Noosa Art & Wellness Trail 2025 – Free Small Group Tour

Join us on a small-group tour of the Noosa Art & Wellness Trail on 10th October – World Mental Health Day & 2025 Noosa Open Studios launch.

This unique, small-group tag-along tour is an authentic, immersive way to discover the lesser-known gems of Noosa, away from the well-trodden tourist trails, and connect with the local community through the arts.

Art has always been more than just an aesthetic experience—it’s a pathway to wellbeing. Whether through painting, sculpture, photography, or mixed media, engaging with the arts allows us to pause, reflect, and reconnect with ourselves.

The inaugural Noosa Art & Wellness Tour celebrates this connection, coinciding with Noosa Open Studios 2025 launch and World Mental Health Day on October 10th.

It’s an opportunity to step inside the intimate creative spaces of local artists, immerse yourself in their stories, and experience first-hand how the process of making and sharing art fosters mindfulness, resilience, and joy.

By joining this tour, you’re not only supporting our vibrant local arts community but also celebrating the role creativity plays in nurturing mental health and wellbeing.

It’s a day to explore, connect and be inspired!

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

1. Wallace House – Noosa Arts & Crafts (9:30–10:15)
   Begin at Wallace House, the heritage home of Noosa Arts & Crafts and hub of the Open Studios trail, for an inspiring introduction to Noosa’s creative community.
2. Saren Dobkins – Home Studio (10:30–11:15)
   Exclusive, interactive encounter with Saren’s bold, emotive, narrative painting.
3. Jan Murphy & CLAYre (Claire Davidson) – Doonan (11:30–12:10)
   A shared visit celebrating vibrant abstraction and restorative ceramics born from lived recovery.
4. Gateway Drive Artist & Makers Precinct (1:30–3:15)
   Wander diverse studios at your own pace; meet artists, browse exhibitions, and chat informally. At Fried Mudd, browse Cathy Spencer’s latest works, along with those of her students, and ask about her unique clay-sculpting workshops, such as “Inner Goddess”

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

• 9:30–10:15 Wallace House (Noosaville) — NOS Hub orientation
• 10:30–11:10 Saren Dobkins — Home Studio (Tewantin)
• 11:30–12:10 Jan Murphy & CLAYre (Claire Davidson) — Home Studio (Doonan)
• 12:30–1:15 Lunch — Café Doonan (garden long table)
• 1:30–3:15 Gateway Drive, Noosaville Artist & Makers Precinct — free self-guided exploration of galleries and studios of painters, mixed-media artists and ceramicists, from Studio One to Fried Mudd – Studio, Gallery & Workshops
• 3:20–3:55 Regroup and debrief at Land & Sea, Noosa Brewing Company
• 4:00 Car pools return to start point: Noosa Leisure Centre

Tour Curated by: Clay & Culture – Pottery & Lifestyle Arts Tours for the Noosa Solo Travellers Club.
Host (voluntary): Chris Riou.

Registrations compulsory at

https://www.meetup.com/noosa-solo-travellers-club/events/311281955/