Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah

Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah

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Posted 2021-07-29 by Cris follow
Murwillumbah is a small rural town in the sweet Tweed Valley. You can spend a lovely day strolling in town, visiting the shops, having a coffee and discovering the Tweed Regional Gallery.

The Tweed Regional Gallery is located in an award-winning building with large and tall windows to view the lovely Tweed Valley and Mount Warning.

The gallery has seven exhibition spaces presenting historical to contemporary exhibitions. The program includes the $20,000 Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture.

There are rooms dedicated to the paintings of Margaret Olley. In particular, the Gallery permanently houses the recreation of the famous original studio of Margaret Olley in Paddington, Sydney. Thousands and thousands of pieces of original material were taken from Margaret Olley's house and relocated in the gallery.

The gallery also includes a workshop, education space, research library, the Gallery Shop and the Gallery Cafe.

In this article, I consider Artistic Endeavour Art Exhibition, permanent Margaret Olley studio reconstruction and A Life in Art - Margaret Olley Art Exhibition and Ned Kelly saga by Sidney Nolan.







Artistic Endeavour

Contemporary botanical artists' response to the legacy of Banks, Solander and Parkinson.

Friday 16 July 2021 to Sunday 19 September 2021
The Boyd Gallery

Daniel Solander was a Swedish naturalist and a student of Carl Linneus. In 1768, Solander went with Joseph Banks on James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific Ocean aboard the Endeavour. Where Captain Cook landed for the first time in Australia, the place took the name Botany Bay.

Solander helped to describe a great number of Australian plants when the Endeavour beached for seven weeks, where today is Cooktown.

Joseph Banks took part in Captain Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771). During the expedition, more than 800 specimens were illustrated by artist Sydney Parkinson and appeared in Bank's Florilegium.

Artistic Endeavour is the contemporary response to the legacy of Banks, Solander and Parkinson for the 250th anniversary of the HMB Endeavour voyage along the east coast of Australia.

The exhibition Artistic Endeavour showcases contemporary works by members of the Botanical Artist's Society of Qld in honour of the historical event. This exhibition portrays a selection of those same plants collected and identified in 1770.





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A life in art - Margaret Olley

Saturday 1 May 2021 to Sunday 31 October 2021
Margaret Olley Art Centre















Margaret Olley studio reconstructions

In 1964, Olley bought a house connected to an old hat factory in Duxford Street in the suburb of Paddington, Sydney. Her home was an eclectic place, full of many many objects, Many of the items inside the house became the subject in her artworks.










Ned Kelly series Exhibition

By Sidney Nolan

Friday 19 March 2021 to Sunday 22 August 2021

The Withey Gallery



Sidney Nolan is an Australian painter (1917-1992) and he is the artist of one of the most famous series of paintings about the Bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang. The paintings are a way for Sidney Nolan to express his thoughts about injustice, love and betrayal.

A very important part of the paintings of the Ned Kelly saga is the Australian landscape with its red colours, harshness, beauty and desolation.



This is a ticketed exhibition:
Adult: $12
Gallery Friend/Foundation member: $7
Concession or child 5–17 years: $8
Family (2 adults up to 3 children): $30
Children under 5 years Free
Bus group booking: $8 per person
School/education group booking: $6 per person

More Current Exhibitions at Tweed Regional Gallery:

Treasure Island
Darren Sylvester

2021 Olive Cotton Award for photographic portraiture

Beauty & Awe
Anne Mossman

For more information please follow the link:

https://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/ExhibitionsAndPrograms/CurrentExhibitions

Opening Hours of Tweed Regional Gallery:
Wednesday to Sunday, 10am - 5pm.

Tweed Regional Gallery is in Murwillumbah, 2 Mistral Road (corner Tweed Valley Way)
Murwillumbah South, NSW 2484 Australia
Phone: 02 6670 2790
The Gallery Shop

The Gallery Shop showcases an array of quality gifts and handcrafted products from local and nationally recognised artists.

The Gallery Shop offers a range of items reflecting the several and different art exhibitions to complement the experience.

In particular, there are many items to enhance Margaret Olley paintings, like beautiful puzzles and printed gloss tiles featuring Margaret Olley artworks.











When it is time for a break, the Gallery by Bacaro has hot drinks and refreshments. It also has milk substitutes, vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan dietary requirements.

The verandah is a great place to sit down and relax to enjoy the stunning views of the Tweed Valley and Mount Warning.

Breakfast menu offers

ACAI BOWL, Organic mixed frozen fruits, topped with house-made bircher muesli and fresh fruit, $15.50

SOURDOUGH TOAST, Local sourdough bread, home-made jam and butter, $7.50

EGGS ON TOAST, Free range eggs (your choice of fried or scrambled) on sourdough toast, $10.50

BACON & EGG ROLL, with green leaves and home-made chutney, $10.50

BREAKFAST WRAP, Scrambled eggs and free-range bacon, $11.50

AVOCADO TOAST (ve & gf available), Smashed avocado with fresh herbs, crumbled feta and semi sundried tomato on local sourdough bread, $16.00

GALLERY BREAKFAST, Free range bacon and eggs (fried or scrambled), roasted tomato, local sausage, bread
$19.50

VEGGIE BREAKFAST (ve), Pan-fried cherry tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, asparagus and fresh basil pesto served on sourdough, $16.50




Hours of Gallery by Bacaro
Wednesday - Sunday 9:30am - 4pm

www.gallerybybacaro.com

Location: 2 Mistral Road, South Murwillumbah, 2484 NSW
References:

https://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Solander

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Parkinson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Olley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Nolan
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