Exhibitions

Exhibition Program

2010

Current Exhibitions

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Current Exhibitions

Golden Journeys:

50 Years of the Embroiderers Guild Victoria



Wanda McPherson
Canola
2006

Exhibition Program

2010

(Changes to the program may occur)

18 December - 21 February
Recent Acquisitions

28 February - 4 April
Associates of Rupert Bunny

Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) taught and encouraged a number of associates in Melbourne in the 1930s. This exhibition brings together rarely seen works by Geoffrey Anderson, Arthur Lindsay, John Munro, Robert Campbell, James Farrell and James McMahon. Also a collection of oil sketches of the South of France by Bunny.

11 April - 16 May
Archie & Amalie Colquhoun

A major exhibition of works borrowed from State and Regional Galleries plus private lenders. Works in the exhibition cover early self portraits, portraits of family and friends, works painted in London during 1935-36, Paris scenes during 1925-26, flower pieces and interiors. Guest Curator: Katherine Kovacic.

29 May - 25 July
Golden Journeys: 50th Anniversary of the Embroiderers Guild

Celebrating the Golden Anniversary of the Embroiderers Guild Victoria, this exhibition showcases works by Life Members, Book of Honour and Service Award Winners. The works collected reveal a diverse range of techniques and stitch themes, from traditional and historic approaches, to work which represents and interprets stitches and materials in new and exciting ways, revealing that embroidery is a wonderfully rich and varied art form.

7 August - 5 September
Juliana Hilton: The Diggings

Celebrating this Castlemaine based artist's 70th birthday. The exhibition presents studio interiors, still life and landscapes drawn from images of the Central Victorian Goldfields.

7 August - 31 October
Burke & Wills: Castlemaine Connections

Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Burke & Wills Expedition, the display highlights some original material held in the museum's archives. Guest Curator: Su Mitton.

11 September - 3 October
Annette Edwards: A Lifetime of Mark Making - Paintings and Prints

The merging of paintings and printmaking and their techniques through the use of collage to become abstracted paintings. Guest Curator: Dick Turner

9 October - 7 November
Sally Scott: Drawing Daisy Bates
Drawing Daisy Bates tracks a radically different way of making a portrait. Scott draws the things in Daisy Bates' 8 x 10 tent at Ooldea, her lies and the silence of the desert. Out of experimenting with visual language come beautiful eccentric drawings.
Exhibited are working notes and the first 30 of the planned 100 presentation drawings.

13 November - 19 December
Mount Alexander Shire artists represented in the permanent collection

Exhibition of works by artists living in the Mount Alexander Shire that are represented in the Castlemaine Art Gallery permanent collection. Works range from paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics and sculpture.

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