Exhibition Opening | Impressed V, To invite the gods

Next date: Friday, 27 November 2026 | 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM

HBRG exterior at sunset. Photo: Image: Alistair Brightman.

Join us for the official opening of group exhibition Impressed V and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery curated exhibition To invite the gods.

Impressed V
Impressed V surveys the breadth of artistic approaches to printmaking, spanning a range of traditional and contemporary techniques and innovative forays into 2D, 3D and mixed media work. The exhibition brings together printmakers from across Queensland, to celebrate the tactility, versatility and uniqueness of the medium. Impressed V is a biennial printmaking exhibition presented by the Maryborough Printmakers and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery.

To invite the gods
To invite the gods explores the influence of Ikebana—the Japanese art of flower arranging—on contemporary Australian art. Rooted in a mindful, meditative process, Ikebana values considered use of found materials and compositions shaped by balance, line and form. Artists featured in To invite the gods respond to the principles of Ikebana in diverse ways. Inspired by the impulse to collect, arrange and recontextualise materials, this exhibition reveals how acts of composition can generate new poetic resonances and meanings.

Celebrate with the artists and enjoy an evening of art in the gallery.

Date: Friday 27 November 2026, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Location: Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, 166 Old Maryborough Road, Pialba

Free, all welcome. Please register your attendance.

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery's celebrations of Impressed V and To invite the gods will coincide with Fraser Coast Regional Council and Redsteps annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in City Park. Please see the Fraser Coast Regional Council website for more information.

We encourage visitors to use the former Fraser Coast Libraries parking and available street parking for the event.