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Art About Town A snapshot of arts activity happening around the Maitland community.
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Black and White bustle in the Gallery for the opening of Grogan’s exhibition, as part of MRAG’s Autumn Season Celebration, its public display was literally cut short, but we are thrilled to have his quilt The Shroud (2016) now as part of the permanent Collection. Don’t forget to look up by day and especially by night, at Nell’s Made in the light – Happy Cloud and Drips neon installation on the other side of the MRAG building, which has become a well-loved part of the City scape and gained additional meaning since COVID-19.
From Sydney to Paris to Delhi, and now to Maitland, comes internationally acclaimed Australian multidisciplinary artist Georgia Hill. Hill is the latest artist to grace this (little) City with a largescale mural. Painted on the exterior wall at the entrance to MRAG, you’ll be dazzled by her bold black and white pattern-based composition. As you walk, hop, scoot, cycle or drive along Maitland’s High Street past MRAG, look up and enjoy, and perhaps also be reminded of Maitland-born Lucas Grogan’s blue and white murals, which were painted on the ground floor and walls of MRAG for his exhibition Long Story Short before lockdown. After the
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