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Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

Locality: Bathurst, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6333 6555

Address: 70-78 Keppel Street 2795 Bathurst, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.bathurstart.com.au/

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25.01.2022 This weeks #BRAGStudioSet we look at Hill End based artist Rebecca Wilson. Rebecca Wilson is a painter and writer who is interested in combining the two artforms to share lesser known stories. Rebecca’s love of research leads her to unexpected and intriguing stories. She likes to develop a narrative through image and text and create works that will share individual stories with wider social contexts. ... Shining a light on lesser known stories, asking questions about who we are and often using humour to hold a mirror to our societies and the people or events within them. Her artwork attempts to understand the world around, ponder deeper questions about the human condition and share important stories. To find out more about her work you can visit www.rebeccawilsonart.com or find her on social media at https://www.facebook.com/rwilsonart and https://www.instagram.com/rebeccawilsonart/ Images courtesy of the artist. #SaturdayStudio

23.01.2022 Image: AMALA GROOM, The Union, 2019 (production still), single-channel video, 4K UHD video, colour, sound, 11:11 mins, Edition of 5 + 1 AP. Commissioned by Carriageworks for The National 2019: New Australian Art, curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham (2019). Production credits: Director of Photography: Dale Collier; Costume: Kristine Townsend; Sound design: Dale Collier; Additional audio recordings: Billy McPherson and Stu Hunter at The Habitat Studio, Sydney Artist assistant: Kristine Townsend; Artist development: Time Place Space NOMAD 2018: Arts House, Melbourne. The artist thanks Coby Edgar and the Southlands Emerging Art Award.

22.01.2022 We're into the final week of the 2019 Archibald Prize at BRAG, the exhibition finishes this Sunday 11 October. Congratulations to Ruby Gallop who was the lucky recipient of the $500 prize for voting in the ANZ Australia Bathurst People’s Choice. The Bathurst People’s Choice for the 2019 Archibald Prize was Tessa Mackay’s portrait of David Wenham titled 'Through the looking glass'. Image: Ruby Gallop and ANZ Bathurst Branch Manager Mr John Russell in front of Tessa Mackay 'Thr...ough the looking glass' oil on linen 210 x 330.5 cm the artist. Sitter: David Wenham actor. @Art Gallery of New South Wales

21.01.2022 It's the last weekend for our current suite of exhibitions: 'Archibald Prize 2019', 'Pictures of You', 'Bathurst Young Archie Competition' and 'Joel Tonks: Forged by fire, shaped by time'. BRAG is open Saturday and Sunday 10am - 2pm. Photos by David Roma Photography ... The Archibald Prize 2019 is a touring exhibition from @Art Gallery of New South Wales presented by ANZ Australia #archibald #painting #art #portrait #ArchibaldOnTour

20.01.2022 Artists at work... Aleshia Lonsdale, Genevieve Carroll, Harrie Fasher, Locust Jones and Tom Buckland during the Hill End CEL Residency. In October BRAG will be presenting CEL, an exhibition that brings together the work of Australian and international artists working in what South African artist William Kentridge calls ‘stone-age animation’ using stop-motion techniques in which the hand of the artist is ever present. These simple, visually rich animations convey complex, poi...gnant, and whimsical narratives that cut through technology and form a direct connection with the viewer. As part of the project, BRAG will commission these five regional artists from different disciplines to create new work for exhibition. To get the ball rolling, last week, BRAG hosted Hill End CEL Residency led by Animation Educator Damian Gascoigne. Thanks to Arts Outwest for their support with this program. @aleshia_lonsdale @genevieve.carroll @harrie_fasher @joneslocust @thetombuck @damian_gascoigne @hillendair Image 1, Group photo, courtesy of Bill Moseley @bill_moseley_artist Images 2 (Aleshia), 4 (Harrie) & 6 (Tom) courtesy Joel Tonks @silverandsunlight Image 3 (Genevieve) & 5 (Locust) courtesy of Emma Collerton @emmajane15 #HillEnd #HillEndAIR #CentralWest #Art #ContemporaryArt #Animation

20.01.2022 BRAG’s new suite of exhibitions are now open! ‘Amala Groom RE: Union’ ‘Ngurang Buwugarra-gu Gudhi-dha Murruway, Wiradyuri Ngaanha, Birrunga Wiradyuri’ ‘Jock Alexander: Of This Place’... ‘Tom Buckland: Flightpaths’ For more information, visit: https://www.bathurstart.com.au/exhibitions/current BRAG is open Saturday and Sunday 10am 2pm, Tuesday to Friday 10am 5pm. Images: Amala Groom @amalagroom , ‘The Union’ (production still), single-channel video, 4K UHD video, colour, sound, 11:11 mins, Edition of 5 + 1 AP. Image courtesy of the artist. Birrunga Wiradyuri @birrungagd , Studying the night skies, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 92cm x 183cm. Image courtesy of the artist. Jock Alexander @jockalexander , Forest elbow Descent from the Mountain 1995-2020, oil on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist. Tom Buckland @thetombuck , Cardbirds 2018, cardboard, 17x10x12cm. Image courtesy of the artist. Photo: Brenton McGeachie. #AmalaGroom #TheUnion #BirrungaWiradyuri #JockAlexander #TomBuckland #CardBirds #Art #TimeToBRAG

17.01.2022 Learn the basics of watercolour painting with exhibiting artist Jock Alexander next Wednesday at BRAG! In this workshop participants will be guided through watercolour brushwork exercises from calligraphic drawing to a smooth gradation. All materials supplied. Strictly limited capacity. ... This is a COVID safe event. https://www.facebook.com/events/385735079337228

17.01.2022 Only 3 spots left for this Friday's Full Moon Yoga in the Gallery with Kate Smith Yoga! Book online via EventBrite, link in event page.

17.01.2022 Our Final kids workshop Summer Saturday Art Mornings will be held this coming Saturday 10am - 12noon. Kids will be led through an art making activity inspired by the exhibition 'Adrienne Doig: It's All About Me!' with a BRAG Art Educator. Bookings essential, via EventBrite below

16.01.2022 It's nearly time for our second Full Moon Yoga in the Gallery! The last one was so beautiful and relaxing, led by Kate Smith Yoga. Don't miss the next one, on Sunday 1 November, at 3pm

15.01.2022 Co-Presented with BMEC Bathurst (Bathurst Entertainment Centre) as part of the Inland Sea of Sound Festival and the upcoming exhibition 'Just Not Australian', 'Terror Nullius' will be screened at BMEC on the 23rd of February. 'Terror Nullius' is a 55-minute film by Australian-born, New York-based video artists Soda Jerk (siblings Dominique and Dan Angeloro) that makes a radical critique of Australian masculinity, refugee policy and our treatment of the Indigenous Australians.... Part political satire, eco-horror and road movie, TERROR NULLIUS is a world in which minorities and animals conspire, and not-so-nice white guys finish last. Where idyllic beaches host race-riots, governments poll love-rights, and the perils of hypermasculinity are overshadowed only by the enduring horror of Australia's colonising myth of terra nullius. Admission is free, however bookings are essential! Head to the BMEC or Inland Sea of Sound websites now to secure your spot #JustNotAustralian was curated by Artspace Sydney and developed in partnership with Sydney Festival and Museums & Galleries of NSW. The exhibition is touring nationally with Museums & Galleries of NSW . This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. #Soda_Jerk #terrornullius #gordondarlingfoundation Create NSW

15.01.2022 Congratulations to fifteen year old Sam Glen who is a finalist in the Art Gallery of New South Wales 2020 Young Archies with a portrait of his grandfather, Michael Conolan. Michael is a well-known local ceramicist whose piece Stoneware Jar was acquired by BRAG from the 1972 Carillon City Festival Art Prize. Sam says of his work: This is my grandfather surrounded by the things that I most closely associate with him. It focuses on his life as a potter and his connection to an...imals and the natural world. Image 1: Sam Glen, Grandfather Image 2: Michael Conolan, 'Stoneware Jar' 1972, stoneware, BRAG Collection.

14.01.2022 National NAIDOC week provides opportunities around Australia to celebrate and participate in the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The theme for National NAIDOC Week for 2020 is ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’. This theme recognises and celebrates that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the ancient history of this country - a histor...y which dates back thousands of generations. Bathurst Regional Art Gallery acknowledges the Wiradyuri people, the traditional owners of the land upon which BRAG stands. Currently on show at BRAG are two solo exhibitions by Wiradyuri artists: ‘Amala Groom RE: Union’ and ‘Ngurang Buwugarra-gu Gudhi-dha Murruway, Wiradyuri Ngaanha, Birrunga Wiradyuri’. Both exhibitions explore Aboriginal identity, history and culture. Images: Exhibition images of ‘Amala Groom RE: Union’ & ‘Ngurang Buwugarra-gu Gudhi-dha Murruway, Wiradyuri Ngaanha, Birrunga Wiradyuri’, BRAG, 17 October 6 December 2020, photos by David Roma. #NAIDOC2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

14.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday to this time last year when 'Threads Through Art: Australian Tapestries' was on at BRAG. 'Threads Through Art: Australian Tapestries', curated by BRAG curator Emma Collerton, was a celebration of Australian art through the tapestry medium. Swiss architect and artist Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) famously described tapestries as murals of our time with the advantage being portable. Enthusiasm for the tapestry medium emerged in Australia through e...xposure from touring exhibitions such as 'Contemporary French Tapestry' (1956), 'Aubusson Tapestries' (1966), '17th & 18th Century French Tapestries' (1971) and, most recently, 'The Lady and the Unicorn' (2018). Artists including Margo Lewers, John Coburn, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan and Charles Blackman collaborated with weavers and tapestry workshops in France and Portugal. Since its inception in 1976, the Australian Tapestry Workshop @austapestry (formerly the Victorian Tapestry Workshop) and its talented weavers have collaborated with numerous highly regarded Australian artists, transforming their artworks into thread. A selection including Richard Larter, Janet Laurence @janetlaurence, Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Nell @nellartist, David Noonan @d.j.noonan, John Olsen @johnolsenartist, William Robinson, Gareth Sansom @gsansom, Luke Sciberras @luke_sciberras, Arlene Textaqueen and John Wolseley featured in this survey. 'Threads Through Art' included the special commission of Luke Sciberras 'The Bridle Track, Hill End' 2019 tapestry with the Australian Tapestry Workshop. 'The Bridle Track, Hill End' 2019 tapestry was jointly commissioned by BRAG and the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society (BRAGS) to celebrate 50 years of fundraising. BRAGS aims to foster, promote and encourage appreciation of the visual arts in Bathurst. This work is in the BRAG permanent collect and features on a puzzle available for purchase at the BRAG shop or ATW. Images: 'Installation view of Threads Through Art: Australian Tapestries', 18 October 1 December 2019, BRAG.

14.01.2022 It's nearly time for the next Full Moon Yoga in the Gallery led by the gorgeous Kate Smith Yoga. The last one was so beautiful and relaxing, so don't miss out on the next one, being held on Sunday 1 November at 3pm.

12.01.2022 Crikey! BRAG will be open Tuesday 26 January 10am-2pm See our exhibitions ‘Adrienne Doig: It’s All About Me!’, ‘Jurgis Miksevicius: In the light of the sun and shadow of the moon’ and ‘Linda Chant: hold me, cover me’ ... Image: Adrienne Doig, ‘Crikey’ 2018, applique, embroidery and paint on linen, 80 x 48 cm (framed), courtesy of the artist and Martin Browne Contemporary

10.01.2022 Looking for some crafty activities to keep kids busy over the school holidays? BRAG Shop offers a range of activities for young minds to get stuck into including DIY tapestry, paper windmill, origami sets, puzzles, games, coloured pencils and more!

10.01.2022 Next Wednesday evening exhibiting artist Jock Alexander will present a watercolour workshop. Covering basic watercolour skills from washes and gradations to calligraphic drawing. The workshop will run 6pm - 8:30pm and all materials are included. For more information and to book, head to the event page. Strictly limited places available.

08.01.2022 The ANZ Australia People's Choice Award for the Archibald Prize 2019 Regional Tour at BRAG is Tessa Mackay's portrait of actor David Wenham 'Through the looking glass'. Congratulations to Tessa MacKay. The Archibald Prize 2019 finishes at BRAG on Sunday 11 October. The Archibald Prize is an Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition.... Tessa Mackay 'Through the looking glass' oil on linen 210 x 330.5 cm the artist Photo: AGNSW, Mim Stirling Sitter: David Wenham - actor.

08.01.2022 BRAG Director Sarah Gurich is heading to Wagga Wagga for Artstate NSW as one of the presenters for the ‘Education and learning with the Void exhibition’ panel discussion. 'Void' is a national touring exhibition curated by Wiradjuri curator Emily McDaniel and presented by UTS Gallery & Art Collection, BRAG, and Museums & Galleries of NSW. The exhibition brings together contemporary Aboriginal artistic practice from across the country. This panel will discuss the education re...sources developed for the exhibition, as well as the Void Education Symposium held at BRAG in December 2019 with Wiradyuri Knowledge holders, educators, artists, touring venue staff and volunteers. Presenters: Rachael Arndt, Sarah Gurich, Emily McDaniel, and Annie-renae Winters. Images: 'Void Education Symposium', BRAG, December 2019. Photographs by Vanessa Low, courtesy of Museums & Galleries of NSW.

07.01.2022 The final exhibition tour for 'Jurgis Miksevicius: In the light of the sun and shadow of the moon' led by Carolyn Leigh (the artist's daughter and author) will be tomorrow 11am at BRAG. Limited places available, booking is essential via EventBrite - accessed through the event page below.

06.01.2022 On view at BRAG until Sunday 6 December, a selection of artworks by Lloyd Rees from the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) Collection. BRAG holds 60 paintings, prints and drawings by the late Lloyd Rees, one of the most significant collections of his works outside of a major metropolitan collection. These works highlight the breadth of Rees’s talents as a draftsman and artist, his generosity as a benefactor, and his connection to the Bathurst region. In 1931 Rees married Ma...rjory Pollard, whose family had settled in the Bathurst district in 1886. The couple travelled to Bathurst regularly to stay with her family at Duramana and Mt Rankin. Rees developed a love for the Bathurst landscape which he would visit over a period of four decades. Over time, Lloyd and Marjory established an ongoing relationship with BRAG. Through their encouragement, the Pollard family donated two works to BRAG in 1977 (The Old Sobraon, Berry’s Bay, Sydney Harbour 1931, and Karinya, Duramana 1974). Lloyd said of this gift: ‘The desire to make this presentation is based on personal links with Bathurst and my love for the city and its countryside, which I have visited for over forty years and painted pictures on practically every occasion’ (Lloyd Rees letter to the Mayor of Bathurst, 1977, BRAG archives) So began a generous relationship between the Rees’ and BRAG, which continued until Lloyd’s death in 1988. In all, Lloyd and Marjory donated 12 artworks to the BRAG collection, ten of which were by different Australian artists including May Morning No. 2, Sydney from Lane Cove 1981, a painting which Lloyd himself acclaimed as a major work, was purchased by BRAG with his generous assistance in 1981. In recognition of his continuing generosity to the people of Bathurst and as a measure of the respect with which Lloyd Rees was held as an artist, he was made an Honorary Citizen of Bathurst in 1981. Works on view include: ‘The Sandy Bay Set’ 1983-84, ‘The Shed, Karinya, NSW’ 1982; ‘The water tank’ 1982; ‘karinya Duramana’ 1974; ‘O’Connell Landscape’ 1981; ‘Landscape at Orange’ 1957; ‘May Morning No. 2 (The Harbour from Lane Cove)’ 1981.

05.01.2022 A chance to join team BRAG! Applications close 11:30pm tonight for the Gallery Assistant positions. Click the link below to apply.

04.01.2022 Congratulations to Archibald 2020 winner Vincent Namatijira with his work 'Stand Strong for Who You Are', a self-portrait with Adam Goodes! You can see Vincent's entry in the 2019 Archibald Prize, 'Art is our weapon - portrait of Tony Albert', at BRAG until Sunday October 11! Art Gallery of New South Wales ANZ Australia

03.01.2022 BRAG will be open all October long weekend 10am - 2pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday! Regular hours from Tuesday 6 October. The final week to catch the Archibald Prize 2019, Young Archie Competition, Pictures of You and Joel Tonks: Forged by fire, shaped by time. All exhibitions finish Sunday 11 October! ANZ Australia Art Gallery of New South Wales

02.01.2022 It's changeover week at BRAG! We're currently closed to the public, our doors will re-open 10am Saturday October 17 for the new suite of exhibitions: 'Amala Groom RE: Union' 'Ngurang Buwugarra-gu Gudhi-dha Murruway, Wiradyuri Ngaanha, Birrunga Wiradyuri' 'Jock Alexander: Of This Place'... 'Tom Buckland: Flightpaths' @amalagroom @birrungagd @jockalexander @thetombuck

02.01.2022 #BRAGStudioSet Video for Joel Tonks

02.01.2022 Limited places available! This Saturday 2:30pm at BRAG join Archibald Prize 2019 finalist Blak Douglas in a Q&A with BRAG Director Sarah Gurich as they discuss painting, portraits and the prize. RSVP via EventBrite. Strictly no walk ins.... Image: Archibald Prize 2019 finalist Blak Douglas 'White shells, black heart' synthetic polymer paint and shells 195 x 195 cm the artist Photo: AGNSW, Felicity Jenkins Sitter: Aunty Esme Timbery - artist

01.01.2022 It's nearly time for our next Full Moon Yoga in the Gallery! The last one was so beautiful and relaxing, led by Kate Smith Yoga. Don't miss out on the next one, which will be held on Sunday 1 November at 3pm.

01.01.2022 #BRAGStudioSet video for Rebecca Wilson

01.01.2022 This weeks #BRAGStudioSet we look at Orange based artist Joel tonks You can catch his work in the BRAG foyer until tomorrow (Sunday 11 October) in the exhibition Joel Tonks: Shaped by fire, forged by time Joel Tonks is a multidisciplinary artist working within painting, ceramics, photography, and interactive electronics. Recently returning to the Orange area, Joel’s artworks investigate the intersections between art, science, and everyday life, and are inspired by the geolog...ical and biological taxonomy of the Central West region. I grew up in Orange but moved away for many years. I found myself returning to the area a lot to gather inspiration for artworks and to get my nature fix. I enjoy going for hikes and documenting all the little details in nature, which I then use in my paintings. I like to mix real and imagined imagery to create a feeling that you have stumbled into an unknown part of the world, or where reality is a little bit altered. It’s interesting the way water and fire shift and shape the landscape, and how it exposes and covers up different parts of it. The ceramic pieces aim to emulate rock types, patterns and textures I find, especially around Mount Canobolas, local landmark and ancient hot-spot volcano. To find out more about his work you can visit www.joeltonks.com or find him on social media at https://www.instagram.com/joeltonks/ Images: Joel Tonks in his studio, 2020. 'Gold Seam' 2020, naked raku. 'Banksia' 2019, obvara raku. 'The Ornithologist' 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 122 x 198 cm. 'The Road Less Travelled' 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 122 cm. All images courtesy of the artist. #SaturdayStudio #LocalArtistSpotlight