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Join us for the final month of ‘Twelvefold,’ an exhibition of emerging artists across Ancher House and the Loungeroom Gallery.
In April of 2023, twelve local emerging artists were selected to take part in the inaugural Ancher Points: Emerging Artists Intensive. For one week, the artists met in Ancher House to engage in an exchange of skills and knowledge with artists, mentors, and each other.
Equipped with new tools, relationships, affinities and concepts, the artists embarked on twelve journeys to broaden their practice. In the nine months to follow, those paths looped and intersected, encountered new ideas, and rediscovered others. Nine months on, the artists share their journeys in the culminating exhibition ‘Twelvefold.’
‘Twelvefold’ is on view until Sunday, 28 April.
Ancher Points artists exhibiting in Ancher House: Holly-Lee Dickson, Saskia Everingham, Felix Jackson, Divya Lotliker, Tia Madden
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Image 1, 2, 6, 7: ‘Twelvefold,’ installation views, courtesy the artists, photos: Maja Baska
Image 3: Felix Jackson, ‘Adolescent,’ 2024, courtesy the artist, photo: Emma ( @ember.in.rain )
Image 4, 5: ‘Twelvefold,’ installation views, courtesy the artists.
Join us for the final month of ‘Twelvefold,’ an exhibition of emerging artists across Ancher House and the Loungeroom Gallery.
In April of 2023, twelve local emerging artists were selected to take part in the inaugural Ancher Points: Emerging Artists Intensive. For one week, the artists met in Ancher House to engage in an exchange of skills and knowledge with artists, mentors, and each other.
Equipped with new tools, relationships, affinities and concepts, the artists embarked on twelve journeys to broaden their practice. In the nine months to follow, those paths looped and intersected, encountered new ideas, and rediscovered others. Nine months on, the artists share their journeys in the culminating exhibition ‘Twelvefold.’
‘Twelvefold’ is on view until Sunday, 28 April.
Ancher Points artists exhibiting in the Loungeroom Gallery: Jack Buckley, Chloe Clarke, Chris Hunter, Doris Rainsford, Jacqueline Taylor, Kelcie Bryant-Duguid, Jayniel Villacorta.
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Image 1, 5, 7, 8, ‘Twelvefold,’ installation views, courtesy the artists, photos: Maja Baska
Image 2: Chloe Clarke, ‘Unfurl I,’ 2023, photo: the artist
Image 3, 4, 6, ‘Twelvefold,’ installation views, courtesy the artists.
We are excited to share some of the amazing artworks created by the talented artists attending our term programs!
Each term children develop artmaking techniques, and create artworks inspired by our exhibitions in our Art Adventure and Art Odyssey programs. Our youngest visitors explore the garden and galleries through songs, stories and sensory artmaking in our Bubs and Tots Club programs.
It`s not too late to book your spot for term 2, head over to our website to book now (link in bio): penrithregionalgallery.com.au/event-series/term-workshops
How do we capture an accurate representation of a region at any given moment in time?
There are roughly 750 billion photographs currently in circulation online. Searching for photographs of Penrith will return an adequate, if simplified, image of the physical conditions of our locale; but this is only part of the picture.
‘Between Urgency and Leisure’ presents a multifaceted portrait of Penrith through a selection of photographic works from our collection, alongside newly commissioned additions. Here, Penrith is captured through a broader lens: through documentation of the rapid urbanisation of the region; and through portraits of the communities that call it home.
‘Between Urgency and Leisure’ is on view in the Main Gallery until Sunday, 28 April.
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Installation views, ‘Between Urgency and Leisure,’ Penrith Regional Gallery, 2024, photos courtesy the artists, photos: Maja Baska.
Exhibited artists: Harold David, Max Dupain, Lyndal Irons, Ladstreet, Selina Ou, David Porter, Greg Semu, Craig Walsh, Josh Raymond
We are hiring! Penrith Regional Gallery, Home of The Lewers Bequest is looking for a new Collections Officer.
Reporting to the Director, Visual Arts, the Collections Officer is responsible for the development and implementation of Collection programs to achieve continuous improvements in the conservation, management and access of our cultural assets.
The key responsibilities of this role centre the overseeing of the improvement in management practices and include the planning and implementation of Collection projects including Collection store upgrades and inventory checks. This role is also responsible for managing the cultural gifts program, responding to donation enquiries and supporting outward loans.
The role contributes to artistic programming by identifying display and presentation opportunities for the Gallery’s Collection, whilst supporting the Curator as well as the Learning and Engagement Coordinators on collection-based access and engagement initiatives.
If this sounds like you, we`d love to hear from you. Applications close Sunday 5 May 11.59pm.
For more information and to apply, visit: penrithregionalgallery.com.au/we-are-hiring-collections-officer
We are hiring! Penrith Regional Gallery, Home of The Lewers Bequest is looking for a new Curator.
The Curator is a specialist professional role, requiring in-depth knowledge of contemporary art and art history, utilising excellent relationship-building skills to nurture partnerships with external stakeholders including artists, educators, and other arts institutions, whilst creating programs that engage with a diverse range of audiences and community group.
Project management is a core skill required in this position. As Curator you will be expected to undertake curatorial research and develop exhibitions and other artistic activities that respond to the social and cultural conditions of the Gallery, its histories, and its position in western Sydney.
If this sounds like you, we`d love to hear from you. Applications close Sunday 5 May 11.59pm.
For more information and to apply, visit: penrithregionalgallery.com.au/we-are-hiring-curator
Experience the hidden sounds, tremors, and geological histories of the Greater Blue Mountains region in ‘Tephra,’ as it exhibits for its final month.
Resonating deep within the walls of Lewers House Gallery, Caitlin and Natasha Dubler’s ‘Tephra’ combines fused glass, electroformed bronze, concrete and sound to create an immersive multisensory installation.
‘Tephra’ is exhibiting in Lewers House Gallery until Sunday, 28 April.
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Caitlin Dubler, Natasha Dubler, ‘Tephra,’ installation views, Penrith Regional Gallery, 2024, images courtesy the artists, photos: Maja Baska
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Please note, our Gallery Store is closed for renovation from Tuesday 16 April - Friday 26 April. All other areas on site are open as usual and in the meantime, our reception will be located at the desk in our Main Gallery space.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and we look forward to welcoming you to our newly renovated Gallery Store very soon.
Ladstreet Lives.
We are saddened to hear of the recent passing of Tahmid Nurullah @ladstreet, a leading voice in the west Sydney cultural scene. We have the privilege of presenting a selection of works by Tahmid as part of our current exhibition, Between Urgency and Leisure, on until Sunday 28 April.
Tahmid emerged as one of the leading documentary photographers of Sydney, sharing his place within any number of communities of west Sydney with his audiences. His relentless energy, intelligence and wit will be remembered through his work.
"My work explores how the notion of identity is in fact a reflection of the lived experience and the material world around us. It’s engaging with the various ways our sense of self is articulated and expressed through suffering and joy, and is nurtured with mutualism and community." -Tahmid Nurullah
There’s nothing quite like our Gallery Dodo Birds. Over the years, our Dodos have travelled far and wide across our Gardens, always in a new formation. They’ve been part of morning coffee runs at @cafeatlewers , evening events, and open days.
Next time you stop by the Gallery, make sure to leave your very own, site-specific, Dodo installation artwork — we can’t wait to see your creations!
Last Friday night was full of life and activity at Twilight at Lewers! The evening featured live music from DustyMusic, pop up artisan market with Dengate Leather and LindyLou AU, a range of drop in art making activities in the garden and galleries, and delicious drinks and tapas from @cafeatlewers.
Join us for the next event on Friday 26 April with music from @phildavidsonmusic.
Thank you also to Ngiyampaa and Guringai artist Tarni Eastwood, who shared knowledge of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal weaving techniques in a sold out @nulaweaving Weaving Workshop, with Welcome to Country from Aunty Kerrie Kenton. This was our final program for Simmer: New Movements in Music and Art, an initiative proudly supported by the NSW Government through the Culture Up Late Western Sydney program.
#CultureUpLareWS #culws2023
🐰🐰 EASTER OPENING HOURS 🐰🐰
The Gallery is closed on Friday 29 March and will reopen Saturday 30 March – Monday 1 April from 10am – 4pm.
@cafeatlewers is closed Friday 29 March and will reopen Saturday 30 March – Monday 1 April from 8am – 2pm.
