Past Exhibition: Boolarrng
Monday, 01 August 2011 00:00
Boolarrng featured works by local and national Aboriginal artists and celebrated NAIDOC Week.
Past Exhibition: Strong Women, Strong Art, Strong Culture
Thursday, 31 March 2011 00:00
This selection of works created by indigenous women artists, generously loaned from a private collection, celebrates the strength, wisdom and pivotal role of indigenous women in their communities.
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International Womens Day
Tuesday, 08 March 2011 00:00
Ón Tuesday 8th March 2011 the Cessnock Regional Art Gallery celebrated International Women's Day with a visit by artists from the Northern Territory.
Past Exhibition: Arty Tarts
Sunday, 30 January 2011 00:00
The Arty Tarts are a loose and, some might say, even dangerous group of women artists working in the lower Hunter. The women that started Arts Crawl, the now famous art event that takes over the vineyards of Pokolbin over the long weekend in June each year, have banded together to celebrate art, life and love in the valley.
Drawing to Digital
Friday, 17 December 2010 13:18
Drawing to Digital
In Term 3 we will be offering an new and exciting outreach program to schools, Drawing to Digital
An innovative multi-media artwork program initially developed as a collaboration between artist Stephen James and the students of Greta Public School thr program takes students from expressive drawing using traditional media through to digital interventions using a wide range of software applications.
Past Exhibition: Dennis Baker Atelier
Friday, 10 December 2010 13:12
Dennis Baker has been a practicing artist for more than thirty years. During November 2010 the Cessnock Regional Art Gallery presented the first survey exhibition of his work in a public gallery.
Arty Tarts Exhibition Opening
Friday, 03 December 2010 13:03
15 Leading women artists from the Hunter Valley celebrated Christmas a little early this year at the Arty Tarty Christmas Party.
Kirkton Public School
Wednesday, 10 November 2010 00:00
On Wednesday, 10 November, Kirkton Public School became part of Cessnock Regional Art Gallery's 'Gallery Goes To School' Program.
Atelier Exhibition Opening
Saturday, 06 November 2010 00:00
The Atelier exhibition was opened on Saturday 6th November, with the artist Dennis Baker.
Past Exhibition: Awabakal to Wanaruah
Friday, 05 November 2010 00:00
Awabakal to Wanaruah was an exhibition of outstanding indigenous art from the Hunter. Leading indigenous artist and curator Les Elvin worked with artists from across the Hunter to explore the stories of their local region and record them in paint.
Awabakul to Wanaruah Artists Forum
Saturday, 23 October 2010 00:00
On Saturday 23 October we held a stimulating forum of ideas and issues about indigenous art.
One of our special guests was Jeffrey Samuels, one of the founders of Boomali Artists Iniative, as well as local artists Les Elvin, Noel Phillips, and Craig Layer.
Awabakal to Wanaruah Artists Talk
Saturday, 09 October 2010 00:00
As part of the Awabakal to Wanaruah exhibition Uncle Les Elvin, Lesley Salem and Craig Layer discussed their art, their life and putting it all together on Saturday 9th October at 2pm.
Pandora's Box Project
Saturday, 25 September 2010 00:00
On Saturday 25th September 2010 the gallery launched the Pandora Project.
Past Exhibition: Our Place
Sunday, 05 September 2010 00:00
Our Place was an exhibition of prints, paintings and textiles created by four local artists.
Past Exhibition: Love from Beijing
Sunday, 18 July 2010 00:00
This exhibition featured recent works by local photographers Kristen Wright and Johanna Trainor.
Past Exhibition: Reading the Body
Sunday, 30 May 2010 00:00
Reading the Body featured a single screen/double projection installation by Sue Healey that juxtaposed a filmed dancer with a poem and a series of photographs by Emma Hack that explored the possibilites of the painted body.
Past Exhibition: Stories from the Archive
Monday, 05 April 2010 00:00
Wollombi artist Hadyn Wilson's exhibition Stories from the Archive: A Palaeobotanical explored his ongoing interest in the art historical past, and his deepening narrative engagement with the natural world.
The exhibition was officially opened by Tim Entwhistle, Director, Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney
on Saturday 6 February 2010.
Past Exhibition: Down to Earth
Sunday, 31 January 2010 00:00
The Gallery's inaugural Young Artist Award exhibition displayed the art work of talented young artists from across the Hunter Valley. Through the theme, Down to Earth, artists were invited to submit artworks that explore and express their response to current issues surrounding the environment such as climate change, as well as their own relationship to nature.Past Exhibition: Contact/s 30
Sunday, 06 December 2009 00:00
Contact/s 30: The Art of Photojournalism offered a rare insight into the making of some of the most iconic news images of the past three decades. The exhibition marked the 30th anniversary of leading the photojournalism agency Contact Press Images and documents the major political events of the period.
Past Exhibition: Story.Art.History.Place
Sunday, 01 November 2009 00:00
This exhibition provided a survey of contemporary indigenous art in the Hunter region. It was curated by Les Elvin, 2008 NAIDOC Artist of the Year, who was also one of the exhibiting artists.
Past Exhibition: Cessnock City Art Collection
Sunday, 20 September 2009 00:00
This exhibition showed the range of subject matter and styles that have been of interest to local artists and judges of the Cessnock and Weston Art Shows over the past forty years and in doing so provided a short survey of late Twentieth Century style.
Past Exhibition: A Dog's Life & Reg Mombassa
Sunday, 23 August 2009 00:00
The joint exhibition A Dog's Life: Dion Beasley & Sketches from the Studio: Reg Mombassa ran from 17th July to 23rd August 2009.
Past Exhibition: 6 Artists
Sunday, 12 July 2009 00:00
The exhibition 6 Artists ran from 6th June until 12th July 2009. It was a group exhibition that drew from the creative talents of artists who live and work in the Hunter Valley, and explored the issues of importance to them and their work.
