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The Gallery is a creator of quality in house and touring exhibitions, and operates the nationally renowned Hill End Artists in Residence Program. BRAG is a well-equipped and professionally staffed facility owned and operated by Bathurst Regional Council.
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20/10/2026

FINAL WEEKS // 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey' curated by Richard Perram OAM.

Welch’s early works (1999-2007) are based around printmaking and hark back to 19th century Victorian social practices. Her beaded books, linocuts, printed fabrics and pin prick light boxes recall small-scale domestic handiwork that was undertaken in ‘polite society’, usually by women.

Image: Exhibition View, 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey, ' Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026. Photo: Silversalt Photography.

19/10/2026

17/10/2026

✏️ON TODAY // Sunday Sketch Session, 10am-2pm ✏️

Come on down to BRAG for a FREE, self-guided sketch session in our current exhibitions! Materials and stool provided, no experience required, all welcome!

In the Main Gallery, a mid-career survey by Hill-End based Nicole Welch, 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape' surveys 27 years of practice exploring relationships between landscape, the body, and memory. In the Foyer Gallery, 'Five Decades: Studies in Realism' by Bathurst-based Graham Lupp presents an exclusive look at studies made by the artist during formative moments of his expansive career.

Image: Exhibition View, 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026. Photography: Silversalt Photography.

16/10/2026

FINAL WEEKS // 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey.' Curated by Richard Perram OAM, this exhibition surveys 27 years of work by Hill End-based artist Nicole Welch. Throughout her career and across mediums, her work is rich with symbolism, tension, and transformation and explores the relationships between landscape, the body, time, and memory. Welch creates works that are at once visually beautiful and conceptually challenging.

In our Foyer Gallery, 'Five Decades: Studies in Realism' by Graham Lupp OAM presents a small survey of personal work and invites us into the local artist's private collection, providing a unique glimpse of studies made during formative moments and experiences of the artist’s life. The exhibition offers a beautiful journey of reflection, retrospection and poignant perspectives, celebrating vulnerability and wisdom across five decades of practice.

Both exhibitions are open at BRAG until 1 November 2026.

Images L-R: Exhibition View, 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey. ', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026. Photo: Silversalt Photography; Exhibition view, 'Five Decades: Studies in Realism', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026. Photo: Silversalt Photography.

13/10/2026

ON TODAY // Talks and Tea
Wednesday 14 October, 10.30am-12pm

Join our BRAG Volunteer Guides for a spotlight talk and walk through of our current exhibitions, followed by morning tea (gold coin donation highly appreciated).

All welcome, RSVP is essential - via link in bio or bathurstart.com.au

Celebrating our two current exhibitions by Central West NSW artists. In the Main Gallery, a mid-career survey by Hill-End based Nicole Welch, 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape', surveys 27 years of practice exploring relationships between landscape, the body, and memory. In the Foyer Gallery, 'Five Decades: Studies in Realism' by Bathurst-based Graham Lupp presents an exclusive look at studies made by the artist during formative moments of his expansive career.

Image: Exhibition View, 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026, featuring Nicole Welch, 'Shedding of time immemorial, self portrait' (2012), 'Terra Australis Incognita, self portrait' (2012) and 'Deliverance, self portrait' (2012). Photography: Silversalt Photography.

12/10/2026

There are just three weeks left to view 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey' curated by Richard Perram OAM at BRAG.

The Gallery is open Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm. Free entry.

BRAG has something for everyone with a fully stocked Gallery Shop, Maker Space and an I Spy trail for the kids.

Image: Exhibition view, 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026. Photo: Silversalt Photography.

08/10/2026

Graham Lupp, 'New Growth', 1980
gouache on watercolour paper

"'New Growth' was part of a series devoted to close-up studies of the ragged textures and shapes of the Australian bush around the Bathurst area. The celebration of the minutiae of nature is still central to my work.

The painstaking attention to detail is part of an ongoing homage offered to the endless variety that nature creates. By immersing myself in so much intimate detail it is not only therapeutic, but by the time I’m done, I really feel I know a little of ‘how it all works’." - Graham Lupp

On display now in 'Five Decades: Studies in Realism' at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery until 1 November 2026.

Image: Installation view, Graham Lupp 'Five Decades: Studies in Realism', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026, featuring Graham Lupp 'New Growth', 1980, gouache on watercolour paper. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Silversalt Photography

07/10/2026

🌳 Hill End Art Experience: Nicole Welch Studio Visit 🌳
Saturday 17 October 2026, 9.30am-3.30pm
$45 BRAGS Members, $50 Non-Members, Limited tickets
Bookings essential: https://events.humanitix.com/hill-end-art-experience-nicole-welch-studio-visit

Join the BRAG Gallery Director Amanda Crews, team members and other like-minded art lovers for an exclusive trip to Hill End, lunch at Hill End Micro Pub, and the rare opportunity to meet acclaimed artist Nicole Welch in her studio. Travelling by comfortable coach we will depart from the BRAG Forecourt mid-morning, arriving for an early lunch at the historic Hill End Micro Pub, where we will enjoy shared lunch platters. After we are well-nourished, the coach will take us to our second stop - the studio of Nicole Welch. Nicole will share insights about her practice and has generously offered to take us for a guided walk through the bushland that forms the backdrop that inspires much of her work. Our final stop will be a restroom break at the Hospital Picnic Area, before heading back to Bathurst with full hearts and minds!

Singles are warmly welcomed. Join us for a relaxed day out and the opportunity to make new friends.

What your ticket includes:
• Transport via coach from BRAG to Hill End and return
• Shared lunch platters at Hill End Micro Pub (drinks available for purchase)
• Exclusive visit to the studio of Nicole Welch
• 20-30 minutes artist-guided walk through the bush that forms the backdrop of much of Nicole's work

This event is proudly supported by the Friends of the Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society

Image: Nicole Welch on location in Hill End during the making of Unveiling the Night, 2024. Photograph by Hugh Stewart.

05/10/2026

Looking for some creative activities to keep the kids busy these school holidays? Look no further than the BRAG Shop!
We have a great range of creative DIY kits, books, puzzles and more!

The BRAG shop is open Tues-Fri 10am-5pm & Sat-Sun 10am-2pm.

Image: Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Shop. Photo: BRAG

03/10/2026

What's On at BRAG

✏️ SUNDAY SKETCH // Join BRAG for a self-guided sketching session in our current exhibitions. This is a drop-in activity, pick up a clipboard, paper and pencil from reception and get sketching in the gallery! All ages, every Sunday 10am-2pm

🔍I-SPY // How many items on BRAG's I-Spy activity can you find? This activity is available daily during opening hours and is a great way to encourage deeper observation of artwork elements. Designed for kids, enjoyed by all ages!

🦉 MAKER SPACE // Enjoy some creative downtime in our Maker Space where our community have been creating a collection of animals that come out after dark! Materials are supplied and the space is open during gallery hours.

🖼️ EXHIBITION TOUR // Join BRAG staff for a guided tour of our current exhibitions. RSVP preferred. Every Saturday at 11am

🏞️ HILL END ART EXPERIENCE // A rare opportunity to meet acclaimed artist Nicole Welch in her studio, including lunch at Hill End Micro Pub.
$45 BRAGS Members, $50 Non-Members, bookings are essential - via link in bio or at bathurstart.com.au: Saturday 17 October, 9.30am-3.30pm

BRAG is open Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm, and Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm.

Image: Exhibition View, 'Transformations: Image, Time & Landscape | Nicole Welch: A Mid-Career Survey', Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026. Photo: BRAG.

Address

70-78 Keppel Street
Bathurst, NSW
2795

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 2pm
Sunday	10am - 2pm

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+61263336555

Website

http://www.bathurstart.com.au/, https://linktr.ee/bathurstregionalartgallery

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