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EXHIBITIONP R O G R A M

GYMPIE REGIONAL GALLERY

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Housed in the historic 1905 School of Arts building, the Gympie Regional Gallery celebrates the role that learning through the arts can build a creative community and offers a variety of programs, events and workshops. School and community groups are encouraged to book a tour and accompanying art activities can also be arranged.

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We love our volunteers and they are an extremely important part of the Gallery performing duties in various roles including customer service at the front desk and exhibition installations. Enquire today about being a volunteer to share or upgrade your skills. Connect with us online: gympie.qld.gov.au/galleryfacebook.com/GympieRegionalGalleryinstagram.com/gympieregionalgallery

Photo credit: Leeroy Todd Photography

The Dance Goes On 15 January - 15 February 2020 The Gympie Times Exhibition Space

Sally Spencer’s major retrospective displays fragments from past installations shown extensively in the regional galleries in Queensland.

Sally graduated from Art College in London in 1967 as a sculptor, and started on installations in 1987, incorporating movement through working with dancers.

Using clay as the major part of her practice, ‘the stuff of earth’, Sally explores symbolism as a powerful way of conveying ideas and meaning.

Paper, Scissors, Rock 15 January - 15 February 2020 Gallery 3

Works on paper by Canberra based artist Julie Bradley which draw on the rich layers of meaning and symbolism associated with stones.

Within different cultures, stones have been used to represent permanence and strength, to celebrate and memorialise as well as to mark births and deaths, express love and hate.

They are also respected for their practical uses, to both build up and to break down.

Using the techniques of collage and drawing, Julie creates works on paper which investigate the idea of connectedness and express aspects of an emotional landscape and states of being.

Mother lode panel 2018, Julie Bradley

Fertile Crescent (detail), 2008, Sally Spencer

Women United 19 February - 14 March 2020 The Gympie Times Exhibition Space

Images of women marching, calling out injustice and inequality, provoked a photographic response from local artist, Charmaine Lyons. In a portraiture gallery of two hundred extraordinary/ordinary women, Charmaine captures the essence and the voice of each subject as Women United. With diverse images of women in their own spaces, we are challenged to reflect on and respond to, the embodied story in each portrait.

Lace 19 February - 14 March 2020 Hugo Du Rietz Gallery

Mary Elizabeth Barron creates an ethereal environment exploring themes of traditional ‘female’ handicrafts and environmental concerns.

This is achieved through the creation of large scale bobbin lace pieces made from clear plastic bags displayed in a way as to allow visitors to become immersed within the exhibition.

Inspired by the Mary River, an installation of artwork will adorn the Gallery veranda.

Lace (detail), courtesy of the artist.

Constellations 19 February - 14 March 2020

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Local film-maker and artist Jazmyn Bowman, under the mentorship of award-winning multimedia artist Donna Maree Robinson, celebrates women who broke the ceiling, prioritised bravery and trusted their visions. Supported by WINDO.

Image courtesy of the artist

Supported by Gympie & Districts Community Bank, Ilford Papers, Living Image Fine Art Printing and WINDO.

Robert MacPherson: Boss Drovers 18 March - 24 April 2020

The Gympie Times Exhibition Space

This touring installation of 200 drawings is only a fragment of the 2400 individual sheets Robert MacPherson made over two decades that together form the single huge work ‘BOSS DROVERS’ 1996–2014.

Robert MacPherson / Australia b. 1937 / 1000 Frog Poems: 1000 Boss Drovers (“Yellow Leaf Falling”) For H.S. (detail) 1996-2014 / Graphite, ink and stain on paper / 2400 sheets: 30 x 42.5cm (each)

Purchased 2014 with funds from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation, Paul and Susan Taylor, and Donald and Christine McDonald. Courtesy the artist and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / Photograph: Natasha Harth, QAGOMA

The Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art is delighted to make this work from its collection available for audiences throughout the state, along with a digital interactive that allows viewers to investigate ‘BOSS DROVERS’ in its entirety.

Mulga Bill’s Bicycle 18 March - 24 April 2020

Hugo Du Rietz Gallery

A collection of 11 panels illustrating Banjo Patterson’s famous verse Mulga Bill’s Bicycle. Each panel brings a different set of lines to life and the panels are arranged in sequence to take the viewer on his/her own journey with Mulga Bill. Presented by the Darling Downs Textile Art Group.

The Working Shed 18 March - 24 April 2020

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This exhibition of paintings by prize-winning artist Christine Porter, describes the iconic Australian shearing shed at its busiest.

As well as her familiar shearing shed imagery, chosen from several recent projects, the exhibition includes artwork about the shearers and shed-hands working these sheds. Women and men who, once or twice a year, turn these amazingly still and peaceful buildings into a feast of well-rehearsed activity.

Robyn Anderson, 2016

The Painted Shearer, 2018, Christine Porter

Arlo Mountford Deep Revolt 29 April - 20 June 2020

The Gympie Times Exhibition Space

Working across video, sculpture and drawing, Arlo Mountford’s practice questions our individual and collective memories of the artistic canon. His works form a dense trove of art historical references that playfully probe the terms in which we engage with art and the way meaning can be twisted, all through a contemporary lens. A Goulburn Regional Art Gallery exhibition toured by Museums & Galleries of NSW. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Ways of Seeing: Gympie Messmate Park 29 April - 20 June 2020

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A collection of work by inspired by the WN Buchanan Messmate Park, located at Kia Ora, by the Gympie Regional Gallery Tuesday Art Group.

This four hectare natural bushland features a stunning example of remnant vegetation, including the giant Gympie Messmate.

The artists explore individual ways of seeing and responding to place. Curated by Anne Harris.

Murder in the Museum (still), 2005, single channel digital animation, 4:3 aspect ratio, stereo sound, 4.27 minutes. Image courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery Melbourne.

Image credit: Nonie Metzler

Come and visit the Gallery ShopThe Gallery has a unique gift shop, stocking jewellery pieces, hand-made ceramics, glass and textile wares made by local and regional artists focusing on individuality, environment and sustainability. Open during normal Gallery hours.

Gallery Tours and FunctionsSpecial guided tours can be arranged for your community group with morning tea and a craft activity. Gallery spaces can be hired for private functions and workshops.

Workshops and EventsA range of creative workshop opportunities are offered for adults and children at the Gallery including art groups that meet weekly and a Holiday Fun program during each school holiday period.

Full details are listed in the Workshops and Events guide published quarterly, available online or you can pick one up next time you visit.

Concept Design by Bark Architects

Located at 39 Nash Street Gympie PO Box 155, Gympie QLD 4570

Phone 1300 307 800 | gympie.qld.gov.au/gallery

Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm

Parking at rear | Lift and disabled access Closed public holidays | Entry is free

Cover image: Arlo Mountford, 100 Years (detail of still), 2016, single channel digital animation,

7.1 surround sound, mixed media installation, 100 minutes. Image courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery Melbourne.