Liz Crowe, Trevor Heldt, Jacqui Keogh, Lee Nelms, Bronwen Wicks

There’s a Crack in Everything... That’s How the Light Gets in

  • Inspired by the many poems celebrating imperfection, five local potters explore the beauty in their work and relish in the imperfections that emerge from the practice of the handmade. The works in this exhibition are created to embrace the imperfections that exist in all aspects of life and in the creative process.

  • 16 November to 8 December

    Exhibition opening: 3:30pm Saturday, 16 November

  • Woolshed Gallery

    Opening hours:

    Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm

Amanda Penrose Hart

Landscapes

  • Amanda Penrose Hart, Strathnairn Artists-in-residence ( Oct, Nov 2024)

    Brisbane born (1963) artist Amanda Penrose Hart is predominantly an en plein air landscape painter. Penrose Hart graduated from Queensland College of Art in 1983 with a Diploma of Fine Art, and from Griffith University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts.

    Penrose Hart has featured in numerous selective group exhibitions, often following artist trips or artist-run projects such as Your Friend the Enemy, Gallipoli and Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front (both commemorative exhibitions of the Great War). Amanda travels regularly to Wilcannia, Broken Hill and New Zealand. She was part of an exhibition at S.H. Ervin Gallery called River on the Brink: Inside the Murray Darling Basin, which aimed to raise awareness about the impact of drought and climate change in Australia.

    Amanda was the winner of the 2024 Calleen Art Award, the Gallipoli Art Prize in 2017 and the Clayton Utz Award in 2019. Amanda has also been a finalist in the JADA Drawing Prize 2022, The Dobell Drawing Prize 2021, The Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2022, The Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize and the Portia Geach Memorial Award.

    Collections include the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Australian Club, Sydney and Melbourne, Australian National University, Macquarie Bank, Parliament House, Canberra, the NSW Bar Association and numerous regional galleries across Australia.

    King Street Gallery has represented Amanda since 2003. She lives and works in Sofala and regional NSW.

    (King Street Gallery on William https://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/amanda-penrose-hart/ )

  • 20 November to 15 December

    Exhibition opening: Wednesday 20th November, 5pm

  • Homestead Galleries 1 & 2

    Opening hours:

    Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm