NORTHSIDE: BAD Neighbourhood Walking Trail – Albion

This free low-impact walking trail will take guests into local creative spaces to discover Brisbane’s art and design scene. The tour on Saturday 20 May will meet at The Black, where Finders Keepers will be hosting an amazing pop-up Brisbane market. We recommend getting to the meeting point early to stroll the markets before your […]

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CITY: BAD Neighbourhood Walking Trail

This free low-impact walking trail will take guests into local creative spaces to discover Brisbane’s art and design scene. The tour on Sunday 14 May will meet in King George Square before stopping at Heritage Lanes, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane’s Botanica Gardens for a stroll through Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside and finish back at City […]

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SOUTHSIDE: BAD Neighbourhood Walking Trail – Woolloongabba

This free low-impact walking trail will take guests into local creative spaces to discover Brisbane’s art and design scene. The tour on Saturday 27 May will begin outside Queensland College of Art (QCA), then join the tour guide as they visit Mater Hospital, Dead Puppet Society, Woolloongabba Art Gallery and Echo & Bounce. Visitors are […]

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SOUTHSIDE: BAD Neighbourhood Walking Trail – South Brisbane

This free low-impact walking trail will take guests into local creative spaces to discover Brisbane’s art and design scene. The tour on Saturday 27 May will begin at Fish Lane, Town Square, then join the tour guide as they visit Queensland College of Art, TAFE Queensland and back to the markets at Fish Lane. Make […]

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Open Studio: Dead Puppet Society

Known for creating visually compelling theatre experiences including Holding Achilles, Ishmael, Laser Beak Man, and The Wider Earth, off stage they create one-of-a-kind public artworks, bespoke sculptures and offer design-led experiences for artists and students.  Explore their workshop space, where the team design and make the creatures and objects for the worlds they dream up. […]

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The Local

‘The Local’ is an Australian colloquial term used to describe the neighbourhood pub, shop or café. It could also be used to refer to your local museum – but it isn’t. Not all visitors feel a sense of inclusion when visiting their local museum. In recent years, many institutions including Museum of Brisbane (MoB) have […]

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Tea and Tour with Kylie Johnson and Friends

With three decades of passionate collecting and creating to her name, Churchill Fellowship scholar Kylie Johnson has dedicated her life to championing the art of the handmade. An indispensable member of Brisbane’s clay community, her studio has not only introduced the artform to countless patrons, but has also helped support the careers of our city’s […]

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Montague Road History Walk

Montague Road is located in the critical landscape of limited, highly desirable inner-city land in Brisbane, Australia, which will be hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics. This Vision 2035 has been created from the results of a community-initiated and led process held in the Montague Road precinct (2022). First Nations peoples walked along shaded tracks beside […]

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In Between, Out the Back and Up the Creek

As a focal celebration of BaD’s glittering offerings, FireWorks gallery will host “In Between, Out the Back and Up the Creek” – a carpark Artists’ Party like no other. The In Between, Out the Back and Up the Creek celebration complements the themes of Firework’s signature exhibition for the Festival – “Half-Way House” – to […]

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Diversity makes us better designers

Design without diversity is intrinsically flawed, perpetuating solutions and experiences that don’t reach their full potential because significant segments of the population have been excluded. Our biases can pose challenges to embracing diversity, as we unconsciously perceive differences as problems rather than opportunities. How can you break down your own barriers and preconceptions to celebrate […]

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