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Archer Thistle, Untitled, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200mm. Special Education Unit, Quirindi High School.
WALAAYBAA (HOME) is a regional outreach education program that delivers sustained educational content and experiences introducing local Aboriginal art practice to primary school teachers, students and their wider communities.
Anne Hayes, Banksia serrata, old man banksia, gabiirr (Guugu Yimithirr), (detail) 2017. Watercolour on paper, 63 x 45 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Artistic Endeavour: Contemporary botanical artists’ response to the legacy of Banks, Solander and Parkinson marks the 250th anniversary of the HMB Endeavour’s voyage along the east coast of Australia. Scientists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, together with illustrator Sydney Parkinson, gathered and recorded many “… curious plants [they] met with on shore”.
Image:
Chad Morgan 2018
Oil on linen on board
170 x 180 cm
Photographer Mick Richards, Photography
Tamworth Country Music Festival is 50 years old in January 2022. As a celebration of this milestone, Tamworth Regional Gallery is presenting an exhibition, Take me home to Tamworth, that interprets Tamworth’s place at the heart of Australian country music. Click here for more...