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EXHIBITIONS |
| Current exhibition |
| YOU CARRY IT WITH YOU |
| HRAG JUBILEE HALL 21 ROBERTS AVENUE |
| 19 April - 15 June2013 |
The Horsham Regional Art Gallery proudly presents You carry it with You , investigating the idea that our experiences of the Wimmera, its vast sky, rivers, lakes and open plain, are carried with us where ever we go. This exhibition celebrates those influences on the art practice of; Marion Borgelt, Jill Orr and Simone Slee through photography, painting and sculpture and the knowledge of Elders; Aunty Hazel McDonald, Aunty Irene Harrison, Aunty Nancy Harrison and Aunty Faye Marks, through their collaborative project the Wotjobaluk cloak. |
| - Presented with support from Quota, Horsham as part of Art is of our land 2013 festival. |
| From the Wimmera to the Worldimmera to the World |
| Friday 19 April, 6.30pm |
| Wimmera Trade Training Centre , Baillie Street, Horsham |
| From the Wimmera to the World , a fundraising dinner to celebrate the artist Marion Borgelt and place her work in the Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection. Marion Borgelt's artistic career has seen her artwork exhibited in Paris, Limerick, Toronto, Venice, Tokyo, and New York, as well as throughout Australia. As her career and practice has developed she has carried with her the formative experiences of the family farm just beyond Nhill. Please join us as we celebrate her career, hear about these experiences, and help us fund raise to place her work within the Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection. |
| Food and wine from the Wimmera Tickets $80 Bookings contact Leticia 5362 2888. |
| Celebrate with us |
| Saturday 20 April, 6pm |
| HRAG Jubilee Hall , 21 Roberts Avenue |
Join the Gallery team and the exhibiting artists as we launch You carry it with You. Refreshments provided, all welcome.e. |
| Meet the Aunties immera to the World 3 |
| Sunday 5 May, 3pm |
| HRAG Jubilee Hall, 21 Roberts Avenue |
| At the heart of aboriginal identity is an understanding that the land and the people are one, made from the same earth. Celebrate the Wotjobaluk cloak with its makers, Elders; Aunty Hazel McDonald, Aunty Irene Harrison, Aunty Nancy Harrison and Aunty Faye Marks. Hear the Aunties share their knowledge and talk through the making of the cloak, as part of their contemporary engagement with this Indigenous cultural practice. |
| Refreshments provided, all welcome. |
| Meet the Aunties immera to the World |
| Monday 3 June, Mabo Day, 10am |
| HRAG Jubilee Hall, 21 Roberts Avenue |
| At the heart of aboriginal identity is an understanding that the land and the people are one, made from the same earth. Celebrate the Wotjobaluk cloak with its makers, Elders; Aunty Hazel McDonald, Aunty Irene Harrison, Aunty Nancy Harrison and Aunty Faye Marks. Hear the Aunties share their knowledge and talk through the making of the cloak, as part of their contemporary engagement with this Indigenous cultural practice. |
| Refreshments provided, all welcome. |
IMAGE CREDIT: Simone SLEE , How Long? No. 63 , from the series How long can l hold this up? 2008 – ongoing, pigment print on Hahnemuhle 188gsm archival photo rag paper, 91x 62 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Sarah Scout Gallery, Marion BORGELT , Lunar Swell: No. 2 , 2010, hoop pine ply, duck egg shell, beeswax, MDF, polyurethane, 35 x 178 x 15cm, Courtesy of Fehily Contemporary, Jill ORR , Southern Cross – to bear and behold, Burning 2007, ink jet print on crane silver rag paper, 94 x 160cm, Courtesy of the artist and Jenny Port Gallery, Aunty Hazel MCDONALD, Aunty Irene HARRISON, Aunty Nancy HARRISON, Aunty Faye MARKS , Wotjobaluk Cloak , 2005, possum pelts, cotton cord, dimensions variable, Courtesy of the Elders and photographer Michael Carver. |
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