6 February - 14 March 2010

MAIN SPACE

MOMENTUM: 18TH TAMWORTH FIBRE TEXTILE BIENNIAL

From the early 1970s the Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial has continued to provide audiences with an exciting and vibrant survey exhibition of contemporary fibre textiles. Artists from across Australia have been selected to participate in this year’s exhibition. Curator Valerie Kirk, has put together an exhibition that looks at the influences new technologies have had on traditional fibre textile practice and how artists have combined their individual practice to incorporate these new techniques.

A Tamworth Regional Gallery exhibition toured by Museums and Galleries NSW.
This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia.

Melissa Hirsch    

Red / Orange Staghorn Coral 2006

Fishing line

350mm x 400mm x 230mm

Image credit: Lou Farina

6 February - 23 May

NEW MEDIA SPACE

PROJEKT VIDEO ART ARCHIVES

Curated by video-artist Brendan Lee, Projekt Video Art Archives shows the evolution of video art through a plethora of moving image works reflecting Australia’s diversity. The Projekt Video Art Archives contains Australian video art works exhibited between 1998 and 2003 in commercial, public and artist run galleries.

With cultural centres now dedicated to the moving image, and most public institutions screening video art in their programs, it was felt that an archive should be set up from the grass roots level.

Sue Dodd

Fears for Spears? Gossip Pop

Video Still

Image © Sue Dodd

19 December - 14 March 2010

REGIONAL ART SPACE

LATENT: LARA SCOLARI

Latent - the present and accessible in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed.

The works in this exhibition are a series of emotional portraits. Developed over a 12-month period, the works act as snapshots of the psyche and the latent emotions that exist within each of us. Using the vocabulary of abstract expressionism, the painted surfaces suggest the removal of skin in order to examine what lies underneath, revealing the energy, confusion, and emotion of our inner life.

Lara Scolari

Latent 5 2008-9

Image © Lara Scolari

12 December 2009 - 14 February 2010

CHILDREN'S GALLERY

WASTE TO ART

The annual Waste to Art compettion takes up residence in the Chidlren's Gallery. This highly anticipated exhibtiion presents artworks created by members of the community using found or discarded materials.

Suzannah Babicci

Homo Sapien’s Fray

Found rubber (tyres)

Community – 3 Dimensional

12 December 2009 - 18 April 2010

PROJECT SPACE

WORKING THE FRAMES: THE DUBBO REGIONAL GALLERY COLLECTION

Working the Frames is a walk through the Dubbo Regional Gallery collection using the NSW Visual Arts syllabus as our guide. The exhibition examines "The Frames", a set of guidelines for interpreting artworks. These allow students (and general audiences) to analyse works and discover meanings and provide contexts for artworks.

Lynn Winters

Elephant (Hiding) 1989

Petit - point embroideries using Danish Flower thread on even weave linen

Image: 10.01 x 10.28 cm Frame: 30.94 x 30.94 cm
Dubbo Collection Regional Gallery. Image © Lynn Winters

MAIN MUSEUM

PEOPLE PLACES POSSESSIONS: DUBBO STORIES
Dubbo means red ochre. The city dwells in red soil western plains, infused with pastoral light and productivity. This place breathes the energy and passion of its people, past and present. We all experience place by moving through it, all our senses alive to its shifting shapes and moods. This sense of place is created through the entanglements of nature and culture, past and future dreams, shared stories and collective memory.

In this exhibition we explore pastoral landscapes with symbols of agriculture and family ambition. Dubbo streetscapes reveal the changing facades of shops and the hidden stories within. Storytellers spin yarns about Dubbo events and identities. There are many objects from the old Dubbo Museum, material traces of past lives and aspirations. They speak in eloquent silence about people, place and possessions.

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Installation view:
People Places Possessions: Dubbo Stories