Olive Cotton: Photographs

Olive Cotton: Photographs is an exhibition of Olive Cotton photographs from the Cowra Regional Art Gallery Collection and works on loan from the Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney. The exhibition includes significant photographs that highlight Olive Cotton’s love of nature, her astute powers of observation, as well as her enduring interest in the play of light. Olive Cotton lived and worked in the Cowra district for more than 50 years.

2011 CCP Documentary Photography Award

The CCP Documentary Photography Award is a biennial showcase of contemporary Australian documentary photography. This exhibition, the eighth CC P Documentary Photography Award, demonstrates the breadth of contemporary approaches to documentary practice from traditional black and white narratives through to vibrant colour, all of which have been achieved without digital manipulation. Arguably more important than ever before, and certainly more controversial, documentary photography always draws a large and diverse audience and sparks debate.

Exhibition resources:

Exhibition Catalogue – PDF Download
Education Resource – PDF Download

Tim Winters: Island To Island

Tim Winters is a printmaker and painter based in Stuart Town, Central West NSW. In 2008, he travelled to Sark, a tiny island in the English Channel and the remote island Orkney, located off the northern coast of Scotland. During this period, he was also an artist-inresidence at the Peacock Visual Arts studio in Aberdeen, Scotland. This journey of discovery to such unusual and isolated islands has developed into an ongoing project, exploring ideas of physical and emotional dislocation contrasted with his experiences of the vast and open spaces of Australia. Tim Winters said, ‘the series of works in ISLAND to ISLAND presented at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery explores the physical nature and philosophical idea of islands and our relationship to them’. Winters was the recipient of the 2011 Central West Regional Artists Award and this exhibition is presented in association with the Award.

From the Collection: New Acquisitions

This exhibition of new acquisitions showcases recent additions to the Cowra Regional Art Gallery Collection during the past three years. During this period, the collection has progressed in its diversity of Australian art not only through the support of private donors and the acquisition of new works through the Calleen Art Awards, but also through the Commonwealth Governments Cultural Gifts Program and the purchase of works through the fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Gallery.

2012 Calleen Art Award and Central West Regional Artists Award

Always exciting and entertaining, the awards aim to foster and encourage originality, creativity and excellence. The Calleen Art Award was established in 1977 by Mrs Patricia Fagan, OA M. During the past 35 years, the Award has developed into a major national acquisitive art prize for painting. The 2012 Calleen Art Award is worth $16,000 and the winning work will become part of the Calleen Collection at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery. The Central West Regional Artists Award is for painting and drawing and is non-acquisitive. The Award was established in 2009 and the winner in 2012 will receive $2,000 and the opportunity of an exhibition at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery during 2013/2014.

SHELL-SHOCKED: Australia after Armistice

An exhibition based on personal stories of immense power. It depicts the grief of mothers whose sons died but had no known burial place – lost forever in foreign fields. Experience the individuality of local town memorials built by communities in an effort to come to terms with their loss and to honour those lives. Reflect on the impact of ‘the war to end all wars’ on Australia. A touring exhibition from the National Archives.