Sandgate Art Society Inc excitedly welcomes you to our inaugural 4017 Bayside Open Studios. Creatives on Brisbane’s northside are showcasing local art in Bracken Ridge, Sandgate, Deagon, Brighton and Shorncliffe, featuring 14 artist studios with over 25+ participating artists. This is your opportunity to meet the makers in their studios and shared spaces, see how they create, hear their art journeys, participate in workshops and watch enthralled at how artists use their skills and techniques to make and create unique artworks.

Pick up your guide at the following locations

Deagon Ward office, Bracken Ridge Ward office, Arthouse Northside, Clontarf Visitor Information Centre, Pine Rivers Visitor Information Centre,  Old Redcliffe Fire Station Gallery (Redcliffe Art Society), Sweet Georgia, Judith Wright Arts Centre, ArtShed Brisbane, Eckersley’s Brisbane City, Brisbane City Council Customer Centre and all participating studios.

Open Studios has been curated to embrace the uniqueness of the beautiful 4017 bayside area and is a self-guided tour where the printed map in this booklet guides you to visit local artists in their studios, each no more than 10 minutes’ drive from each other. Have a great day out in our beautiful bayside, include a walk on the foreshores, nourish yourself at our many coffee shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants, take the kids to the Bracken Ridge Skate Plaza and enjoy all that the bayside has to offer on a beautiful spring weekend. And most importantly look for the Open Studios Flag flying at each studio and you know you have arrived.

Find out how the magic happens & be part of the making!!

Facilitated by our talented local artists; workshops, demonstrations, and participation activities are curated to give you a hands-on experience and walk away with a working knowledge of what the artist does in their art practice….unlock your creative potential. Workshops are filling fast, so book directly with the artist or through their Eventbrite listing. All workshops are held in the artists’ studio space.