New South Wales
Newcastle Central Coast
Gosford Regional Gallery
36 Webb Street, East Gosford 2250. T (02) 4304-7550. E gallery@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au W www.gosfordregionalgallery.com H Daily 9.30 to 4.00. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday. Visit website for full exhibition program.
The Lock-Up
90 Hunter Street, Newcastle 2300. T (02) 4925-2265. W www.thelockup.org.au H Wed-Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 11.00 to 3.00. To Aug 22 Experimenta Life Forms.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG)
230 High Street, Maitland 2320. T (02) 4934-9859. E artgallery@maitland.nsw.gov.au W www.mrag.org.au H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Closed public hols. To Aug 8 Shadow Boxer – a group exhibition exploring the cultural fascination with boxing, and ideas of race, gender, class and the physicality of boxing in their work – Karla Dickens, Richard Lewer, Michael Willson, Nigel Milsom, Keri Glastonbury, Fiona McMonagle, Bianca ‘Bam Bam’ Elmir and David Matthews. Curated by MRAG Director, Gerry Bobsien. To Aug 22 Wonnarua by Ryan Lee. To Aug 29 Impressions of a Journey: Landscapes Between Walcha and Paterson by Paula Jenkins. To Sept 5 Barka, The Forgotten River. A collaboration between Badger Bates, Justine Muller and the Wilcannia Community – touring from Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery. To Sept 12 (opening Fri Aug 6, 6-8pm) MRAG Members Art Sale – a group exhibition and fundraiser including paintings, prints and sculptures, created by established and emerging artists from across Australia.
Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie
First Street, Booragul 2284. (02) 4921-0382. Facebook + Instagram: @themacmuseum Free Tues-Sun 10.00 to 4.30, selected public hols 11.00 to 4.00. To Sept 5 is an ongoing program of showcase exhibitions at MAC for local artists. In this exhibition our natural world comes alive as science meets art. From bees to banksia, natural history illustrators explore the minutia of life through a variety of media. All works are available for sale. To Sept 26 is Bundanon Trust’s new three-year nationally touring exhibition exploring a lifetime of landscape paintings by renowned Australian artist . Curated by Barry Pearce the exhibition is drawn principally from Bundanon Trust’s collection of the artist’s work. The exhibition features up to 60 paintings including a group of masterpieces borrowed from major state art museums, as well as 20 works on paper, letters, photographs and sketchbooks, spanning almost half a century from his adolescence through to his final years.
