Connect With The Land At Griffith Regional Art Gallery’s Next Exhibition

Griffith Regional Art Gallery will host its next exhibition, Ngurambang: Our Riverina, opening Saturday, July 1.

The exhibition aims to give new perspectives on our region’s landscape. Featuring works from creative practitioners working across Eastern and Western Riverina, it will demonstrate some of the region’s diversity of artistic talent.

The Exhibition has been curated by Jason Richardson, who has worked with a dozen emerging and experienced artists from the region to share knowledge and build a vision for the exhibition.

The artists are Sophie Chauncy, Melanie Evans, Christopher Haworth, Pete Ingram, Hape Kiddle, Marita Macklin, Janine Murphy, Chris Orchard, Greg Pritchard, Jo Roberts and Kerri Weymouth.

Supported by Western Riverina Arts, the group of artists held a workshop in Griffith in late 2022, where they compared perspectives and inspirations.

Mr Richardson said the diverse cohort of artists produces artworks in differing styles and media to reflect their experiences, so the first step involved establishing common ground.

“One of the greatest benefits in experiencing art is looking through another's eyes and this exhibition asked the artists to share their observations about an environment we all share,” Mr Richardson said.

“The result offers insights into the diversity of creative practice across the Riverina while reflecting on individual interests in the landscape,” Mr Richardson said.

“I feel it is important to help connect people with the environment for the demonstrated benefits to mental health and to educate about the distinct beauty of our region.”

The exhibition features work in a variety of media including text, textiles, sound, painting, Photography as well as found and manipulated objects.

The exhibition includes works from Leeton-based artist Jo Roberts, who brings a new perspective to local history with her use of a Dadaist technique that cuts and reassembles text. Christopher Haworth from Tallimba, has contributed en plein air paintings that soak up the dust as he records remnant bushland.

Dr Greg Pritchard, a prominent advocate for the arts in the region, shares a project to record the length of the Murrumbidgee River, and Marita Macklin's embroidery skills will also be displayed.

The exhibition title was adjusted to reflect the traditional custodians of the land and waters.

Mr Richardson said Pete Ingram's welded art practice was informed by Wiradjuri culture and it was his suggestion for Ngurambang to be part of the title.

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