SWELL Sculpture Festival 2017

Overview

We're all sculptors. Don't believe us? If you've ever taken a bucket, filled it with sand, plonked it onto the shore and shaped it with your bare hands, then you've sculpted something. With that it mind, it makes sense that part of the Gold Coast would celebrate the art form on its beach — but there's more than just sandcastles on offer.

Returning for its 15th outing from September 8 to 17, SWELL Sculpture Festival features everything from salvaged items to installations to small-scale sculptures, and projection art, fitness sessions and guided twilight walks as well. In total, the ten-day festival brings over 50 works to Currumbin Beach for an event that attracts more than 275,000 visitors each year.

Food lovers, aka everyone, can also grab a bite at The Green, while music fans can catch live weekend sets. Plus, while much of the program is free, if you'd like to spend some cash to learn a few new skills, the ticketed lineup includes masterclasses on bronze modelling, life drawing lessons and air painting sessions.

Image: Rowly Emmett Photography.