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River Country Tour
River Country Exhibition
Featuring works by artists from across the Murray-Darling river system, the River Country exhibition invites us to reflect on the diverse lives and stories that make up vibrant wetland communities.
Tuesday 27 November – Saturday 30 November, 10am – 4pm
Broken Hill City Art Gallery
Free
River Country Tour
More than a Fish Kill Screening and Q+A
Enjoy refreshments from 5:30pm until the event starts at 6pm with a screening of More than a Fish Kill. This inspiring documentary explores how artists, fisheries and First Nations custodians turned ecological disaster into cultural healing. Following is a Q+A with Barbara Quayle, Otis Filley, Kirsten Wehner, Vic McEwan.
Thursday 28 November,
5:30pm – 8pm
Broken Hill City Art Gallery
Free
River Country Tour
Walk on Country with Wontanella Tours
Stroll around the Menindee Lakes with Barbara Quayle and Dave Doyle who will lead you along paths their ancestors use to walk and share millennia old Barkindji knowledge around bush medicine, food, animals, plants and artefacts.
Catch a mini bus from Broken Hill. Departing 7:40am. Returning 1:30pm
Ten seats, book via emailing sarah@cadfactory.com.au
Saturday 30 November, 9am – 12pm
Menindee Lakes
Free
Figtree Connection
Janet Steele
Artist Janet Steele, recipient of the 2024 Joyce Spencer Textiles Award, presents this exhibition inspired the 154 year old Figtree on the grounds of National Trust property Brough House.
2 November – mid February 2025
73 Church Street, Maitland
Open weekends 10am – 3pm
(closed in January 2025)
Self-covered Buttons
Samantha Tannous
Artist Samantha Tannous, recipient of the 2023 Joyce Spencer Textiles Highly Commended Award, presents her whimsical collection of over-sized button sculptures inspired by the wonderful array of materials in the haberdashery shops the artist visited while growing up.
24 October - 18 November 2024
76 Queen St, Concord West NSW
Galiyanha (Ascent)
Leanne Wicks
Artist Leanne Wicks, recipient of the 2023 Joyce Spencer Textiles Mentorship, presents her new exhibition of knitted birds seen at Drayton's Valley reserve over the course of one year.
11 October - 11 December 2024
North East Wiradjuri Cultural Centre
28 Angus Ave, Kandos NSW
Same time/Same place (COEXISTENCE); a MULTISPECIES (KARAOKE) OPERA?
Charlotte Haywood
Artist Charlotte Haywood, recipient of the 2024 Joyce Spencer Textiles Fellowship, playfully explores the idea of a multispecies ephemeral opera set on Wilyakali and Barkandji Countries in the arid zone of far west NSW; a resilient and adaptive ecology that experiences dramatic changes from dormancy to abundance.
1 November 2024 - 31 January 2025
Broken Hill City Art Gallery
404 - 408 Argent St, Broken Hill NSW
Part workshop, part behind the scenes, part meditation journey, the Apertures project is a ‘choose-your-own-adventure’ style ephemeral art installation by Scott Baker that will see you journey through the Sydney CBD to various locations, experiencing the city in a new light.
12 December 2024
Sydney CBD
Bookings essential
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