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Dear Readers We invite you to dive into MRAG through these pages and discover more about the Gallery’s wonderfully diverse exhibitions and programs, and the people who enjoy and support it.
Message from the Gallery As we launch into a new decade and a new phase for MRAG, we continue to build on the incredible legacy of inclusion, generosity and community that has been forged over the Gallery’s lifetime.
We know from speaking with many of you over Summer the high value MRAG members place on the vibrancy, variety and inclusivity the Gallery offers our community.
Planning for the future and heading into a new season of exhibitions, we are reminded by artist Li Hongbo that life is as fragile as paper. His paper sculpture, Gun No.1, held in the Gallery’s permanent Collection and showcased in the thought-provoking Guns to Roses exhibition, challenges our perceptions and expectations of strength and beauty, as well as the optimism arising out of metamorphosis.
We hope you’ll share this message with others to encourage them to ‘Dive into MRAG’ too! In 2020 we’re aiming to dramatically increase our membership numbers to strengthen our support for the Gallery. We look forward to seeing you and your friends and family at our events! Join us on our coach trip in July. Give your kids a first-hand experience of making and exhibiting an artwork at our fundraiser in October. Above all, keep visiting and enjoying MRAG!
Keryl Collard Manager Gallery and Libraries Maitland City Council
Sui-Linn White Chairperson, MRAGM Committee
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