Exhibitions in 2012

Ist Tamworth Textile Triennial Sensorial Loop

9 Feb – 21 Mar 2012

1st Tamworth Textile Triennial Sensorial Loop

Specific textile skills covered in this exhibition range from resist printed textiles to hand embroidered cross-stitch, from metal wire knitted on a…

Joyaviva: Live Jewellery from across the Pacific

10 Feb – 24 Mar 2012

Joyaviva: Live Jewellery from across the Pacific

Joyaviva recaptures the magic as artists from around the Pacific present beautiful objects that recover the power of jewellery and its role…

Hannah Pang: Double Happiness Portrait of a Chinese Wedding

17 Feb – 24 Mar 2012

Hannah Pang: Double Happiness Portrait of a Chinese Wedding

Fascinated by traditional Chinese embroidery and silk weaving, Hannah Pang started working in Suzhou, China, in 2001, specialising in the development and…

Ali Baba Awrang. Only From The Heart Can You Touch The Sky

10 Apr – 8 Jun 2012

Only From The Heart Can You Touch The Sky

This exhibition features paintings by Hazara artists Khadim Ali (Australia-Afghanistan) and Ali Baba Awrang (Afghanistan), calligraphy by Iranian poet and playwright Mammad…

Unsafe Abdul Karim Hekmat Haven: Hazaras in Afghanistan

11 Apr – 8 Jun 2012

Unsafe Haven: Hazaras in Afghanistan

The photographs of an artist and former Afghan refugee Abdul Karim Hekmat make a powerful point about Australia’s asylum seeker policy. Abdul…

Lorna Fencer Napurrurlab 'Yarla'

28 Jun – 25 Aug 2012

Yulyurlu – Lorna Fencer Napurrurla

Yulyurlu – Lorna Fencer Napurrurla is the first major survey exhibition of desert artist Yulyurlu (c1924-2006) that traces her development as a…

Ian North 'Clouds over Bengali'.

29 Jun – 25 Aug 2012

Kindness/Udarta. Australia-India Cultural Exchange

Featuring more than 140 writers, visual artists and musicians from Australia and India, this exhibition is a lasting record of a window…

13 Sep – 17 Nov 2012

Experimenta Speak to Me

Experimenta Speak to Me is an invitation to consider what it means, at this time, to be together. Our ability to communicate…