HOW many people know that Queanbeyan City Council holds a collection of over 60 artworks, many by local artists?

Some works in the collection are those acquired through the Queanbeyan Art Society’s annual art prize, which has been sponsored by Council since 1975. Other artworks have been acquired by or gifted to Council.

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Now for the first time, a large selection of these artworks have been brought out from behind closed doors and are hanging in a special exhibition at “The Q”. It’s a chance for the community to enjoy artworks normally seen only by Council members and people attending meetings.

There is something to celebrate in the fact that many of the artworks have been produced by members of the Queanbeyan community and focus on impressions of historical buildings in town and scenes of nature from not far away.

The exhibition is open to the public this week in The Q Exhibition Space, Lowe Street, and Queanbeyan (behind the Bicentennial Centre) from 10am—4pm until Friday, February 3.