Bowraville Racecourse Art Group (BRAG)

  Winner of Archibald Prize 2024 Laura Jones painting of Tim Winton Winner of Packing Room Prize 2024 Mat Adnate - Rhythms of Heritage Archibald Prize People's Choice award won by Angus McDonald for portrait of Marcia Langton The winning work — as voted by more than 21,000 visitors to the exhibition — shows a silver-haired Langton against a dark blue sky filled with lilac clouds, her eyes gazing upwards. In his artist statement, he explains that he placed her to the right of centre "to suggest a sense of stepping away and handing the baton to a younger group of activists after a lifetime of tireless commitment. She gazes up and to the left to reflect that she has persistently followed her own path". This touring exhibition is an opportunity to see the finalists in the Archibald Prize 2024. Lismore is our nearest venue. Orange Regional Gallery 20 September – 17 November 2024 Ngununggula, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery 30 November 2024 – 26 January 2025 Casula Powerhou...

  NATSIAA 2024: Noli Rictor wins top prize at National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. Rictor, a Pitjantjatjara elder, won the Telstra Art Award for his painting of Kamanti in the north of  the Spinifex Lands . It's the home of Wati Kutjara Tjukurpa (Two Men Creation Line), the story of a father and son water serpent making a journey through Country creating sacred sites along their way. Very few details of the story are public, but Rictor came to know it because he travelled through the Country as a young man and drank from a waterhole at one of the sacred sites as a tjitji (child). The judges for the prize, Kamilaroi curator Keith Munro, Kullilli/Yuggera curator Katina Davidson, and Wangkajunga cultural adviser Putuparri Tom Lawford, highlighted the work's scale, at 2.9 metres x 2 metres. They also complimented its composition as "an expression of the artist's command of painting and a visual representation of the artist's vast knowledge of Spin...

I quote the following as stated by Bluethumb Gallery and recommend you go onto their website to view the range and style of paintings for sale. Importantly you can submit your own works and see if they make the grade. Click below Bluethumb. Buy Paintings & Original Modern Art Online. Where art buyers connect with Australia's emerging and established artists. You'll only find original art for sale here. Welcome to Bluethumb, the Home of Australian Artists. We started out in 2012, with a mission to empower Australia’s artists and open up the world of original art to everyday collectors. We were very small, with no funding and the odds against us. Everyone told us it was impossible. Established art galleries and those in the industry scoffed at the notion of buying art online, of treating all artists equally and allowing collectors to trust their own judgement. We thought it made sense and launched anyway. But more than that we didn’t want Australia to have to wait until our a...

 

  The Valley Players will be putting on six performances of a show called "Four Wills and a Birthday" on August 23 to September 7at the Macksville Ex-Services Club. It is a theatre restaurant style show. Elwin provides his annual appearance in the play in addition to painting the sets. You may or may not know that we have an affiliated group, the Valley Performers.   At the end of August over several days and/or evenings this talented group will be putting on six theatre restaurant performances at the Macksville Ex-Services Club.  The title of their show is 'Four Wills and a Birthday' (sound familiar but not quite?).  I found this description online:   Welcome to 1965! This story’s about the Henderson Family, a birthday party marred by blackmail, death threats, murder and a family filled with secrets and lies with a dash of greed...and of course, 4 wills! Come along and help our detectives solve the murder mystery. Trust no one! Audiences are invited to ...

 The Urunga Art Space now has a permanent exhibition on the outside of the building. No need to wait until opening time just have a look from the footpath