1 Feb - 2 Mar 2014
With over ninety works drawn from major institutions and private collections, The Three O’s: Orban, Olsen & Ogburn, reassesses the creative paths of three unique artists.
This touring exhibition explores the legacy of Desiderius Orban and that of two of his students, John Ogburn and John Olsen. Both later taught at Orban’s studio before blazing their own trails in Australian Art.
10 Jan - 2 Mar 2014
...Do you take the scenic route when you go on a road trip? Or do you take the highway?
Focusing on the area of the Hunter Valley, Rebecca Rath takes us on the scenic route through many of the local towns within the valley.
Having painted over 150 small documentary style oil paintings, Rath's large installation will take you back to your childhood…. when a road trip meant the long route with many stops until your destination.
26 Nov - 14 Dec 2013
Muswellbrook Red Cross is again holding a Christmas display at the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre with the competition for Christmas Wreaths and Christmas Trees. An ever popular biannual exhibition and real joy on the exhibition calendar.
02 Nov - 19 Dec 2013
The annual show of peace poster designs by the students of the Muswellbrook primary schools.
02 Nov - 19 Dec 2013
Works from the recent pastel workshops conducted at the Arts Centre by Murrurundi artist Jean Davies
02 Nov - 19 Dec 2013
The recent sad passing of one of Australia’s greatest abstractionist artists is the impetus for this exhibition of paintings from the Max Watters Collection. John Peart was a much loved and admired painter and a long-time member of the Wedderburn artists’ community to south-west Sydney.
02 Nov - 19 Dec 2013
Muswellbrook Local Art Awards for 2013 is an annual event highlighting the depth and talent of the Upper Hunter Region’s extraordinary creativity. With prize money totalling $5,000.00 spread across five categories over 150 entries have arrived at the Arts Centre this week from artists based in Muswellbrook, Singleton and Upper Hunter Shires, making the task of this year’s judge Dr John Barnes, Director of Cessnock Regional Art Gallery, very difficult indeed.
14 September - 27 October 2013
For the first time in the Arts Centre’s history all the ceramic artists represented in the Permanent Collections will be on display.
The School of Arts Gallery will feature a cornucopia of clay, from the exquisite insect vase of local Denman artist Nicola Purcell (from the Max Watters Collection) to the abstract coal sculpture of Sydney’s William Lungas (winner of the Muswellbrook Art Prize for Ceramics in 2009) and will include nationally well-known ceramic artists such as Greg Daly, Aleksander Danko, Lorraine Jenyns, Michael Keighery, Gudrun Klix, Janet Mansfield, Danie Mellor, Ray Taylor and Peter Tilley.
14 September - 27 October 2013
Exhibitions of miniature painting by local artists have been a regular feature on the Arts Centre exhibition programme for over two decades.
Now in its 16th iteration the ‘spirit of miniaturisation’ is alive and well with Miniatures XVI. The universal appeal for miniature art continues to be strong with the concept having been expanded to include not only painting but also embroidery, photography, sculpture and ceramics as well as all subject matters.
14 September - 27 October 2013
Jean Davies - Follow the Page will take you on a journey down the Pages River from its source West of Murrurundi to its junction with the Hunter River South of Segenhoe. Davies’s affinity with the Upper Hunter and, most importantly, the Pages River is clear in this series of watercolour, ink and pastel works.
