Tamworth Regional Gallery

Ema Shin Ema Shin and Tamworth Textile Artists Devoted Body (detail), 2017 Linen, silk, muslin, water-based ink, acrylic ink, cotton thread, woodblock print, block print, urauchi (Chine-collé), natural dye, embroidery 1800 x 2600 mm

Exhibition Tour. OPEN HOUSE: 3rd Tamworth Textile Triennial 2017

This exhibition celebrates the open-ended nature of textiles practice today. All of the participant artists’ works are linked with things outside of themselves and their studios. Through the process of creating, talking and exhibiting, the artists join together with visitors as equal participants in an open house where all ideas and responses are welcome. Click here for more...

28 July 2018 - 23 August 2020

Amelia Grace Langley, North Sydney Girls High School

Art Express Tamworth

Featuring a selection of outstanding student artworks developed for the artmaking component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts 2018,

ARTEXPRESS 2019 provides insight into students’ creativity and the issues important to them.

Free

03 August - 22 September 2019

Rohan's Six Million Dollar Man. Repaired by Benja Harney. Photography by Lee Grant. Image copyright Hotel Hotel.

Object Therapy

ADC On Tour: An Australian Design Centre national touring exhibition

Object Therapy showcases innovative design solutions while exploring the attachments we form with objects. The project encourages us to rethink our habits of material consumption and rethink the role and creative possibilities of repair in society.

Free

07 September - 27 October 2019

Lucy Irvine, Continuous Interruptions, (detail) 2011, Irrigation piping, cable ties, steel, paint, 1150 mm(H) x 1800mm (W) x 1300 mm (D). Purchased in 2011 from Sensorial Loop: 1st Tamworth Textile Triennial for inclusion in the Tamworth Fibre Textile Collection. Photography: Lou Farina, Tamworth.

Exploded Textiles

An Art Gallery of New South Wales Partnership with Tamworth Regional Gallery to coincide with ArtState Tamworth

An exhibition of textile-based works by leading Australian and international contemporary artists, drawn from the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Tamworth Regional Gallery.

Free

28 September - 01 December 2019

Rowen Matthews, A History of Terrible Billy, 2019, oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, in response to Michael Thorley’s poem Terrible Billy.

ART - WORD - PLACE

Arts North West Exhibition, curated by Caroline Downer

Art Word Place focuses on the interplay between text and image. Writers from the Arts North West region have been commissioned to create a short poem based on their home

Free

31 October - 08 December 2019

Hugh Oliveiro Renaissance Child, (detail), 2008, mixed media. Photography Hugh Oliveiro

'OUT OF THIS WORLD'

Hugh Oliveiro

'OUT OF THIS WORLD' is a body of work especially created celebrating fantastic cosmic themes. Using mixed media Hugh creates paintings, objects, and wearable art. Inspiration is derived from ancient cultures, history, myths and legends, music, and more.

Free

07 December 2019 - 02 February 2020

Craige Watson, Tacking Point Lighthouse (detail)

The Wonders of the Night Sky Through Our Eyes

Saturday 7 December 2019 - Sunday 2 February 2020

The Tamworth Regional Astronomy Club, in collaboration with Tamworth Regional Council, is excited to invite you to explore the wonders of the night sky through our eyes.