Art and Craft Retreats
Find out what’s on with our growing guide of Exhibitions, Open Studio Trails, Arts and Craft Retreats, Artist in Residence Programs, Workshops and Classes, Groups and Galleries, Markets and Fairs, and, of course, Artists who are part of Art Trails Tasmania!
You’ll find listed details with links to the artists, events and activities. The links can include their website, Facebook, Instagram and socials, artist pages on other platforms that the artist has provided us.
What you won’t find is us trying to maintain everybody else’s websites and socials. We want the information here kept as current as possible, to give you the opportunity to discover the fabulous creative and artist talent that Tasmania has to offer.
Join the Art Trails Tasmania Newsletter to stay up to date with What’s On, Artist Profile blog interviews, new members and more.
Being Listed
If you would like to join the Art Trails Tasmania family just pop over to the Member’s Hub and choose from one of the membership options.
Tasters and Workshops at the Launceston Art Society
It’s time to explore the fascinating range of tasters and workshops that’s happening at the Launceston Art Society for non-members and members.
Unveiling the Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide
Come discover the sparkling new Art Trails Tasmania treasure, “Crafting Your Own Creative Tasmanian Holiday Guide” that lets you find workshops, exhibitions & more
Flourish Creatively at the North East Tasmania Art and Craft Festival
Flourish creatively by being part of the vibrant North East Art and Craft Festival in beautiful Scottsdale with the theme “Something Old, Something New”!
Find Art and Craft Retreats from Across Tasmania
Here you’ll find the Art Trails Tasmania members who are running artist led art and craft retreats.
To help you plan your explorations we look at Tasmania as nine regions:
North West
West Coast
The Islands: Bruny, Flinders and King Islands
Central North – including Launceston
Central Tablelands
Central South – including Hobart
North East
Tin Dragon Cottages
We host art retreats and workshops on our 36 Ac alpaca farm.
Discover the upcoming art retreats and workshops led by renowned Tasmanian artists that are happening at Tin Dragon Cottages and follow on Facebook and Instagram.
East Coast
South East
Mel Hills Wild Art on Facebook, Instagram, Redbubble and Bluethumb. Mel also heads into Hobart and further north for events.
Navigating Tasmania
Below is a map to help orientate yourself with the regions. Do note that this map has some creative license to it rather than being a very specific, professional cartographers creation. Do refer to the Tasmanian Government Official touring map of Tasmania ($5, available online, in Service Tasmania shops and onboard the Spirit of Tasmania) for accurate details. It even has roads and rivers marked on it!
If you’re planning a road trip arts holiday be sure to get hold of a good old fashion printed map of the state. Do not trust Google maps or the navigation maps beyond the city and suburbs as they’re renowned for taking people along unsafe narrow dirt tracks with little opportunity for chucking u- turns (true for all regional, rural and remote areas in Australia). And besides, folding out a map, having an explore is way more fun!
See What’s On Across Tasmania
Just click on the images below to find out what is happening with various artists across the state.
What’s On and Happening with Art Trails Tasmania Members
Art Trails Tasmania is a membership based program that is all about empowering, enabling, celebrating and sharing the amazing artists, makers, designers, performers, creators, artisans and crafters across this beloved state.
After a lot of careful consideration, asking and listening to our audience on the socials in the prelude to the launch of this site, the decision on how this artist led project would be funded became abundantly clear: memberships.
Initial thoughts included having Google ads but no one, including me, really liked that idea. Other optoins included selling ebooks and courses and going after grants and sponsorships.
While grants and sponsorships might still be on the table they are unreliable in many ways – time consuming to apply for and highly competitive.
While the ebooks, guides and programs fit much better as they are about sharing skills, inspiration and connections. So you’ll find a growing library of them in the Resources area with the full collection available in the members area.
As for membership, it just made the most sense. It creates a family and shares the collective and individual stories.
To find out more about our membership options click here for the Member’s Hub.
A big thank you to everyone who helped answer my website build questions on Facebook and Instagram, your comments and messages helped a great deal with clarity and understanding how to make this site sing for you!