Eric McCormick, Deborah Williams at Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery

BHRAG, image from the BHRAG website

Art Scene
Don't miss the exhibitions that are currently on show at the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery (BHRAG).

Eric McCormick
11 May - 30 June 2013
Well known and acclaimed Broken Hill artist Eric McCormick's 'Imprints of Civilisation' exhibition is a range of paintings concerning both his surroundings in Broken Hill as well as inspirations from his recent trip to Spain.

I have met and chatted to Eric at his wonderful gallery and his work is fantastic and well worth seeing, so I imagine this exhibition will be most impressive.

To check out some of Eric's other work, his purpose built gallery which he mans is located at -

367 McCulloch Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Contact telephone - 08 8087 8486
Email - ericmccormick@bigpond.com

There are two other exhibitions also on the the BHRAG at the same time.

Looking in from the outside, 2012
Copyright and image courtesy Deborah Williams
Etching, engraving and roulette Intaglio, Edition 20

Deborah Williams - 'An Animal Observes'
Deborah is a nationally recognised visual artist living in Melbourne Australia. She is a keen observer of the canine realm and our own relation to it. Her work is inspired from a perspective of frequent travels to remote areas where she explores culturally relative attitudes to both pet ownership and abandonment.

There are 18 works in the exhibition, all are for sale and prices range from $450 to $2000.

Deborah Williams' website - www.deborahwilliams.com.au

and

Art Express - a selection of outstanding student's artworks developed for the artmaking component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts, 2012.

All three exhibitions will conclude on 30 June 2013.

Other exhibition details are as follows and can also be found on the BHRAG website exhibitions link here - 

Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery - 404-408 Argent Street, Broken Hill
Gallery hours - Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am - 4pm

Entry by gold coin donation.

Galleries in winter, a great opportunity to stay warm and see some great art at the same time.

Cheers, Jane D

Broken Hill 2012 - Great to be back

Hi all, a brief update.  I have just returned from a four day trip to Broken Hill and although it was unusually wet for the area - it rained pretty much steadily from a big storm Friday evening (27th), all Saturday and most of Sunday, I still had a really wonderful time.

I arrived early evening on Australia Day (26th January) and was promptly invited to a BBQ that very night, with a group of poets who were having a long weekend get together at the Tourist Lodge where I was staying that first night.  The host was the very hospitable owner of the Lodge - Dallas.

Interior Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
(from gallery website)

Art Scene

Socialising continued the following evening at the Broken Regional Art Gallery for the opening of a Bill Henson photographic exhibition.  Also opening that night was a linocut and 'story poles' exhibition by Kevin (Kat) Cattermole - a Paakantji artist from Wilcannia, together with another linocuts exhibition by Robyn Nelson who spent some time in Broken Hill as she grew up.  The event commencing at 6.30pm was initially called off after the Friday night storm caused the power to go out, but fortunately, not long after, the power was restored and the event was able to go ahead.  It was great to meet so many friendly locals.

During the few days I was there, I managed to catch up with a number of local artists including Andrea Blundell, Jenny Cattonar, Ian Lewis, Eric McCormick and Deirdre Edwards.  I had a good chat with Angela Fitzpatrick (over the phone as she wasn't in her studio that day).  I was meant to go out to Silverton to catch up with Albert Woodroffe who owns Horizon Gallery, on the Friday, but unfortunately with the very wet stormy conditions, he advised by phone that if I came out that afternoon, I might get stuck there as the creek was likely to cut the town off, so that was the end of that part of my trip.  I caught up with a few other people which was great, and met a few new people as well.

On Saturday night there was dinner at The Palace Hotel and later dancing to the music of the local band the Silver City Comets.

Silver City Cinema with owner John Wren
courtesy Barrier Daily Truth

Sunday was a Red Cross fundraiser film and afternoon tea event at the local cinema where the premier screening (for the city) of 'The Iron Lady' was on.

It just seemed to be non-stop events, which I'm not complaining about at all.

The Palace Hotel

A few people I was hoping to catch up with had gone away, as summer is a popular time for locals to leave town for a while as it is a very hot time of year and if you're in business, the tourist numbers are usually down around this time.

I stayed at the famous The Palace Hotel for the other three nights I was in town, which was fun.  The hotel is very slowly being 'renovated' after the new owners took over in 2009.  The hotel itself is huge (three storeys), so it will take some time for the project to be completed.

More updates soon.

Cheers, Jane D