What is the Mayo Arts Festival?

The Mayo Arts Festival is a free one-day multi-arts celebration showcasing Brisbane artists and artisans and student exhibitions and performances in art, dance, drama and music. 

The festival is named in honour of St Margaret’s Old Girl Daphne Mayo MBE (1908), who was a leading Australian female artist most prominently known for the sculptured tympanum above the entrance to Brisbane City Hall. The festival celebrates artistic endeavour in all its forms with a particular focus on three-dimensional art. 

The festival features rides, activities, food trucks, a bar, market stalls and performances.

Download the program and map (PDF 1.2MB) to plan your day out.

What to expect?

Rides 

Petrie Street will be taken over with rides between 11am to 5pm including:

• a rock-climbing wall 
• Super Flyer chairs
• Kombi Ride
• laser skirmish
• animal farm (11am to 3pm)

To enjoy the fun of the rides, you will need to purchase an all-inclusive armband or individual ride tickets.

Take advantage of the early bird discount by purchasing your armband before Friday 26 July at 12pm. BUY NOW

All-inclusive wristbands will be available for purchase on the day in addition to individual ride tickets.

   

In Conversation with Lindy Lee

We are thrilled to announce that one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists Lindy Lee AO will be in attendance at the Mayo Arts Festival this year.

With a practice spanning over four decades, Lindy Lee has a well-established reputation in Australia, and widespread international recognition, exhibiting in Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore. Her significant public works include Secret World of a Starlight Ember at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Life of Stars at the Art Gallery of South Australia; The Garden of Cloud and Stone in Sydney's Chinatown; Life of Stars: Tenderness of Rain, at the Zheng Zhou Cultural Centre, China; and she has significant projects currently under development throughout Australia and Asia, most notably 'Ouroboros' for the National Gallery of Australia's 40th anniversary.

We invite you to join us for a very special event with Lindy and arts writer and curator Alison Kubler. ‘In conversation with Lindy Lee’ will take place during the festival between 12pm and 12:45pm.

Tickets are extremely limited and on sale now - $30 students/$40 adults https://www.trybooking.com/CSXNP

Food and Beverages

Some of the best food trucks in Brisbane will line up to serve a delicious array of food.  

Potato Slinkys - It's everyone's festive fave - an amazing potato spiral, just like chips on a stick. You will find these on Petrie Street, near the rides.

Samurai Kitchen - Delicious Japanese style fried rice. Find them on Circular Drive.

Bill's Burgers - serving up succulent gourmet burgers. Find them on Circular Drive.

Dippin Dots - Find them on Petrie Street, near the rides.

Tipple and Tamper Coffee - Serving up delicious coffee on Circular Drive.

OMG Decadent Donuts - Terrace 2

Roam'In Pizza - woodfired pizzas on Circular Drive.

Gelato a Go-Go - Circular Drive.

BBQ - Serving delicious breakfast options on Terrace 2.

Fairy Floss and Popcorn sponsored by Aspiring Talent - Barley Sugar Garden

Lollies and Chips Stall sponsored by Aspire Mortgage and Finance - In Eton Courtyard

Year 6 Bake Sale sponsored by Clear Insurance - located in the Piazza

Snow Cones - In Eton Courtyard

Year 3 Soft drinks and Water sponsored by Evercare and Secondary Softdrinks and Water - located on Terrace 2 and in Eton Courtyard

Market Stalls

Shop over 30 artisan market stalls selling homewares, jewellery, small sculpture, ceramics, fashion and more including:

Barbara Heath - Jeweller to the Lost

Carly Scoufos

Dainty Little Creations

Deb Mostert

Paula Boo Studios

Ronelle Clarke

Shut Up and Relax Ceramics

Two Plums Design

Jimena Alejandra

This and That Styling

Music Performances 

Enjoy music and dance performances by our St Margaret's students between 12pm and 7pm on the stage on Circular Drive, sponsored by Brisbane Festival.

Drama showcases will be held in V101 at 1pm and 4pm.

Visual Art displays

Our Visual Arts students will exhibit their work in and around the Arts Centre Foyer.

Year Level/Artist	Artwork	Location
Year 5	Bin chickens	Circular Drive gardens
Year 6	3D faces	Arts Centre Gallery
Year 7	Ceramic pots	CD01 and CD02
Year 8	Lino prints	CD01 and CD02
Art Club	Various artworks	Deck outside CD02
Year 9	Still life paintings	Arts Centre Gallery near V103
Year 10	Social comment paintings on canvas	Arts Centre Gallery
Year 11	Thancoupie works	Arts Centre Gallery
Year 12	Self-led works	Arts Centre Gallery
St Margaret's Visual Art Staff	Paintings and mixed media	Arts Centre Foyer
Mayo Art Competition Finalists	Paintings and prints	Arts Centre Foyer

 

Raffle

Thanks to the generosity of so many donors, there is over $14,000 worth of prizes up for grabs in the Festival raffle. You don’t need to be attending the event to enter. Purchase tickets online here

Thank you to the many families and businesses that have donated items for the raffle including jeweller Barbara Heath, the Alford family, Cool Cabanas, Brisbane Festival, Jimena Alejandra, Lancaster & Co Beauty Therapy, the Comiskey family, Carys Martin, Earth Fibre, Essential Earthing, jeweller Hannah Tempany, Dainty Little Creations, VESTIRSI, Status Quan, The Goodnight Co., Two Plums Design, Alan Innes, This and That Styling, Cath’s Crafts, Tula Homeware, Wild Baskets, Catherine’s Kitchen, L’Nor Designs, Silver Corvidae and TR Jewellery Design, Paula Boo Studio, Clear Insurance, Alcie May, The Athlete’s Foot, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Carly Scoufos, Story Bridge Hotel, Shut Up and Relax Ceramics, Cacycat, Itsy Betsy Shop, Hey Good Looking, Jacinta Stewart, Claudia Mazzotta, Coco Cabanas, Kraftie Chickie, Robyn Ready and Short Stuff Creations.

Thank you to our sponsors of this year's Mayo Arts Festival 

Mayo Supporters

   

Supported by the Lord Mayor's Community Fund and the Hamilton Ward Office

Stall Sponsors

HLB Mann Judd Advisory and Accounting

Patona Property

Evercare

Golf Central

Resource Innovations

Clear Insurance

Aspire Mortgage & Finance 

Aspiring Talent

Brisbane Festival