When the 2024 Meroogal Women’s Art Prize Exhibition opens on Saturday 09 November you’ll see 39 of the 298 artworks entered. Here you can see 5 of the 259 rejects, made by Jervis Bay artists, and find out what they think about art prizes. Every two years Meroogal House Museum hosts an art prize for …
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Whether you are a local or a visitor, put Meroogal on your list of places to experience in the Shoalhaven. It is an absolute gem of a history museum housing a surprising treasure trove. Unlike many houses that are open to the public, Meroogal was never home to someone well-known or wealthy. Its significance lies …
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Bundanon art museum is an unlikely place for a nap. But this was actively encouraged at a recent performance of Sleep Cycle, a new project by acclaimed Australian jazz bassist and composer Claire Cross. The museum accurately described Sleep Cycle as “seamlessly inhabit[ing] the worlds of ambient music, free jazz and minimalism with a score …
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Artist Rae Woolnough / Workshop: Wearable Felt Two day workshop: Saturday 24 August and Sunday 25 August 10am-4pm each day. Registrations are open and class sizes are small so book and buy your tickets now to avoid disappointment. About Rae Woolnough Rae’s love of art and textiles has been a life long interest, from sewing …
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Weekend of wonderful workshops 24 – 25 August 2024 This is a great opportunity to meet, work with and learn from some outstanding artists and makers. Samantha Tannous and Cathie Griffith are among them. Let me tell you a bit about them both and the two-day workshops they are presenting at Arts Muster 2024. Registrations …
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Weekend of wonderful workshops 24 – 25 August 2024 Arts Muster 2024 is a great opportunity to meet, work with and learn from some outstanding Shoalhaven artists and makers. Barbara Dawson and Christine Wiltshier are two of the tutors running two-day workshops. I am happy to introduce you to them both and tell you a …
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13 July – 03 August 2024 As well three new exhibitions opening at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery on Saturday 13 July, I have been reliably informed that a new Manager, Arts and Culture has been appointed by Shoalhaven City Council. Who it is, is yet to be publicly announced but my source assures me I am …
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A unique performance from improviser/composer/drummer Chloe Kim and the Moirai Ensemble, who were artists-in-residence at Bundanon last month, imagined the environs at Riversdale in new soundscapes. Bows sliding on strings and vibraphone tubes, fingers dancing and gliss-ing and tapping to create unique effects on violin and cello, bells and wind chimes adding layers of ambient …
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As well as the indoor exhibitions at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery there is a host of public art in outdoor spaces around Nowra to explore and enjoy, including a collection of 8 murals by talented emerging and established street artists. The murals were created in stages from 2014-2022, installed in some less obvious and off-the-beaten-track spots. …
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Wilder Times: Arthur Boyd and the Mid 1980s Landscape 6 July – 13 October 2024 Wilder Times is a major new exhibition that sees Arthur Boyd’s series of fourteen powerful paintings of the Shoalhaven landscape return to Bundanon for the first time since they were created in 1984, as a commission for the Arts Centre, …
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