archive 2009

My Places: Cities and Towns
20 February to 24 May
East Gallery
Artistic Co-ordinator Tony Sevil

A collaborative installation - visitors to the gallery add to a work creating an imaginary city, using pencils and paper, or cardboard boxes. Local artists will aid the process, by offering weekly workshops to create an imaginary city.

The Artist Studio
20 February to 24 May
West Gallery

The gallery comes alive with regional artists - painters, sculptors, watercolourists, textile-artists and potters working in the gallery space. Artists include Lucy McCann, Barry McCann and Kerry Gulliver. This gives the visiting public a unique insight into the practice of working artists.

Lionel Lindsay: A delight in detail
20 February to 24 May
Lalor Harris Gallery

Lionel Lindsay was a member of the famous artistic Lindsay family and renowned as a painter, printmaker, writer and critic. After early studies in Australia, Lindsay travelled in Europe, returning to Australia to work as an illustrator for the Bulletin. This exhibition focuses on his engravings, watercolours and sketches from his travels in Spain to his thematic works of barnyard and exotic birds. Curated by NERAM Curator, Philippa Charley-Briggs.

Shapes and Sizes: A selection of works from the Chandler Coventry Collection
20 February to 24 May
Mazda Theatre

The Coventry Collection was described by the former Director of the Australian National Gallery, James Mollison as one of the most important private collections of contemporary, Australian art. Chandler Coventry born in Armidale into a pastoral family, began collecting the works of contemporary Sydney artists in the 1960s. The Collection strongly reflects the art movements of the1960s and 1970s. Curated by NERAM Interim Director, Caroline Downer

The Moving Image
20 February to 24 May
Dulce Lindsay Gallery

A collection of video art from established and emerging digital artists, including Armidale TAFE.To be opened by Blair Chalmers, Campus Operations Manager, New England Institute of TAFE (Armidale Campus)

Michelle Hungerford: Crow Country
20 February to 5 April
Dobell Gallery

This exhibition represents a year's work and a connection to the artist's visual world: "At the end of each painting day, I watch the crows flying east across the very landscape that I paint and at the same time every day, religiously they fly the same path. I was left to wonder, where do the crows go? I was once told that the crow is a messenger from the other side, the spiritual world".

BioMorphic: Michael Jarachowicz and Gabrielle McGrath
6 April – 24 May
Dobell Gallery

This will be the 5th collaborative exhibition between Michael Jarochowicz & Gabrielle McGrath. As well as collaborative sculptural pieces, each will be further exploring their niche: Gabrielle with her copper construction and assemblage and Michael with his mark making and steel construction. Works are for sale.

Abstract Earth: A View from Above.
Photographs by Richard Woldendorp
29 May – 5 July
West Gallery

These aerial landscapes are scenes of power and presence showing wilderness shaped by human intervention with an astonishing artistic dimension.

Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award
10 July – 30 August West Gallery

This exhibition is a showcase of Australia’s best contemporary documentary photographers, bringing together diverse views of the human experience from war photography to quiet observations on the streets of Beijing.

UNE “Let’s Hang It” 
29 May – 27 September
West Gallery

The Schools Art Prize. Initiated by UNE School of Education, an Art Prize for the schools in the New England/North West.

Penguin Gizzards and More! UNE Collections  
29 May – 27 September West Gallery
West Gallery

A surprising diversity of objects from the university collections, including Herbarium, Zoology Museum, Museum of Antiquities, Zoology Museum, Museum of Education, Heritage Centre and UNE Art Collection.  Sourced by UNE Curator Christine Bryan and curated by NERAM.

Juxtapositions: From the Permanent Collections
29 May – 18 October Richard Lalor Harris Gallery

Two aspects of Australian Painting from NERAM’s permanent collections. Curated by Barry Pearce

Wave and Line: From the Chandler Coventry Collection
9 May – 18 October
Mazda Theatre

The Coventry Collection was described by the former Director of the Australian National Gallery, James Mollison as one of the most important private collections of contemporary, Australian art. Chandler Coventry, born in Armidale into a pastoral family, began collecting the works of contemporary Sydney artists in the 1960s.  The Collection strongly reflects the art movements of the 1960s and 1970s.

Lin Quaife: Upon Reflection
29 May – 2 August
Dulce Lindsay Gallery

A collection of richly coloured and textured collagraphs from this experienced printmaker. Incorporating the chine colle technique into the images Lin has created vibrant and textural works. All works are for sale.

Fay Porter: “ I know what it is about this place, it’s the sky!”
7 August – 18 October
Dulce Lindsay Gallery

A collection of works to connect viewers with the drama of the New England sky.  Fay has filled many years of sketchbooks recording the changing sky – the play of light, the colours and the drama of the ‘big sky ‘ on the top of the range.  It is a continuing visual feast which provides an unfailing source of inspiration.

Marty Branagan: laddies' night @ the e-bore
7 August – 18 October
Dobell Gallery

This is landscape-based show by regional artist Marty Branagan and features narrative, figurative and Dadaist works. Styles include surrealism and en plein air expressionism, with influences such as Gordon Bennett, Louis Buvelot, Kevin Connor, John Olsen, James Gleeson and William Robinson. a variety of media is exhibited, including oils, acrylics, gouache, photomontage and assemblage.

Annual Packsaddle Selling Exhibition.
2-18 October
East and West Galleries

A variety of painting and original prints by established and emerging artists from major Sydney galleries. A drawcard for art collectors statewide.

Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award
23 Oct – 20 December 2009
East and West Galleries

JADA is twenty years old and this is reflected in the significant collection of contemporary Australian drawing developed through the award by the Grafton Regional Gallery. The award’s history is the history of the renaissance of drawing as a major area of practice by Australia’s leading artists. Image: Godwin BRADBEER, Man in squared space, 2007

Munificent Benefactor: A Celebration of 80 years from the first Hinton Donation
23 October – 31 January 2010
Richard Lalor Harris Gallery

2009 is the 80th anniversary of the first work donated by Howard Hinton to the Armidale Teachers’ College. This exhibition focuses on this special benefactor, and his donations, and is supplemented by a photographic history of the College itself.

Allsorts: From the Coventry and NERAM Collections
23 October - 10 January 2010
Mazda

From the bold to the subtle, from big to small, this exhibition from the Coventry and NERAM Collections highlights the diverse paintings and works on paper which make up these two collections. Curated by NERAM Curator, Phillippa Charley - Briggs

James White: Major and Minor Movements
23 October - 10 January 2010
Dobell Gallery

The gentle falling of rain, evening light on dappled water, the woosh of a child’s swing - these are some of the themes James has explored in this exhibition depicting natural movement.

Ann Streckfuss: Arcanum
23 October - 10 January 2010
Dulce Lindsay Gallery

Wheel thrown and hand built forms symbolise the nurturing influence of the sea and the stars.