UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

One 2 One: Van Wonderland and Wrapped

Saturday February 27 – Sunday April 4 (6 weeks)

Opening Friday February 26, 6pm

Van Wonderland

Curator: Dr Astrid Wooton

Associate Curator: Alan Moyle

Van Wonderland is an exhibition of works by contemporary crafts practitioners exploring a mysterious world of not-quite-real objects and creatures based upon historic western perceptions of Tasmania – Van Diemen’s Land – as a distant and little-known island at the far reaches of the globe.

Wrapped

Artist: Jill Ferrall

An exhibition of large handmade, paper - based wall hangings, the work is an expression of the artist’s research into the cultural and heritage values associated with mourning. The beautifully crafted pieces, some with hand painted surfaces reference iconic fabric shapes that are associated with traditional women’s wrapped forms.

Youth Art Exhibition North West Tasmania

Saturday April 10 – Sunday April 25 (2 weeks)

Opening Friday April 9, 6pm

Curator: Devonport Regional Gallery in collaboration with the Zone Youth Centre

This exhibition, featuring artworks selected by a committee will run in conjunction with Youth Week, 10 – 18 April. The theme for the 2010 Youth Week is ‘Live it Now’. Young people will have the opportunity to express their ideas and views through the creative act of art making. The exhibition aims to promote community awareness and focus on issues of concern to young people, while at the same time encouraging innovation and excellence in the visual arts. 

NW Art Circle Annual Exhibition 

Saturday May 1 – Sunday May 16 (2 weeks)

Opening Friday 6pm April 30, 6pm

The NW Art Circle annual exhibition is presented under the Gallery’s Exhibition and Public Programming mission to provide opportunities for local artists. The exhibition showcases recent works by NW Art Circle members for a two week period. Within the exhibition period members also present weekend workshops, demonstrations and fundraisers including an art auction.

Understory

May 22 – June 20 (4 weeks)

Opening Friday May 21, 6pm

Curator Dr Troy Ruffels

This is a group exhibition of artworks by Australian and New Zealand artists which looks at natural and cultural relationships within art and science.

Sounds of Silence

Photographs from the Robinson Collection

June 26 - July 25 (4 weeks)

Opening Friday June 25, 6pm

Curator Dr Ellie Ray

The Robinson Collection consists of thousands of negatives made by the Robinson family from 1926 up to the 1980’s and forms a part of the Permanent Collection. Bert Robinson and his son Albert created both studio portraiture and outdoor photographs. Director Ellie Ray will select negatives from the Collection that reflect the diverse array of musicians and musical events photographed by Bert and Albert Robinson within the NW region. Prints will be made from the negatives for exhibition and will add to the Permanent Collection’s photographic archives. 

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft

Liz Williamson – Living Treasure 2008

July 31 – August 29 (4 weeks)

Opening Friday July 30, 6pm

Born in 1949 in Maryborough, textile artist, Liz Williamson spent years learning about textiles from her mother and through extensive travels throughout Asia in the 1970s. Williamson studied textile design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and in 1985 established her own weaving studio in Sydney.

Williamson has exhibited in numerous exhibitions both in Australia and abroad. She has been an influential mentor in the field of textiles and is currently Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Textiles at the School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Local Colour

Solo Commission

Lucy Bleach

September 4 – October 10 (5 weeks)

Opening Friday September 3, 6pm

Lucy Bleach is a practicing artist and part-time lecturer in Sculpture at the University of Tasmania, School of Art, Hobart. By collecting spores from local sites and cultivating them in a purpose-built environment in the gallery, the artist aims to highlight 'the way we inhabit a space, the way place envelopes us, and the unseen links between these things that bind us.'

Polytechnic

October 16 – November 21 (5 weeks)

Opening Friday October 15, 6pm

Curator: Devonport Regional Gallery in collaboration with Polytechnic staff

The Gallery is committed to providing and promoting art education both at the Gallery and through outreach programs at local schools, Polytechnics and University. This exhibition is the culmination of a collaboration between Gallery staff and Polytechnic staff and students. It presents a selection of works across a range of media including photography, jewellery, printmaking, painting and design in wood by students studying at the Polytechnic.

Tidal: City of Devonport Art Award $15 000 Major Acquisitive Award

December 4 – January 26 2011 (7 weeks)

Opening Friday December 3, 6pm

The Tidal award is hosted by the Devonport Regional Gallery and funded through the Devonport City Council and the DRG Friends Committee. The national award is open to artists whose 2D work in any medium, represents a response to our contemporary relationship and connection to the sea, coastal regions and communities.

Once a non-acquisitive award, Tidal is now acquisitive with an increase in the Major Award from $10 000 to $15 000. There is no longer a Tasmanian Award, however the People's Choice Award remains at $1 000.