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    SHAPESHIFTERS Transformative Forms

  • MONOVISION Black and White Photography from the Collection

    MONOVISION Black and White Photography from the Collection

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    Max’s House at No. 5

  • SHAPESHIFTERS Transformative Forms

    SHAPESHIFTERS Transformative Forms

    21 July - August 30, 2020

    Shapeshifters: Transformative Forms explores works of art within the context of the notion of shapeshifting. Typically the stuff of myth and folklore, Shapeshifters possess the ability to change their appearance at will, assuming unexpected forms and existing between the p...

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  • MONOVISION Black and White Photography from the Collection

    MONOVISION Black and White Photography from the Collection

    21 July - August 30, 2020

    Paradoxically, what is added by way of colour is often considered by many to take something away from the photographic image. Black and white photography is revered for its interpretive, timeless quality. Whilst coloured photography is descriptive, the narrowing of paramet...

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  • Art Up Close Issue #8
    Mar 20

    Art Up Close Issue #8

    The eighth edition of Art UpClose. Upcoming exhibitions, workshops, and news on arts across the Upper Hunter.

    Cover image: James Gleeson, Reef 1983 (detail), oil and varnish on linen, 101.5 x 172.5...

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  • Art Up Close Issue #7
    Mar 20

    Art Up Close Issue #7

    The seventh edition of Art UpClose. Upcoming exhibitions, workshops, and news on arts across the Upper Hunter.

    Cover image:, Front cover: Fred Williams, Sherbrooke Forest 1964 (detail), oil on hard...

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  • ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #6 2019
    May 19

    ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #6 2019

    The sixth edition of Art UpClose. Upcoming exhibitions, workshops, and news on arts across the Upper Hunter.

    Cover image: Kiata Mason, Creating the Start of a Feast 2019 (detail), acrylic on canvas...

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  • ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #5 2019
    Jan 19

    ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #5 2019

    Cover image: Caroline McGregor and Samantha Stephenson, More Faith than Fear 2018 (detail), gypsophila, ephemeral installation at Muswellbrook TAFE, NSW.

                 Upcoming exhibitions, workshops,...

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  • 45th Muswellbrook Art Prize – Adjudicator and Finalists Announced
    Feb 18

    45th Muswellbrook Art Prize – Adjudicator and Finalists Announced

    Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre is pleased to announce the finalists of the 45th Muswellbrook Art Prize along with this year’s adjudicator - Tracy Cooper-Lavery, Gallery Director, Gold Coast City ...

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  • ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #4 2018
    Dec 17

    ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #4 2018

    Cover: Peter Atkins, Orange Orchard and River 1991 (detail), oil on canvas tarpaulin, 216 x 215cm; Winner Muswellbrook Art Prize 1991, Painting; Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.

    Upcoming exhibition...

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  • ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #3 2018
    Dec 17

    ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #3 2018


    Cover: Tjala Tjukurpa 2017, Yaritiji Young, acylic on linen.

    Upcoming exhibitions, workshops, and news on arts across the Upper Hunter.

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  • ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #2 2017 (3)
    Dec 17

    ART upCLOSE @ MRAC Issue #2 2017 (3)

    Cover: Cover: Justinas Zozo (Lithuania), King Fisher (details), areosol on canvas.

    Upcoming exhibitions, workshops, and news on arts across the Upper Hunter.

    ART up...

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Come and visit our current exhibitions and look out for our workshops.
We have an extensive collection of local, national and international artists.

Home of the Max Watters Collection and the Muswellbrook Art Prize.

Our current opening hours are limited to Covid-19

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TUESDAY – FRIDAY  |  10AM – 5PM

Easy access building 02 6549 3800

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PO Box 122
Corner Bridge and William Streets
MUSWELLBROOK NSW 2333

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