What's On
Madisyn Zabel: Perceptual Reversal
Saturday 20 April 2019 to Sunday 05 April 2020
Perceptual Reversal is a newly commissioned installation by contemporary glass artist Madisyn Zabel.
Rosie Deacon: Fun Foam Fantastical-Fabulous Fun!
Saturday 29 June 2019 to Sunday 31 May 2020
Rosie Deacon will transform the Gallery’s entrance into an exciting new and bright passageway. This immersive installation incorporates hundreds of kilograms of Fun Foam - a gooey and textured craft material popular in the 1980s.
Peter Minson: Six Decades in Reflection
Saturday 26 October 2019 to Sunday 16 February 2020
Six Decades in Reflection highlights Peter Minson’s conceptual brilliance and mastery of lampworked glass. This exhibition showcases his expertise over the physical process of making and lack of boundaries glass allows.
ArtBlast! Children's Workshop
Saturday 26 October 2019 to Saturday 14 December 2019
ArtBlast! is Wagga Wagga Art Gallery’s monthly workshop program for children. This month students will explore ARTEXPRESS exhibition.
Hoda Afshar: Remain
Saturday 09 November 2019 to Sunday 09 February 2020
Remain weaves a haunting narrative as Hoda Afshar’s lens follows a group of stateless men who remain on Manus Island despite the centre’s closure in 2017. Through a series of intersecting stories told against the verdant backdrop of Manus Island, each of the stateless men recounts the violence and desperation they have experienced.
Embroiderers’ Guild NSW Inc - Wagga Wagga Group: Through the Looking Glass
Friday 15 November 2019 to Sunday 24 November 2019
Through the Looking Glass explores the concepts around how we see, a theme which has been explored and interpreted in a series of highly creative and imaginative textile-based works.
Summer Exhibition Launch
Friday 22 November 2019 to Friday 22 November 2019
Please join us for the launch our new Summer exhibition program. Exhibitions include Andrew Sullivan: Survey into the Cretaceous, Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and the Rose, Hoda Afshar: Remain, Joel Markham: Heaven & Earth and Peter Minson: Six Decades in Reflection.
Joel Markham: Heaven & Earth
Saturday 23 November 2019 to Sunday 05 January 2020
Local photo media artist Joel Markham presents his new exhibition Heaven and Earth. This exhibition questions the popular perception of life being anchored and lived in the ‘real’ world, by floating the possibility that the human experience – our experience – is as much about abstraction as it is about reality.
Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and the Rose
Saturday 23 November 2019 to Sunday 26 January 2020
Showcasing the hauntingly beautiful collaboration between two-time Archibald Prize winner Del Kathryn Barton and acclaimed filmmaker Brendan Fletcher, this milestone exhibition traces the compelling interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s 19th century classic through a sophisticated and nuanced artistic lens.
Andrew Sullivan: Survey into the Cretaceous
Saturday 23 November 2019 to Sunday 26 January 2020
Survey into the Cretaceous is a journey into Andrew Sullivan’s vivid imagination. The painter has imagined himself as being an assigned artist with a team of paleontologists, scientists and geographers on a survey expedition into the late Cretaceous period.
Contemporary practice talk | George Adams and Ron Adams of Galerie Pompom
Saturday 23 November 2019 to Saturday 23 November 2019
Please join George and Ron Adams as they share their insights contemporary practice and how they developed two of Australia’s most ground-breaking art initiatives – MOP Projects and Galerie Pompom.
Artist in Conversation | Andrew Sullivan
Saturday 23 November 2019 to Saturday 23 November 2019
Join artist Andrew Sullivan as he provides the story behind the expedition/exhibition Survey into the Cretaceous.
Australian Art: : I am, You are lecture by Dr Sam Bowker
Thursday 28 November 2019 to Thursday 28 November 2019
This month Sam Bowker presents the fourth installment of the Australian Art lecture series with 'I am, You are.'
Panel Discussion | Hoda Afshar + Guests
Saturday 30 November 2019 to Saturday 30 November 2019
Join award winning image-maker Hoda Afshar as she discusses her work Remain (2018) with Dr Sam Bowker of Charles Sturt University and Cathie Cummins, representing Amnesty International.
Shooting the Breeze | Perspectives on Contemporary Photography
Saturday 07 December 2019 to Saturday 07 December 2019
Join artists James Farley, Jamie Holcombe, Joel Markham and Jacob Raupach in conversation about perspectives on contemporary photography.