The Creative Arts Gallery is staffed by volunteers of the Visual Arts Group of the Two Rivers Arts Council.
Exhibitions change every 4-6 weeks. The Gallery Shop sells a selection of original work by Gunnedah and District artists and - paintings, jewellery, ceramics, woodwork, photographs, cards - by artists from Gunnedah and the NE-NW region.
The Gallery is adjacent to the cinema and exhibtions are open 11am-4pm daily 15 December-30 January and during cinema hours.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
THE BIG PICTURE
Photographs of Gunnedah Then and Now presented by Gunnedah shire Council Community Strategic Plan
DON'T CRY FOR ME
New work by Tamworth artist Andrea Bruno
Andrea Bruno exhibits the work of New England and North West regional artists in her studio in Tamworth. She is a graduate of Fine Arts from Newcastle University and from TAFE and a Diploma of Education from UNE. She teaches Fine Arts at the Gunnedah TAFE. Her work has been exhibited in Armidale, Tamworth, Sydney and New York and is held in collections in Australia, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Rosario, and Saladillo, (Argentina), New York, Savannah, (USA). This exhibition features drawings completed on a recent visit to Buenos Aires.
Friday 3 February- Sunday 3 March 2012
Coming Home: Watercolours by James White
For James White Coming Home has the literal meaning of returning to where he grew up in the Boggabri/Gunnedah area. The exhibition is a collection of images which reflect homecomings, journeys and memories of times past: scenes from travels, animals, dreams, movement, times of the day, rural life and corrugated iron are all represented.
All are welcome to attend the Opening Night of the exhibition at 6.30pm Friday 3 February.
Friday 3 February-Sunday 12 February
My Country
This series of 32 watercolour paintings by Tamworth artist Jean Isherwood (19xx-20xx) was inspired by Dorothea Mackellar’s famous poem. The paintings are part of Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society’s collection and have been recently reframed by the Society. They will be exhibited at Lane Cove Council’s Art Gallery in February-March and from 30 March will be on permanent exhibition at the Art Gallery in Gunnedah.
Friday 9 March – Sunday 1 April
Hot Off The Press, Sydney Printmakers 50th Anniversary Exhibition
In 1961, the group known as Sydney Printmakers was born. Fifty years on, it continues to flourish, embracing a wide range of contemporary and innovative printing processes alongside more traditional techniques. With regular artistic exchanges in Australia, Asia and Europe, members of Sydney Printmakers have continued the creativity, innovation and professionalism which marked its early beginnings. Therese Kenyon, curator of Hot off the Press has focused on recent works by current practitioners to show the extraordinary range of styles and techniques, from linocut and lithograph to etching and digital printmaking.
Tuesday 3 April-Sunday 6 May
Smalltown
Smalltown is a touring exhibition by Historic Houses Trust with 40 stark, beautiful large-format images of remote Australia. Photographer Martin Mischkulnig used a rare 8 x 10 inch large-format camera to highlight the reality of the physical and social isolation of small town life. He collaborated with writer Tim Winton whose words accompany the photographs, offering compelling and probing reflections on the nature of Australian rural life and the sentimental myths that we attach to it. |
