Salamanca Arts Centre

Month of visit: December 2024 A charming and artsy spot that’s a must-visit when you’re in Hobart! This place offers a wonderful variety of shops showcasing the unique handcrafted goods of Tasmania, making it perfect for anyone who appreciates local artistry and creativity. If you’re exploring Hobart, be sure to add this to your itinerary—it’s an experience not to be missed!

The art shops and galleries are worth a look but as a maker myself, their prices are ridiculously expensive, in the end I found it a bit insulting. The commission must be huge for the location and crowd, I feel sorry for the artists. They would sell 10x more of they weren't so overpriced.

The Arts centre has a cafe, performing arts space, boutique galleries and retail outlets where you can buy direct from the artists and gallery owner. The Tricycle Cafe is quaint yet provides a wide selection of tasty food & beverages. The performance space and theatre host live theatre and film productions. Clean amenities with easy access. We enjoyed our visit and brunch.

You can find a lot of designs and artworks in such a historical building. There is a quiet place for freelance performers to perform / play music. Sitting and listening to them there. Pretty comfortable. Public toilet in there.Street parking nearby.

Several galleries of mainly modern, very modern art, most of which bear quite questionable art value, frankly. The historical building us great though indeed.

Salamanca arts Centre is the lifeblood of Salamanca and the surrounding suburbs. It has five galleries which rotate monthly or fortnightly with new exhibitions of works, from local, regional and interstate artists. The works range from traditional, realism through to abstraction. The building is rich with history and has many signs and traces of prior use, both tangible and from the knowledge of the friendly staff. It is open most days and is particularly active during the week. Saturday for market day being the exception. Friday evenings they have live music in the courtyard from 5:30-7:30. Exhibition openings every second Thursday and Friday evening.

Great place to walk around and enjoy the art and architecture. A large number of shops and restaurants in the building and area. The building is a few floors and there are modern, contemporary and traditional artists. Easily spend a couple of hours looking around and more on Saturday with the Salamanca market is right outside the door.

A very good experience. We spent an entire morning here spending time in each shop, stopping to look at and appreciate the amazing skills and artistic abilities of so many talented Tasmanian artists. There was jewellery made with glass, silver, semi precious stones, wood, leather. Superb wooden items such as carved wooden boards which would look just as good on display in your home as they would to present a cheese platter to your guests. The old and used Book Shop is certainly worth spending some time browsing. Several shops display and sell a selection of books, including children's books. Many leather bags, beautifully crafted, made it difficult to choose my favourite one. I may not have included everything but it is a beautiful way to spend a morning. The area is fairly flat so accessible for those with mobility issues and also parents and carers with strollers and prams. Lastly, you will find several cafes where you could sit and admire your purchases after a worthwhile visit to this area.

Month of visit: December 2024 A charming and artsy spot that’s a must-visit when you’re in Hobart! This place offers a wonderful variety of shops showcasing the unique handcrafted goods of Tasmania, making it perfect for anyone who appreciates local artistry and creativity. If you’re exploring Hobart, be sure to add this to your itinerary—it’s an experience not to be missed!

The art shops and galleries are worth a look but as a maker myself, their prices are ridiculously expensive, in the end I found it a bit insulting. The commission must be huge for the location and crowd, I feel sorry for the artists. They would sell 10x more of they weren't so overpriced.

The Arts centre has a cafe, performing arts space, boutique galleries and retail outlets where you can buy direct from the artists and gallery owner. The Tricycle Cafe is quaint yet provides a wide selection of tasty food & beverages. The performance space and theatre host live theatre and film productions. Clean amenities with easy access. We enjoyed our visit and brunch.

You can find a lot of designs and artworks in such a historical building. There is a quiet place for freelance performers to perform / play music. Sitting and listening to them there. Pretty comfortable. Public toilet in there.Street parking nearby.

Several galleries of mainly modern, very modern art, most of which bear quite questionable art value, frankly. The historical building us great though indeed.

Salamanca arts Centre is the lifeblood of Salamanca and the surrounding suburbs. It has five galleries which rotate monthly or fortnightly with new exhibitions of works, from local, regional and interstate artists. The works range from traditional, realism through to abstraction. The building is rich with history and has many signs and traces of prior use, both tangible and from the knowledge of the friendly staff. It is open most days and is particularly active during the week. Saturday for market day being the exception. Friday evenings they have live music in the courtyard from 5:30-7:30. Exhibition openings every second Thursday and Friday evening.

Great place to walk around and enjoy the art and architecture. A large number of shops and restaurants in the building and area. The building is a few floors and there are modern, contemporary and traditional artists. Easily spend a couple of hours looking around and more on Saturday with the Salamanca market is right outside the door.

A very good experience. We spent an entire morning here spending time in each shop, stopping to look at and appreciate the amazing skills and artistic abilities of so many talented Tasmanian artists. There was jewellery made with glass, silver, semi precious stones, wood, leather. Superb wooden items such as carved wooden boards which would look just as good on display in your home as they would to present a cheese platter to your guests. The old and used Book Shop is certainly worth spending some time browsing. Several shops display and sell a selection of books, including children's books. Many leather bags, beautifully crafted, made it difficult to choose my favourite one. I may not have included everything but it is a beautiful way to spend a morning. The area is fairly flat so accessible for those with mobility issues and also parents and carers with strollers and prams. Lastly, you will find several cafes where you could sit and admire your purchases after a worthwhile visit to this area.