Beyond the Studios — Orana Arts

Our Studio Co!Lab members are visual artists, writers, performers of various genres, and more. This page is a snapshot of the activity happening within our member network across Regional NSW. We update this each month. We encourage you to follow our members on social media — find their information at the bottom of our homepage.

June 2025

NOW OPEN // Vicki Luke (Albury) is in a group exhibition Overhead and Underneath at the Tamworth Regional Gallery. This exhibition reminds us to take a breath, listen, observe and respond. responding to the natural environment with deep observation and a direct response to place. Until 15 June. MORE

Vicki Luke, Eastern rosella. (Image supplied)

NOW OPEN // Leanne Wicks (Bogee) and Therese Gabriel Wilkins (Central Coast) are part of a comprehensive survey show of walking art titled Way Beyond Goes Way Out, opening at the WAYOUT Artspace in Kandos on 3 May. Involving 24 artists, the exhibition is an initiative of the Australian Walking Artists network, including a wide range of artforms, walking events, walkshops and talks. Until 22 June. MORE

NOW OPEN // Therese Gabriel Wilkins (Central Coast) is having a solo exhibition titled, Unearthed -The Women of the Gulgong Goldfields, at Holtermann Museum Theatrette, Gulgong. It will give voice to the women of the goldfields of Gulgong in 1872. The offficial opening is 5pm, 10 May in the Theatrette of Holtermann Museum. Open every day. Until 31 August. MORE

An image of a woman in a blue dress standing in the landscape with a building and a group of people gathered in front of it. — Therese Gabriel Wilkins, *Educator of Girls, Miss Richards* (image supplied)

NOW OPEN // Clementine Belle McIntosh (Gilgandra). Sowing and Sewing challenges the human-centric relationships which define our inherent “sense of place”. A HomeGround exhibition, produced by the WPCC, supported by Orana Arts. Artist talk on 7 June at 2pm. Until 7 September. MORE

*Hairdo*, Clementine Belle McIntosh, 2025. (Image supplied)

NOW OPEN // Anna Glynn (Jaspers Brush) is in the group exhibition, Burnt into Memory at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery. The exhibition explores the complex impact of the Black Summer Bushfires on individuals and communities. Until 17 August. MORE

*Radiance and Shadows*, painting by Maree Kelly (image supplied)

12 June // Lisa Germany (Inverell) is the creative director of and participant in a collaborative photography exhibition at The Greenlandic House in Copenhagen, Denmark, titled In my Backyard, which is also part of the Copenhagen Photo Festival. Opening event is 12 June at 5pm. MORE

Photograph by Lisa Germany (image supplied)

13 June // Maree Kelly (Gunnedah) is exhibiting at NERAM with two other artists in a show titled From Gunnedah to Gara Gorge, opening on 13 June. Until 20 July. MORE

14 June // Amanda Donohue (Lake Macquarie) is one of two artists featured at the Australian Design Centre, Darlinghurst, on 14 June, 11am - 3pm. The regular Makers Marketplace will include her handmade unique textile items, including decorative items (fish, birds, cats), .shibori indigo scarves, coasters, table runners and bags as well as felt vessels and glasses cases. MORE

Amanda Donohue with Shibori (image Thomas Donohue)

15 June // Kim V. Goldsmith (Dubbo) is facilitating a performative sound-based event by invitation in Beni Forest for the Forests’ Dreams project with the French-based Les Nuits des Forêts members of Artists in Nature International Network (AiNIN). Titled 5 minutes of silence, it will be one of a series of site-specific artworks in forests worldwide. In July, Kim is joining international and Australian members of AiNIN in Queensland for another performance of 5 minutes of silence as part of Floating Land festival, Noosa. MORE

Kim V. Goldsmith, *5 minutes of silence,* photograph (image supplied)

STUDIO CO!LAB MEMBERS

News from our Studio Co!Lab members

>> Jack Randell (Dubbo) recently unveiled a new mural in Dubbo, assisted by Art Club Dub's school holiday workshops, and funded by Dubbo Regional Council's SPARC Grant and the Create NSW Cultural Access grant. It is one of three murals being funded, the other two being in Wellington and Narromine. The Dubbo mural unveiling was done by Dubbo Regional Councillor Mayor, Josh Black.

Jack Randell standing in front of the *Bin Chicken* mural in Dubbo, with Dubbo Regional Council Mayor, Cr Josh Black.

>> Leanne Wicks (Bogee) picked up the Studio Co!Lab members’ grant, First Steps for a project she’s working on for Cementa26. MORE

>> In June - a member profiles in What they said…with Sarah Dugan (Walgett/Quirindi)

>> Inel Date (Cowra) has an active gallery in Cowra putting the spotlight on regional artists. Check out what’s on and coming up. MORE

Keep checking in as we update the Studio Co!Lab member event listings each month. And don’t forget to check out our members on the Creatives page.