- MacArthur Chambers - Corner Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane
- 16th May 2024 - 16th May 2024
- 8:00 am - 11:45 am
- https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/art-deco-in-brisbanes-city-heart-tickets-882445798137
- artdecobrisbane@icloud.com
- $49 plus booking fee
Art Deco – Brisbane’s City Heart
Explore Brisbane’s history through its architectural legacy.
Join ‘Friends of Art Deco’ for a Guided Walking Tour of Queen and Adelaide Streets.
We will follow Brisbane’s architectural transformation from the colonial era through the impact of the Great Depression, and the emergence of the inter-war Art Deco styles.
History comes to life through your Guide’s personal recollections of a childhood and education in the inner-city, together with a career and connections to the buildings we will visit:-
- Colonial Mutual Life Building
- State and Commonwealth Government Buildings
- Anzac Square
- Brisbane City Hall
- The Shingle Inn
- Daphne Mayo’s Artworks
- Regent Theatre Foyer
Highlights of this Tour:
- Tattersall’s Club’s Members Private Dining Room – an exemplary example of Art Deco Interior Design by architect Thomas Hall (T. R. Hall).
- Belle Folie’s Brisbane Arcade workshop with a presentation by award winning milliner, Wendy Diggles, on vintage fashion.
- Morning Tea – Celebrating the Brisbane’s Arcade’s 100th Anniversary. Do not miss the opportunity to join this specially curated tour of Brisbane City.Note: Ticket price covers Tour Only and does not include Morning Tea.
Reservations required for Morning Tea: RSVP artdecobrisbane@icloud.comYour Tour Guide Santina Musumeci is a member of Art Deco and Modernism Society Australia; Royal Historic Society of Qld and the New Farm & Districts Historial Society