Bimblebox 153 Birds opening at Gympie Regional Gallery

Little Button Quail, 2015, Jenny Rogers, photo Paula Quintela

Little Button Quail, 2015, Jenny Rogers, photo by Paula Quintela

Bimblebox 153 Birds will be at Gympie Regional Gallery, Qld.
9 August – 3 September, 2016

You’re invited to the official opening Saturday 13 August, 1.30pm

Bimblebox 153 Birds is a unique installation of artist prints, poetry, prose and musician’s birdcalls by over 440 artists, writers, and musicians worldwide who are inspired by the birdlife of the Bimblebox Nature Refuge in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.  Curated by Jill Sampson, Audio compilation and mixing by Boyd

Curators Talk:
1pm, Saturday 13 August, join  Jill Sampson for a curators talk (preceding the opening)

Public Programs:
Nature Journaling Workshop
Friday 12 August, 10am-4pm
with Dr Paula Peeters -Writer, Artist, Ecologist*
Dangerous Song a live Performance with musicians Linsey Pollak and Lizzie O’Keefe*
Friday 12 August, 6pm

*Fees apply, for bookings contact Gympie Regional Gallery on 07 5481 0733

Rufous Songlark, poem by DA Carter, bird call by musician Brian Ritchie on Shakuhachi.

Gympie Regional Gallery:  39 Nash Street Gympie | 07 54810733 | gallery@gympie.qld.gov.au
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm | Entry is Free

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Brett, 2014, artist Rona Green, photo courtesy of the artist.

 

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