Create and wear original art!

Participants with and without disability and who are d/Deaf are invited to create original costumes and learn creative makeup techniques to design and create characters.

Learn how to make visual art 

Explore the world of visual arts with workshop facilitator Hannah Izard. Get creative in a safe and accessible environment and learn how to make art for art's sake! Hanh will encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and teach you different tools and techniques on how to make art for fun and as a way to express positive practice.

Drama workshops for everyone!

In this exciting partnership with Artspace Mackay, participants with and without disability and who are d/Deaf will be invited to respond through drama, movement and music to their current exhibition. Come along and learn new skills, build your confidence and make new friends in a safe, fun and inclusive environment!

Dance and movement workshops for everyone!

Participants with and without disability and who are d/Deaf are invited to put on their favourite stretchy pants and get moving!  These weekly dance and movement workshops are designed for those wanting to learn new skills, build confidence and also make new friends in a safe, inclusive and fun environment.

Theatre making for the untamed!

Participants with and without disability and who are d/Deaf are invited to let all inhibitions go and get wild in this workshop that explores untapped imaginings through movement, sound and theatre making techniques.

These weekly workshops are designed for those wanting to learn new skills, build confidence and also make new friends in a safe, inclusive and fun environment.

A gallery just off the street!

Want your own exhibition? Our office has blank walls ready to be adorned with your art! There will be three opportunities in 2022 for artists to have their work exhibited for a month in our street side gallery in the heart of Mackay.

View our art!

Videos created throughout the year will be projected onto Crossroad Arts’ street facing double Window Gallery which is situated in the heart of Mackay’s CBD in the bustling Wood St cafe precinct.

This will not only promote Crossroad Arts programs at night in a high traffic area but will also contribute towards the revitalisation of the City Heart.

Community.Regional.Up Skill.Haven

Crossroad Arts is partnering up with Dancenorth Australia (Townsville) and Undercover Artist (Access Arts Brisbane) to produce an exciting 3 days of workshops in contemporary movement, performance and theatre making to nurture a new crop of fresh and crushingly sweet talent!

Kooky. Social. Inclusive

Celebrate diversity at our kooky, social and inclusive performance evening!

As well as strutting our stuff on the evening we also ask people to dig deep as LOOSE ENDS is also our annual major fundraiser. Please support us by grabbing a ticket for a night to remember as we showcase performance, music, live painting, dance and quirky antics from a cross section of the community!

I can. I dream. I uncover. 

SCOPE is a 3 day theatre workshop intensive in visual storytelling for young d/Deaf and hard of hearing people. We gather to see and to uncover the infinite possibilities of each individual’s identity through visual vernacular, confidence to be yourself and using imagination to discover d/Deaf and hard of hearing perspectives. 

d/Deaf and hard of hearing participants will share their scope of: ‘I can. I dream. I uncover” over the 3 days and at the end of the workshop will tell their story to an audience so people can see the world through their own eyes. SCOPE is led by Deaf actor and leader Tony Moore.

Community connections workshop - high school program

A series of graffiti and film workshops with high school students with disability in Sarina and Mirani alongside Street Artist Muddy Grimes. Participants will create a series of large scale murals with mapped projections and animations by Donna Robinson that will culminate in a community public art work that fosters pride.

Drop in and say gidday!

A Crossroad Arts artist with disability will facilitate a series of drop in workshops as part of Youth Week celebrations. The artwork created during this workshop will contribute to our major production. 

Community Connections - Production and technical training

Are you interested in learning more about theatre production but prefer to work behind the scenes? Do you want hands-on experience in a professional theatre venue?  This year Crossroad Arts in association with the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre will launch technical and production training for FREE!

Community Connections - Artist support training

Do you collaborate with or support an artist with disability? Alongside Crossroad Arts artists, Artists in Residence and Ambassadors, we invite all supports and collaborators to training on how to be an artist support. An artist support provides access and creative support during workshops, projects or major productions.