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Stencil Art Prize - more than an exhibition

Hurstville Museum & Gallery is starting 2021 off with a splash of colour - the Stencil Art Prize 2019 exhibition. This travelling exhibition features finalists from over 20 countries and showcases a diverse range of stencil art techniques.

To coincide with this exhibition, Hurstville Museum & Gallery is offering a variety of ways in which visitors can get involved.

• Head online and tune into our virtual curated tour as we take a closer look at the finalists of the Stencil Art Prize • Read one of our in depth Artist Q&A’s to learn more about how stencil art is created • Be part of the conversation, as we host a Zoom chat with several featured artists from the exhibition, along with the touring Director,

Jacinta Fintan

• Paint your school with the ‘Mural In a Box’ program, available for schools to purchase to create their own mural at school. Check out muralinabox.com for more information!

The Hurstville Museum & Gallery team will also be visiting the studio of artist, Vivian Messimeris, to film her creating a stencil and explaining her process! High school students and teachers can also draw on this excellent resource and accompanying lesson plan to learn about stencil art in the classroom.

Follow Hurstville Museum & Gallery on Facebook & Instagram to keep up to date with what’s on: @hurstvillemuseumgallery, www.georgesriver.nsw.gov.au/HMG

The Stencil Art Prize 2019 will be on display at Hurstville Museum & Gallery until 2 May 2021.

Image: Poochie (Tulips), Nils Westergard, United States of America, aerosol on board.

Lauren McCartney Here with a bang!

Georges River Artist in Residence program 2021 – 2022

There is a new and exciting line-up of artists who will be participating in the Georges River Artist in Residence program over the next two years. This residency gives local, national and international artists the opportunity and time to delve and explore their art practise in the Carss Park Artist's Cottage, with artists giving back to the community in the form of talks, workshops, exhibitions or donations.

The first artist to begin their residency in 2021 was Lauren McCartney (9 – 28 February). Lauren is a multidisciplinary feminist artist based in Wollongong.

Her work of performance art, video and photography aims to disrupt the stereotypes and myths that surround femininity and misbehaviour. McCartney holds a PhD (2018) through Curtin University and a Bachelor of Creative Arts (2010) (Honours Class I) from the University of Wollongong. @laurenmccartneyartist Keila Terencio (2 – 28 March) is a Sydney based artist, born and raised in Brazil. She is curious about ways of storytelling; in her practise she explores physical theatre, aerial dance, puppetry and movement, with a particular interest in subjects related to culture, languages and identity that unite people and societies. Keila holds a Performing Arts degree with UFPR (Brazil) and has been constantly training and researching new approaches of artistic expression. @keilaterencio

Louisa Chircop (30 March – 26 April) is an established artist who experiments with paint, mixed media and photomontage. She holds an Associate Diploma in Fine Arts from St George TAFE and was awarded the NSW State Commission medal for fine arts. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Class I and a Master of Fine Arts Research degree in painting both from the College of Fine Arts UNSW assisted by an Australian Post Graduate Award Scholarship. @louisachircop

To find out more about the Artist in Residence program, follow Hurstville Museum & Gallery on Facebook and Instagram (@hurstvillemuseumgallery) or visit www.georgesriver.nsw.gov.au/HMG

Image (opposite page): Louisa Chircop Self as Water Feature mixed media and photomontage on watercolour paper 103cm x 56cm

In Sickness & In Health

For over 120 years, the St George area has been associated with providing leading healthcare to the local community and to the wider Sydney population.

Hurstville Museum & Gallery’s latest Snapshot exhibition, In Sickness & In Health, reveals historic images from the Georges River Libraries Local Studies collection that tell the story of how the local community both supported, and was supported by, the growth of the healthcare industry in the St George area.

The exhibition explores the evolution of St George Hospital, from its humble beginnings as a small cottage hospital in 1894, into a world-class teaching hospital. Other themes include home nursing, pharmacies and private hospitals. Private hospitals were significant healthcare providers in the early 1900s, however as healthcare changed throughout the 20th century, so did the infrastructure required, which saw outreach services become more accessible and a boom of Baby Health Clinics built throughout New South Wales.

In Sickness & In Health will be on display at Hurstville Museum & Gallery from 20 March – 11 July 2021.

Images (clockwise from the top): St George Hospital, Kogarah NSW, believed to be 1970s. Georges River Libraries Local Studies collection. Hurstville Home Nursing Service Vehicle, Hurstville NSW, 1959. Georges River Libraries Local Studies collection. St George Cottage Hospital. Georges River Libraries Local Studies collection.

Striving for Gold: Olympians of St George

Striving for Gold highlights stories from some of the St George region’s former Olympians and provides a personal insight into past Olympic Games, reflecting on social and sporting history from the early 1900s to the present day.

Through a mix of personal recollections, objects, memorabilia, and photographs, the exhibition focuses on former Olympians in the local community - Pauline English, Annie La Fleur, Michelle Ford, Dunc Gray, Stephanie Magiros, Ellen Maher, Fleur Mellor, Ron Riley, Edith Robinson, and Bruce Sharp - and their experiences. The phrase ‘Once an Olympian – Always an Olympian’ rings true for many of these athletes from the St George area. Ron Riley, a hockey player who competed in three Olympic Games recalls;

"…it’s a real privilege and something that you’ll take to your grave. You’ll always be an Olympian…to always say that you’re an Olympian is just something really special".

Over 2,700 years ago, the ancient Olympic Games were formed with thousands of spectators and athletes travelling to Olympia in southwest Greece to participate in the event, every four years. More than 1,500 years after the last ancient Olympics took place, French educator Pierre de Coubertin called for a revival of the Olympic Games, to unite countries in friendship and peace through sport. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. 241 male athletes represented 14 countries and competed in athletics, cycling, swimming, gymnastics, weightlifting, wrestling, fencing, shooting, and tennis. At the upcoming 2021 Tokyo Olympics Games, around 11,000 athletes from 206 nations will now compete in 33 different disciplines. Newly introduced sports include baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing.

Striving for Gold: Olympians of St George will be on display at Hurstville Museum & Gallery from 8 May – 18 July 2021.

Image: The Australian women’s track relay team with their gold medals at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. From left: Fleur Mellor, Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert and Shirley Strickland. NAA: A1200, L45369.

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