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	Djalkiri: We are standing on their names - Blue Mud Bay 19 November – 23 January This exquisite series of prints is the culmination of a vibrant and intensive cross-cultural exchange between five highly respected Yithuwa Madarrpa artists and four renowned artists from across Australia. In October 2009 artists Djambawa Marawili, Marrirra Marawili, Liyawaday Wirrpanda, Marrnyula Mununggurr and Mulkun Wirrpanda <More>
	David Alldridge Discovery International Power Hazelwood Community Access Gallery 3 December - 14 January David Alldridge’s Discovery investigates the hidden beauties of our local environment. Alldridge explores his surroundings in search of critters and wildlife to capture their transient movements. This series of drawings plays with the tenets of perspective. <More>
	Global Backyard 22 October - 11 December Global backyard is an exhibition curated to coincide with the celebration of Latrobe Regional Gallery’s 40th Anniversary. It taps into the Latrobe Valley, Gippsland and Australia as a place of exchange, movement, migration and sustainability; <More>
	Playback 2 Celebrating 40 years of collecting at Latrobe Regional Gallery 8 October - 4 December In celebration of the Gallery’s 40th Anniversary this year, Playback 2 highlights the Latrobe Regional Gallery sculpture and glass collection, from the 1970s to the most recent acquisitions. <More>
	F.J. Norman Snowblind - Marks in Time International Power Hazelwood Community Access Gallery 29 October – 27 November 2011 The unacknowledged and overlooked within the urban environment influences the practice of Frederick James Norman. He looks to the urban landscape in search of fragments of colours, marks, drips and writing which form traces of our visual history continuously written and decaying through time. <More>
	Jacki Parry Memory Weaving 10 September - 13 November Memory Weaving will be Jacki Parry's first solo exhibition in Gippsland and Victoria since leaving Australia in 1964. Intimate and obsessive, the Memory Weavings are an ongoing group of works which begin as drawings and develop into intaglio prints on handmade paper. <More>
	Breathing Space Works from the CBus Collection of Australian Art 2 July – 6 November 2011 Cosy interiors and late afternoons in private gardens, Breathing Space considers the places where we find daily respite. From walks in suburban streets to images of still life, artists include Howard Arkley, Margaret Preston, Roy de Maistre and Danila Vassilieff. <More>
	Jack Kee Gamble Winner of the Dick Bishop Memorial Prize 2011 International Power Hazelwood Community Access Gallery 24 September - 23 October The lingering darkness of Silence Emerged acts as a metaphor for individual and societal disquiet. Jack Kee Gamble’s photographic series unveils a sense of shared contemporary fears through strong tonal contrasts and dense colour saturation. <More>
	Li Gang In the Grey Scale 3 September - 16 October Curated by the Australian artist Tony Trembath, Li Gang - in the grey scale surveys the recent photographic work of this Australian-trained Chinese artist. <More>
	Dan Wollmering The Shape of Things 6 August - 1 October Dan Wollmering's current exhibition focuses on his wood sculptures in various timbers and celebrates his significant output as a sculptor. <More>
	Sarah Reark Timescapes 20 August - 18 September Sarah Reark's Timescapes takes us on a journey through her connection and response to the Gippsland landscape. <More>
	Playback 40 years of collecting 18 June - 3 September In celebration of Latrobe Regional Gallery’s 40th Anniversary this year, Playback highlights the flavour of each decade of collecting, from the 1970s to the most recent acquisitions. <More>
	Optical Collusion Donna Kendrigan and Chris Henschke 25 June - 24 August 2011 Optical Collusion is a collection of pre-cinema optical devices, reworked with post-cinema technologies. The aesthetics of pre-cinema are placed within contemporary contexts. Tricks of perception mediated by technology are not new – magic lanterns and stereoscopes were popular entertainments in the Enlightenment and Victorian eras. <More>
	Dana Ashlakoff And Where in the World 16 July – 12 August 2011 Dana Ashlakoff uses found articles and items from her local area to create her body of work which she notes “could come from anywhere – but it comes from here”. Her intention is to create connections within the Latrobe Valley. <More>
	Ann Copeman, Joyce Nowrungsah, Karen Sandon, Susanna Watterston Mindful Things 4 June – 31 July 2011 Mindful things is a group exhibition about perception, introspection, identity, emotion and the unconscious mind. Susanna Watterston's laser cut acrylic sign boards use visual puns to highlight personal pathways, choices and introspective thought processes. Karen Sandon's photographs explore...<More>
	The Great Southern Portrait Prize International Power Hazelwood Community Access Gallery 11 June – 10 July 2011 Prom Coast Arts Council Inc. proudly presents the 6th annual 'The Great Southern Portrait Prize'. Artists predominantly from the Gippsland area have submitted portraits in a variety of mediums. <More>
	We Feel ... Schools' Exhibition 1 - 25 June 2011 Latrobe Regional gallery is proud to exhibit artworks created by 380 Latrobe Valley school children, as part of the We Feel Creative Gippsland May Festival installation. Students from Maryvale Crescent and St Paul's Anglican Grammar Traralgon pre-schools and Hazelwood North, Moe South Street, Moe Elizabeth Street, Yinnar, Tyers and St Vincent's primary schools recently participated in in-school workshops with the Latrobe Regional Gallery's Education Officer. <More>
	Land Songs Works from the Cbus Collection of Australian Art 19 February – 25 June Land Songs explores the beauty and lyricism of the landscape that permeates our sense of belonging and memory. Delicately inked contours, swift layers of paint and staccato mark-making by artists such as John Olsen, Brett Whitely...<More>
	Tibetan Monks Sacred Footsteps from the Roof of the World Tour 2011 15 - 19 June 2011 Latrobe Regional gallery is proud to announce that we will again be hosting the Geelong Drol Kar Buddhist Centre Touring program Sacred Footsteps from the Roof of the World Austalian Tour. During the five day program three monks will produce a Mandala, a floor sand-painting that celebrates the life and achievements of Buddha and Tibetan culture. <More>
	Robert Clinch Real Life Stories from the inner suburbs 9 April – 3 June 2011 Contemporary realist artist Robert Clinch highlights the beauty and intricate detail of manmade structures and our urban environment. Working directly from life, Clinch explores how buildings develop their own narratives...<More>
	Geoff Harrison Time and Space 7 May – 5 June 2011 Geoff Harrison's series of paintings takes the viewer on a journey of experiences through the viewing of familiar domestic and institutional spaces. Harrison explores how all spaces contain their own ambience which shifts slightly through the changes in time and the movement of light. <More>
	Colliding Islands 9 April – 3 June 2011 Colliding Islands explores the shifting cultural significance of landscape, from traditional concepts of nature to the socio-urban topography of contemporary identities. Specifically, it considers the complex, and sometimes ambivalent, relationships we have with local and international landscapes, including conflicted landscapes. <More>
	We Feel ... An Exploration of Human Emotion 4 May – 29 May 2011 Latrobe Regional Gallery is at the heart of the Creative Gippsland Be Inspired Arts Festival. Throughout May this fabulous gallery is the home of 'We Feel…' - an exhibition that explores the communication of emotions. At the heart of the exhibition is an interactive installation that explores human emotion on a global scale. We Feel Fine has been harvesting human feelings online (from blog sites) since 2005 <More>
	Pat Waters On the edge 2 April – 1 May 2011 Pat Waters explores the dynamics of landscape through expressive gestural marks, textured paint, bold colour and delicately inscribed lines. Her paintings evoke the atmosphere of a variety of landscapes...<More>
	The Stony Rises Project An RMIT Design Research Institute & NETS Victoria touring exhibition 12 February – 24 April 2011 The Stony Rises Project brings together ten contemporary artists and designers in an investigation of the rich, layered histories of the Western District of Victoria. The resulting exhibition, developed by RMIT Design Research Institute and toured by NETS Victoria, focuses on the intricate relationships of people with place, colonial and Indigenous narratives...<More>
	Unveiled An exhibition by Latrobe City Art Groups International Power Hazelwood Community Access Gallery 25 February – 26 March Members of the Morwell Art Group, Moe Art Society and Traralgon & District Art Society will showcase a variety of works in different mediums in response to the theme of ‘Light and Dark’...<More>
	Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 5 February – 3 April 2011 Latrobe Regional Gallery will exhibit 35 paintings from the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2010 from 5 February – 3 April 2011. Billed as Australia’s premier art and portrait competition, the Moran Prizes’ number of entries and prize money greatly exceeds other competitions. Brisbane-based artist Michael Zavros has been named the winner of the 2010 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for his work titled, Phoebe is Dead/McQueen...<More>
	From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Prints from the Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection 27 November 2010 – 10 April 2011 Ostriches on the beach, Victorian frocks and printed follies are some of the scenes from works selected from the Latrobe Regional Gallery print collection that take a serious look at light hearted subject matter. People and figures, varied in arrangement and interpretation remains central to the exhibition...<More>
	Shakti International Power Hazelwood Community Access Gallery 22 January – 20 February 2011 Shakti’s confronting photographs honour the life and purpose of animals after their death. The images were taken on walks around her local Gippsland area and investigate the need to celebrate animals, particularly farm animals, as they assist in providing a healthy lifestyle and sustaining life...<More>
	Edge of Silence Cbus Collection of Australian Art 11 September 2010 – 13 February 2011 Edge of Silence considers our relationships with the land and the connections we experience both physically and psychologically, whether gazing above or mining below...More>
	The Gatherer Functional objects from a bygone era 18 December to 5 February 2011 The Gatherer, Functional objects from a bygone era is an ode to a forgotten history of sustainable and simple living of gathering and cultivation of the land...<More>
	Expressing emotion through photography Photographs by children from Lumen Christi’s Camera Club 22 November 2010 – 31 January 2011 This exhibition celebrates the work of Lumen Christi Primary School’s Camera Club. The budding young photographers, ranging from grade three to six took photos both at home and at school under the guidance of photographer Neale Stratford, Monash University, Gippsland Campus. The group used their photographs to identify and express emotion...<More>
	Black and White: documenting Indigenous Australia A Monash Gallery of Art Travelling Exhibition 27 November 2010 – 23 January 2011 Drawing primarily on material in the MGA Collection, and featuring work by some of Australia’s best-known photographers, Black & White: documenting Indigenous Australia examines the representation of Indigenous Australians in black-and-white photography from the nineteenth century through to present....More >
	Ross Pickard Impressions International Power Hazelwood Community Access Gallery 4 December 2010 – 16 January 2011 Ross Pickard looks for beauty in the Australian landscape. Following in the footsteps of 19th century Impressionist painters, Pickard seeks to ‘capture the moment’ of his surrounds with immediacy of paint and freshness of colour...<More>
	It seems to me the most obvious Diploma of Visual Art students, GippsTAFE 6 November – 13 December 2010 It is very much more difficult to talk about a thing than to do it. In the sphere of actual life that is of course obvious. Oscar Wilde (The Critic as Artist, 1888) In the development of artistic capabilities the ownership and articulation of ideas and the crafting of a method...<More>
	Cancer Council Arts Awards International Power Hazelwood Ccommunity Access Gallery 6 November – 28 November The Cancer Council Art Award is an exhibition dedicated to people’s experiences with cancer through creative expression. This uplifting exhibition gives people the opportunity to share their stories of tragedy, loss and strength and provides hope for others affected by the disease...<More>
	Eve Duncan and Siri Hayes: Listening Portraits 25 September – 21 November 2010 Photographer Siri Hayes recently collaborated with music composer Eve Duncan to produce Listening Portraits, a series from a project called ‘Dredge’...More>
	The Weight of Stone - Frank Mesaric 25 September - 21 November Frank Mesaric’s recent body of work takes as its starting point references to things around us and highlights the characteristics in them that are in fact universal...More >
	Home Truths 4 September – 31 October 2010 Home Truths is an exhibition that highlights familiarity of place. Our very often taken-for-granted domestic spaces bear witness to family traditions, transitions, challenges and joys that develop our private lives. More >
	Water and Light - Lesley Keevers 2 October - 31 October Lesley Keevers paintings are inspired by the earth’s biosphere. Water is the main focus in this body of work as a symbol of life, rejuvenation and the strength in earth’s natural elements...More >
	Dick Bishop Memorial Prize Winner 2010 Kristen Halkett: Monument 28 August – 26 September 2010 International Power Hazelwood Community Acces Gallery
	Rosalind Atkins 24 July - 19 September For many years the engraving of images of trees on finely grained blocks of wood has made up the dominant part of Rosalind Atkins' art practice...More > Rosalind Atkins, Tree - Bogong 2005, wood engraving
	Other Side Art: Trevor Nickolls - A survey of paintings and drawings 1972 - 2007 24 July - 19 September Trevor Nickolls is a senior indigenous artist and seminal figure in Australian contemporary art...More > Trevor Nickolls, Warum mandala 2002, synthetic polymer paint on canvas.
	Essential - From the Cbus Collection of Australian Art 9 May - 5 September Essential presents a selection of works from artists who have re-shaped their visual worlds to extract an underlying essence for expressive purposes.... More > Peter Upward, Orange Accent II (detail), 1960, oil on paper on board.
	Symbols of Construction - Sue Jarvis 24 July - 22 August Construction sites are the source of inspiration for Sue Jarvis's recent oils on canvas...More > Sue Jarvis, Construction Worker (detail) 2009, oil on canvas.
	Simryn Gill: Inland 22 May - 18 July Simryn Gill: Inland, is the most significant survey of photography by Singapore-born, Sydney and Malaysia-based artist Simryn Gill...More > Simryn Gill, Vegetation #5 (detail), 1999, gelatin silver photograph. Courtesy the artist and Breenspace, Sydney.
	Journey by Water 19 June - 18 July Indigenous artists from South East Victoria have an affinity with water...More > Francis Harrison, School of Fish (detail), 2009, linocut. Courtesy East Gippsland Aboriginal Arts Corporat
	Edge of the World - Carolyn Lewens, Heather Shimmen, Mandy Gunn 15 May - 27 June Each artist has a history and ongoing urgent concern with environmental issues, frequently drawing on local stories, histories and geographies that are demonstrated in their work... More > Heather Shimmen Lost II 2008, linocut print on circle of felt, unique state.
	Interface - Kim McDonald 15 May - 13 June Kim McDonald’s mixed media works portray her exploration of the human body...More > Kim McDonald, Untitled: Interface series 2010 (detail). Monoprint on rice paper and interface.
	Beyond the persona -Eminent women of Victoria - Caroline Williams 15 May - 13 June Beyond the persona: Eminent women of Victoria celebrates the achievements of Victorian women through life-size portraits of 12 significant, contemporary Victorian women...More > Caroline Williams, Christine Nixon (detail), 2008, oil and pencil on linen. Courtesy of the artist.
	Paul Caporn - Modified 20 March - 16 May Modified presents new works by WA artist Paul Caporn satirically engaging with ideas of masculinity and cultural identity... More > Paul Caporn, Barbie Mate 2005, archival ink jet print
	Women of the World - From the Cbus Collection of Australian Art Until 2 May Women of the World presents a sumptuous range of portraits and studies of women from the Collection...More >
	Threads through Time - The Embroiderers Guild Victoria 27 March - 9 May In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Embroiderers Guild Victoria, Latrobe Regional Gallery will be hosting a combined exhibition of works from the Guild’s State Collection ... More >
	Evolution 11 April - 7 May Works from the Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection...More > Peter Booth, Thorn, 1986, oil on canvas (detail)
	Objects to Live By. The art of John Meade 6 February - 4 April John Meade is an established Melbourne sculptor who has been exhibiting since the early 1990s... More >
	Latrobe City Art Groups 20 February - 21 March Members of the Morwell Art Group, Moe Art Society and Traralgon & District Art Society... More >
	2008 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award 16 January - 14 March The Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award showcases excellence in contemporary Australian drawing... More >
	Tandeera - Resting Place 23 January - 14 March Tandeera is a Gunnai/Kurnai word meaning place of rest ... More >
	Turbulent Terrain - Manifestations of the Sublime in Contemporary Art 5 September - 1 November Traditionally associated with the imagery of nineteenth century artists such as Caspar David Friedrich, the concept of the sublime originally referred to a sense of awe and fear inspired by the vastness and immense power of nature and the elements. More >
	Phil Henshall - Perspectives on the Pilbara 16 January - 14 February Inspired by his visits to the Pilbara region, Phil Henshall provides a unique view of these dramatic landscapes...More >
	Kaleidoscope - Glass & prints from the collection of Latrobe Regional Gallery 27 November - 25 January Kaleidoscope features a range of glass and prints from the Latrobe Regional Gallery 's permanent collection... More >
	Material Absence 7 November - 10 January An exhibition by emerging artists who work within a range of contemporary practices... More >
	About Face - Portraiture 21 November - 10 January, 2010 About Face is the outcome of two years of collaboration between six artists who, during this time, completed a self-portrait as well as portraits of each other... More >
	Janina Green: Where the Heart Is 10 October - 15 November, 2009 Janina Green’s photographic exhibition honours the Ukrainian families who migrated to the Latrobe Valley area from the Displaced Persons’ Camps in Germany 60 years ago. More >
	GippsTAFE: Too Much of Me 17 October - 15 November 2009 This current body of students’ work entitled “Too much of me” thematically explores the ‘idea of self’. More >
	Come on the Scene: A Next Wave and NETS Victoria touring exhibition 1 August, 2009 - 11 October 2009 Come on the Scene, a touring exhibition from Next Wave’s Regional Kickstart programme, presents the work of five young regionally-based contemporary artists, who transform the communities around them through their creative practices. More >
	Breathe: Portraits by Christopher Ireland 5 September - 4 October 2009 Christopher Ireland’s exhibition, simply titled Breathe, presents photographic portraits of women whose partners have died from asbestos related diseases. More >
	Dick Bishop Memorial Prize 2009: Lyndy Lord 'Etched in Nature' 5 September - 4 October 2009 Inspired by her immediate environment and surrounding culture, Lyndy explores the relationship between humanity and the natural world. More >
	Up the Line: Briagolong School of Fine Art August 1 - August 28 2009 Briagolong School of Fine Art is an art cooperative with its own gallery operating in the central Gippsland town of Briagolong. This exhibition presents the work of 25 students who hail from Metung to Traralgon. More >
	The World in Painting 27 June - 23 August, 2009 The world in painting presents recent work by eight established Australian artists who believe in the strength of their medium as a visual language. More >
	Kees Hos: Seventy Years of Art Practice 20 June - 23 August 2009 Throughout his extensive career as artist and teacher in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia, Kees Hos drew continual inspiration for his work from the figure, landscape and the accidental gesture. More >
	Through Children's Eyes 27 June - 24 July 2009 Through Children’s Eyes is a photographic exhibition by children of Papua New Guinea and Australian communities. More >
	Adrian Mauriks: Construction II "Doll" Until July 26 2009 Events inform content. Content by implication, constructs. Art evaluates "being there', linking events at the edge to living the silence of our personal space. More >
	Angela Griffiths: Vanishing Point 23 May - 26 July 2009 In conjunction with the Green Expectations project at Latrobe City Council, Latrobe Regional Gallery is featuring a ‘green’ installation by Angela Griffiths which represents the plight of Antarctica. More >