Discover the Joys to Be Found in the Creative Tasmania Holiday Guide

The joy lies in discovering Tasmanian artists, learning about their work, and exploring the workshops and art retreats they lead.

This guide is designed to make it easy for you to unearth the artists, makers, designers, crafters, art and craft hubs, artist-led galleries and shops, collectives, and co-operatives, as well as the festivals, fairs, markets, and even local councils that genuinely value our creative community.

By directly connecting you with our arts and crafts members, I hope you’ll be inspired by their talents and gain a true sense of their personalities.

Explore their social media, follow them, sign up for their newsletters, and embrace this opportunity to engage authentically with real artists as they share their passion for creativity and Tasmania.

Crafting Your Own Creative Itinerary

This Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide is all about connecting you with creative Tasmanians, allowing you to go beyond Mona.

While Mona is an extraordinary experience, there is a vibrant and diverse creative community across Tasmania, and this guide is your entry point.

Art Trails Tasmania: An Artist Led Project

One of the most important features of Art Trails Tasmania is being able to introduce you to a wonderful community of Tasmanian artists, their workshops, exhibitions, creative small businesses, art retreats, events and their stories.

Each month in our free Community newsletter we share their stories directly with you, along side inspiring Creativity Calendar posts and the empowering Skills Sharing Series so you can develop the skills needed to craft the life enriching creative business of your dreams. Enjoy!

Easy To Navigate

The Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide is organised by region, so wherever you’re heading, you can explore your creativity.

Simply click on the links to websites and social media to find out what events are happening, when, and where. Some are open five or seven days a week, others may hold only a few events each year or even biennial events, while others offer regular workshops, art retreats, and exhibitions. So, come and explore!

Have the Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide Sent To You

To have the Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide sent to you, simply complete the request form and confirm your details.

The guide will be emailed to you once the confirmation process is completed (this is to keep the bots et al away).

The regular Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide updates will be shared via the free monthly Community Newsletter.

Printing the Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide

The Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide  is designed so it can easily be viewed on your phone, Mac, PC or tablet and has links that you can click.

If you do need to print it, you’ll find that I’ve avoided solid blocks of colour that soak up a lot of ink and it is designed to work well on recycled paper.

Please always recycle print outs thoughtfully.

What You Won’t Find…

You won’t find perfectly polished corporate branding promising something “authentic” that has been produced in a shiny glass box.

This is an artist-led, grassroots community of real-life artists and makers.

We’re all figuring out our websites and social media as we go, doing our best, even if it’s a bit daunting at times!

I truly hope you find creative joy and inspiration in your explorations and connections with everyone featured here.

How to Be Featured in the “Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide”

This Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide is all about celebrating our Artists Ensemble and Artist Profile members who run events, workshops, exhibitions, galleries, festivals, art trails, arts and crafts hubs, guilds and societies, markets and fairs, retreats, residencies, art and craft supplies shops, classes and meetups that art lovers can be part of.

To join, simply pop over to the Members’ Hub and select the membership level that you desire.

There is no additional fee for being included in this guide. You simply need to be an Artists Ensemble  or Artist Profile current member, be involved with events and Tasmanian based.

Invitation for Art Lovers

If you would like to be part of our supportive community and are based outside of Tasmania, you’re most welcome to join as an Art Lover.

To find out all the details, simply pop over to the Members’ Hub.

Welcome to Art Trails Tasmania

Art Trails Tasmania is an artist-led initiative created by me, Belinda Stinson. At its core, Art Trails Tasmania aims to support and empower artists, showcase their remarkable talents and activities, share their stories through Artist Profile and Event News blog posts, and gives you the delightful experience of crafting your own creative tour of Tasmania.

What better way to create joyful memories of your travels through Tasmania than by including artist-led workshops and retreats, exhibitions, gallery and co-operative visits, art trails, and festivals? That’s how you create the best holidays!

Our Art Trails Tasmania Community

We are a growing community of artists and artisans, makers and writers, crafters and designers, potters and stitchers, illustrators and curators who find endless inspiration from our beloved state of Tasmania. While most of our members are based in Tasmania, art lovers from across the country and beyond are also warmly welcomed to join us.

Living the Good Life

I envision a world filled with more arts and crafts, enriching our communities and our lives. It’s about allowing those of us who have a deep love for the arts and crafts to enjoy more of it in our daily lives, because it leads to a better life—a good life.

Heartfelt Thanks

This grassroots project exists solely due to the support of our members. So, it is with deep and heartfelt thanks to each and every one of our members, from across Australia— not just Tasmania—for stepping up and backing this initiative.

I started with the simple desire to bring more creativity into our daily lives by making it easier for arts and crafts lovers to find their tribe in Tasmania. Whether we’re travelling around this stunning state as visitors or making our homes across the varied landscapes of this isle, it always comes back to making authentic connections centred on creativity.

That’s exactly what this guide is about — making it easier to create these connections. But this guide could only come into being because creative souls like you decided to join and support my early endeavours. I hope you are as proud of this supportive community that we are building together as I am.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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