Griffith Regional Art Gallery Launches New Program

Griffith Regional Art Gallery is launching its 2024 exhibition program on Friday, February 9 at 6 pm.

The event will include a full rundown on all upcoming exhibitions for the year, including public programs.

Art Gallery Manager, Marg Andreazza said last year marked a milestone in the history of the gallery as it celebrated its 40th birthday.

“This year we have our biannual flagship event The National Contemporary Jewellery Award (NCJA) which showcases unique and innovative creations of some other country’s finest contemporary jewellery practitioners,” Mrs Andreazza said.

“This event, taking place in November, will be one of the highlights of our program.”

Art Gallery Coordinator, Ray Wholohan said the 2024 program was bright, diverse, captivating, contemporary and most importantly, engaging.

“We have some blockbuster touring exhibitions, as well as exhibitions with local significance such as our upcoming community exhibition, The Fruits of Labour,” Mr Wholohan said.

Mrs Andreazza thanked Dee Vine Estate for again coming on board to supply patrons with fine wines for gallery events and encouraged everyone to come and enjoy light refreshments with complimentary bubbles today.

The current exhibition, Errol Fielder: Retrospective, consists of surreal Australian landscape paintings influenced by bizarre events, myths, anecdotes and personal experiences that have occurred in the last seventy years or more, in connection with the two dominant landforms in the Riverina region, The Rock Hill and The Murrumbidgee River.

Mr Wholohan said Exhibition Curator and Art Historian, Dr Neil Overton, would present a free floor talk on Errol Fielder’s retrospective exhibition and rural surrealism tomorrow, Saturday, February 10 at 11 am.

“We’re very eager to show off our 2024 program and are looking forward to an exciting 2024,” Mr Wholohan said.

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