2021 exhibition program relaunched No images? Click here 2021 Saltwater Freshwater Finalist, Brentyn Lugnan with Gallery Curator, Chloe Waters in front of fellow 2021 finalist Y.O.W.A’s Window Thief 2020. Image by Brendan Ray. We are reopening soon!Dear Art Lover, We are thrilled to announce Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery will reopen to the public on Saturday 12 June after a temporary closure to assess and repair damage caused by a burst water pipe in the Rigby House building in March. Our team has been busy behind the scenes during the forced closure to reschedule an enticing program of exhibitions in the our gallery’s 20th Anniversary year. It has certainly been an eventful twenty years, and we’re so appreciative of our community and exhibiting artists for their ongoing support, particularly during the last couple of months. On June 12 as we officially relaunch our 20th Anniversary Program with the opening of the 2021 Saltwater Freshwater Aboriginal Art Award and Contemporary Cultural Objects Exhibition. It is the third time we have partnered with Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance to present the biennial exhibition, celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture, spanning the Worimi, Biripi, Dunghutti and Gumbaynggirr nations. The Gallery’s signature art prize, STILL: National Still Life Award 2021 will follow and open in August. The $30,000 major prize will be announced on August 14 by guest judge, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE, followed by the exhibition of finalists until 23 October. Our third STILL is our biggest and best yet with a record number of entries and we will be announcing our finalists soon. The White Bluff Project has been rescheduled to be our home-grown summer blockbuster exhibition, for an extended period from 30 October 2021 to15 January 2022. This highly anticipated project has been years in the making and is a fitting close for our Anniversary year: showcasing a unique, artist led project, born right here in Coffs Harbour that resonates far further abroad. We look forward to bringing the culmination of this project alive in the Gallery for the community and collaborators to experience and celebrate together. Find out more about this local art, science and community collaboration, and the significant site of White Bluff, at www.thewhitebluffproject.co. You can also follow them on Facebook and Instagram. Stay tuned as we share more details about our upcoming exhibitions as part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations. In the meantime while we wait for the Gallery to open, please visit our pop-up space, Culture Hub, on level one in Coffs Central Shopping Centre. Currently on show until May 29 is the Sikh Heritage Museum Takeover: Early Settlers to Bridal Glamour. Open Tuesdays to Saturdays 10am-4pm. Best wishes The Gallery Team STAY CONNECTED & GET SOCIALAll Welcome: |