Let Our River Speak

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Glasshouse Regional Gallery

Glasshouse Regional Gallery presents

Let Our River Speak

Presented by Innes Artists, in association with
PORT MACQUARIE PANTHERS PHOTOGRAPHIC CLUB

Let Our River Speak draws inspiration from the lifeblood of our region - its river systems - and the many stories they carry. Focusing on the Hastings River and its seven tributaries, this exhibition explores the river’s 180km journey from source to sea, reflecting on its beauty, its power, and its central place in our lives.

For millennia, the river has shaped culture and community. It has nourished ecosystems, sustained Aboriginal communities, and witnessed the transformations of white settlement. It is a place of peace and play, of trading routes and spiritual connection, of natural wonder and environmental tension.

Innes Artists respond with diverse interpretations - from luminous river-scapes and intricate studies of flora and fauna, to deeper reflections on history, symbolism, and human impact. Drawing is a strong suit for many of the artists, allowing for expressive explorations of mood, movement, and memory. The river becomes a metaphor for life itself - shifting, flowing, sometimes turbulent, always alive.

This exhibition offers a rich tapestry of styles, voices, and visions. Thematically, it spans beauty and degradation, leisure and labour, spirituality and storytelling, progress and resistance. In Let Our River Speak, the river is given voice - feminine, powerful, ever-changing.

Dual Exhibition Opening: Let Our River Speak & Take A Seat

Saturday 27 September | 11am

Join us for morning tea in the Gallery as we celebrate the opening of two exciting new exhibitions - Let Our River Speak and Take A Seat. This event is free, however, bookings are essential.

Book Tickets

Meet the Artists: Let Our River Speak

Each Sunday commencing in October an exhibiting Innes artist will be in the exhibition space either working on new work or available for a chat about the exhibition. This is a drop-in, cost free opportunity to meet the artists behind the art.

Find Out More

Glasshouse Regional Gallery supporting local artists.

Innes Artists are a group of twelve professional, retired women who have a passion for creating art. They enjoy painting together regularly, learning from and inspiring each other and critiquing each other's work. A number have formal art training, all attend Jill Cairns' classes and many other workshops by leading artists.

All have exhibited together very successfully at the Glasshouse, Southwest Rocks, Gladstone, Long Point Winery, Masterpiece Gallery, Bonny Hills and the HVFAA Gallery. Many have won prizes in other exhibitions. All women are very excited by the theme for this exhibition.

Artists: Jill Cairns, Jan von Schoenberg, Fran Daly, Penny Lindsay, Kim Madden, Patricia Clarke, Trish Cameron, Marilyn Davies, Peg Eather, Eve Baumgart, Netti Riethmuller and Johanna Ireland.