Visual Arts

• Artspost is a community gallery featuring works from around the region and is administered by the city council. Its function is to promote local art and cultural activities within the region. It does this through providing public exhibition space for local, national and international artists. It also functions as a hub for local arts in the region as it hosts workshops, classes and provides a common meeting ground.
• Commercially oriented galleries (approximately 20) are where more well established artists sell their work. Thornton Art Gallery is perhaps the best example of this. A well established business the gallery caters to the needs of active visual arts consumers and also provides other services such as framing and selling arts supplies. The focus of the artwork here is on national and regional as well as some international work.