The Granite Belt Art and Craft Trail, held over three huge days at the end of October, is reporting almost 3000 visitors through venues for 2020, compared to 1100 people in its first year. The open studios event ran as a collective of COVID sensitive events across 17 venues, from studios to small halls, breweries, [...]
Friday marks the launch of the second Granite Belt Art and Craft Trail Open Studios event. The arts festival is the first major event to proceed on the Southern Downs since COVID-19 lockdown. Event founder Rosy Chapman says, “We are over the moon that this wellbeing event can now proceed. For several months, we had [...]
Accommodation operators across the Granite Belt are reaching capacity in the lead up to the second Granite Belt Art and Craft Trail Open Studios event, with over 80 per cent of accommodation fully booked with just over a week to go before the event opens on Friday 30 October. (Source: Booking.com) Event founder Rosy Chapman [...]
Visitors to the upcoming Granite Belt Art and Craft Trail are in line for a melodious experience, with the late announcement of a musical line-up to thrill both classicists, rock aficionados and ukulele-lovers. Arts trail founder and amateur musician Rosy Chapman toured the region last week with videographer Gabriele Truco shooting footage to promote [...]
Pam Docherty converts leaves, flowers and things from the garden into precious metal and clay jewelry. She is offering workshops at Robert Channons Winery during the Granite Belt Art and Craft Open Studios Event 30 Oct to 1 November. watch this four-part series on her artistic process! Pam’s jewellery has found its way to [...]
Come for a drive with Rosy and meet the artisan lineup for the Granite Belt Art & Craft Trail 2020. See a tiny sample of the venues, from wineries to small halls and alpaca farms. The Occasional Players String Quartet is just one of the musical groups on the trail. Spring time is so [...]
Event founder Rosy Chapman reports that new and returning artisans are experiencing first-hand what the arts trail is doing for the Granite Belt’s economy and bringing the community together. “Our artisans are good to go! We have an Indigenous collage artist, a contemporary dot painter and an indigenous arts collective, potters, street art, fibre [...]
The Granite Belt Art and Craft Trail Open Studios event is set to capitalise on the winter tourism boom experienced across the region, building on the extraordinary publicity generated over the last few months as Queenslanders look to holiday here this year in support of regional economies. Arts trail founder Rosy Chapman was inspired by [...]
Thanks to the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal's Tackling Tough Times Together program, the Granite Belt Art and Craft Trail is one of 36 community-led projects that is celebrating the news that they will be sharing in $1.3 million of funding. Arts trail founder Rosy Chapman worked closely with member for Southern Downs, James [...]
The Granite Belt Art and Craft Trail is announcing a strong artisan line up for the 2020 open studios event. Over thirty artisans will be exhibiting on the trail at 17 different venues, from wineries to art galleries and beautiful small community halls. Featured image above: Louise Jenkins, Watercolourist Event founder Rosy Chapman reports that [...]
