Meet the Artists: Let Our River Speak

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Glasshouse Regional Gallery

Glasshouse Regional Gallery presents

Meet The Artists: Let Our River Speak

Presented by Innes Artists

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.

5 October | 11am - 1pm
Penny Lindsay: Meet and greet
Jan von Schoenberg: Floor talk

12 October | 11am - 1pm
Fran Daly and Trish Cameron: Meet and greet 

19 October | 11am - 1pm
Peggy Eather: Discussion of her technique
Jan von Schoenberg: Floor Talk

26 October | 11am - 1pm
Jo Ireland: Meet and greet
Marilyn Davies: Meet and greet

2 November | 11am - 1pm
Jill Cairns: Pastel demonstration
Kim Madden: Meet and greet

9 November | 11am - 1pm
Nettie Riethmuller: Meet and greet
Eve Baumgart: Meet and greet

The Exhibition

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.

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.

Exhibition on view: 27 September to 9 November

Image: Installation shot of Innes Artists Exhibition at Glasshouse Regional Gallery, 2020.

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.