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Conversations: Art & Dementia 2019
At MRAG we offer engaging social tours of current exhibitions and art spaces, tailored specifically for people living with dementia and their carers. The tours are guided by art therapist, Nicole Lemaitre who delivers a program which encourages discussions, self expression, stories, and laughter, enabling visitors to express their thoughts and emotions. Morning tea is included to encourage lively participation.
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Charles Blackman, Untitled (Reclining girl with flowers) [detail], 1976, pastel on paper on canvas, 156 x 185.5cm, Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2012.
Charles Blackman | from the Maitland Regional Art Gallery Collection
Charles Blackman was one of Australia’s iconic artists, forging a significant career from his very first solo exhibition in 1952. Blackman was also a strong supporter of Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG) and, since 2005, had donated more than 280 works on paper and paintings to the MRAG Collection. Many of the works in this...
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Lucas Davidson, Casual Forces, 2019, Mixed media, installation detail.
Lucas Davidson | Casual Forces
Lucas Davidson has created the site specific exhibition Casual Forces for the two levels of the Art Factory exhibition space. Using mirrored surfaces, geometric shapes, repetition and scale Casual Forces aims to challenge viewer perception, questioning the identification and interpretation of the work and the surrounding environment. Casual Forces invites a slower kind of looking...
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David Griggs, Zoloft Nation (self portrait) [detail], 2009, acrylic on canvas, 282 x 232cm. Germanos Collection, Sydney. Image courtesy the artist.
David Griggs | Between Nature & Sin*
David Griggs explores the darker undercurrents of human existence. His work, predominately portraiture, focuses on the human condition; drawing on political imagery, underground media, local histories and personal experience. Famous for his bold anarchistic approach, Griggs takes the everyday and flips it to expose the cracks, exhuming the raw undercurrent of a society. He documents...
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Alysha Fewster, Am My Place series, 2017
Alysha Fewster | Cubby House
The building of a cubby in the bush is easily overlooked as childish and insignificant. However the interaction between a person and their environment is far from trivial. By being in and interacting with the ecosystems around them, a child is given the opportunity to take on a knowledge of the natural world and develop...
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Cutler Footway, My north, 2016–17, acrylic on canvas, 150 × 150cm
Cutler Footway | My North
In 2003 and at the height of his career, Australian art critic and broadcaster, Bruce James, left Sydney and returned to his home town of Ayr in the Burdekin delta in Queensland and became the painter Cutler Footway. My North features both the expansive landscapes of the artist’s home and still life studies in a...
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Samuel Liddicoat, Pup in the City (detail), 2018, Goolgowi PS, Year 2
Operation Art
Operation Art is an exhibition of 50 selected artworks by students from schools across New South Wales who have been invited to create uplifting works for other children. The exhibition is an initiative of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in association with the NSW Department of Education and will include artworks by students from Hunter...
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Art and Heritage Tour
We love sharing information about the Gallery, it's history and the exhibitions on display. Explore the Gallery at your own pace using the Art and Heritage Audio Tour available at reception desk, and as a free app Or get in touch to organise a guided tour with one of the Gallery team members.
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