EXHIBITIONS

26 AUG — 5 NOV 2023

CrownLand

Karla Dickens

Vincent Namatjira

Ben Quilty

Andrew Quilty

Megan Cope

Jake Chapman

Bringing together artists as friends and collaborators, CrownLand grabs hold of conversations taking place across the country fuelled by an uneasy humour, the uncomfortable and the unreconciled. Featuring artists vigorously engaged in timely discussions of sovereignty and power, this exhibition also pays respects to the queens of the community here on Wonnarua Country.

Exhibitions

26 AUG — 29 OCT 2023

Collecting in Colour: Stories of Fashion and Art

A collaboration between Maitland Regional Art Gallery and the Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles where art meets design and colour connects.

Collecting in Colour: Stories of Fashion and Art has also provided fabulous opportunity for historical textiles to be presented alongside some of MRAG’s more colourful and contemporary works from its collection, such as Ildiko Kovacs, Nyarapayi Giles, Dani Marti, Sydney Ball, George Barker, John Coburn, Euan Macleod, Timothy Maguire, and Col Jordan.

2 SEP — 19 NOV 2023

Suspended Moment

The Katthy Cavaliere Fellowship

Suspended Moment brings together current and past work by the three recipients of The Katthy Cavaliere Fellowship alongside formative work by Katthy Cavaliere loaned from her estate. This exhibition, curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham will comprise work by Giselle Stanborough, Frances Barrett and Sally Rees, the three recipients of this prestigious fellowship.

8 SEPTEMBER 2023

Future Creatives

Free I Open to all students from Year 9 – 12 and beyond.

Future Creatives is a free whole day event that will incorporate artist talks and hands-on workshops from artists that work in remote Aboriginal communities, people working fashion, gaming designers, graphic design, curators, music producers and much more. This talented group will give expert insight into all the opportunities and pathways that lead them to work as creative professionals in our region, across the country and beyond.

9 SEP — 19 NOV 2023

Where The Seeds Grow

Helen Fenner

Where the Seeds Grow is an exhibition of new work from emerging Maitland based artist Helen Fenner. For many, art helps people navigate challenging and difficult times. Helen Fenner is a strong advocate for the role of creativity in nurturing mental health. This exhibition explores the idea that we are never far from our ancestral past.

9 SEP — 12 NOV 2023

Eco Zine

Curated by Bastian Fox Phelan

How do we deepen relationships with local ecologies in a time of profound change? In this project-based exhibition, writer, zine maker and citizen scientist Bastian Fox Phelan invites participants to engage with the natural world through the creation of ephemeral artworks such as zines, posters, soundscapes, and observational experiments. The Project Space itself will become a zine studio, library and space for visitors to create and share stories about the local environment through zine making.