MAR – JUN 2026
The City of the Blue Mountains is located within the Ngurra (Country) of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples.
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre pays respect to Elders past and present while recognising the strength, capacity and resilience of past and present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Blue Mountains region.
ARTS AND CULTURE MANAGER
As we step into the early weeks of Autumn, we welcome you to come and get cosy at the Cultural Centre! This season ushers in a mix of exhibitions and events that bring people together, inviting community connection and creative exploration.
We begin with Bat Night 2026, returning on Saturday 21 March from 6 – 8.30 pm. This free, family‑friendly evening invites visitors of all ages to explore the fascinating world of bats through expert talks, hands‑on displays and artmaking.
The fun continues with Zine Fair 2026, expanding into a full weekend on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 May. In partnership with the Mtns Zine Club and guest makers from further afield, the Fair celebrates the enthusiasm and DIY spirit of zine culture. Browse stalls, meet makers, and create your own zine at our dedicated station. Whether you’re a seasoned zinester or new to self‑publishing in this fun format, this is a free event for everyone to celebrate their creativity.
In late May we welcome the much‑anticipated fundraiser Collectors’ Edition #12. This beloved annual exhibition is a rare chance to start or grow your own art collection while supporting the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre’s Collection Acquisition Fund. Keep an eye on our social media and e news for updates. We are changing the events surrounding this exhibition and introducing a new closing night party where we invite you to get glammed up for the closing countdown!
Visitors to the Cultural Centre will also notice some exciting recent changes. The Gallery Café has unveiled a fresh new look and an updated menu featuring hearty toasties, locally roasted coffee, and a rotating selection of delicious baked goods. In addition, our Visitor Services team has now joined the reception desk, warmly welcoming both locals and visitors to our unique region and sharing insights into everything it has to offer, from bushwalks to breweries and beyond.
COLLECTION NEWS
The Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Fine Art Collection continues to grow. We are pleased to announce that in 2025 we purchased three ink drawings by the late John Ellison (1943‑2025) that celebrates the eclectic and vibrant streetscapes of the Mountains.
John Ellison was a Katoomba artist and cultural innovator. Fondly known as ‘The Wizard of The Blue Mountains’, John Ellison spent a life in service to the community that he loved.
In 1994 he founded the annual Blue Mountains Winter Magic Festival, which he enthusiastically presided over in full Wizard garb.
As Cultural Development Coordinator at Blue Mountains City Council, John Ellison was fundamental in further developing the region’s artistic reputation, with the Blue Mountains subsequently receiving the title of NSW’s inaugural City of the Arts. As a visual artist, John Ellison is widely revered and collected across Australia.
It is a privilege to house his works in our Collection.
CITY OF THE ARTS TRUST GRANTS PROGRAM
The City of the Arts Trust Grant Program will open from Friday 13 February to Sunday 15 March. For guidelines and application form, plus information on a free fundraising workshop and online information session, please see below.
Pictured is 2025 grant recipient, Kate Reid from The Marble Circus / Candy Stripe Circus who received funding to run a series of free workshops in conjunction with our summer exhibition PLAY!
Visit: www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/city of the arts trust
INTRODUCING THE INAUGURAL HILL PAINTING PRIZE
We are pleased to announce the inaugural edition of the Hill Painting Prize. This Prize is a biennial competition and exhibition, open to all permanent Australian residents. Initiated at the generous bequest of David R Hill, this prize and exhibition asks artists to delve into the Blue Mountains’ natural landscapes, urban spaces and manmade environments.
The Hill Painting Prize is organised and sponsored by Blue Mountains City Council and delivered by the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. Keep an eye on our website for more details including call out information coming soon.
INTO THE BLUE
The Blue Mountains World Heritage Interpretive Centre, a high tech, interactive exhibition which explores the natural as well as the social landscapes of this unique area.
Audiences are invited to navigate their way through these stories in an immersive exhibition experience, introducing them to the richness and wonders of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area.
SESSION TIMES:
The World Heritage Exhibition is a 60 minute moving image program.
Ngurra Bayala (Country speaks) starts on the hour and runs for 45 minutes.
Into the Blue directly follows and runs for 15 minutes (starting at quarter to the hour, every hour).
NGURRA BAYALA (COUNTRY SPEAKS)
Co curated with Dharug artist Leanne Tobin, Ngurra Bayala (Country speaks) celebrates the video work of seven female First Nations artists. This exhibition will be on permanent display until December 2026.
National Gallery of Australia Artists: Megan Cope, Fiona Foley, Julie Gough and r e a.
Blue Mountains Aboriginal practitioners: Aunty Sharyn Halls (with Craig Bender and Vera Hong); Jo Clancy (with Sue Healey) and Leanne Tobin.
BLUE MOUNTAINS PORTRAITS 2026
21 Feb – 19 Apr
Blue Mountains Portraits is the Cultural Centre’s annual celebration of the local community and its diverse members. The exhibiting artists portray the unique people that make up the cultural fabric of the Blue Mountains and tell the stories behind the person. Over forty artworks in a broad range of styles and media such as painting, photography, drawing, collage and mixed media will be exhibited together with a selection of local students’ work.
A Blue Mountains City Art Gallery exhibition
THE UNCODE: TIA MADDEN
7 Feb – 29 Mar
The Uncode calls on the science fictional, magical, and archaeological to probe the ambiguous space where drawing and writing overlap. Through expanded drawing and installation, this exhibition asks if a contemporary activation of ‘uncoded forms’ – signs not‑yet or no‑longer tied to a language system – can conjure new meanings or unearth powerful, ancient, repressed ones.
Combining abstractions and ancient languages into notational sequences, The Uncode constructs a large‑scale text like installation that teeters on the edge of legibility, speculating if mark making in a contemporary art context can cross spatial and temporal distances to make contact with ancient humans, distant futures, and metaphysical realms.
A Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Altitude exhibition
COMFORT, BY DESIGN OR BY DEFAULT: EBONY WIGHTMAN
7 Apr – 17 May
Grounded in authentic community engaged conversation and process driven art making, this exhibition serves as an experimental interrogation of cultural safety, intersectionality, and the privilege of ‘Comfort’.
Repositioning ‘Comfort’ as a collective, cultural responsibility, Ebony Wightman will engage with artists and audiences with disability who have felt isolated, disengaged or excluded from the creative communities that should sustain them. Moving beyond critique, these conversations foster future focused connection, in the hope of creating lasting cultural shifts in the distribution of ‘Comfort’.
A Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Altitude exhibition
COMFORT, BY DESIGN OR BY DEFAULT OPENING NIGHT
Friday 24 Apr, 6 – 8 pm
A double opening event with Confluence.
All welcome, RSVP to: culturalcentre@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
ARTIST TALK
Saturday 11 Apr, 11 am – 12 pm
Join us for a talk in the gallery with curator Hayley Zena Poynton and Ebony Wightman.
$5.50 / $3.20 Concession / FREE InSight Members. Tickets via Eventbrite
26 Apr – 14 Jun
Anne Graham, Henry Lewis, Hilarie Mais and NOT present a stunning new exhibition called Confluence, encompassing body of works which flow in unison. Through breath, rhyme and repetition these international artists map the geographical ravines of body and place. As audiences make their way through the works they will find a beautiful sense of synchrony and intrigue.
Confluence is a touring project that has been developed by Museum of Art and Culture, yapang. This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
GALLERY TALK
Saturday 2 May, 11 am – 12 pm
Join us for a gallery talk to learn more about this touring exhibition with our Curator and Anne Graham.
$5.50 / $3.20 Concession / FREE InSight Members. Tickets via Eventbrite
CONFLUENCE
OPENING NIGHT
Friday 24 Apr, 6 – 8 pm
A double opening event with Comfort, By Design or By Default
All welcome, RSVP to: culturalcentre@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
COLLECTORS’ EDITION #12
23 May – 7 Jun
Collectors’ Edition is the Cultural Centre’s annual fundraising exhibition and is an opportunity to start your own art collection while supporting the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre’s Collection Acquisition Fund.
There will be an array of original A5 artworks to choose from, with silent bidding taking place online via Galabid. Each artwork will have a QR code that takes you to the bidding page and Cultural Centre staff will be ready to assist.
A Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Fundraising Event Collectors’ Edition #12 is supported by Hope Tree Framing
THE AUCTION PARTY
Friday 5 Jun
6 – 8 pm
The Auction Party marks the closing of our fundraising auction Collectors’ Edition #12. This will be a vibrant social gathering where final bids can be placed via Galabid and glasses raised.
Get glammed up and party with us! Dress code: Nowhere to wear it –this is an excuse to wear that item you love but never get to wear.
Free event
RSVP via: culturalcentre@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
NAIDOC 2026
13 Jun – 26 Jul
Curated by Aunty Elly Chatfield, this year’s NAIDOC exhibition will include community works, and coincide with this year’s NAIDOC Week (5 – 12 Jul), celebrating the upcoming 2026 NAIDOC theme 50 Years of Deadly.
The 2026 theme marks a milestone, and is a tribute to the people who built this movement; the Elders who stood firm, the organisers who made space, the artists who turned resistance into expression, and the communities who keep showing up, year after year. NAIDOC has always been more than a week – it’s a platform, a protest, a celebration, and a statement of survival.
NAIDOC Community Day
Saturday 11 Jul
From 10 am
Join us for a Community Day with free activities for all ages.
For further details see our website closer to NAIDOC.
THE ART OF ADAPTATION: CULTURE CHANGES EVERYWHERE
20 Jun – 2 Aug
Marking ten years since its founding, this exhibition surveys a decade of projects by the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation (KSCA). Bringing together work from across the collective, it highlights how creative practice can support cultural change in response to climate challenges. KSCA’s approach is grounded in the belief that art is an active tool for shaping how communities adapt to shifting social and environmental conditions.
Based in Kandos on Wiradjuri Country and working across urban, regional, and rural Australia, KSCA has developed projects engaging with Aboriginal land management, sustainable food and resource practices, the preservation of natural systems, and local community values. This first institutional survey offers insight into a decade of artistic experimentation and collaboration.
Participating artists include Diego Bonetto, Laura Fisher, Lucas Ihlein, Ian Milliss, Georgina Pollard, Imogen Semmler, Peter Swain, Leanne Thompson, Erika Watson, Kim Williams, Alex Wisser, and Vickie Zhang. Contributing members over the past decade include Gilbert Grace, Eloise Lindeback, Sarah Breen Lovett, Christine MacMillan, Emmanuela Prigioni and Kelly Reiffer.
A Manly Art Gallery & Museum touring exhibition as part of its CEAD (Collective for Environmental Art & Design) initiative
Curated by Ben Rak and Katherine Roberts BLUE
THE ART OF ADAPTATION OPENING NIGHT
Friday 19 Jun, 6 – 8 pm
All welcome, RSVP to: culturalcentre@bmcc.nsw.gov.au
GALLERY TOUR
Saturday 20 Jun, 11 am – 12 pm
Join us in the gallery for a tour with exhibiting artist Peter Swain – Mapping the Exhibition.
$5.50 / $3.20 Concession / FREE InSight Members. Tickets via Eventbrite
THE UNCODE:TIA MADDEN
Altitude artist Tia Madden speaks with curator Hayley Zena Poynton about her upcoming exhibition The Uncode.
Hayley Zena Poynton: Your exhibition The Uncode features a towering wall of 1000 metal pieces, evoking a sense of lost or timeworn languages. How has the ancient world and its texts informed your practice?
Tia Madden: Just over two years ago, I spent a month living in Egypt, on an artist residency between Downtown Cairo, Luxor, and Alexandria. When I was there, I spent hours wandering through ancient sites like the dark underground caverns in the artists’ village of Deir el Medina. It was there I learned that in ancient Egyptian funerary texts, certain hieroglyphic signs [birds, lions, snakes] were deliberately mutilated to stop them from coming to life, because scribes believed a snake sign could become a real snake, a lion a lion, and so forth. To avoid this, scribes would alter the visual shapes of those signs, ‘dismembering’ them. A lion sign might be torn in two to prevent it from attacking the deceased in their tomb; whilst a horned viper would have its head severed to protect the reader from its poisonous bite.
The relationship between text and image was so strong in the ancient world that a snake, bird or lion hieroglyph could be revived into ‘the thing itself.’ This idea that a sign was ‘alive’ was interesting to me. It implied that signs have histories: prior lives tethered to their very forms. It also suggested that a written language can never quite escape the fact that it is also a drawing, and will always be a drawing –and that maybe my installations also have living things hiding within shapes we no longer, or don’t yet recognise.
HZP: Fact and fiction, past and future, abstraction and didacticism, your artworks live in the negative space between ideas. Why do you feel like this is a particularly generative arena for your practice?
TM: There’s this modernist idea that abstraction is a ‘universal language’ and it’s a really loaded subject but the claim has, for the most part, since been refuted. Calling something ‘universal’ implies we’re all looking at the world through the same set of eyes, with the same social, cultural, and historical contexts and standpoints, which obviously isn’t the case.
In my work, I use drawing to mimic writing. There’s another practice that does the same thing: it’s called ‘asemic writing,’ but I tend to steer clear of it, because it tends to lean back into those ideas of a universal script. I remember one person writing that the asemic offers audiences the ‘freedom to interpret without having to think about meaning.’ On the contrary, all I want to do is ‘think about meaning’!
I believe that mark making is inherently tied to a wide and uneven range of meanings, from ancient pasts to distant futures that haven’t happened yet. In order to explore this fuzzy idea, and to imagine the people who might’ve made the same markings that I’m making now, I have to play within interstitial spaces: the narrow gaps and overlaps between drawing and writing, past and future, meaning and non‑meaning, abstraction and illegibility.
THE PEOPLE’S ARTIST – A JOHN ELLISON RETROSPECTIVE
The People’s Artist surveys the work of beloved Katoomba artist and cultural innovator John Ellison (1943–2025). The exhibition was developed in close collaboration with John’s friends and family, especially his partner Lyn Harrison, Robyn Nolan (Nolan on Lovel Gallery), and Paddy Cavanagh. Cultural Development Project Officer Brooke Olsen spoke with Paddy to learn more about John’s legacy.
Brooke Olsen: What makes John Ellison ‘The People’s Artist’?
Paddy Cavanagh: John Ellison was a rarity: a public intellectual who could talk to anyone. Though shy, he might stop you in the street to discuss Dostoevsky, or poets like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman. His art was shaped by the insights he gained from ordinary people drifting through the Blue Mountains, wandering Katoomba’s streets or finding refuge in pubs and coffee shops. Whoever you were, John listened closely and valued your perspective.
BO: Local characters feature heavily in this exhibition. Can you expand?
PC: Mountains characters appear throughout John’s work: friends sharing cheap grog opposite The Clarendon, young mothers in Katoomba Street cafés, overworked checkout workers, and even pompous critics. He captured people lingering or rushing between ultimately unimportant appointments. But John never dismissed anyone as unimportant, believing each person had “their own unique drift… their own wonders to reveal.” That belief made him the people’s artist.
BO: Do you have a quintessential John Ellison memory that you would like to share?
PC: John often spoke about the privilege of being an artist, spending his days observing and recording beauty. I last heard him reflect on this at the opening of an exhibition by Lyn, the other great love of his life. He spoke of how lucky we were to be there, and how art could be a refuge from the horrors on the nightly news. John’s lesson was simple: despite brutality, we must keep seeing beauty and keep making it.
ESTEE SARSFIELD
To celebrate the upcoming Zine Fair our Promotions Coordinator Rose Stibbard asked one of the founding members Estee Sarsfield some questions about her own zine practice and what zines mean to her creative community.
Rose Stibbard: You feature domestic life in many of your zines. What keeps you coming back to this subject matter?
Estee Sarsfield: I hadn’t really thought about my zines as featuring domestic life, but I am such a homebody so it makes a lot of sense that this makes its way into my zines. I think there is an innate intimacy to zines, a big part of which is due to the physicality of them – reading a zine is a lot like receiving a handwritten letter. I have an ongoing zine series called ‘scribbles’, which I produce (mostly) once a season, in an edition of 40, and this is a compilation of handwritten thoughts, scribbles, sketches and drawings which have been collected over the course of a season. Sometimes they form a narrative and sometimes they are just isolated vignettes of everyday life.
RS: What has zine making taught you about community building?
ES: It has been so incredible to build the zine community in the mountains from the ground up, and the response from the community has been overwhelming. I guess it just shows how much a space like this was needed. Our monthly meet ups are inclusive, low pressure and free. We have people in their 80s, families who come and make zines together, and everyone in‑between. Some people sit there with headphones on, working independently on their projects, while others come purely for the social aspect and haven’t ever made a zine. It is so important to have these spaces for people to come together in a really authentic and accepting way.
RS: Riso printing is a common technique in your practice, what attracts you to this process?
ES: I have been a co director of Sydney based risograph printing co operative, the Rizzeria, for 7 years, which is such a wonderful community in itself, and where I was properly introduced to zines. With riso printing, each colour has its own stencil, printed in layers, one at a time. The colours are really bright and unique, and completely different to what you could achieve with digital printing – we have some
metallic and fluoro inks, and as the inks aren’t opaque, the new colours created where the inks overlap feels utterly magical. It is often described as automatic silkscreen printing, but it is its own process. There is still so much that excites me about riso printing – I think the limitations of it almost creates more possibilities.
RS: What can people expect to find at the Zine Fair?
ES: The Cultural Centre filled to the brim with zinesters! Each zine maker gets their own table and sets it up with their zines (and sometimes stickers or badges too) and visitors walk around looking at what people are selling. Zines can be about anything so there will be a mix of art, diary writing, music criticism, comics, poetry, anything you can put to paper and photocopy or print can be a zine. It’s great to have a talk to the creators while you’re browsing their wares and if you buy a zine (or three!) from them you know more about the art or writing you’re about to take home.
PROGRAMS
PRIME TIME SHINE CABARET
Saturday 7 Mar 1.30 – 2.30 pm
A dazzling showcase of gravity‑defying aerial feats, human pyramids, skilful juggling, and unforgettable artistry. Featuring an electrifying fusion of performers from three groups; 50up from Sydney, The Fandangles from Katoomba, and Bah‑Hah Ov50’s from Blackheath.
FREE – all welcome Bookings via Eventbrite
The 50up crew. Photo: @tonypalmer.photos
PERMACULTURE WITH ALCHEMY FARMS
Sunday 8 Mar 9.30 – 11.30 am
Giving you the confidence to start growing food for your family, and composting & worm farming like a pro.
$75 / $67.50 InSight Members Tickets via alchemyfarms.com.au
BEHIND THE PORTRAITS
Thursday 12 Mar 11 – 11.30 am
Join us for a Seniors Festival special curator‑led tour of the Blue Mountains Portraits 2026 exhibition.
$5.50 Adult / $3.20 Concessions / Free for NSW Seniors card holders and Insight Members
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BAT NIGHT
Saturday 21 Mar
6 – 8.30 pm
With activities for all ages, Bat Night is a fun, family friendly celebration of these incredible creatures – perfect for the whole colony.
Free event. All welcome
ARTBABIES 2026
Monday 27 Apr @ Springwood & Tuesday 28 Apr @ Katoomba 10 – 11 am
Spark creativity in little minds with these artist led, playgroup like sessions designed for carers and their little ones.
Free sessions. Bookings via Eventbrite
WOLLEMI ARTISAN MARKET
WINTER
EDITION
Saturday 20 Jun 10 am – 2 pm
A curated market full of beautiful wares created by our Blue Mountains artisan makers. Scheduled to coincide with Winter Magic Festival, the day will be a celebration of art, community, and life!
Free event. All welcome
UNWIND, RECHARGE AND TREAT YOURSELF
The Gallery Café, situated within the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, is the perfect place to catch up with friends or take a break whilst visiting the Gallery. A relaxing and light filled space, the Gallery Café, is a favourite with locals and visitors alike.
The menu features delicious toasties made with locally sourced ingredients on Sonoma bread. A fan favourite is our halloumi and pumpkin toastie with house made chilli jam.
VENUE HIRE AT THE BLUE MOUNTAINS CULTURAL CENTRE
We are one of the Blue Mountains’ premier facilities for functions and events. Whether you’re looking for a space for 2 or 100, we’re sure to have the ideal space for your needs. Visit the venue hire page on our website for more information.
PIP AND POD
Emma Miszalski is the creative force behind Pip and Pod, a sustainable design studio based in the Blue Mountains. As an artist and graphic designer she is inspired by the wild beauty of the majestic landscapes that surround her and the incredible wildlife and curious plants that call the mountains home.
Pip and Pod creates ethical and sustainable gift products ranging from greeting cards, book marks and wrapping paper, to calendars, fine art prints and fabric items like tea towels, scarves and cosmetic bags.
Sustainability is at the heart of everything Pip and Pod produces, with the belief that it is not only possible, but necessary to create products that have a positive impact on the world. Partnering with manufacturers and suppliers who have a similar ethos is a cornerstone of the business, ensuring that quality and consciousness are inseparable.
GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE
We have $30, $50 & $100 Gift Vouchers available for purchase. A wonderful gift for those who like to shop locally or appreciate the unique range that can be found in our Gallery Shop. Visit Reception at the Cultural Centre to purchase.
ZINE FAIR
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 May 10 am – 3 pm Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
This year the Annual Blue Mountains Zine Fair is bigger and better! Join us for a whole weekend with our friends from the Mtns Zine Club, and their guests from further afield.
Free event
THE BABY DINO-MITE SHOW
Tuesday 14 Apr, 11 am Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood
An immersive and interactive family experience that brings the enchantment of dinosaurs to life. This show features life like baby dinosaurs that captivate and delight, inviting kids to get up close, touch the dinosaurs whilst dancing to fun, catchy tunes.
Tickets: $24 – $28 via Blue Mountains Theatre website
HUB PICNIC DAY
Tuesday 14 Apr, 11 am – 2 pm Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood
Grab a blanket, pack a picnic and enjoy games and activities on the Hub forecourt. Staff will be onsite to guide play, share resources and provide support throughout the event with activities available in the foyer and Room 1 of The Hub as well as outside if conditions allow.
Free event
ECHO
Friday 17 Apr, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood
Handpicked from a fierce selection process, three electrifying young musical acts (aged 12–25) light up the stage. Bursting with bold originals, fresh beats, and fearless performances, ECHO is a high voltage celebration of emerging talent.
ECHO is a free, all-ages event in a safe, drug-and alcohol-free environment
LOVE LOCAL MAKERS MARKET
Saturday 9 May, 8.30 am – 1 pm
Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood
The Love Local Makers Market brings together beautifully handcrafted goods by Blue Mountains creators to the forecourt of The Hub in Springwood. Visitors can also savour local bites and beverages whilst enjoying free entertainment and live demonstrations.
Free event
MTNS MADE SALONS
MTNS MADE brings local creatives together to connect, collaborate, and grow. Through monthly salons and shared ideas, MTNS MADE create space for meaningful conversation, creative exchange, and opportunity. Check upcoming Salon and event dates via their insta @mtnsmade or website: mtnsmade.com.au
HUB GALLERY
Hub Gallery showcases touring exhibitions and special projects.
Free admission
Blue Mountains Theatre + Community Hub 104 Macquarie Rd, Springwood
Mon to Fri: 9 am – 6 pm, Sat & Sun: 10 am – 4 pm, and when Theatre is open.
STRENGTH – THE POWER TO RESIST FORCE
13 Feb – 8 Mar
A visual art exhibition showcasing works from First Nations Artists connected to the Blue Mountains.
Opening event Friday 13 Feb on the anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generation.
A free Hub Gallery exhibition
FRAMED IN SOUND – SELECTED WORKS OF TONY MOTT
28 Apr – 3 May
Tony Mott has had over 30,000 photographs published in 20 countries and his images have appeared on 400 posters and the covers of 500 CD’s and more than 900 magazines. A selection of images from his career will be exhibited in the lead up to his show Through the Lens of Tony Mott.
A free Hub Gallery exhibition
BRAEMAR HOUSE & GALLERY, SPRINGWOOD
Treasured heritage building, Braemar House, continues to be home to Braemar Gallery, a community gallery that presents regular exhibitions from local visual artists thanks to a team of dedicated volunteers, while the Public Sculpture Garden is always open on the lawns of Braemar House for everyone to enjoy. Exhibition opening events are held on the first Saturday of each new exhibition.
104 Macquarie Rd, Springwood
Free admission
Thu to Sun 10 am – 4 pm
For exhibition program information visit bluemountainstheatre.com.au
For volunteers enquiries, email braemargallery@gmail.com
BRAEMAR GALLERY OPENINGS
Saturday 21 Mar, 2 pm
Inspired by Birdwood Gully
Judy Thistleton‑Martin, Jeannie
McInnes, Christine Hyde, Robyn Cook
Intangible Legacies Jennifer Gardiner with Louise Fox
Saturday 18 Apr, 2 pm
Water Moving Through the Mountains and Highlands Rob Gordon
So You Thought You Could Leave Us
Behind Sheridan Linnell
Student works by Tafe NSW Kingswood Campus
Saturday 23 May, 2 pm
Identity Neil Laredo
Freedom is Beautiful Moz Azimitabar with the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group
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Saturday + Sunday: 9 am – 4 pm
Public holidays: 9 am – 4 pm
(Closed Good Friday, ANZAC Day and Xmas Day)
GALLERY CAFÉ:
Monday – Friday: 9 am – 3.30 pm
Saturday + Sunday: 9 am – 3 pm
LOCATION:
Level 1, 30 Parke St Katoomba 02 4780 5410
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