MOREE’S well-loved gallery – Bank Art Museum Moree – re-opens to the public today, Friday, September 20, with The Painted River Project, Blue Mountains Rare Upland Swamps and Mehi Reflections.
The exhibition features more than 100 artworks by some of Australia’s finest artists, including Lucy Culliton, Chris O’Doherty (Reg Mombassa), Euan Macleod, Louise Kerr, Adrienne Richards, and Leo Robba with Gundungurra artist Kelsie King.
BAMM director Rosie Dennis said The Painted River Project was an art, science and cultural initiative that “invites community members to share knowledge and build an understanding of how we live with the natural world”.
“The project, now in its fourth year, aims to nurture transformative thinking and collective action around one of Australia’s most contested topics – water,” she said.
Co-curated by Dr Leo Robba and Margaret Hancock of Western Sydney University, The Painted River
Project Blue Mountains explores the swamps of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Greater Blue Mountains Area, in particular, the Leura Swamp and Garguree, The Gully, and Katoomba.
“These swamps play a vital part in maintaining the water flows in the creeks and waterfalls in the Blue Mountains, by storing water and slowly releasing it over time,” Ms Dennis said.
“The swamps also act as filters, purifying water prior to the release into creeks, whilst also providing vital habitat for threatened plant, insect, and animal species.”
In addition to the exhibition opening, BAMM, in partnership with MultiLit will launch the new children’s book, My River Playground.
“There is also an en plein air painting session on the banks of the Gwydir River and a ceramics workshop open to everyone,” Ms Dennis said.
The Painted River Project Blue Mountains
Featuring contemporary dance performance By Yulugi Marumali
OPENING: September 20
EXHIBITION DATES: September 21 to October 26
TIME: 6pm
LOCATION: BAMM, 25 Frome Street, Moree
COST: Free
The Painted River Project is a planetary health initiative devised by Dr Leo Robba from Western
Sydney University School of Humanities and Communication Arts and Professor Tony Capon from
Monash University in partnership with Associate Professor Ian Wright from Western Sydney
University School of Science.
Rare Upland Swamps is presented in partnership with the University of Western Sydney, Monash University and Newcastle University.
For more information please contact BAMM: 6752 1401
