Artistic Directions - Karen Tanner

24/01/2026

Theatre Royal Sydney

26/10/2025

25/09/2025

19/09/2025

Olive Cotton accompanied her geologist father on expeditions, and she studied mathematics throughout her undergraduate degree at The University of Sydney; she was also very close to her grandfather Frank Cotton, who maintained an early interest in atomic science that he shared with Cotton. It is hard not to see her work drawing on some of the abstract ways of thinking about space and time that were opened up to her through geology and mathematics. Objects are often suspended in an unfamiliar temporality that has no beginning of end. her image of light emanating from the heart of a seashell shares a temporality that is photographic, geological and cosmological, fusing together eh instantaneous and the infinite.

Olive Cotton and her Contemporaries is a National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Touring Exhibition presented as part of the Bowness Family Foundation Photography Touring Program.

🌟 Now showing until Sunday 19 October. Free entry, open Monday, Wednesday – Friday 10am – 4pm & Saturday – Sunday 10am – 3pm.

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Image: Olive Cotton, The Shell, c1935, Gadigal Nura/Sydney, gelatin silver photograph. Purchased 2012 National Gallery of Australia. 2012.1148.

13/09/2025

BIG by De Lamby Wulff and Peter Tilney

A sculptural tribute to the Queensland Country Women’s Association (QCWA), honouring its enduring spirit of community and resourcefulness. Created by Peter, drawing on his timber heritage and inspired by his great-grandmother, QCWA's first president Annie Tilney, the work features two colossal knitting needles hand-crafted from a salvaged ironbark tree. A giant scarf, knitted by Denise, begins to form, accompanied by a ball of wool made from over three kilometres of retired fishing rope. The sculpture celebrates collective strength, linking past and present in a shared legacy of resilience and care.

SWELL Sculpture Festival 2025
12 - 21 September, Currumbin Beach

Make your SWELL adventure a breeze with our FREE Park & Ride provided by Currumbin Valley Bus & Coach. Running daily 9AM-5PM from Currumbin RSL to Currumbin Beach 🚌

Image by Leximagery

29/08/2025

24/08/2025

21/08/2025

18/08/2025

Had a visitor over the weekend!
Had just finished this vase- getting ready for our open studio in 2 weeks..
Can’t believe how fast the time has gone this year!!
Hawkesbury Artists & Artisans Trail on 30th and 31st August.