Bathurst Region Tourism

Launch of MILLTOWN film at Chifley Home
2025-11-12 18:00 - 19:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Bathurst Rail Museum, 126 Havannah Street, Bathurst, 2795, Australia
Arts OutWest and Museums Bathurst invite you to the launch of MILLTOWN, a new living history film work that celebrates the people of Milltown, their connection to place and communities of the past, through the lens of the present.
Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP by Friday 7 November to museums@bathurst.nsw.gov.au or 0437 725 585.

Hill End Analogue 2025
2025-11-14 10:00 - 2025-11-17 18:00, 2025-11-15 10:00 - 2025-11-18 18:00, 2025-11-16 10:00 - 2025-11-19 18:00 | Hill End NSW, 5 Beyers Avenue, Hill End, 2850, Australia
Hill End Analogue is an analogue photographic art festival by the Hill End Arts Council Inc in the Central West NSW village of Hill End. It will showcase, celebrate and connect Contemporary analogue photographic artists from regional, rural, remote and metropolitan Australia. Comprising exhibitions and workshops, the festival will promote community awareness, appreciation and engagement in analogue photography. It will serve as a discussion about the past, present and future of analogue arts.

'Fugitive' Analogue Photography Festival
2025-11-14 12:00 - 2025-11-16 16:00 | Hill End Village, Beyers Avenue, HILL END, 2850, Australia
F U G I T I V E Impermanence, elusive, fleeting, transitory. Beauty is fugitive. All is shifting.
Mark your calendars and join us for 3 days of hands on creativity for all ages, connection and inspiration at the Hill End Analogue Photography Festival in Hill End, Central Tablelands, NSW.
A fabulous biennial celebrations of alternative photography practices. Hill End is an intact historic village of great significance in the history of Australian photography, depicted in the contemporaneous Holtermann Collection, State Library of NSW.

Evans Arts Council Craft Show and Sale
2025-11-15 10:00 - 2025-11-16 14:00 | 7 Lee Street Kelso, Old Evans Shire building, 7 Lee Street, KELSO, 2795
All crafty people are invited to enter items whether they are for sale or not.
See details in attached flyer.
Lots of items for sale, come and do your Christmas shopping.
Morning tea available.
Entry form can be found on our facebook page.
All items to be individually marked with your initials and sale price.

OPENING // Summer Exhibitions at BRAG
2025-11-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
OPENING NIGHT // Summer at BRAG!

Join us to celebrate the opening of five new exhibitions at the Gallery – RSVP

Main Gallery | West of Central 2 + Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

Foyer Gallery | Bella Fenton: The Bogeyman

OUT THERE Forecourt Projector | Children’s Voices Centre: Children Draw Health

OUT THERE TAFE Screens | Nicole Welch: Transformation: the prelude

Friday 21 November 2025, 6-8pm

Welcome to Country

Auslan interpreted opening speeches (VRI)

Performance by Genevieve Carroll for West of Central 2

Catering by BRAGS

Beverages by sponsors Grass Parrot Vineyard, Renzaglia Wines, Cosmo Brewing

FREE, all welcome, RSVP essential

About the Exhibitions

West of Central 2

Conceived as an exhibition responding to place, West of Central embraces artists who live and work across Wiradjuri Country in Central West NSW.

This Earth-centric exhibition honours artists’ care, concern, and respect for Country. Home to an increasing cohort of contemporary artists seeking connection, respite and balance, regional Australia is a place where artists have space to create, experiment and challenge. West of Central celebrates those who live and work regionally, positioning the regional as central to their practice.

First realised at BRAG in 2023, this second chapter, West of Central 2, invited artists from LGAs of Lachlan, Parkes, Forbes, Weddin, Cabonne, Cowra, Blayney, Orange, Mid-Western, Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow to respond to the ecologies, histories, and communities of these places.

Artists: Adam Rish (Hill End), Gabrielle Bates (Kandos), Genevieve Carroll (Hill End), Graham Lupp (Bathurst), Gus Armstrong & Peter Swain (Kandos), Jonathan Jones (Bathurst), Laura Baker (Blayney), Nicola Mason (Napoleon Reef), Ros Auld (Borenore), Simone Darcy (Forbes), Steven Cavanagh (Hill End), Susan Baird (Hill End), the artHITects (Gary Carsley & Renjie Teoh) (Bathurst), Vicky Browne (Nullo Mountain).

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Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) presents the 2025 Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

In 2025, BRAG partnered with Wiradyuri Elders, Artists, and Community to develop and deliver the Our Ngurang (Home) Program – an education program for students and teachers across Wiradyuri County in the Bathurst Region.

With a local focus on our shared home of Wiradyuri Country, students from Blayney Public School participated in a year-long learning program of art, culture, and language workshops with Wiradyuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, Wiradyuri Elder Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr, Wiradyuri artist Jessica Leffley, and Yiri Sue Rice.

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Bella Fenton: The Bogeyman

BRAG presents Foyer Gallery Exhibition The Bogeyman by Bella Fenton, Winner of the 2023 Bathurst Grange Distillery x BRAG Summer Gin Art Competition.

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Nicole Welch: Transformation: the prelude

BRAG presents Transformation: the prelude by Nicole Welch on the OUT THERE Digital Platforms | TAFE Screens, down Ribbon Gang Lane.

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Children’s Voices Centre: Children Draw Health

BRAG presents Children Draw Health by the Children’s Voices Centre on the OUT THERE Digital Platforms | Forecourt Projector.

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West of Central 2 // Curator & Artist Talk
2025-11-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
West of Central 2 // Curator & Artist Talk
Saturday 22 November, 11am-12pm
Join BRAG Exhibitions Coordinator, Camille Gillyboeuf, and five artists for a walkthrough of West of Central 2 : the artHITects (Gary Carsley & Renjie Teoh), Laura Baker, Jonathan Jones, and Steven Cavanagh

FREE, all welcome, RSVP essential

West of Central 2

Conceived as an exhibition responding to place, West of Central embraces artists who live and work across Wiradjuri Country in Central West NSW.
This Earth-centric exhibition honours artists’ care, concern, and respect for Country. Home to an increasing cohort of contemporary artists seeking connection, respite and balance, regional Australia is a place where artists have space to create, experiment and challenge. West of Central celebrates those who live and work regionally, positioning the regional as central to their practice.

First realised at BRAG in 2023, this second chapter, West of Central 2, invited artists from LGAs of Lachlan, Parkes, Forbes, Weddin, Cabonne, Cowra, Blayney, Orange, Mid-Western, Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow to respond to the ecologies, histories, and communities of these places.

Artists: Adam Rish (Hill End), Gabrielle Bates (Kandos), Genevieve Carroll (Hill End), Graham Lupp (Bathurst), Gus Armstrong & Peter Swain (Kandos), Jonathan Jones (Bathurst), Laura Baker (Blayney), Nicola Mason (Napoleon Reef), Ros Auld (Borenore), Simone Darcy (Forbes), Steven Cavanagh (Hill End), Susan Baird (Hill End), the artHITects (Gary Carsley & Renjie Teoh) (Bathurst), Vicky Browne (Nullo Mountain).

West of Central 2 // Curator & Artist Talk
2025-11-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
West of Central 2 // Curator & Artist Talk

Saturday 22 November, 11am-12pm

Join BRAG Exhibitions Coordinator, Camille Gillyboeuf, and five artists for a walkthrough of West of Central 2 : the artHITects (Gary Carsley & Renjie Teoh), Laura Baker, Jonathan Jones, and Steven Cavanagh.

FREE, all welcome, RSVP essential

About the Exhibition

West of Central 2

Conceived as an exhibition responding to place, West of Central embraces artists who live and work across Wiradjuri Country in Central West NSW.

This Earth-centric exhibition honours artists’ care, concern, and respect for Country. Home to an increasing cohort of contemporary artists seeking connection, respite and balance, regional Australia is a place where artists have space to create, experiment and challenge. West of Central celebrates those who live and work regionally, positioning the regional as central to their practice.

First realised at BRAG in 2023, this second chapter, West of Central 2, invited artists from LGAs of Lachlan, Parkes, Forbes, Weddin, Cabonne, Cowra, Blayney, Orange, Mid-Western, Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow to respond to the ecologies, histories, and communities of these places.

Artists: Adam Rish (Hill End), Gabrielle Bates (Kandos), Genevieve Carroll (Hill End), Graham Lupp (Bathurst), Gus Armstrong & Peter Swain (Kandos), Jonathan Jones (Bathurst), Laura Baker (Blayney), Nicola Mason (Napoleon Reef), Ros Auld (Borenore), Simone Darcy (Forbes), Steven Cavanagh (Hill End), Susan Baird (Hill End), the artHITects (Gary Carsley & Renjie Teoh) (Bathurst), Vicky Browne (Nullo Mountain).

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DANGEROUSLY MODERN : AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ARTISTS IN EUROPE 1890-1940
2025-11-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Step into the world of bold creativity with our Dangerously Modern Day Trip to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.
Joining BRAGS and BAthurst Tours on this cultural escape, you’ll experience one of the most significant exhibitions of the year.
This landmark exhibition celebrates the pioneering Australian women who defied convention to pursue art careers in Europe during the early 20th century. Featuring over 200 works, including paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, and ceramics, Dangerously Modern explores how these artists embraced modernism and brought new ideas back to Australia.
Take a journey into history, resilience, and creativity of our women artists.
Depart: 8.00 am from McDonald’s Bathurst car park. Return around 5.00pm
Cost: BRAGS Member $103.50 | $115 Non-Member
Includes return 1-20 seat coacher transport, entry, and guided tour to Dangerously Modern exhibition. Food and drink at own expense. Involves moderate amount of walking.
Registration: Daniel Briant on 1300 728 321

Artist Talk // Bella Fenton 'The Bogeyman'
2025-11-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Artist Talk // Bella Fenton ‘The Bogeyman’

Saturday 29 November, 11am-12pm

Hear from Foyer Gallery artist Bella Fenton discussing new exhibition The Bogeyman

FREE, all welcome, RSVP essential

About the Exhibition

In 2023, Bella Fenton won the Bathurst Grange Distillery (BGD) x BRAG Summer Gin Art Competition. Her artwork was reproduced on the BGD Summer Gin labels of that year, and Fenton was awarded a BRAG Foyer Gallery exhibition – an opportunity for a local emerging artist to present their artwork to a wide audience in a professionally staffed, celebrated Regional Gallery.

“Last week I had a nightmare where a stranger chased me into my car outside an Aldi in Wollongong – a place I haven’t visited in years. I thought I had escaped him until an arm reached out from beneath the passenger seat and tried to grab me. I woke up clutching my own hands so tightly I thought I might break my fingers.

“My series of paintings, The Bogeyman, explores the strangeness of nightmares and the shifting sense of identity that comes with living through these unreal timelines. Through recurring characters, the works form a twisting, disordered narrative in which a cowgirl becomes trapped in a world of horror drawn from both movies and everyday anxieties. The settings feel familiar yet slightly off, evoking unease and a dark, almost absurd humour as if things couldn’t possibly get any worse.

“Within these distorted, dreamlike memories, I confront my own sense of self. Every figure and fragment belong to me: I am the people I see in my sleep, the shifting buildings, the blurred recollections. I am the victim in the horror movie and I am also the bogeyman.” – Bella Fenton

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Exhibition Tours // Summer Exhibitions
2025-11-29 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-13 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-20 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-27 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-03 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-17 11:00 - 12:00 and 1 more date | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
About the Exhibitions – RSVP

West of Central 2

Conceived as an exhibition responding to place, West of Central embraces artists who live and work across Wiradjuri Country in Central West NSW.

This Earth-centric exhibition honours artists’ care, concern, and respect for Country. Home to an increasing cohort of contemporary artists seeking connection, respite and balance, regional Australia is a place where artists have space to create, experiment and challenge. West of Central celebrates those who live and work regionally, positioning the regional as central to their practice.

First realised at BRAG in 2023, this second chapter, West of Central 2, invited artists from LGAs of Lachlan, Parkes, Forbes, Weddin, Cabonne, Cowra, Blayney, Orange, Mid-Western, Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow to respond to the ecologies, histories, and communities of these places.

Artists: Adam Rish (Hill End), Gabrielle Bates (Kandos), Genevieve Carroll (Hill End), Graham Lupp (Bathurst), Gus Armstrong & Peter Swain (Kandos), Jonathan Jones (Bathurst), Laura Baker (Blayney), Nicola Mason (Napoleon Reef), Ros Auld (Borenore), Simone Darcy (Forbes), Steven Cavanagh (Hill End), Susan Baird (Hill End), the artHITects (Gary Carsley & Renjie Teoh) (Bathurst), Vicky Browne (Nullo Mountain).

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Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) presents the 2025 Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

In 2025, BRAG partnered with Wiradyuri Elders, Artists, and Community to develop and deliver the Our Ngurang (Home) Program – an education program for students and teachers across Wiradyuri County in the Bathurst Region.

With a local focus on our shared home of Wiradyuri Country, students from Blayney Public School participated in a year-long learning program of art, culture, and language workshops with Wiradyuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, Wiradyuri Elder Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr, Wiradyuri artist Jessica Leffley, and Yiri Sue Rice.

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Bella Fenton: The Bogeyman

BRAG presents Foyer Gallery Exhibition The Bogeyman by Bella Fenton, Winner of the 2023 Bathurst Grange Distillery x BRAG Summer Gin Art Competition.

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Image: Bella Fenton, Exactly as I left it (detail), acrylic on canvas, 33 x 43 cm. Courtesy the artist.

Talks & Tea
2025-12-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
TALKS & TEA

Join Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) Volunteer Guides for a spotlight talk and walk through of our current exhibitions!

Wednesday 10 December, 10:30am-12:00pm

Tour of exhibition

Morning tea by donation, RSVP essential

About the Exhibitions

West of Central 2

Conceived as an exhibition responding to place, West of Central embraces artists who live and work across Wiradjuri Country in Central West NSW.

This Earth-centric exhibition honours artists’ care, concern, and respect for Country. Home to an increasing cohort of contemporary artists seeking connection, respite and balance, regional Australia is a place where artists have space to create, experiment and challenge. West of Central celebrates those who live and work regionally, positioning the regional as central to their practice.

First realised at BRAG in 2023, this second chapter, West of Central 2, invited artists from LGAs of Lachlan, Parkes, Forbes, Weddin, Cabonne, Cowra, Blayney, Orange, Mid-Western, Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow to respond to the ecologies, histories, and communities of these places.

Artists: Adam Rish (Hill End), Gabrielle Bates (Kandos), Genevieve Carroll (Hill End), Graham Lupp (Bathurst), Gus Armstrong & Peter Swain (Kandos), Jonathan Jones (Bathurst), Laura Baker (Blayney), Nicola Mason (Napoleon Reef), Ros Auld (Borenore), Simone Darcy (Forbes), Steven Cavanagh (Hill End), Susan Baird (Hill End), the artHITects (Gary Carsley & Renjie Teoh) (Bathurst), Vicky Browne (Nullo Mountain).

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Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) presents the 2025 Our Ngurang (Home) Program Exhibition

In 2025, BRAG partnered with Wiradyuri Elders, Artists, and Community to develop and deliver the Our Ngurang (Home) Program – an education program for students and teachers across Wiradyuri County in the Bathurst Region.

With a local focus on our shared home of Wiradyuri Country, students from Blayney Public School participated in a year-long learning program of art, culture, and language workshops with Wiradyuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones, Wiradyuri Elder Wirribee Aunty Leanna Carr, Wiradyuri artist Jessica Leffley, and Yiri Sue Rice.

The Colours of Hill End Art Exhibition
2025-12-13 11:00 - 2026-03-22 15:00 | Hill End Art Gallery, 5 Beyers Avenue, Hill End, 2850, Australia
The Colours of Hill End Art Exhibition at Hill End Art Gallery.
The Hill End Art Gallery is pleased to announce its next exhibition, featuring the works of Jeannie Holmes and Sharon Shelton. These two exceptional and diverse local artists will be showcasing their talent by highlighting the vibrant colours of Hill End.
Exhibition Details
• Artists: Jeannie Holmes and Sharon Shelton
• Theme: The Colours of Hill End
• Opening: 11:00 AM, Saturday 13 December 2025
• Exhibition runs to 22nd March 2026
Join us for this exciting event celebrating local artistry and the unique palette of Hill End.
The Hill End Art Gallery is open 11.00am – 3.00pm weekends.
Special Christmas opening times: Friday, 19th December through to Monday, 22nd December. 11am – 3pm
Closed for Christmas/New Year break, check Hill End Art Gallery facebook page for opening times.

While you are here, be sure to browse our selection of gifts. There are plenty of fantastic options available, perfect for sharing with family and friends.

School Holidays // Camera-less Photography Workshop
2026-01-15 10:30 - 12:30 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Thursday 15 January, 10:30am-12:30pm
Discover how sunlight, plants, and chemistry can create beautiful camera-less images in this hands-on workshop with artist Simone Darcy. You’ll learn to make Phytograms – camera-less photographs created using leaves, flowers, and eco-developer on photographic paper.

Designed for young people aged 11–17, this workshop invites you to experiment, play, and explore the intersection of art and science.
All materials are provided, just bring your curiosity and imagination!

Ages: 11-17
Tickets: $10 members, $15 non-members, no experience required, Bookings essential
About the Artist
Simone Darcy is an Australian artist and educator whose practice explores experimental and historical photographic processes. Her work often combines elements of performance, alchemy, and ecology, engaging with the body, nature, and transformation through light-based materials. Simone has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, with over twenty years of teaching experience in photomedia and alternative photographic techniques.

Image: Simone Darcy, Sunburn (detail), 2025, Phytogram. Courtesy the artist.

School Holidays // Camera-less Photography Workshop
2026-01-15 10:30 - 12:30 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70 -78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, 2795, Australia
Discover how sunlight, plants, and chemistry can create beautiful camera-less images in this hands-on workshop with artist Simone Darcy. You’ll learn to make Phytograms – camera-less photographs created using leaves, flowers, and eco-developer on photographic paper.

Designed for young people aged 11–17, this workshop invites you to experiment, play, and explore the intersection of art and science.All materials are provided, just bring your curiosity and imagination!

Ages: 11-17

Tickets: $10 members, $15 non-members, no experience required, Bookings essential

About the Artist

Simone Darcy is an Australian artist and educator whose practice explores experimental and historical photographic processes. Her work often combines elements of performance, alchemy, and ecology, engaging with the body, nature, and transformation through light-based materials. Simone has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, with over twenty years of teaching experience in photomedia and alternative photographic techniques.

Image: Simone Darcy, Sunburn (detail), 2025, Phytogram. Courtesy the artist.

Exhibition Opening // Acts of Inheritance and Pattern Recognition
2026-02-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70-78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, 2795
Join BRAG in celebrating the opening of their first exhibitions of the year, welcoming a vibrant and ambitions new year of artistic programming in Central West NSW.
We Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance
Acts of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others, families, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us.
The project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Liz Bryan: Pattern Recognition
Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth, water, air, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning, underpins the work.

Bathurst Arts Trail – Studio Preview Exhibition at T.Arts Gallery
2026-02-13 00:00 - 2026-02-27 23:59, 2026-02-13 08:00 - 17:00 | T.Arts Gallery, 75 Keppel Street, Bathurst, NSW, 2795, Australia
The Bathurst Arts Trail will hold an exhibition at T.Arts Gallery 75 Keppel St Bathurst from the 13th – 27th March 2026.
The artists of the Bathurst Arts Trail first opened their studio doors to the public back in November 2011 and it has proved to be very popular for both locals, visitors from Sydney and further afield.
From time to time the Trail artists hold a collective exhibition which provides the public with a glimpse into the varying styles and art forms that the artists enjoy. With diverse backgrounds, some with formal training, some from childhood beginnings and some who have been inspired by people met along the way the end results are as diverse as the artists themselves.
Perhaps some visitors to the exhibition may be inspired to take up and develop their own vision by visiting some of the talented artists from the Bathurst Arts Trail. For Bathurst locals they are just on your doorstep. Worth the effort? – of course it is.

Maker Space
2026-02-17 10:00 - 2026-05-03 17:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70-78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, 2795
Head to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) for our Maker’s Space activities of collage and colouring for our current exhibitions!
Materials and stool provided
FREE, self-guided session
No experience required
All ages welcome, children must be supervised
BRAG is open:
10am – 5pm Tuesday through Friday
10am – 2pm Saturday & Sunday
About the Exhibitions
We Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance
Acts of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others, families, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us.
Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability, mental health, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined, but enacted through the choices we make, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another.
Through these works, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us.
We Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive.
Artists: Aili Brenton, Virginia Bucknell, Ria Cirera-Cruz, Taylah Devlin, Holly-lee Dickson, Georgina Evans, Nina Frankie, Leanne Larwood, Timothy W. Martin, Grazia Napoletano, Adrienne Proud, Rebecca Sciroli, Kiri Smith, Jane Thatcher, Miah Tito-Barratt, Jordan Valageorgiou, Eden Young.
Curated by We Are Studios Collective.
The project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Liz Bryan: Pattern Recognition
Liz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing, painting, textiles, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge, mythologies and ritual, and engages with themes of womanhood, place, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science, mysticism and material knowledge.
For Pattern Recognition at BRAG, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth, water, air, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning, underpins the work.
Through this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape, line, colour and form. Historic textile motifs, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Banner image credits: (Left) Timothy W. Martin, TORRENT, 2025, digital image. Photographed by Ebony Wightman. Courtesy We Are Studios; (Right) Image: Liz Bryan, Transmissions 2, 2024, found wood and acrylic paint. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Maja Baska.

BRAG I SPY
2026-02-17 10:00 - 2026-05-03 17:00 | Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 70-78 Keppel Street, Bathurst, 2795
Bring the youngsters to Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) for an I SPY detective trail throughout our current exhibitions!
Materials and stool provided
FREE, self-guided session
No experience required
Children must be supervised
About the Exhibitions
We Are Studios: Acts of Inheritance
Acts of Inheritance presents new work from seventeen Disabled artists who explore identity as something lived, layered and continually remade. We come to know ourselves through small, everyday acts and performances – our own and those of others, families, cultures and communities as they leave their mark upon us.
Some artists revisit family stories or inherited acts; others reflect on Disability, mental health, and shifting perceptions of self and how we perform it. Here, inheritance is not fixed or predetermined, but enacted through the choices we make, the stories we tell and the ways we show up for one another.
Through these works, Acts of Inheritance invites us to imagine identity as something performed in ongoing dialogue between who we have been, who we are becoming and the worlds that shape us.
We Are Studios is a 100% Disability-led, artist-run initiative empowering Disabled Western Sydney artists to thrive.
Artists: Aili Brenton, Virginia Bucknell, Ria Cirera-Cruz, Taylah Devlin, Holly-lee Dickson, Georgina Evans, Nina Frankie, Leanne Larwood, Timothy W. Martin, Grazia Napoletano, Adrienne Proud, Rebecca Sciroli, Kiri Smith, Jane Thatcher, Miah Tito-Barratt, Jordan Valageorgiou, Eden Young.
Curated by We Are Studios Collective.
The project is supported by the New South Wales Government through Create NSW and by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Liz Bryan: Pattern Recognition
Liz Bryan is a visual artist and designer working across drawing, painting, textiles, sculpture and digital media. Her practice is shaped by an ongoing interest in esoteric knowledge, mythologies and ritual, and engages with themes of womanhood, place, and the hidden or overlooked histories of feminine experience. Moving fluidly between art and craft, Liz’s work also reflects on the intersections of science, mysticism and material knowledge.
For Pattern Recognition at BRAG, Liz presents a body of work that explores the microcosmic world and the underlying geometry inherent in biological structures. Informed by sacred geometry and esoteric traditions outlined in Plato’s Timaeus, the exhibition draws on the symbolism of the five Platonic solids—earth, water, air, fire and ether—as metaphors for both physical and metaphysical systems. The relationship between microcosm and macrocosm, particularly as seen in DNA structures and natural patterning, underpins the work.
Through this work Liz explores the esoteric potential of shape, line, colour and form. Historic textile motifs, including ogee forms and repeating half-brick patterns, further inform the visual language of the exhibition. Through sculptures and paintings, Pattern Recognition reveals pattern as a connective force—linking matter, meaning and the unseen structures that shape our world.
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Banner image credits: (Left) Timothy W. Martin, TORRENT, 2025, digital image. Photographed by Ebony Wightman. Courtesy We Are Studios; (Right) Image: Liz Bryan, Transmissions 2, 2024, found wood and acrylic paint. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Maja Baska.

Sofala Agriculture & Horticulture Show
2026-02-22 08:00 - 17:00 | Sofala Showground, Ilford Sofala Road, Sofala, NSW, 2795, Australia
The Sofala Show is always a fantastic family outing with the pavilions overflowing. There will be Collectables, Art, Photography, Wool and much more! An annual event held on the last Sunday in February.
