New submissions welcome

If you are keen on exhibiting at the 2020 RME Downlands Exhibition it’s best you contact our curator soon. Entry is by invitation and new exhibitors must be of a high quality indeed. In recent years we have found the exhibition to be growing too large to...

Date Claimer

the 2020 RME Downlands Exhibition will run from 18 September till 26 September. Gala Opening is Friday night 18 September. Check back here for further updates and developments.

RME Naming Rights Sponsor

The Art Exhibition committee is thrilled to welcome Russell Mineral Equipment as the naming rights partner for the 2019 Downlands Art Exhibition. What is Russell Mineral Equipment? Founded in Toowoomba in 1985 by Dr John Russell, Russell Mineral Equipment (RME) is a...

Developing Expression

Our curator has been busy catching up with a few artists who have committed work for the show in September.USQ graduate, Sam Eyles is seen here with some his latest expressionist abstracts.Sam will present some smaller works on paper as well of a few of his excellent...

Artwork Submissions

If you are considering entering work in the 2019 Downlands Art Exhibition time is running out. Please go to our Entry Details 2019 page for more information. General submissions close May 31. Artists who have been sent invitations to submit proposals have until 19...

Artist award winner announced

The RME Downlands Art Exhibition might be over for the 32nd year, but the exhibition’s legacy lives on through Toowoomba based painter Maree Cameron. Maree is the winner of the second annual USQ Artsworx Encouragement Award, selected from hundreds of artists whose...