Spring Exhibition Launch
When: Saturday 24 September, 4pm - 6pm
Where: Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Cost: Free event | RSVP essential
Join us at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery for the launch of our Spring Exhibition Program – a series of five exhibitions celebrating diversity and inclusion in creative practice from the local to remote communities.
The suite showcases, Land Marks - Wagga Wagga Art Gallery’s collection prints from remote First Nations Communities of Central and Northern Australia, Utopia Batiks from the Tamworth Textile Collection, collaborative work between local artists and The Art Factory artists in 8 More, a behind the scenes glimpse inside emerging Riverina photographers studio for the Future Photographers Lab, as well as immersive exhibition by Wagga-based artist Georgia Crowden in Sink Forms.
- Official Civic Welcome: Cr Dan Hayes
- Guest Speaker: Art Factory – leading inclusive creative practice in Wagga Wagga
Image credits L-R: 1.) Utopia Batik Collective, Sample Piece (collective testing of tjap technique), 1995, batik, azoic dyes, silk satin, 235 x 115 cm. The Utopia Collection™ Bequest. 2.) Deborah Wurrkidj ( Kuninjku), Black Plum (detail), 2006, etching. 3.) Lorraine O'Hara and Sarah McEwan, Lorraine Asleep in Never Never Land, 2022, oil on board. Photo courtesy Jordy Bos. 4.) Georgia Crowden, Draining Light (detail), 2022. Arches watercolour paper, acrylic paint. Image courtesy Wagga Wagga Art Gallery. 5.) Brittany Hefren, process pictures, 2022. Image courtesy the artist.