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Dubbo Regional Council Cultural Development Unit Support Material.
Programs and Events
Let me be Myself
30 NOVEMBER - 27 JANUARY 2020
Let Me Be Myself is an exhibition that enables visitors to identify with the personal story of Anne Frank. The exhibition connects the personal story of the Frank family with the important historical events of that time: the rise of the national socialists, the isolation and discrimination of the Jewish population, eventually escalating in the Holocaust. The connection between the personal story of Anne Frank and the historical context shows the consequences the anti-Jewish measures had on one particular person. It reminds us that all out actions have the ability to impact on a single individual.
Let Me Be Myself is an exhibition that enables visitors to identify with the personal story of Anne Frank. The exhibition connects the personal story of the Frank family with the important historical events of that time: the rise of the national socialists, the isolation and discrimination of the Jewish population, eventually escalating in the Holocaust. The connection between the personal story of Anne Frank and the historical context shows the consequences the anti-Jewish measures had on one particular person. It reminds us that all out actions have the ability to impact on a single individual.
Art of Threatened Species
9 NOVEMBER 2019 - 2 FEBRUARY 2020
Art of Threatened Species explores threatened flora, fauna and the environments that sustain them in New South Wales, by enabling artists and scientists to collaborate. Each artist has travelled vast distances and spent many hours researching and observing species and environments. Each has partnered with a scientist working within each specific field. The resulting works will attempt to communicate the issues, politics, and emotions that surround at-risk animals, plants and environments. This project is a partnership between Orana Arts (OA) and the Office of Planning, Industry and Environment.
Art of Threatened Species explores threatened flora, fauna and the environments that sustain them in New South Wales, by enabling artists and scientists to collaborate. Each artist has travelled vast distances and spent many hours researching and observing species and environments. Each has partnered with a scientist working within each specific field. The resulting works will attempt to communicate the issues, politics, and emotions that surround at-risk animals, plants and environments. This project is a partnership between Orana Arts (OA) and the Office of Planning, Industry and Environment.
Eye of the Corvus: Messenger of Truth
14 DECEMBER 2019 - 2 FEBRUARY 2020
From the ancient stories of indigenous cultures of the world to the more contemporary sagas and fables of western civilisations, birds of the Corvidae family (ravens and crows) are highly symbolic - representing the presence of death, all-seeing knowledge, evil, good luck and protection.Using multi-channel video projection with layers of ambient and constructed, amplified sounds, triggered by motion sensors, and recorded on location in Australia and Iceland, Eye of the Corvus, explores the range of these birds in two of their native lands – drawing the participant into a new narrative through the avian eye. It will be an immersive experience, throwing the viewer into the expansive field of view of the raven, reimagining landscapes familiar in one aspect, made unfamiliar through additional layers of information. Adaptation, narrative, myth-making and interdependence collide in the raven. It is a marker not just for our time and culture but for many times and many cultures. This is a WPCC exhibition.
Image Credit: Kim V. Goldsmith, Eye of the Corvus: Messenger of Truth, detail, 2019, Image courtesy of artist
From the ancient stories of indigenous cultures of the world to the more contemporary sagas and fables of western civilisations, birds of the Corvidae family (ravens and crows) are highly symbolic - representing the presence of death, all-seeing knowledge, evil, good luck and protection.Using multi-channel video projection with layers of ambient and constructed, amplified sounds, triggered by motion sensors, and recorded on location in Australia and Iceland, Eye of the Corvus, explores the range of these birds in two of their native lands – drawing the participant into a new narrative through the avian eye. It will be an immersive experience, throwing the viewer into the expansive field of view of the raven, reimagining landscapes familiar in one aspect, made unfamiliar through additional layers of information. Adaptation, narrative, myth-making and interdependence collide in the raven. It is a marker not just for our time and culture but for many times and many cultures. This is a WPCC exhibition.
Image Credit: Kim V. Goldsmith, Eye of the Corvus: Messenger of Truth, detail, 2019, Image courtesy of artist
Arlo Mountford Deep Revolt
8 FEBRUARY - 19 APRIL 2020
This survey of significant works by Melbourne-based artist Arlo Mountford, spans 15 years of the artist’s practice, from 2003 to 2018. Mountford’s large scale video installations, kinetic sculptures and animations take a wry look at the artistic canon, throwing light on visual art’s ongoing meaning and relevance in contemporary society. Amusing, strange and laden with references from art history and pop culture, Mountford’s animated films are hand drawn with a mouse directly into a computer. He reimagines both real and created spaces from the art world, digitally reconstructing the interiors of iconic museums or retracing the brushstrokes of European masterpieces, well known and loved for centuries.
A Goulburn Regional Art Gallery exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW.
This survey of significant works by Melbourne-based artist Arlo Mountford, spans 15 years of the artist’s practice, from 2003 to 2018. Mountford’s large scale video installations, kinetic sculptures and animations take a wry look at the artistic canon, throwing light on visual art’s ongoing meaning and relevance in contemporary society. Amusing, strange and laden with references from art history and pop culture, Mountford’s animated films are hand drawn with a mouse directly into a computer. He reimagines both real and created spaces from the art world, digitally reconstructing the interiors of iconic museums or retracing the brushstrokes of European masterpieces, well known and loved for centuries.
A Goulburn Regional Art Gallery exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW.
To Serve!: Women, World War Two and the Persistance of Memory
1 FEBRUARY - 2 AUGUST 2020
In 1953 the writer L.P Hartley declared “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”. These words speak to the challenges of archiving history and the stories and lessons we glean from it. Photographs, letters, clothing, keepsakes, etc. all play active roles in helping us to create a picture of the events of the past, but in the end we are all in service to memory. To Serve examines the role of women in the Central West of NSW and the myriad contributions made by them to the World War 2 war effort at home and abroad. The exhibition highlights the ways in which these stories are passed down through time and the role of Museums and Local History Studies in helping to reconstruct the past for future generations.
This exhibtion was extended to remain on display following the WPCC Covid mandated closure.
In 1953 the writer L.P Hartley declared “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”. These words speak to the challenges of archiving history and the stories and lessons we glean from it. Photographs, letters, clothing, keepsakes, etc. all play active roles in helping us to create a picture of the events of the past, but in the end we are all in service to memory. To Serve examines the role of women in the Central West of NSW and the myriad contributions made by them to the World War 2 war effort at home and abroad. The exhibition highlights the ways in which these stories are passed down through time and the role of Museums and Local History Studies in helping to reconstruct the past for future generations.
This exhibtion was extended to remain on display following the WPCC Covid mandated closure.
Fresh Arts 20/20
1 JUNE - 4 OCTOBER
Fresh Arts Inc. is a group of artists who live and work in Dubbo, Warren, Gilgandra and surrounds. A co-operative vehicle for exhibiting, professional development and social opportunities, Fresh Arts has exhibited widely since its establishment in 2004. The Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) has collaborated with the group in a number of ways, with many individual artists exhibiting over that time. Fresh Arts: 20/20 presents the work of 18 artists from its current membership and presents a focused survey of current artistic practice within their ranks, as well as that of the region as a whole. The exhibition reveals the diversity of practice as well as the interests and concerns of artists living in regional NSW in 2020.
Fresh Arts Inc. is a group of artists who live and work in Dubbo, Warren, Gilgandra and surrounds. A co-operative vehicle for exhibiting, professional development and social opportunities, Fresh Arts has exhibited widely since its establishment in 2004. The Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) has collaborated with the group in a number of ways, with many individual artists exhibiting over that time. Fresh Arts: 20/20 presents the work of 18 artists from its current membership and presents a focused survey of current artistic practice within their ranks, as well as that of the region as a whole. The exhibition reveals the diversity of practice as well as the interests and concerns of artists living in regional NSW in 2020.
Fresh Arts 20 /20 : Artist Focus
In the lead up to Fresh Arts 20/20, The WPCC iniated online studio tours by the participating artists to provide insight into thier practice, process and to support the visability of Regional Artists during the closure of the WPCC. This studio visit is with Gill Pedrana.
Dissonant Rhythms: Ross Manning
10 OCTOBER - 9 NOVEMBER 2020
Dissonant Rhythms is Brisbane-based artist and musician Ross Manning’s first-ever survey exhibition. Best known for his use of everyday materials, Manning’s exhibition features sculptures that repurpose ceiling fans, fluorescent tubes, and overhead projectors, creating exquisite interplays of light and sound. Over the past decade, Manning has developed what could be described as his own world, animated by light and sound. He is an obsessive creator of systems that are driven by their own logic, and of moving objects propelled by electricity and their own kinetic forces. This is a sculptural practice with a totalising scope and vision: just as it appears to consume all manner of household and industrial objects, hardware, and technologies, so it harnesses visible and audible frequencies. It then uses those same energies of light, sound, and motion to colonise nearly every surface and wavelength in its vicinity.
A travelling exhibition organised by Institute of Modern Art (IMA), toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments. Queensland venues are further supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The IMA is a member of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA). Ross Manning is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Dissonant Rhythms is Brisbane-based artist and musician Ross Manning’s first-ever survey exhibition. Best known for his use of everyday materials, Manning’s exhibition features sculptures that repurpose ceiling fans, fluorescent tubes, and overhead projectors, creating exquisite interplays of light and sound. Over the past decade, Manning has developed what could be described as his own world, animated by light and sound. He is an obsessive creator of systems that are driven by their own logic, and of moving objects propelled by electricity and their own kinetic forces. This is a sculptural practice with a totalising scope and vision: just as it appears to consume all manner of household and industrial objects, hardware, and technologies, so it harnesses visible and audible frequencies. It then uses those same energies of light, sound, and motion to colonise nearly every surface and wavelength in its vicinity.
A travelling exhibition organised by Institute of Modern Art (IMA), toured by Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Federal, State, and Territory Governments. Queensland venues are further supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. The IMA is a member of Contemporary Art Organisations Australia (CAOA). Ross Manning is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Behind the Lines: The Year's best Political Cartoons 2019: The Greatest Hits Tour
8 AUGUST - 18 OCTOBER
Behind the Lines is an annual exhibition from the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House that celebrates the role of political cartoonists in Australia and highlights the power that their drawings have in contributing to our daily political and social discourse.
Framed by the world of rock music and under this year’s theme song of The Greatest Hits Tour, Australia’s leading political cartoonists amped up the satire on 2019’s greatest political hits. Behind the Lines features over 80 artworks from over 30 political cartoonists from across Australia.
This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians
Behind the Lines is an annual exhibition from the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House that celebrates the role of political cartoonists in Australia and highlights the power that their drawings have in contributing to our daily political and social discourse.
Framed by the world of rock music and under this year’s theme song of The Greatest Hits Tour, Australia’s leading political cartoonists amped up the satire on 2019’s greatest political hits. Behind the Lines features over 80 artworks from over 30 political cartoonists from across Australia.
This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians
Behind the Lines: Community Voices
This video features local buisness owner Nasser Sedghi.
CONCRETE: art design architecture
5 DECEMBER 2020 - 24 JANUARY 2021
CONCRETE: art design architecture is a major exhibition exploring innovative ways that concrete is being used by artists, designers and architects in Australia in the 21st century. Curated by JamFactory’s Margaret Hancock Davis (Senior Curator) and Brian Parkes (CEO), the exhibition includes 21 artists, designers and architects from across
Australia and brings together products, projects and works of art that reflect many of the current preoccupations with concrete within contemporary art, design and architecture in Australia.
CONCRETE: art design architecture is supported by Visions of Australia funding through Australian Government’s Department of Communications and Arts and the South Australian Government through the Department of Skills and Industry.
The Principal Sponsor for CONCRETE: art design architecture is Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia, the peak body for the cement, concrete and quarry industry in Australia.
Curated by Margaret Hancock Davis & Brian Parkes, Jam Factory.
CONCRETE: art design architecture is a major exhibition exploring innovative ways that concrete is being used by artists, designers and architects in Australia in the 21st century. Curated by JamFactory’s Margaret Hancock Davis (Senior Curator) and Brian Parkes (CEO), the exhibition includes 21 artists, designers and architects from across
Australia and brings together products, projects and works of art that reflect many of the current preoccupations with concrete within contemporary art, design and architecture in Australia.
CONCRETE: art design architecture is supported by Visions of Australia funding through Australian Government’s Department of Communications and Arts and the South Australian Government through the Department of Skills and Industry.
The Principal Sponsor for CONCRETE: art design architecture is Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia, the peak body for the cement, concrete and quarry industry in Australia.
Curated by Margaret Hancock Davis & Brian Parkes, Jam Factory.
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TRUE TO LIFE LIKENESS: A HISTORY OF VINCENT'S STUDIO
24 OCTOBER - 23 MAY 2021
Vincent's Studio was a photographic studio that operated in Dubbo and region from the early 1900s to the late 1970s. Before phone cameras and social media, photographic studios played a crucial role within a community, documenting and producing photographs of weddings, debutante balls, engagements, couples, nurses, service personnel, elected officials, sporting teams, portraits, passport photographs, families, children, babies, and assorted buildings.
The collection of negatives, logbooks, and other materials that make up the Vincent's Studio collection had begun to significantly deteriorate by the time they were donated to the Dubbo & District Family History Society (DDFHS). Over a number of years, DDFHS volunteers have tirelessly cleaned, scanned, catalogued, and researched the collection, allowing it to be accessed and utilised by the general public.
This exhibition charts the history of photographic studios, the Vincent's Studio collection and the invaluable work of volunteer-run organisations like DDFHS in preserving our material culture.
This exhibition is a collaboration between Western Plains Cultural Centre, Local Studies and Dubbo & District Family History Society.
Vincent's Studio was a photographic studio that operated in Dubbo and region from the early 1900s to the late 1970s. Before phone cameras and social media, photographic studios played a crucial role within a community, documenting and producing photographs of weddings, debutante balls, engagements, couples, nurses, service personnel, elected officials, sporting teams, portraits, passport photographs, families, children, babies, and assorted buildings.
The collection of negatives, logbooks, and other materials that make up the Vincent's Studio collection had begun to significantly deteriorate by the time they were donated to the Dubbo & District Family History Society (DDFHS). Over a number of years, DDFHS volunteers have tirelessly cleaned, scanned, catalogued, and researched the collection, allowing it to be accessed and utilised by the general public.
This exhibition charts the history of photographic studios, the Vincent's Studio collection and the invaluable work of volunteer-run organisations like DDFHS in preserving our material culture.
This exhibition is a collaboration between Western Plains Cultural Centre, Local Studies and Dubbo & District Family History Society.
Playwriting Challenge
Dubbo Regional Council’s (DRC) Black Box Creatives (BBC) program have been keeping creative, transferring their energy to the writing room since late April. The Playwriting Challenge winners were determined to keep creative and while the production of Serpent Valley High was postponed they maintained a level of passion and optimism that was the drive to their motivation.
The participants were supported and mentored by locals Val Clark and Donna Spillane who worked closely with the challenge participants through to the final stages.
The participants were supported and mentored by locals Val Clark and Donna Spillane who worked closely with the challenge participants through to the final stages.
BBC_Chit Chat
2020 ZOOM THEATRE
Due to Covid-19, the Black Box Creatives had to postpone their 2020 live theatre production season. In its place they developed 'Zoom Theatre', an online project whereby participants helped conceive, develop and present a piece of theatre via a Zoom meeting/conferencing format.
The students collaborated in the writing of the play, considered the characters, costumes, props and venues/backgrounds when presenting their pieces in the play and how this works in as a group of individuals in different places working together on a combined projects. Chit-Chat is a raw and touching insight into the lives of two local women living in an aged care facility, whose strength and optimism during the tough times acts as an inspiration to us all.
Due to Covid-19, the Black Box Creatives had to postpone their 2020 live theatre production season. In its place they developed 'Zoom Theatre', an online project whereby participants helped conceive, develop and present a piece of theatre via a Zoom meeting/conferencing format.
The students collaborated in the writing of the play, considered the characters, costumes, props and venues/backgrounds when presenting their pieces in the play and how this works in as a group of individuals in different places working together on a combined projects. Chit-Chat is a raw and touching insight into the lives of two local women living in an aged care facility, whose strength and optimism during the tough times acts as an inspiration to us all.
BBC_BFFN
2020 ZOOM THEATRE
Due to Covid-19, the Black Box Creatives had to postpone their 2020 live theatre production season. In its place they developed 'Zoom Theatre', an online project whereby participants helped conceive, develop and present a piece of theatre via a Zoom meeting/conferencing format.
The students collaborated in the writing of the play, considered the characters, costumes, props and venues/backgrounds when presenting their pieces in the play and how this works in as a group of individuals in different places working together on a combined projects. Australians are renowned for having a good laugh themselves. BFFN is a creative re-enactment of a very popular scenario in Aussie teen culture. Produced entirely through online communication during the COVID19 pandemic, this ‘Zoom Theatre’ project is proof of the Black Box Creatives’ strong belief in the importance of keeping creative during the toughest of times. The cast and crew - made up of local Dubbo youth - hope you enjoy the alternative art form and get a much-needed giggle from the characters and situations that, at times, appear all too familiar!
Due to Covid-19, the Black Box Creatives had to postpone their 2020 live theatre production season. In its place they developed 'Zoom Theatre', an online project whereby participants helped conceive, develop and present a piece of theatre via a Zoom meeting/conferencing format.
The students collaborated in the writing of the play, considered the characters, costumes, props and venues/backgrounds when presenting their pieces in the play and how this works in as a group of individuals in different places working together on a combined projects. Australians are renowned for having a good laugh themselves. BFFN is a creative re-enactment of a very popular scenario in Aussie teen culture. Produced entirely through online communication during the COVID19 pandemic, this ‘Zoom Theatre’ project is proof of the Black Box Creatives’ strong belief in the importance of keeping creative during the toughest of times. The cast and crew - made up of local Dubbo youth - hope you enjoy the alternative art form and get a much-needed giggle from the characters and situations that, at times, appear all too familiar!
Rochelle Summerfield: Crossroads
7 DECEMBER - 16 FEBRUARY 2020
Crossroads is an exhibition that uses visual storytelling to explore themes on loss and transformation. Summerfield's bold experimentations through animation and mixed media shadow works disrupt traditional art forms as she combines new technologies to create dialogues around female subjectivity, nature and transformation. Crossroads examines the relationships between humans and the environment which Summerfield believes are intrinsically bound to our sense of self, well-being and connections within communities. This is a HomeGround exhibition, produced in collaboration between WPCC and Orana Arts.
Crossroads is an exhibition that uses visual storytelling to explore themes on loss and transformation. Summerfield's bold experimentations through animation and mixed media shadow works disrupt traditional art forms as she combines new technologies to create dialogues around female subjectivity, nature and transformation. Crossroads examines the relationships between humans and the environment which Summerfield believes are intrinsically bound to our sense of self, well-being and connections within communities. This is a HomeGround exhibition, produced in collaboration between WPCC and Orana Arts.
Fleur MacDonald: Based on a True Story
22 FEBRUARY - 19 APRIL Based on a true story is an exhibition that explores and pays homage to the traditional craft of doily making. Inspired by the legacy of historical Kandos local Lucy Williams, artist Fleur MacDonald reimagines this traditional practice of doily making by painting renditions of traditional doilies on found domestic wooden serving bowls. Through this the process, the artist’s intention is to highlight the importance of this craft, and to emphasise the potential for past handicrafts and their associated intricacies, to be lost through time. This is a HomeGround exhibition, produced by the WPCC and supported by Orana Arts.
Image Credit: Fleur MacDonald, Destination, 2019, pigment and vanish on wood. Image © Fleur MacDonald 2019
Image Credit: Fleur MacDonald, Destination, 2019, pigment and vanish on wood. Image © Fleur MacDonald 2019
Leo Cremonese Earthly Fire and Celestial
JUNE 20 - SEPTEMBER 6 2020
The Colour of the Invisible is an immersive installation by
artist Leo Cremonese that explores and reflects the relationship
between the individual and the natural environment.Cremonese’s
combination of painting and installation, fashioned from a variety
of disparate materials results in an atmospheric sense of harmony
and beauty within the gallery walls, evoking inside and outside
concurrently.
Trained as a painter, Cremonese extends his practice to
incorporate installation as a means to explore and consolidate his
own journey and relationship with the landscape. The strategic
placement of colour acts as a catalyst, to evoke memory and
familiarity. As the title intends, looking beyond colour, to the
invisible, the darkness and shades of unknown, is to appreciate
and become more aware of the environment.
Leo Cremonese lives and works in Kandos, NSW.
The Colour of the Invisible is a HomeGround exhibition,
WPCC’s emerging regional artist program.
The HomeGround program is supported by Orana Arts
Image: Leo Cremonese, Earthly Fire and Celestial Fire, 2018
mixed media on linen, Image Courtesy the Artist
The Colour of the Invisible is an immersive installation by
artist Leo Cremonese that explores and reflects the relationship
between the individual and the natural environment.Cremonese’s
combination of painting and installation, fashioned from a variety
of disparate materials results in an atmospheric sense of harmony
and beauty within the gallery walls, evoking inside and outside
concurrently.
Trained as a painter, Cremonese extends his practice to
incorporate installation as a means to explore and consolidate his
own journey and relationship with the landscape. The strategic
placement of colour acts as a catalyst, to evoke memory and
familiarity. As the title intends, looking beyond colour, to the
invisible, the darkness and shades of unknown, is to appreciate
and become more aware of the environment.
Leo Cremonese lives and works in Kandos, NSW.
The Colour of the Invisible is a HomeGround exhibition,
WPCC’s emerging regional artist program.
The HomeGround program is supported by Orana Arts
Image: Leo Cremonese, Earthly Fire and Celestial Fire, 2018
mixed media on linen, Image Courtesy the Artist
LEO CREMONESE: THE COLOUR OF THE INVISIBLE
Artists studio and process video
Sang into Existence: Anna Nordstrom
12 SEPTEMBER - 22 NOVEMBER 2020 Sang into Existence by Lismore-based artist Anna Nordstrom is an investigation into the continual environmental, societal, and climatic changes that Australia has faced in recent years. Inspired by her journey from Lismore to Dubbo; these mixed media works, primarily created from discarded construction materials from renovated and destroyed houses, explore and reflect on the meaning embedded within the materiality that surrounds us. Sang into Existence is an exhibition that explores notions of history and memory associated with life in Australia, by reinterpreting the unwanted materials that once formed our home.
This is a HomeGround exhibition, produced by WPCC and supported by Orana Arts and Wingewarra Dental.
Image Credit: Anna Nordstrom, Talbragar Silo Dubbo (detail), 2020, Linoleum and pressed metal, image courtesy of artist.
This is a HomeGround exhibition, produced by WPCC and supported by Orana Arts and Wingewarra Dental.
Image Credit: Anna Nordstrom, Talbragar Silo Dubbo (detail), 2020, Linoleum and pressed metal, image courtesy of artist.
Sang into Existence: Anna Nordstrom
Anna Nordstrom Behind the Scenes, 2020,
HomeGround: Ronnie Grammatica
200 Years On is a photographic survey documenting a cross section
of communities in regional NSW. Inspired by the 1818 Macquarie River
expedition of British explorer John Oxley, Grammatica travelled
between Port Macquarie and Dubbo, producing portraits of the
individuals he encountered along the way. By acknowledging his
own cultural heritage and the challenges of creating a sense of
belonging in a new country, Grammatica utilises portraiture to explore
the cultural identities and stories of individuals and places, in turn
revealing a diverse and interconnected human landscape.
Grammatica uses photography as a conduit to catalogue and
reflect on societal changes whilst highlighting the growing diversity
of regional NSW. The portraits in 200 Years On emphasise the
importance and contributions each individual has made to our rapidly
changing society.
Ronnie Grammatica lives and works in Crescent Head, NSW.
200 Years On is a HomeGround exhibition, WPCC’s emerging
regional artist program. The HomeGround program is supported by
Orana Arts.
Image: Ronnie Grammatica, Gurinder, 2019, Ink jet on matte art paper. Image courtesty of the artist
of communities in regional NSW. Inspired by the 1818 Macquarie River
expedition of British explorer John Oxley, Grammatica travelled
between Port Macquarie and Dubbo, producing portraits of the
individuals he encountered along the way. By acknowledging his
own cultural heritage and the challenges of creating a sense of
belonging in a new country, Grammatica utilises portraiture to explore
the cultural identities and stories of individuals and places, in turn
revealing a diverse and interconnected human landscape.
Grammatica uses photography as a conduit to catalogue and
reflect on societal changes whilst highlighting the growing diversity
of regional NSW. The portraits in 200 Years On emphasise the
importance and contributions each individual has made to our rapidly
changing society.
Ronnie Grammatica lives and works in Crescent Head, NSW.
200 Years On is a HomeGround exhibition, WPCC’s emerging
regional artist program. The HomeGround program is supported by
Orana Arts.
Image: Ronnie Grammatica, Gurinder, 2019, Ink jet on matte art paper. Image courtesty of the artist
Ronnie Grammatica Artist Talk
Ronnie Grammatica Artist Talk
ScoreBoard
Our Scoreboard program raises awareness for a range of Community support agencies and has become focal point for the connection between community art and social wellness.
2020 was a trying time for our youth, facing numerous challenges with their education and community participation during COVID-19. This artwork is acknowledging their resilience and ability to “Bounce Back” from these tough times. They were asked "what do you do to make yourself feel better / bounce back?".
This mural was created by the youth of Dubbo, from the drawing and design, to painting and colour choice. Dubbo young people also contributed to this piece at a community run ‘Bouncing Back’ event held in January 2021. This was a partnership with Uniting Community Care, Headspace, PCYC, Dubbo Police and the WPCC
2020 was a trying time for our youth, facing numerous challenges with their education and community participation during COVID-19. This artwork is acknowledging their resilience and ability to “Bounce Back” from these tough times. They were asked "what do you do to make yourself feel better / bounce back?".
This mural was created by the youth of Dubbo, from the drawing and design, to painting and colour choice. Dubbo young people also contributed to this piece at a community run ‘Bouncing Back’ event held in January 2021. This was a partnership with Uniting Community Care, Headspace, PCYC, Dubbo Police and the WPCC
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