ring leader for the project. Rounding up friends and family, and securing prize money from Epic Energy, Jennie created a community-wide photographic competition. With a successful RADF application, the exhibition was created and completed. Step by step, the exhibition came together. Once completing the difficult job of selecting the images to enlarge and frame, a multimedia element was developed: the sounds of children playing and laughing.

The exhibition was created to illustrate 'what it's like on the station for kids'. By touring with Ontour onexhibition, A Child's Life on the Station has been seen by over 200,000 people statewide. It is telling the story, not only of Booringa Shire, but of Queensland's Outback and its children.

 A Child's Life on the Station toured with Ontour onexhibition since 2007. Image: The Overseers, Sandra Godfrey.

MAID 4 T

Miles Regional Arts Council Inc and Murilla Shire Council

In MAID 4 T, the humble tea cosy falls through the rabbit hole into a world of eclectic kitsch. And a deliriously creative way to show the world that regional Queenslanders have a sense of humour and crafty talent.

Initiated by the Miles Regional Arts Council Inc in partnership with Murilla Shire Council, the tea cosies featured in the exhibition have been hand selected from The World Tea Cosy Championships. Attracting entries from all over the world as far abroad as Scotland, USA and South Africa, the Championship emanated from the award-winning Dogwood Playwrights Initiative 2003 production, The World Bra Unclipping Championship. The brain-child of the unsuspecting playwright - who wrote the idea into the script - would be turned into a real life competition, to put Murilla on the map. And - with over 400 tea cosy entries over the years - it has.

With a small selection of the entries, Miles Regional Arts Council in partnership with Murilla Shire Council, devised the exhibition. MAID 4 T toured the state, in 2009, illustrating the ongoing creative achievements for the Miles Regional Arts Council Inc.

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