Pinnacles Art Gallery
Entrance to Pinnacles Gallery
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| Established | 1996 |
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| Location | Riverway Arts Centre, 20 Village Boulevard, Townsville, Australia |
| Type | Art space / Gallery |
| Owner | City of Townsville |
| Public transit access | Willows Shopping Centre bus stop |
| Nearest car park | Riverway parking lot |
| Website | townsville |
Coordinates: 19°19′11″S 146°43′50″E / 19.319805°S 146.730566°E
Pinnacles Gallery is an art space located within the Riverway Arts Centre at Riverway, Townsville, with a mission "to make sure its programs are contemporary, engaging, accessible, interactive and enjoyable".
Artists can submit applications to have solo exhibitions of their work exhibited, and the gallery co-ordinates a number of group exhibitions in which artists can submit works. Pinnacles also hosts artist talks and workshops for a range of ages, as well as educational programs and guided tours for school and community groups. The gallery exhibits contemporary work from local, national and international artists.
Pinnacles also operates exhibitions at Your Space, an exhibition space for artists, community groups and curators in the foyer of the Thuringowa branch of CityLibraries Townsville. Exhibitions are generally shown for a duration of four weeks, and showcase works of a local social, literary and historical significance. Selections are made with the view to maintain a diverse, high quality community exhibition program.
Pinnacles Gallery was originally located alongside the Thuringowa Library, now the Thuringowa branch of CityLibraries Townsville. The gallery was opened alongside the opening of the refurbished library on 17 March 1996 by the Thuringowa City mayor Les Tyrell. Diane Vance, the community services director for Thuringowa City Council at the time stated that the gallery "will be for a variety of things – travelling exhibitions and local art. We see it as a wide-ranging gallery for the people – not an elitist place". In the first 12 months of running Pinnacles had over 35,000 visitors to 19 exhibitions, in which 65% of the exhibitions were by local artists or community groups.
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