How to find out if your trash is treasure?

You could be sitting on a fortune, come along this Saturday and find out.

Want to know if you have treasure in your third drawer or gold in your garage?

Lovers of Antiques Roadshow will love this event, which could unearth something really special.

Caloundra Regional Gallery is hosting free 'Show us your art' sessions this Saturday, March 4, 10am-2pm, where you can find out if that 'maybe' masterpiece you've inherited or the Clarice Cliff you picked up at a garage sale is the real deal.

Dust off that 2D artwork, small object (items must be no larger than 1.5 sqm or 10kg) or ceramic piece that you would like to know more about and book in for a free assessment with one of the experts to learn something new about its value and history.

Limited places and registrations essential - find out more on our gallery website.

While you're there don't miss the current exhibition, Latest & Greatest II a stunning collection of some of the new acquisitions into The Sunshine Coast Art Collection and don't forget your wallet. The Gallery Store is always stocked with unique hand-crafted pieces from local artisans.

Register now - Show us your art

Meet the assessors

Ross Searle

Ross has worked in Australian art museums since 1982, holding a number of nationally significant roles, including Director of Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville (1986 – 1996) and Director of the University of Queensland Art Museum (1996 – 2007). He has had extensive experience as a curator, collector, and benefactor. Ross is an approved valuer under the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, specialising in Australian art after 1850, Pacific art after 1965, Indigenous Australian art after 1950, and Australian art-related ephemera after 1900.

Jo Duke

Jo has over 28 years’ experience working in cultural spaces from art galleries and social history museums. She is a passionate believer that culture, in all its forms, strengthens, educates and enlivens communities. Working extensively in regional centres such as Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum as well as Queensland Art Gallery, the National Museum of Australia and Griffith University, she has gained valuable knowledge, with a particular emphasis on Australian Art up to 1970s and holds a particular love of ceramics and First Nations artworks.

Nina Shadforth

Nina Shadforth currently works as the Sunshine Coast Art & Public Art Curator for Sunshine Coast Council’s Caloundra Regional Gallery. Nina works across diverse projects in the visual arts and entertainment industries and has over 25 years working professionally in the arts sector. Side projects have included visual arts contributor/writer for InNoosa magazine, lead Curator for TEDxNoosa, and as member of boards; Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance, Sunshine Coast Screen Collective, and lead curator (Visual Arts) for Noosa Alive! Festival, and more recently established @pastedarts street-art social media pages. Nina was also a long-term member on the board of the Public Galleries QLD (PGQ), occasional arts contributor for Hello Sunshine magazine and an artist manager for Australian singer-songwriter DOOLIE.