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Just Paper – Official Opening
May 2, 2015 | 12:00 am
Councillor Peter Blackmore, Mayor of the City of Maitland, the Councillors of Maitland City Council together with Joseph Eisenberg OAM, Cultural Director of Maitland Regional Art Gallery warmly invite you to
Just paper
A festival of 8 exhibitions including the work of more than 250 artists, over 100 events, 2 public art installations and 1 big party!
To be officially opened by
Professor the Hon. Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
1.30 – 4.30 pm | Saturday 2 May 2015
Afternoon tea served from 3.30 pm
Exhibitions
The piano has been drinking (not me):
A parting gift to the City of Maitland
by Joe Eisenberg and 170 artists and donors
An empty chair: 10 years of paper
A spotlight on the MRAG Collection
over the last decade
The Maitland Wonder: Les Darcy
Les Darcy images from the MRAG Collection
Taking on Les Darcy: Mr Skel
Larger than life size stencils of the great man himself at the High Street Entrance
Showcase No3
Artwork by Year 7-12 local high school students
Ascendance: Trevor Weekes
A stellar art installation of ascending birds
inside the art gallery
On the make: a collection story
The ongoing love affair between the MRAG
Collection and its donors as told through a unique suite of silkscreen prints donated by Michael Hobbs
A gallery of people: looking back
A tribute to the people of MRAG over the last
decade through the lens of the Maitland Mercury and MRAG awards and publications
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