9 March – 4 May 2024 Three new exhibitions open at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery on Saturday 9 March. Make sure to pay a visit before 4 May and also take in the monumental, gravity-defying Broken Obelisk sculpture by Barnett Newman, on loan to our gallery from the National Collection, and now gracing the forecourt. Comfort …
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Next time you are in Nowra take a mosey along Berry Street, outside the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery. You will be treated to the sight of Broken obelisk, the seven-metre, three-and-a-half tonne sculpture by Barnett Newman that is the latest major loan under the Federal Government’s Sharing the National Collection program. Minister for the Arts, The …
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Political and protest art has a long, robust history in Australia. YES Creatives Respond, a weekend long event, shows it is alive and well in the Shoalhaven. More than 40 local artists, performers, poets, writers, story tellers and makers who voted YES in the 2023 referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to …
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Meet Max Dingle, artist and conservation champion. This is the second profile of artists living and working in the Shoalhaven, introducing you to locals who both care for this place and enrich its cultural life. In the first profile (featuring Barbara Dawson) I described the strong and binding thread linking these artists – their deep …
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Meet Barbara Dawson It’s a pleasure and privilege to count Barbara Dawson amongst my friends and creative collaborators, and a neighbour in Jervis Bay. On any given day you will likely find Barbara in her light-filled, home studio, with a view out to her native garden. One wall is lined with shelves that house books …
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If you are in the Jervis Bay area over January-early February 2024, and like the idea of some novel, thought-provoking arts experiences, there is a suite of live events at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery you will want to check out … Funeral for Jesus 5-7PM Thursday 18 January, 2024 While sitting in a church one …
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Come rain, hail or shine, from 10-2pm on the first Saturday of every month, artists and makers in Currarong open their studios for the Currarong Art Trail. All 18 studios on the art trail are within easy walking distance of each other and offer a delightful way to explore Currarong and to meet local characters. …
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Ned Kelly is in Nowra. Well, his death mask. It is one of the three remaining death masks made of bush ranger Ned Kelly after he was hanged, aged 25 at Old Melbourne Gaol in November 1880. It is on show at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in a major exhibition, DEATH . LOVE . ART. until …
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I love to send Australiana to family overseas to remind them of home – and to support the many talented makers and artists around who proudly represent our land in all its glory in their hand made, local art and craft. The Collective Beat in Huskisson, Kiama and Gerringong is the ideal ‘marketplace’ to shop …
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While it’s currently impossible to see it in-person, the Archibald Prize 2020 touring show will present some exclusive online events thanks to the creative team at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery.
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