Just Below the Clouds

Paul Brinkman – Manager, Arts & Cultural Services

This winter edition of InSight Magazine is full of great opportunities for you to shake off the cold and wet and come into the Cultural Centre for an artistic fix. From our NAIDOC celebrations to our latest Cultural Centre Collection exhibition, we will be showcasing a diverse range of art and stories from across the Blue Mountains and beyond. In addition to local highlights we are looking forward to hosting The Archibald Prize 2022 Regional Tour in October. We are making some exciting updates to our InSight Membership program with new exclusive opportunities for members. Keep an eye out in this issue for some special members events and discounts!

I take this opportunity to thank the many artists who contributed their work to this year’s Collectors’ Edition #8 fundraising auction in April. Thanks to the quality of the artworks on offer and the generosity of bidders we were able to raise the funds needed to purchase Anne Graham’s multipanel work Pagoda Country, for the Cultural Centre’s Fine Art Collection. This is a wonderful addition to the Collection and increases our holdings of contemporary female artists of the Blue Mountains.

In closing, a great new program that we have started at the Cultural Centre on Saturday mornings is our volunteer-led Urban Art Tours. I urge both locals and tourists to come along for a walking tour of the streets of Katoomba and learn about the many public art pieces that inhabit the nooks and crannies of our streets. I am sure you will be surprised and enthralled at what you discover!