Come along to the Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance Juice and Jam Breakfast, From Creative Practice to Creative Enterprise, on Wednesday, February 20 and learn how you could turn your creative idea into a successful and sustainable business with The Refinery.

Council endorsed its first 20-year arts plan in 2018 and now there is an exciting opportunity for two practicing arts sector professionals to join the Sunshine Coast Arts Advisory Board to help drive arts and culture in the region.

Since it began in 2016, Horizon Festival has cemented itself as the premiere arts and culture festival for the Sunshine Coast, and council today committed to supporting the festival for another three years.

Nationwide entries are now being sought for the Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2019 – one of the most prestigious regional 2D art prizes in Australia.

Caloundra Regional Gallery announced its 2019 exhibition program today, a program that will showcase experiential art, sculpture, photo media and installation by leading local and Australian artists.

The regions first creative incubator, The Refinery, is set to launch in February and has been developed to help local creatives turn their ideas into sustainable and successful businesses.

A locally produced dramatic production titled Hildegard and Volmar: the saint, the monk, his love and her vision, that will be performed on the Sunshine Coast this year before heading to Germany in 2020, is one of the beneficiaries in the latest round of Regional Arts Development Fund grants.

Your face and your story could be part of a public art project led by critically acclaimed artist Jody Haines to be featured during Horizon Festival 2019 on the Sunshine Coast.

Landscapes from the hinterland to the western plains are now on display in local artist Marvene Ash’s latest exhibition, Between Two Landscapes, at the Maroochydore Library Artspace.

Here’s your guide to Sunshine Coast Council services over the Christmas/New Year break.