10 September 2026
DRAWING FOR LIFE WITH KINKY DRAWERS
Back by popular demand! After a highly successful first iteration, we invite you back for another provocative life drawing session set within This Moment: Highlights from the White Rabbit Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art, featuring the cast from Kinky Drawers.
Four performers will model solo and coupled, orbiting XU ZHEN®'s monumental sculpture, Play 201301. At once playful and unsettling, the leather-clad cathedral explores themes of power, ritual and desire, inviting reflection on culture, religion and identity.
This is an adult only program. All materials are provided, and all skill levels are welcome.
Where: HOTA Gallery 1
When: Thursday 17 September
Time: Doors from 6pm, 6:30 - 8:30pm
MOONCAKE FESTIVAL GALLERY TOUR AND WORKSHOP
Join us this Mooncake Festival eve for a special tour of This Moment: Highlights from the White Rabbit Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art followed by mooncake making with a view!
All welcome, no prior experience is necessary.
Where: Level 5, HOTA Gallery
When: Thur 24 September
Time: 1pm - 2:30pm
Recommended for ages 16+
ARTLAB – DECADENT DECOUPAGE
Let’s celebrate the opening of Minna Gilligan: True Colours with a decorative decoupage workshop.
Minna Gilligan is known for her colourful collages of favourite things: cakes, butterflies, flowers and games. We’ll choose our own meaningful images to chop, change, layer and paste onto a special box to take home.
Whether you love sports, animals, fashion or art, this workshop encourages you to express yourself through craft!
Where: The Studio, HOTA Gallery
When: Sat 12 September
Time: 10:30am - 11:30am
Recommended ages 6 – 12
VIEW THE 27 AUGUST 2026 ARTS & CULTURE UPDATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Experience Gold Coast acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout Southeast Queensland.