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Katoomba Cultural Centre

Katoomba Cultural Centre

Katoomba Cultural Centre

Located in the centre of Katoomba the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre contains the Blue Mountains City Art Gallery and Into the Blue which is an interactive exhibition that explores the history and natural landscape of the Blue Mountains. Also housed in the building, is the Katoomba Library.

Into the Blue

Into the Blue is an interactive exhibition which explains the history of the Blue Mountains. Not only does it detail indigenous and European history, but it explains the geological history of the area. This details how the mountains formed and how weather and rivers have sculpted the landscape to become what it is today.

Native animals and plants are described along with the impact development has had on their populations. The importance of the World Heritage listing is explained along with how this is protecting this beautiful and unique environment.

Blue Mountains City Art Gallery

Vicky Brown

This was a fun and interesting exhibit, as most of the parts were moving. Those suspended from the roof were free to move, while on the floor, mobile pieces built on robot vacuum cleaners knocked into them. We found this exhibition to be happily different and well presented.

Adrienne Richards

The works by Adrienne Richards was a more traditional exhibit, with some lovely ceramics and drawings. A series of ceramic plates were on one wall, with paintings of invertebrates were in glass cases.

Katoomba Cultural Centre

Located outside the art gallery, a viewing platform gives views over Katoomba and the Jamison Valley. The gallery has placed a sculpture here.

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Newcastle Art Gallery December 2021

Billionaires United

With 3 exhibitions at the Newcastle Art Gallery in December 2021 it’s a great place to visit The three exhibits fill the galleries walls until January 30, 2022.

About Being Here

The first exhibit consists of ceramic art work by Angela Valamaneh of the Jam Factory. Titles “About Being Here” displays works from her developing style of the late 1990s until present.

Instrumental Cause

The exhibition Instrumental Cause is by guest curator Donna Biles-Fernando featuring portraits from Newcastle Art Gallery’s collection. These examine how different artists work.

The Art of Protest features politically engaged artists past and present responding to disaster and injustice and calling for change, whether from community activism or global social movements.

Covering over 100 years of resistance, it shows how new artists take up the fight each decade. Many areas of protest are covered, from workers’ rights and feminism to climate change.

Pilliga Pottery Coonabarabran New South Wales

Sign Post For Pilliga Pottery Pilliga Pottery www.destinationsjourney.com

As with many great artistic retreats, Pilliga Pottery is located in a quiet out-of-the-way location. Despite this, it is easy to find, and the dirt road into it was well maintained when we went.

The Road into Pilliga Pottery Pilliga Pottery www.destinationsjourney.com
The Road into Pilliga Pottery

Our first stop was the restaurant where we purchased some home-made scones with jam and cream to eat and drinks before we walked around the show room. It was cold outside, coming into the restaurant was also very nice and warm due to the kilns being close by.

A small show room next to their restaurant displays some of the products made there.  There was a nice range of quality pottery at good prices. It was a really relaxed welcoming environment with no pressure to buy anything.

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Car Park and Entrance

You are also encouraged to walk through the workshop and talk to some of the artists , and see how things are made, which was very interesting.

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