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Code Breakers
Are you good at solving puzzles? Do you think that you can locate some hidden features in the art gallery? If so, grab yourself a clipboard with Code Breaker from the art gallery Front Desk and use the clues to break the code!
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Free Art Sundays for All Ages
Every Sunday families are invited to drop into the art gallery for free art activities inspired by the exhibitions on display. Our activities are designed for kids of all ages, and as a family you can all join in and get creative. Each activity takes around half an hour to complete.
Art Sunday is staffed by qualified art teachers. The workshop is designed to encourage parents and children to add to their experience of the gallery by accessing hands-on activities in a family friendly environment.
Please note: children cannot be left unattended during Art Sundays
Art Materials proudly supported by CleverPatch
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Michael Cook, Civilised #11 (detail), 2012, Inkjet print on archival Hahnemuhle cotton paper, 99 x 86.5cm, Maitland Regional Art Gallery Collection, Donated under the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Penelope Seidler, 2019 © the artist
Unfolding Time – Penelope Seidler’s Gift to Maitland
Penelope Seidler AM has an intrinsic and layered connection to Maitland. This exhibition unfolds those layers to reveal Penelope Seidler's love of art, her support of artists, her generosity and her ties to Maitland - a personal connection that began more than a century ago in East Maitland where her father, Clive Raleigh Evatt QC...
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Brett Piva, Remnants before the Tasman (detail), 2019, acrylic, approximately 5m x 17m.
Brett Piva | Remnants before the Tasman
If you stroll along High Street in an easterly direction you cannot miss Brett Piva’s immense mural on the side of the Gallery building. Commissioned to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Gallery’s redevelopment the Artist was asked to take inspiration from this milestone. Piva believes the beauty of abstract art is that it...
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Teresa Purnell, Red-bellied Black Snake, 2015, Watercolour on Arches, 48 x 30cm
Teresa Purnell | SnakeAbout
Volunteer snake catcher, educator and natural history illustrator Teresa Purnell presents an exhibition of serpentine splendour.
Teresa’s passion for the conservation of snakes and reptiles drives the artworks in the exhibition SnakeAbout. The detailed natural history illustrations are seen as a tool for teaching people about the peaceful and safe co-existence with reptiles.
Arone Meeks, Mabo 25 & Big Wet Community (detail), 2018, mixed Media, 183.2 x 61.2cm, photo by Carl Warner
Legacy: Reflections on Mabo
Legacy: Reflections on Mabo celebrates the man behind the game-changing Native Title Act, Eddie Koiki Mabo. Co-curated by Gail Mabo, Dr Jonathan McBurnie and Kellie Williams (Director of Umbrella Studio), the exhibition brings together a selection of over 20 works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists in the spirit of reconciliation, twenty-five years after the historic achievement....
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Edward Milan, Learning to Speak (detail), mixed media, dimensions variable
Edward Milan | Learning to Speak
Milan’s work comes from an obsession of making things by hand. He has a passion for the everyday, the commonplace, the raw, the hands on, the gritty world of making things that talk about the who, the how and the why of us.
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Nicola Hensel and John Turier | Kalliope Calliope
Between the wheezing song of the carousel and the voice of the muse of epic poetry lies the land of Nicola Hensel and John Turier. For twenty six years their home and studio have produced a steady stream of sculptures, drawings, songs and offspring who make things. This show brings their practices together for the...
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Dale Forward, The Mountain (detail), pen on paper, 29.7 x 21cm
Dale Forward | Warlock
Dale Forward is a Newcastle based artist and comic creator. Predominantly working in ink, though also delving into painting and digital illustration on occasion, Forward’s work is characterised by its dark fantasy themes and explorations into interactive elements. The title Warlock is drawn from Forward’s 2018 interactive comic of the same title that readers are...
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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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