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Member Events Update
We are delighted to welcome new Gallery Director, Gerry Bobsien, to MRAG. Gerry was appointed to the role in May and becomes the fourth Director of MRAG, following on from Margaret Sivyer OAM (Maitland City Art Gallery), Joe Eisenberg OAM and Brigette Uren.
With so much having changed in the world since the bustle of the Gallery’s Autumn exhibitions launch in February 2020 (image above), it will come as no surprise that several of our planned member events have been postponed. Our art sale fundraiser has been rescheduled for August 2021, but we hold onto a tentative hope that our Members Christmas Party may be able to go ahead on 26 November 2020 in some form.
Gerry comes to MRAG from a role at the National Gallery in Canberra and has experience in the Hunter region’s art sector, having worked at the Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space in Newcastle. She has also worked as a blacksmith and is the author of several children’s books. The members’ committee has loved working with Keryl Collard and Kattie Bugeja, who steered the Gallery through its 18 months in-between Directors, and thanks them wholeheartedly for their hard work and wonderful support.
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