8 Feb – 23 March 2008
PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES INDIGENOUS ART PRIZE 2007
The Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize is awarded annually to an Indigenous Artist who belongs to a NSW language group or was born in NSW. The Art Prize was established in 2005 and is an important step in recognising the great wealth of artistic excellence in Indigenous Communities. This year’s exhibition features the winning work by Milton Budge, along with Frances Bell Parker, winner of the COFA Award. The NSW Parliament Indigenous Art Prize is adminsitered by Campbelltown Arts Centre and the regional tour is managed by Museums and Galleries NSW and assisted by Arts NSW.

WILCANNIA MISSION SCHOOL KIDS
Recent work by: Badger Bates, Phillip Bates, Murray Butcher, Willy Don Hunter and Muriel Riley
This exhibition features new work by five Wilcannia artists and continues a theme developed by Badger Bates back in 2004.

Badger Bates (Broken Hill based Aboriginal artist and former Wilcannia Mission School Kid) with one of his acclaimed lino prints.

28 March – 4 May 2008
CUISINE AND COUNTRY: A GASTRONOMIC ODYSSEY
Commissioned from Curator Gavin Wilson, this exhibition examines the long standing relationship of art to food in Australia, from prehistoric times to the present. Includes 92 works borrowed from the large institutions and private collectors. Commissioned by Orange Regional Gallery and tour managed by Museums and Galleries NSW and has been funded by Visions of Australia.

2008 WOMEN’S EXHIBITION
Featuring a showcase of work by women artists from Far Western New South Wales.

SELECTED ABORIGINAL WOMEN ARTISTS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
A showcase of Aboriginal women artists selected by Aboriginal Trainee, Katrina Weston.

David Keeling Early Morning 2003 oil on linen 90 x 120 cm Private Collection Melbourne.  © and image courtesy the artist and Niagra Galleries, Melbourne

10 May - 13 July 2008
EMERGING FAR WEST ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
ART PRIZE
The inaugural art prize to support emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists who reside int he Far West Region of New South Wales. The prize is open to artists who are over the age of 16 yaers and who have not yet had a solo exhibiiton in a pubic or commercial art gallery. Proudly supported by Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation, Bemax Resources Ltd, Country Energy, and Murdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corporation.

BRONWYN DAN - RECENT WORKS

PHOTOPOLYMER PRINTS
Recent works generated by local artists during a workshop conducted by Adelaide based printmaker, Diane Longley. The printing workshop also commisioned the Rhoma printing press donated to the Art Gallery in 2007 by the Hart Family.

19 July - 31 August 2008
2008 OUTBACK ART PRIZE
The Outback Art Prize encourages entries in the field of works on paper which reflect the spirit and diversity of the Australian outback. Three prizes were awarded by guest judge Steven Carson, Studio Head: Sculpture and Installation, South Australian Art School, and two of the winning works are added to the extensive and permanent collection of the Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery.

The 2008 winners were:
First Prize acquisitive -
Jane Lander
Stitched Up 2007
charcoal and pencil on paper 76cm x 5.1m

Second Prize acquisitive -
Kent Chuang
A Gift For Rain 2008
acrylic on paper 42 x 60cm

Encouragement Award non-acquisitive -
Geraldine Berkemeier
Grass Land 2008
mixed media and relief print 71.5 x 52cm

LOOK AWAY NOW
A collaborative project curated by Annette Minchin

Jim Paterson Flood 2006 brown sennelier ink © courtesy the artist, acquired from the 2007 Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery Collection (Jim Paterson is represented by Place Gallery, Richmond Victoria)

6 September - 18 October 2008
LINE OF LODE
An exhibition drawn from the permanent collection to celebrate 125 years since the establishment of Broken Hill. Curated by Darren Parker.

VIRGINIA KAISER - responding to my landscape
New concepts in weaving by this nationally acclaimed basketmaker.

NO DRESS REHEARSAL - A SURVEY OF WORK BY BRONWEN STANDLEY-WOODROFFE
A survey of recent and older works by this well-known Broken Hill based artist

Virginia Kaiser Remnant 2008 pine needles and Xanthorrhea © and image courtesy the artist

22 October - 30 November 2008
COUNTRYSCAPES 2008
The Country Energy Prize for Landscape Painting
Initiated in 2003, the $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting was established to encourage and showcase the wealth of artistic talent in country and coastal New South Wales and develop the State's visual arts industry as a whole. Now in its sixth year, the prize is Australia's richest annual landscape art prize, attracting entries from previous Archibald and Blake Prize winners to first time entrants.

See the full shortlist at Country Energy's website by clicking on the link below.

www.countryenergy.com.au

To coincide with Countryscapes 2008 the Gallery will present a free public lecture on Australian landscape traditions by Craig Judd, Director of Wollongong City Art Gallery

6pm Thursday 13 November 2008
Light refreshments will be served

Gail English Last Years Crops 2008 oil on canvas. Winner of the 2008 $35,000 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting.

6 December 2008 - January 2009
ANNUAL TAFE EXHIBITION
Featuring work created by local TAFE art students

HSC EXHIBITION
Works by final year students from high schools in the Far West region