Alice Rigby Art Studio

04/07/2026

Thank you everyone who came along tonight! So much great work to see and great chats to be had. Thank you everyone who contributed to the project. Such a diverse group of artists and guests. Thank you to the people who came in as we were packing up and found more great work to take home. Thank you everyone who embraced the experience. Lots of fun. Love you all. Very grateful to have the support to follow through on crazy ideas. Thank you Adapt. Thank you The Lighthouse. 🖤 Excited for what’s next.

01/07/2026

Good night from a very white and very pretty gallery, The Write Gallery at The Lighthouse Toowoomba. 🤍

I have been in love with this space for a while and can’t wait to get started tomorrow. Ready to get our hands dirty in the morning! 🙌

30/06/2026

The surface is hung and ready to go with spots still available for 9am, 11am and 2pm sessions on Thursday and Friday.

✍️ Technical and conceptual development for young artists (15yrs+)

✍️ Free Professional Development opportunity for teachers with classroom ready exercises and new ways of approaching classic subjects.

✍️Drawing, mixed media, collage, disrupt your everyday practice and try something new.

…Did I mention that none other than the incredible will be one of our models at the figure drawing sessions? 11am each day. 🙌 ✔️

Email me directly to book 👉 [email protected]

This Thursday, Friday Saturday at The Lighthouse Toowoomba

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28/06/2026

This week launches :"Still Life as a House Plant"; the creation of a 2.4m x 25m mixed media drawing on canvas spanning an entire gallery.

Participation in the project is free and all materials are supplied. The drawing will be created using hand made charcoal and black and white mixed media on canvas. As the art work is performance/participation as much as 2Dimensional work, all participants are asked to wear black during the event.

This drawing was conceptualised during University of Southern Queensland School of Creative Arts Drawing Studio where we released planning and expectation, and replaced it with experimental practice where drawing is an action not an outcome. The result was free, wild and became a point of departure for many works and ideas to come.

Artists can attend as many or as few sessions as they can, and all participants are invited anytime Saturday to help resolve the work before its ultimate deconstruction/destruction at the opening event, 5:30pm Saturday 4th July. All invited to the opening event.
Come along and discuss how we need the ancient act of drawing now more than ever.

If you or a young artist in your house would like to step outside their everyday and participate in the fundamental and universal act of creation, please sign up via the link. Please note participation is for ages 15+.

22/06/2026

I’m excited and overwhelmed to share that very limited spaces remain for participation in “Still Life as a House Plant” this school holidays. If you plan to book and haven’t yet please take a look soon.

https://www.thelighthousetoowoomba.org/whats-on/alice-rigby%3A-self-portrait-as-a-house-plant

I have been busily preparing the surface, thinking, writing, and making material for us to work with. I even added some workshop details to my website you can see here 👇

https://alicerigbyart.squarespace.com/the-write-gallery-july-2026

This project celebrates the process and activity of drawing as being of greater importance than the outcome. I believe the act of Drawing can bring us closer to experiencing a shared humanity.

If you missed out on a spot in your preferred workshop time slot, please don’t hesitate to contact me and we find another place that will work for you.

Biggest thanks to The Lighthouse Toowoomba community for all your support so far. 🫶

More to come. 🖤

09/06/2026

Painting priming performance for Self Portrait as a House Plant.

Be a part of the project 👉 2nd & 3rd July

Join us on Saturday 4th July for the opening.

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The Lighthouse Toowoomba🤍

06/06/2026

Drawing is the universal act through which we record what we see, and present what we imagine. We think, problem solve, communicate.

Drawing belongs to the moment; an unstable medium that allows for irresponsible creation…

Drawing eludes categorisation, the process always conquering the product.

And we never know where the line will take us.

Self Portrait as a House Plant 🪴 looks for young artists who who want connection, extension of skills and processes, and to be a part of the act of drawing.

Countdown is on. Sign up now. 💀🖤

FREE SCHOOL HOLIDAY ART EXPERIENCE 🎨

📅 Thursday 2nd & Friday 3rd July 2026
📍 The Write Gallery
🎨 All ages welcome
💲 FREE

What happens when hundreds of people contribute to a single artwork?

Join artist Alice Rigby for Self Portrait as a House Plant, a unique two-day collaborative drawing project at The Write Gallery.

Across a series of artist-led workshops, participants of all ages will explore self-expression through experimental drawing, reflection, movement, memory, objects, emotions and mark-making, all while contributing to a giant 25-metre artwork created over 24 hours.

The finished artwork will then be revealed, before being carefully deconstructed and shared as part of the final experience.

No artistic experience required. Just curiosity, creativity and a willingness to be part of something bigger than yourself!

Book here: https://www.thelighthousetoowoomba.org/whats-on/alice-rigby%3A-self-portrait-as-a-house-plant

Spaces are limited. Book your session today.

Alice Rigby Art Studio