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The Overwintering Project - Mapping Sanctuary

An environmental art project, The Overwintering project has invited artists from Australia and New Zealand to research and respond to the unique nature of their local migratory shorebird habitat.

Free School Holiday Activities

Free School Holiday Activities for young people aged 12 and up.
Bookings essential!

You're invited!

Burnie City Council invites you to our 2021 Australia Day Celebrations.

Hurricanes Cricket Blast School Holiday Program

Come and Try Woolworths Cricket Blast these school holidays.

Join the Flock

A public art program in the school holidays that supports 'The Overwintering Project - Mapping Sanctuary' exhibition.

Lunch talk "Set me free " with Cynthia Hawkins

In different ways Coronavirus impacted everyone. Cynthia Hawkins has created a sculptural piece that allows the viewer to reflect on their own experiences of the past year.

Haunting

A fascinating body of work that encompasses photography, video and text, the exhibition demonstrates how objects and stories can be brought to life and it provokes various interpretations of the past and its ever unfolding consequences on the present.

Keith Looby: from the collection

Australian artist Keith Looby entered the National Art School at age 15 and graduated with an unmistakeable style that went on to win the Sulman, Blake and Archibald prizes.
The Burnie Regional Art Gallery holds a series of 20 prints donated in 1981 that include some of the Kelly gang story created in 1977.

Looby, a film about Archibald Prize winner Keith Looby

Archibald Prize winner Keith Looby won major prizes at home and abroad.

Burnie Print Prize 2021

The Burnie Regional Art Gallery’s flagship exhibition and competition, the Burnie Print Prize celebrates the highest standards of printmaking in Australia and Oceania.

Emma Magnusson-Reid: From Womb to Tomb

Presenting her final honours work for this exhibition, Magnusson-Reid uses installation and assemblage of her soft textile sculpture and recycled material to develop a narrative about female domesticity.

Troy Ruffels : Weathering

Dr Ruffels exhibition will draw direct inspiration from the biologically unique flora and landscape of Tasmania’s microclimates, southern weather events, temperate rainforest and mountainous plain environments.

Remember the Humanness: Nerissa Lea and Reg Lynch

The Burnie Regional Art Gallery supports many artists from our region but it is not often that we have the opportunity to show artists with national and international reputations who also happen to live locally.

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